I watched endless videos and this is hands down the most straightforward approach, complex free! Thank you!!

I bought a simple shokuhachi ( uncoated bore bamboo ) in Santa Cruz 30 years ago and never got a sound. Found it today . Yours is the 3rd tutorial I found and got a sound immediately. Subscribed! Looks like we missed each other , I moved from New York to SF. I wonder if LaMama and all those Loaisaida galleries are still around ?

🎉 sensacional ✋💯

🎉 sensacional ✋💯

Thank you Perry for this wonderful lesson.

I started trying to play when I was 79. Stopped after a few years . Am restarting again at 92 and find this video an excellent help!

This video has helped me more than any other teacher.s video’. Thank you’

Thank you brother 🙏

Ive just made my own Shakuhachi..was able to get a decent sound on my own. Its much easier now after watching your video. Thank You.

Ah, this is what I was needing! Thank you for this helpful lesson for a beginner such as I. I come from a didgeridoo background so, breathing like this is different for me. I appreciate the little bit of practice structure you included 🙏🏼

That was one of my favorite talks on mindfulness

don't your arms get tired?😢

What do you think is the best key to play Shakuhachi? I play the DongXiao so I have some knowledge on how to play basically, but I'm thinking about getting a Shakuhachi, which are two different flutes. But I don't know what key to get it.

Thank you so much. A to-the-point tutorial!

nice shirt bro go bruins

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Very nice 👍

Very nice. What is the meaning of 1.8 , is it 12"+8" = 20 inch long , ????? What should be the inner diameter of this traditional shakhachi flute. Is it 55 long centimetre.?

Sir how can I make it from pvc pipe , please guide me 😊

Very nice pvc flute 👌

Very nice ❤️👍

There is no shakuhachi flute maker in India i want to make it I play Indian bamboo flute little but I want to make it please share the measurement of this beautiful sound Flute 👌👍😊

Love from India 👌❤️

Thank you

Would be great if you had more of these.

Nice job

WOW 💖

Thank you so much this video is wonderful I’ve been honking on one of your Shakuhachis for about a month now and I’m in love this is the first thing in life I’ve actually enjoyed sucking at. I’m looking forward to learning this instrument more and the benefits I’m gaining from the breath control relate into my martial arts training and as you say meditative breathing.

Great lessons

This is really interesting. I like them all

I am back almost a year later! I need a refresher :) Thanks again. I usually make hardwood, generally Native American style or tribal influenced flutes without binding, but will be doing more indigenous river cane.

Good instructions for the method to bind bamboo flute. Thanks! It works!

Thank you for this fantastic video 🙏🏻

Man I was struggling with the lower two notes on the ~3.0 that I made after watching your video, the positioning you showed has relieved a lot of strain!

That "p" trick worked for me. Thanks Perry!

Thanks, very helpful. I found it much easier when I started thinking about blowing a flat plane of air, instead of a cylindrical stream of air.

Fabulous!!!

Big fan. Watching vids today. Pls contact me some how bro

Informative video and beautiful instrument! ❤🙏

Beautiful voice and wonderful shaku talk, thank you for sharing!

Absolutely spot on with that explanation! I homemade my shakuhachi and I was worried I would have to scrap it and try to make another. Your description of the P sound and expression is perfect!

Thanks for sharing, Yung. Excellent skill, too.

Beautiful. I am reminded of 1 Giant Leap which was a faith purchase that did not disappoint. I only wish I could have seen the entire concert with Perry Yung playing with Vangelis. I bet it was spectacular. Kudos to all musicians featured. There is so much wonderful music in the world that people should not restrict themselves to only national artists and musicians. Thanks for sharing this.

That was so good! I had no idea there were bass shakuhachis, your playing had a really lovely jazz feel!

Beep beep beep beep ........... Whats that?

So I've gone through with out the make them and I'm stuck on how to actually play it ! But this "like a smiling Buddha blowing lips open the size of a grain of rice" has worked out for me so far. As you taught me how to make them I will learn how to play them. Thanks. The masters surely are proud of you sir

This was very well delivered and clear. Thanks for the help :)

So I have made my own shakuhachi and when I blow through it it makes no noise at all other than the sound of air going through a tube I believe however the problem is because my end is not flared or tapered and because it is an equal circumference the entire length of the flute. Do you have any ideas of what I can do to fix it or should I start over with a new one?

hello! thanks for all your videos about repairing very usefull cann you make oneday about inlayed binding. thanks again

What kind of bamboo.