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Jazz Shakuhachi with Bruce Huebner and Jonathon Katz
DVD (53 minutes) plus 20-Page Booklet
- $35.00


Begin improvising with only a rudimentary knowledge of the shakuhachi or with little or no jazz background. Learn to harmonize chords played on the piano with the open tones of the shakuhachi. Learn how the shakuhachi is uniquely built for the blues.
Learn how you can build a jazz solo or play over fast chord progressions on a 5-hole bamboo flute.
Learn how traditional scales apply to modern jazz chords.

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The Shakuhachi Yuu
(Size: 1.8 / Key of D)
- $125.00

Endorsed by players and professional teachers worldwide! The Shakuhachi Yuu is a quality, well tuned instrument, available at a very affordable price for anyone who wants to play shakuhachi. Precision bore design, good tonal balance throughout the entire scale. Plays easily, with a clear, bright and confident tone.

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Enhanced Shakuhachi Yuu
- $445.00

- Temporarily Out of Stock -

For those who like to push the limits...here is the Enhanced Shakuhachi Yuu—an absolute work of art! This Enhanced Shakuhachi Yuu has been through the workshop of Monty Levenson, an experienced craftsman of fine shakuhachi, and has emerged with a full bore enhancement, elegant rattan bindings and sterling silver plated rings at the joint, and a silk utaguchi cover.

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Shakuhachi Yuu Adaptor

- $27.50

An ingenius little device to assist the beginning shakuhachi player. Simply insert this adaptor into the top end of the Shakuhachi Yuu, start blowing, and you get instant sound! An excellent tool for learning finger placement, without having to focus attention on the embouchure when first starting. This adaptor also transforms the Yuu into a breathy, mystical sounding Native American flute!

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Tai Hei Precision Cast Bore Student Level 1.8 Shakuhachi
- $425.00

An excellent 1.8 (key of D) bamboo shakuhachi to start your practice with! Precision cast bore, quality sound, well tuned, beautiful bamboo and an affordable price. Made from specially selected madake and torachiku bamboo, these shakuhachi are used by teachers of traditional shakuhachi music for their beginning and intermediate students.

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Tai Hei Precision Cast Bore Student Level 1.8 Shakuhachi (Without Accessories)

- $380.00

This is the exact precision cast bore student 1.8 (key of D) bamboo shakuhachi as described above. However, for those with a limited budget, this package includes the 1.8 shakuhachi, standard binding, and leather utaguchi cover only. The vapor lock carrying bag, cleaning cloth, and flute oil are not included as they are in the package above.







Tai Hei Precision Cast Bore Student Level 2.4 Shakuhachi
- $550.00

- Temporarily Out of Stock -

This is an excellent 2.4 shakuhachi (key of A). Precision cast bore, quality sound, well tuned, beautiful bamboo and an affordable price! Made from specially selected madake and torachiku bamboo, these shakuhachi are used by teachers of traditional shakuhachi music for their beginning and intermediate students.

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Exquisite Professional Quality Hardwood Shakuhachi
made by David Brown


Please call directly to inquire as to the availability of these excellent shakuhachi. (877) 277-6075 / (303) 546-9499

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Shakuhachi: Japanese Bamboo Flute
by Masayuki Koga / Book and CD - 152 pages
- $62.00

Highly recommended! Excellent teaching guide for learning the shakuhachi. Written by a master player, Masayuki Koga's book/cd starts out very simple and basic and evolves into more advanced teaching. This book/cd is an invaluable resource for beginners, intermediate and advanced players as well.

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How To Play the Shakuhachi:
A Guide to the Japanese Bamboo Flute
by Yoshinobu Taniguchi / Book and CD - 53 pages
- $34.50

This is an excellent and very affordable teaching guide. It provides clear and concise information covering all aspects of the shakuhachi. This book/cd by Taniguchi is a perfect place to start for beginning students of the instrument.

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Shakuhachi Workbook: Daily Practice Exercises for
Technical Development by James Nyoraku Schlefer
Book and CD - 98 pages
- $39.00

James Nyoraku Schlefer's 93-page Shakuhachi Wookbook and CD offers daily practices for helping you to develop your technical skills in playing shakuhachi. This workbook is another excellent resource for those dedicated to their shakuhachi practice.

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Kinko Shakuhachi DVD Teaching Guides
2 DVD Set with Bruce Huebner and Gunmar Jinmei Linder
- $72.50

Here is the long-awaited series of DVD playing guides for shakuhachi in English. Beginning and intermediate students of the shakuhachi will find this two DVD set extremely informative and beneficial for your practice.


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Shakuhachi Soundscapes for Creative Improvisation

- $27.50


An incredible CD! Enjoy endless hours of creative improvisation using these exceptional soundscapes with your shakuhachi, silver flute, Irish flute and a variety of other instruments! Play to the sounds of mountain streams, birds, crickets, frogs, mystical rainstorms, monks chanting, temple bells, and enchanting drum rhythms, all with background music perfect for improvisation!

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How To Play Classical Shakuhachi Book 1
Yoshinobu Taniguchi and Michael Gould / Book - 46 pages
- $26.00

Shakuhachi masters, Yoshinobu Taniguchi and Michael Chikuzen Gould offer this excellent book, designed to teach intermediate and advanced players the finer points of shakuhachi honkyoku. Taniguchi's attention to detail and nuance is enhanced by numerous illustrations, charts and notation, all of which are hand-drawn by the author.


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Shakuhachi Koten Honkyoku: Practice, Techniques and Notation by Katsuya Yokoyama
- $170.00

Are you ready to take your shakuhachi honkyoku practice to the next level? Here is a priceless collection of sheet music, CDs and instruction by Katsuya Yokoyama, one of the greatest masters of the shakuhachi in Japan today. Includes 21 page booklet, detailed fingering chart, 16 honkyoku scores, and a 2 CD set including all the pieces in the collection of sheet music.

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Shakuhachi Duets: Ten Original Compositions for Two Shakuhachi by James Nyoraku Schlefer
- $52.00

Shakuhachi Duets offers ten original compositions for two shakuhachi. The accompanying CD includes each piece with both parts performed together as well as each part separately. This edition offers text in English and in Japanese, and the musical scores are transcribed in both Kinko-ryu and Western notation.

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Kinko Shakuhachi: One Maker's Approach / Shakuhachi Master Craftsman Yoneda Chikamitsu by Elmer Takeo Kudo
Book - 64 Pages

- $33.50


Kinko Shakuhachi: One Maker's Approach is, by far, the most thorough exploration of the traditional techniques used to make shakuhachi flutes currently available in English. It takes the reader, step-by-step, through the entire shakuhachi making process.

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Stalking The Wild Bore: A Trek Into the Heart of Shakuhachi Darkness / Emptiness to Sound: Exploring the Acoustical Physics of the Shakuhachi Flute by Monty H. Levenson
Book - 32 Pages
- $17.50

For those of you interested in making shakuhachi or those who simply want to learn more about the acoustical physics of the shakuhachi flute, here is an excellent book by a master of this art.

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A Variety of Excellent Shakuhachi Music CDs

Click on the photo to the left or the link below to view our present collection of shakuhachi music from various artists such as Michael Chikuzen Gould, Katsuya Yokoyama and others. We will be adding new titles to our collection often.

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Shakuhachi Cleaning Cloth (Tsuyutoshi)

- $11.50

This is a traditional style, quality, cotton cleaning cloth, with a string and a nice weight. A cleaning cloth is essential for keeping the bore of the shakuhachi free of moisture, dust and dirt. Comes complete with instructions on how to tie a removable knot onto the cleaning cloth.

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Shakuhachi Vapor Lock Carrying Bag
For 1.8 - 1.9 Size Shakuhachi

- $41.00


This attractive, high quality wool carrying bag is made specifically for protecting bamboo shakuhachi and many other types of flutes. To protect your instrument, this carrying bag is made from high quality wool material with additional inner padding, and a polypropolene vapor barrier sewn inside. This stabilizes the moisture content of the instrument to prevent damage.

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Shakuhachi Vapor Lock Carrying Bag
For 2.0 - 2.1 Size Shakuhachi

- $46.00

This attractive, high quality wool carrying bag is made specifically for protecting bamboo shakuhachi and many other types of flutes. To protect your instrument, this carrying bag is made from high quality wool material with additional inner padding, and with a polypropolene vapor barrier sewn inside. This stabilizes the moisture content of the instrument to prevent damage.

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Shakuhachi Vapor Lock Carrying Bag
For 2.3 - 2.4 Size Shakuhachi

- $51.00


This attractive, high quality wool carrying bag is made specifically for protecting bamboo shakuhachi and many other types of flutes. To protect your instrument, this carrying bag is made from high quality wool material, with additional inner padding, and with a polypropolene vapor barrier sewn inside. This stabilizes the moisture content of the instrument to prevent damage.

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Sitting Bench for Shakuhachi and Meditation Practice

- $70.00

A high quality, hand-made bench for your shakuhachi and/or meditation practice. This excellent hardwood bench, with folding legs, provides a simple and comfortable way to sit for your practice sessions. Excellent design allows you to sit easily with your spine straight, your back supported, and your body relaxed.

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Enso Clock - Meditation, Yoga, Qigong and Shakuhachi Practice Timer and Clock

- $99.00

- Temporarily Out of Stock

A state of the art timer and clock for meditation, yoga, qigong and shakuhachi praction sessions. A choice of soothing alarm sounds: Tibetan bowl, chime, Zen woodblock or regular alarm sound. Set and store 3 different meditation or practice session times in memory, or create sets of up to 50 interval timers tailored to your own practice needs. There is nothing like the Enso Clock, highly unique!

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The Heart of Dharma Collection:
Four Dharma Teaching Altar Cards

- $33.00 (Set of 4 Cards)

As we know, the quality of our shakuhachi blowing is related to the quality of our own mind and heart. The dharma teachings given by Buddha Shakyamuni are also an integral part of training our mind and heart. Each of the Dharma Teaching Altar Cards in this collection is a radiant gem of wisdom, providing a profound, accurate and complete dharma teaching transmission.


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The Heart of Dharma Collection:
Eight Buddhist Deity Thangka Altar Cards

- $45 (Set of 8 Cards)

These eight Thangka Altar Cards are exquisite lithographic reproductions of original hand-painted Tibetan and Nepalese thangkas. Each image is a literal masterpiece, alive with profound significance relating to the path of awakening and liberation. These sublime images provide encouragement for one's dharma practice and bring beauty and inspiration to every environment!

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