Performed November 14, 2015 and arranged by Cornelius Boots. 深禅
Berkeley Rose Labyrinth, video by Jason Ditzian, concert curator Laura Inserra and Samavesha.
Zen shakuhachi bamboo nature flute.
This was the premiere of this original short composition. The studio version of this song will be featured on the upcoming solo shakuhachi release HOLY FLUTE, due out in early 2017, find out more and support the project at [ Ссылка ].
The title refers to energy points that sit between your main hand knuckles. Massage those points as you read this, it will be good for you. I learned this some years back in my Dayan (Wild Goose) Qi Gong class in at Wen Wu School in El Cerrito (thanks Jerri!).
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New 12-track album by Cornelius Boots featuring standard and bass size bamboo flutes: jinashi shakuhachi and Taimu.
Heavy metal bamboo flute. Big riffs and masterful songs played on one of the rarest and most difficult wind instruments: Japanese Zen shakuhachi. Keeping the mojo intact, award-winning composer and woodwind visionary Cornelius Boots presents original songs alongside hard rock and metal classics by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Danzig, Dio and Lamb of God.
Become a backer today and join us in this uncharted and wonderful Holy Flute exploration, exhibition, expression and revelation.
Shakuhachi and Taimu albums at CD Baby:
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Digital album at bandcamp: [ Ссылка ]
The raw bamboo flute is the ultimate contemplative instrument. Played by Zen monks in Japan for perhaps a thousand years, the sound is somewhere between a Western silver flute and wind playing through trees.
Traditionally there were no shakuhachi audiences. The bamboo flute was a solo breath cultivation instrument of meditation; one voice from the two strands of the Natural and the Mystical. Zen modalities of exploring consciousness include nature contemplation and chant: these also form the foundations of shakuhachi playing.
In addition to the Buddhist chant and nature hymns (honkyoku) created over hundreds of years in monasteries, Cornelius explores blues, gospel, rock, metal, theme music, and original compositions. The resulting performance encompasses a full spectrum of energy and melody. Some sounds are uplifting, soaring and ethereal, and some are turbulent, gritty and inexplicable.
Cornelius is the first student of Grandmaster Michael Chikuzen Gould to have earned a Shihan (master teaching license) and was given the shakuhachi name 深禅 "Shinzen" (depth Zen or deep Zen). In addition to teaching, Cornelius has recorded and written, in shakuhachi calligraphic notation, a series of 27 etudes (mukyoku) for Taimu shakuhachi. He plays all types of flutes, but specializes in jinashi and large-bore shakuhachi, and high-level music with balls.
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Visit www.shinzenshakuhachi.com and sign up on the mailing list or contact Cornelius for online or in person lessons. You don't need a flute or "basic sounds" before you start learning: with shakuhachi, these are very important aspects of your first lessons.
"Free Bird" renegade nature music video:
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