Shakuhachi Flute Lesson: Playing Upper Octave

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Summary: Upper D note of the Shakuhachi flute can be played with all holes totally closed or totally open. Learn how to play octaves on the Shakuhachi flute in this free video music lesson from a master of the Japanese Shakuhachi flute.

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"Now I'm going to play the entire upper octave (flute sound). That was the whole upper octave. The highest D can be played two ways: it can be played holes totally open (flute sound) or holes totally closed (flute sound); same note (flute sound). The only difference is with the holes closed you can get a softer sound and you have more control over the pitch (flute sound). So it is really easier and better to play the highest octave D with all the holes closed. And once again, you can also open the back hole just a little bit to make it a little bit easier (flute sound). That was the highest octave D."

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