From day 1, my teacher, Bunta Satoh sensei, said, "Your breath is too fast. Make it slow." But every time I thought I was making my breath slow, shinobue gave me a weak, frail and windy breath with no resonance.
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“I found you on Instagram when looking up Japanese flute. Would you be interested in performing at New York Fashion Week?” I received this text last week and thought it was spam. I looked up the sender, and she was a budding Asian fashion designer. This was real.
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"When playing longer phrases, how do you deal with the basic human function of swallowing saliva in order to play the next phrase? I don’t know who else to ask other you. Thank you!” (Anonymous)
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In order to maintain the highest quality, all Shoji shinobues on my website (saitomusic.com) will be played and approved by my teacher, Bunta Satoh sensei!! Here is the process.
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As you put your breath into shinobue, ask your shinobue, "Do you like the speed of this breath? How about the angle?" and listen to its answers. Your shinobue will answer it in the tone it produces and the feel you receive from it.
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