That is so nice to hear! Thank you for sharing! Yes, Kodama is a wonderful person!

v ery good😂

thank you...

Haha! That is right...

It certainly is!

Dear Samuel. It is great to hear you enjoyed the video! That makes it worth making. So thank you for your comment!

Hello Julio. Thank you for your message. Kodama is wonderful. I just have to correct you in one thing. Although the name of kodama, the tree spirits have the same sound, the characters are different from his family name. Tree spirit is written 木霊 and literally means tree spirits. Kodama's family name is written 児玉 and is a common name . The characters mean: 児 = child and 玉 = ball/sphere.

@@KikuDay Thank you Kiku for the information. : ) One day i will learn how to read these amazing characters. There is so much useful information on the honkyoku sheets besides the notes of the shakuhachi.

WORKSHOP IN LISBON!? WH- WHAAAATT?! when was it? I'm Portuguese too and I'm looking for more information on everything Shakuhachi, how do you know these workshops are going to happen? Um pouco de informação salvaria bastante tempo🤌 obrigado

@@Oni_SmokeCG pesquisa pela European Shakuhachi Society. É lá que vejo as informações dos workshops, aulas e eventos.

@@iulemag13 muito obrigado!!!

He said in one of the times that one should put a little stick inside so you don't make a hole acoss with the drill. Is that what you are referring to?

@@KikuDay Just American humor.

Good to know you make shakuhachi :)

Thank you! Let us know when you make one :)

Hi Tomas, yes he is absolutely something special, my senpai.

Yes, Kodama is amoazing!

I am so glad!!! Thanks for watching and good luck with your making process!

That is great! José, who will do the workshop is really good too! 😊

Can´t wait! 😊

That is great to hear!!! Thanks for viewing!

That is great. Please let me know how it goes! :)

Yeah, his flutes are great!

He is too :-D

He is great, isn’t he?

@@KikuDay indeed...🙏...

🙏

You are welcome!

Will like to come in contact with you i play also music

You are welcome!

Let us know how it goes!

It's wonderful in this length, isn't it?

@@KikuDay 🥰 thank you. I truly agree. For me, lots of knowledge, I am fine that I cried.

Love back ❤

Taniguchi様、ありがとうございます。一緒に吹きましょう！

@@KikuDay さん 二尺より長いのが吹きたいのですが、何寸を作ると良いでしょうか？

@@noritakataniguchi266 それは人いろいろだと思います。手の大きさと腕の長さ、体が柔らかいか。でも、ご自分で作れるのでは色々試してみたらいかがでしょうか？２尺２寸、２尺３すんから初めて…

@@KikuDay さん 2尺までは持っていますが、それより長いものは未経験です。 地無も未経験です。 まずは、塩ビ管か何かで試作してみます。

@@noritakataniguchi266 ガンバッテクダサイ ☺️

He is great, isn't he? :)

@@KikuDay Yes, Madam. i am learning how to make a jinashi my self. And this video is so useful to me. Thank you so much!!! 🙏

@@KhuatChinh My pleasure!

Skønt at opleve mesterens nænsomhed og ømhed i processen

@@Dreamteam888 Ja, det er skønt, er det ikke? :) Tak for at kikke med!

There should be measurements floating on internet. Good luck with it.

@@KikuDay yes, i meant to say I couldn’t find the measurements until I saw this video. Then i understood how to do the measurements. It’s so generous of Kodama-san to share his knowledge.

@@leewmlee that is great 😊

Yes, the price can be a problem. It is possible to get an inexpensive PVC shakuhachi. Not very charming surely.... but it can get you started. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏

@@KikuDay Indeed ^^ But even plastic one are "expensive". Yuu shakuhachi $165, it's holes in a plastic !! That's exagerated. It's more like we pay a brand or the reputation of the instrument more than the object. That said, I can find it on mejiro website for 95 euros thanks to the yen. I will try.

@josuefox Yeah, that is why I never recommend a you. I always recommend to begin with an inexperience water pipe shakuhachi. They are fine to begin with.

He is only "drilling" with a special drill-like tool in the bottom end where the bamboo is solid. Otherwise he uses the garibō to pound through the nodes inside the bamboo.

They are basically just used to sit like this. They can change between cross-legged and seiza. It seems to be quite natural to many Japanese. But not all. :) Sharp eye! ;)

Try to ask in the group Amateur Shakuhachi Makers on Facebook. facebook.com/groups/264821740892169

In case of jinashi shakuhachi, the nature determined the pitch since you bird them from node to node. And then it is a question about making the flute being in tune with itself. Otherwise the common lengths and pitches are: 1.8 = D, 1.9 = C#, 2.0 = C, 2.1 = B, 2.2 = Bb etc. 1.8 = 54.54 cm. There is an online Shaku to cm converter. However, it is not only the length that determines the pitch - also the width of the bore. Also jinashi shakuhachi tends to be lower than the globe measures as the bore is wider than the jinuri/jiari because there is no extra material inside the bore.

Thank you for your reply. Right now I can't remember if there was a calculation mistake in there that was later corrected. But also I think it all depends on the width. He changed a little some places because he had experience that changing a bit gives better results. Also there are several ways of calculating. So this is not an ultimate way. :)

mark the first hole (at 22.1% L ), then you mark the 2nd at "1/10 of the total length" (that is, at 8.73cms (1/10 of 87) measured from the 1st hole) 3rd and 4th the same , you always measure 1/10 of L (in your example, 8,73cms) from the previous hole (plus/minnus some mm). The 5th at 7,5% L (6,5cm from the 4th in your example)

@@pedrova8058 please write full information of measurement of the flute in easy language gradually in easy way 👍 thanks in india no one knows how to make shakuhachi Bamboo flute so it's my request to you please tell me all information about flute in writing in English language thank you very much 😊❤️👍

Jinashi are left natural. You’re thinking of a jiari shakuhachi

質問ありがとうございます。歌口には平のやすり。荒いのから細かいのを使います。指穴のやすり丸いの使います。それで大丈夫ですか？もっと細かいことですか？

@@KikuDay 様、返信ありがとうございます。 ヤスリは目の種類、細かさなどお分かりでしょうか？ 追加で質問させていただきたいのですが 菅尻の穴の直径はどのくらい開けるのが良いのでしょうか？ また、指孔の位置には十割半、九割半、九割などがありますがこれらはそれぞれどの様なメリット、デメリットがあるのでしょうか？ 厚かましいですが、もしよろしければお答えよろしくお願いいたします。

Usually you say minimum 3 years. But I have tried many times to harvest in November - do the aburanuki (you heat the bamboo up and wipe the oils that come ut on the surface off), dry it in the sun for some month (taking the bamboo indoors at night), - and make the flutes around May next year. So after about 6 month. I think it is pushing it a little - but I haven't yet had problems. When the bamboo is this fresh one has to be careful about mould after making the flute. I hope this is useful.

@@KikuDay It’s extremely useful, どもありがと！

チューナーのことですか？どれでもいいですよ。場合によって４４０Hzに合わせる時もあるし、西洋の楽器のあわせるのでしたら４４２Hzが良いかもしれません。

like that style "reed" but entirely horn, like a bukkehorn

@@RLScheurman do you mean if you make an oblique cut in a horn like on the bamboo? If the shape of the horn is ok I am sure. I have done it with bone flutes. Works fine. :)

i've read that it takes about 8 - 10 years to fully dry

I must admit, bamboo from Japan is always expensive.. I mean very expensive. It will be best for you to look for Chinese suppliers if you need the price to be low. Unfortunately, I don't know any.

@@KikuDay Thank you, yea, ive found that as well. I have USA sources, but its not madake... Its good bamboo, i just never have had any Japanese bamboo. =)

@@RobMonty248 great to hear that you have found a good source of bamboo in the US. Good luck with it!

Madake in Japanese (Phyllostachys bambsoides)

@@KikuDay ありはとございます👍

Inside you mean? Not necessarily.

Of course you need a hole through...

I can see your point. Thank you for the feedback! I can do that when I have time at some point. Otherwise it is in the subtitles.

@@KikuDay ok Sir please update the measurements 👍❤️

Here's the notes that I took down. The total length is about 80cm - 2 Shaku 6 Sun 3 Bu. 22.1% of entire length - 1st hole from bottom (top) 10% + (1-1.5mm); 2nd hole from 1st hole (top) 10% - (1-1.5mm); 3rd hole from 2nd hole (top) 10% + (2-3mm); 4th hole from 3rd hole (top) 7.5% of entire length; 5th/thumb hole from 4th hole (bottom) use a paper strip go round, mark where paper end meet to get circumference of tube, fold in half. That will be exact opposite side. Double check all markings. 1,2,4,5 Finger hole is 10.5mm diameter. 3 Finger hole is 10mm diameter. Use a Forstner bit. Put a dowel/stick inside to prevent drilling to other side. Test hole positions for ease of finger placement, offset if needed. eg: hole 3 offset 3mm to the left. Utaguchi, 1mm above bore of tube. Try not to angle too flat, else cannot adjust. About 30 degrees; up to you. Cut with saw and file with rasp. Leave some node below the utaguchi.

You mean how much he charges?

@@KikuDay Yes sorry, that's what I meant, how much doe he charge for a flute

@@Thedailydrawchannel it depends on the flute. You can email me: kikuday{at}gmail{dot}com and I can tell you a little more. I don't sell myself but I do help people who want to get in contact with him.

@@KikuDay ok

歌口の節が全部抜けてしまったら入れ替えることはできます。KZfaqでやり方は見つけられると思いますが、プロにしてもらったのうが安心です、歌口のことでしたら。児玉さんは歌口に何も入れていませんが、尺八が壊れたら治すことはできます。

You may be right about that. :)