Tag: Noh flute

This is the record of my fifth private Noh flute lesson. On that day, I practiced a piece of Noh music named, “Chu-no-mai” with my teacher. Compared to before, I was able to make a sound more clearly, and my fingers were able to react according to the musical score spontaneously. My teacher said that I could memorize the Shoga...

This is the record of my fourth private Noh flute lesson. On that day, I learned the remainder of “Chu-no-mai”. I was barely able to play my Noh flute. But, I couldn’t control the pitch. I always played my Noh flute by following a Noh musical score, but the pitch was different every time. I asked my teacher about that,...

This is the record of my third private Noh flute lesson. After the last lesson, I practiced a Noh piece of music called, “Cyu-no-mai” on my own. “Cyu-no-mai” is divided into four parts, and I practiced the first part called, “Kakari”. Initially, my fingers were not moving the way I wanted them to at all. But I somehow managed to...

This is my record of my second private Noh flute lesson. Last time, my teacher told me to learn “Chu-no-mai” first of all. There are 18 music standards relating to the Noh flute, and Chu-no-mai is one of them. I bought a Noh musical score book called, “Shoga-shu” in order to learn Chu-no-mai. A musical score for the Noh flute...

Fortunately, I got a chance to learn the Noh flute called, “Nohkan” from a professional Nohkan player. I have started to take his private lessons. For your information, a Noh orchestra consists of four types of musical instruments: a Nohkan, a small hand drum, a large hand drum, and a floor drum. I’m interested in all of those. First of...