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I think over the years I have found all the easiest ones and I put them right in front of me if I play for memorial or something. It prevents stage fright because if I get brain freeze the music is right in front of me.

I also try to memorize a few.
 
A niece of mine had the same issue. Even when she knew them by heart,she needed the lyrics there.
Now she is confident without them.
 
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Here is another one by Tarrega. Beautiful.


Capricho Árabe( Jürgen Rost in guitar)

You said you play for Memorial services and deaf seniors. That is a generous gift that must be very appreciated…
 
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Did you hear any performances? I try and just dont sound like them. That is, someone who actually has had formal studies. I am just a big kid having fun with it.
 
Only on TV. I can remember seeing a Westerner play, and quite well, to my ears. His Japanese was also fluent. There are videos on YouTube.

I love flutes in general. Back in my Protestant days I wrote contemporary and southern Gospel songs. One of them was recorded professionally by a local singer, and lo and behold, for the instrumental break the producer had someone playing jazz on a bass flute. I couldn’t stop grinning 😃

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I like the deeper flutes. Shakuhachi is pretty deep. I am not a big fan of Native American flutes which are more popular now. I woul like to get an Indian bansuri.
 
So you play shakuhachi? Your profile name makes sense now. I was perplexed when I first saw it. As well as the instrument ‘shakuhachi’ has another meaning in Japanese…
 
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What is that other meaning? “Foot and a half”?
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Urban Dictionary: shakuhachi

1. The shakuhachi (しゃくはち) is a Japanese flute made out of a hollow length of, most frequently, bamboo, with five holes for fingering, creating musical notes based on the pentonic scale. But the lovely, haunting sound produced by a master player of the the instrument is caused by blowing across a...
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I Was afraid of something like that. I asked a few people if I they would like to see my shakuhachi. Now I just say “Japanese flute”.
 
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For the record, the characters are 尺八. The first is the Japanese foot (a measure of length), and the second is 8.

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