shakuhachi
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- noun
- /ʃɑːkʊˈhɑːtʃi/
- "I was awful at all of it, except the shakuhachi."
- shakuhachi flute
- shakuhachi players
Examples
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She swept the floors, practiced zazen, and learned to play the shakuhachi flute.
Fiction book (1996) -
During the festival, performers showcased traditional shakuhachi music to celebrate Japanese culture.
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It's a Shakuhachi.
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The author studied and interviewed a group of shakuhachi practitioners, as well as twelve individual practitioners, and participated actively in the music-making of these performers.
Academic text (2011) -
Whether or not music educators support the rendering of world musics as manifestations of universal spirituality, I interpret these shakuhachi players' desire for a more profound, more authentic, and more organic experience of music as a sign that spirituality played a significant role in their music learning.
Academic text (2011) -
The shakuhachi is often used in Zen Buddhist meditation for its calming sound.
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Many musicians have embraced the shakuhachi for its unique ability to evoke deep emotions.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shakuhachi comes from Japanese parts shaku (a measuring unit) and hachi ('eight'), because the flute was traditionally made to the length '1 shaku 8 sun'. So the name simply tells its traditional size, and that size, with its bamboo body, gives the shakuhachi its deep, breathy sound.