Customer Reviews

Shakuhachi, "CC"

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Great item for students or beginners, very playable. Binding may not be green as shown, mine came in (ugh) pink.

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.

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.

Great price - great value. I received it in record time, extremely fast shipping. Would definitely purchase from them again.

You can not call this an instrument. Do not waste your money on this!
A plastic flute sounds better then this. Just horrible!