Shakuhachi, "CC"

by Mid-East

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 24 inches ; 1.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0009V4678
• Item model number: SHGC
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,627 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #2 in Musical Instruments > Folk & World Instruments > Wind Instruments > Shakuhachis
  • #23 in Musical Instruments > Band & Orchestra > Woodwinds > Flutes

Product Description

Shakuhachi. Origin Country: India. 1.1 lbs. Made by Mid-East.

Straight 23" Bamboo pipe in "CC". 4 front holes and 1 back hole. The sound is made by blowing in the end of the flute. Hold the flute under your bottom lip and blow over the crescent cut at the top edge. These flutes are within 5-8 cents of pitch; rarely are they off by 10 cents. A cent is a unit of measuring intervals in music. Each half step (semitone) is made up of 100 cents.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Quality Beginner's Model, March 20, 2007

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J. McGinnis "Music Teacher" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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Great item for students or beginners, very playable. Binding may not be green as shown, mine came in (ugh) pink.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Shakhachi Flute For Beginners, July 26, 2011

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F. Carlsen "Silver Smith" (Belmont, CA) - See all my reviews

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For the price this is a nice starter flute. It is well constructed, although you get what you pay for. The Shakuhachi is nearly impossible to get a sound out of--that's true for all of them, regardless of price. If you want to get a feel for whether or not you want to spend the time getting sounds out of the flute and think it's worth the effort, this is a good starting point. Mine came with green accents and I assume the accent color is really about what's in stock at the time you order.

4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely sounding flute for the price, January 10, 2012

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Daryl "human being in progress" (la habra, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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I've been playing shakuhachi pipe flutes for about ten years now, and am now able to produce tones that sound pretty fair. But please be aware that it took months of casual practice before this was so.

With this style of flute you are essentially making your mouth be the mouthpiece. The technique is not unlike getting a tone when blowing into a jug or glass soda bottle. Your mouth needs to change shape some for each note as well.

I like this flute and take it with me when I'm out and about. By itself, or in drum and hand instrument circles it sounds quite nice. I got applause from the other musicians last time I had a little solo with it. This flute can be surprisingly expressive.

It's also priced such that if something happens to it its no big deal.