I made a sound today after 1 hour of practice! Thank you so much Miki, if it weren't for your videos I wouldn't be making any progress; this instrument is so beautiful and you've become so skilled. Again, thank you for your kindness in making this content for newcomers.
Wow, congratulations, Hoen!! I am so happy for you!!! Thank you so much for your kind words ☺ I am so glad that my videos have helped you!! Just to read your comment made my day!!!!! I am so happy!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Roxion! Welcome to our shinobue community! I'm glad you are interested in shinobue!! It's an amazingly beautiful, affordable and relatively easy to play instrument!! But I have to warn you "A Life Sent on" is very hard"! It might take a little while to get to play that one. But there are many other awesome songs you can learn before you get there!!! Hope this channel will help you!!
@@MikiShinobue Thank you! I was reading up on the shinobue before making the purchase and I saw how hard it’d be to learn even from this video I can tell it’ll be a long road but I really hope to get it down eventually.
@@roxion8899 Yes, that's why I call it a Shinobue Journey, and it's an adventure as my channel name suggests! And that's why I decided to create this channel, so people outside Japan can receive shinobue information easily and there is a community of shinobue lovers to support each other thru this difficult but AMAZING journey!! :D Keep on playing and you WILL play the song you want to play!!
Very good advice! As you say, the guides with beginner shinobue are bad - but your video helped me get a clean sound straight away! Excited to keep learning, thank you :).
Hi Alexa! Thank you very much for your comment! I'm glad my video was helpful to you!! I'm excited that you are learning shinobue too! Welcome to our shinobue community!!!! 🥰
Congratulations, Guilio!! Wow, that's awesome that you can play ryo on fairly consistently after 30 min!! Have you played other wind instruments before??
I am soooo happy to have found your channel. I can play other whistles but trans flutes are is darn hard. Just this video has helped so much. Thank You.❤
You are very welcome!! ❤Thank you so much for commenting, Paula! Hearing how much my videos have helped people get to know and play this amazing instrument inspires me to create more content like this video!! 🥰
Awwwww!! That is so sweet of you!! Thank you so much for your kind words! I love shinobue and I love teaching, so this is something I love to do! 🥰🥰😃😃😃😃😃😃
Thank you for watching this video! Yes, my mission is that more people will find out about this incredible instrument! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍Shinobue will bring this world together!! 😄😄😄😄😄😄
Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm very happy that this video was helpful to you! Yes, I've been teaching music for more than 30 years and I love it!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thanks very much! You gave some very specific details here that allowed me to finally find the sound on my shinobue! hugely appreciated; I'll be making sure to learn as much as I can from you :D
@@MikiShinobue I had a follow up question ,if you don't mind - I am able to get sounds from individual notes, but when if I try to change notes, I lose it, even if I feel I'm holding the position of the shinobue steady. So, I'll do cover all holes, slowly open one or two to go up and down a scale (like the 6, 5, 4 you mentioned in this viode), but it doesn't seem to be accurate, then when I close all the holes again, I get the sound back. Is this normal for newer players to struggle with, and if so, what is a general idea you'd recommend for holding the 'sound' throughout a variety of notes?
@@BowieAlexander Thank you for this question! The shinobue position is SLIGHTLY different for EACH note. That's why if you try to keep the shinobue steady through the scale, some notes sound good, but some do not. You need to adjust the position of the shinobue by listening to EACH note. Does this answer your question? (I hope I'm understanding your question correctly! )
@@MikiShinobue This is a wonderful answer, thank you so much. It's a lot to learn though, the individual position relative to each note, and then seamlessly flowing between them, mid song. Not just learning the finger movements but the flute movements as well. What an incredibly nuanced instrument! I am determined to get it down! Thank you for taking time out to answer my question, it's much appreciated! :D
@@BowieAlexander Yes, you are absolutely right! There are so many elements in playing shinobue that need to be happening all at the same time to create a beautiful tone. It is indeed an incredibly nuanced instrument as you said!! It is very challenging, but the challenge makes it so worthwhile to practice!!! Let's learn this amazing instrument together!!!!
こんばんはー！英語で見てくれてありがとう！！とてもうれしいです！！私はオハイオ州、オレゴンからはすごく遠いですが、多分その方知ってるとおもいます。KOTORI Japanese music? 私は横浜で生まれ育ちました。インスタ、ファローしてくださって有り難うございます！！マルビエントさんは日本はどこ？
Konichiwa Ma'am, I'm Indian flute player, great to see that the love of flute around the world, I urge to play Shinobue and Dizi too, could you please suggest where I get good well tuned Shinobue😊
Hello! Thank you for your comment! That's fantastic that you play Indian flutes and are now interested in shinobue! Welcome to our community! If you want to play music tuned to the Western scale (like a piano), then make sure to get a uta style or Do re mi style shinobue. Most people start with 6 hon choshi or 8 hon choshi. I can't recommend any brands because the choice is very personal. A lot of people seem to buy shinobues from Taiko Center or kaDon, but if you lived in India, I'm not sure... This playlist might be helpful! ruclips.net/video/Taxqh_Z8d-k/видео.html&ab_channel=MikiSaitoShinobueAdventure%21%21
@@MikiShinobue Thank you so much for your kind suggestion, Yeah I'm in India not much sure about Shinobue here, I'll get Uta style cause I easily compare with Indian notations.
Wonderful explanation. I love it. Thank you very much !! You're so FUNNY - I was laughing so hard. Thanks for the important tip of not using the silly little smile that every one says to do.Thank you for listing the chapters above...soooo appreciated. I play the Native American Flute but I feel that I want to play the Shinobue as it is different and I learnt Taiko so I've been exposed to Shinobue often.
Hi Chris, thank you so much for your comment! It really inspires me to keep going knowing that my videos are actually helping people! I am also thrilled that you found this video entertaining as well! I believe that humor helps people learn better! Yeah, I try to talk about the "little smile" myth every chance since I believed it at first and still work hard to break the habit. That's great that you play the Native American Flute and also did Taiko!! Such cool instruments!! Is the embouchure for Shinobue different from the Native American Flute?
Man this is significantly harder than I thought, I spent hours trying to find the spot to make a sound but I can't find it. Is it just practice, practice practice?
Hi EmergencyPancakes! Thank you very much for your comment! Watch 4:03-8:18 of this video over and over. It talks about how to make a sound. For now, forget about the rest and concentrate on making the sound. Make sure you are doing all the things I talk about there because multiple things need to be happening simultaneously for you to make a sound. And you are absolutely right, practice practice practice!! But I can tell you when you get that sound, you will be hooked!!! Let me know how it goes!!
Is it normal for your fingers to get tired and sore when you're first learning to play these? I'm the poor, deluded fool who decided to start learning on a 3 hon choshi. I started attempting to play maybe twenty minutes ago. I've managed to play several good, clear notes so far, but I'm not able to hit the sweet spot on the mouth piece consistently just yet. My fingers seem to tire out pretty quickly though, so I'm just wondering if that's normal for a beginner, or if I'm holding it incorrectly?
Hello! Congratulations on your new shinobue! 3 hon choshi is hard to play because it's big and the fingers need to spread out more. And your posture is probably incorrect and your left hand is probably too far away because of it. Watch this video. ruclips.net/video/d4_BrC3iI0I/видео.html Posture matters less if you are playing a short flute, but since you are playing a long flute, it really matters. And as you practice, things get better. You've been playing for only 20 minutes. Of course, you can't play it!! That's absolutely normal!!! You won't be able to hit the sweet spot consistently for 20 days or even 20 months!! That's normal. This is a journey. But if you practice watching my videos and listening to what your shinobue tells you every day, you WILL get better a little by little. 🥰😀😀😀😀😀😀😃😃😃😃 Keep us posted!!!!
Oh, wow, thank you for checking up on me, I wasn't expecting that. I've had a hard time finding time to practice to be honest. I'm in a hotel for work 6 days a week and only home one, sometimes two days a week. With all the Christmas stuff going on, I just haven't had a spare moment. Now that Christmas is over, I'm trying to squeeze more efficiency out of my schedule so I can accomplish something other than just working all the time. @@MikiShinobue
@@SpawnedInTheHades Thank you for the update! Yeah, finding the time to practice can be hard... Bring your shinobue with you to the hotel. Just practice ryo on 1 over and over. Then, when your ryo on 1 is beautiful, practice ryo on 1 to kan on 1 without taking a breath (octave practice). Those notes are very quiet so you can practice in the hotel if it's before 9 PM. Even if you are tired, you can just spend 15 min with your shinobue every day and it will start to become a lot more friendly to you! If you really need to be quiet, just stretch your fingers on your shinobue and play very softly. Your fingers will get used to be on shinobue. Keep us posted!!!
Thank you for your question! For a beginner, any kind of material would be perfectly fine! If you are a professional shinobue player, you would want to use a professional-grade bamboo flutes, but they are too expensive for someone who is just starting.
Thank you very much for watching!! I just did the auto translation in Arabic. I hope it's good. RUclips doesn't recognize many Japanese words like shinobue and hon choshi, so I corrected the original, but not sure if it worked for Arabic. I don't read Arabic so I can't check it at all!!
I play Shakuhachi that is a straight (not traverse) Japanese bamboo flute. There they say that it is a good practice to learn to play with left hand at top and right at bottom to be able to adopt more easy to a traverse Japanese flute. So I get the feeling that it is more than just have a “traditional” look when play. A shinobue must like the shakuhachi have a blowing edge that is sharp that divide/split the airstream that hits it from the mouth so the part that go into the flute gets turbulent and makes the bamboo vibrate to a tone. In shakuhachi that edge is called Utaguchi are in the end because that flute is end blown, and the hands don’t affect the flutes “browning edge” position to the mouth. If a shinobue is constructed as I think with a “blowing edge” the position and alignment with mouth and that edge depends on what side way the flute points. Most flute makers makes flute by traditions and those are based on what is the dominant hand of the majority (right) of course a maker could take special orders, but do that rather than learn play with left hand on top you get looked out for play others flutes. And yes one point on time most want to try a flute tuned in a different key and want to try that before buy.
I made a sound today after 1 hour of practice! Thank you so much Miki, if it weren't for your videos I wouldn't be making any progress; this instrument is so beautiful and you've become so skilled.
Again, thank you for your kindness in making this content for newcomers.
Wow, congratulations, Hoen!! I am so happy for you!!! Thank you so much for your kind words ☺ I am so glad that my videos have helped you!! Just to read your comment made my day!!!!! I am so happy!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So glad I found this I want to try picking this up after playing Xenoblade 3 😭 I love the flute songs in there so I want to try to learn a couple
Hi Roxion! Welcome to our shinobue community! I'm glad you are interested in shinobue!! It's an amazingly beautiful, affordable and relatively easy to play instrument!! But I have to warn you "A Life Sent on" is very hard"! It might take a little while to get to play that one. But there are many other awesome songs you can learn before you get there!!! Hope this channel will help you!!
@@MikiShinobue Thank you! I was reading up on the shinobue before making the purchase and I saw how hard it’d be to learn even from this video I can tell it’ll be a long road but I really hope to get it down eventually.
@@roxion8899 Yes, that's why I call it a Shinobue Journey, and it's an adventure as my channel name suggests! And that's why I decided to create this channel, so people outside Japan can receive shinobue information easily and there is a community of shinobue lovers to support each other thru this difficult but AMAZING journey!! :D Keep on playing and you WILL play the song you want to play!!
Hi Roxion! "A Life Sent On" tutorial and cover videos will be released today!! Hope you'll like them!!
@@MikiShinobue omg yay! I can’t wait to watch it thank you for telling me!
Thank you! I got a shinobue a few days ago and I am going to go through all your videos!
Congratulations on your first shinobue and welcome to our community! ❤️👍🎊
Very good advice!
As you say, the guides with beginner shinobue are bad - but your video helped me get a clean sound straight away!
Excited to keep learning, thank you :).
Hi Alexa! Thank you very much for your comment! I'm glad my video was helpful to you!! I'm excited that you are learning shinobue too! Welcome to our shinobue community!!!! 🥰
Finally got my shinobue and after half an hour im able to do the lower octave fairly consistently. Thanks!
Congratulations, Guilio!! Wow, that's awesome that you can play ryo on fairly consistently after 30 min!! Have you played other wind instruments before??
@@giuliok That's fantastic, Giulio! Let me know if you have any questions! Keep us posted!!!
I am soooo happy to have found your channel. I can play other whistles but trans flutes are is darn hard. Just this video has helped so much. Thank You.❤
You are very welcome!! ❤Thank you so much for commenting, Paula! Hearing how much my videos have helped people get to know and play this amazing instrument inspires me to create more content like this video!! 🥰
Lovely class. It is inspiring and so respectful to students at same time. You have talent. Thank you very much.
Awwwww!! That is so sweet of you!! Thank you so much for your kind words! I love shinobue and I love teaching, so this is something I love to do! 🥰🥰😃😃😃😃😃😃
Thank you for the tutorials because there are so little videos of this beautiful instrument
Thank you for watching this video! Yes, my mission is that more people will find out about this incredible instrument! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍Shinobue will bring this world together!! 😄😄😄😄😄😄
just the video i needed, thank you, so much i was doing wrong, your a very good teacher, thank you
Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm very happy that this video was helpful to you! Yes, I've been teaching music for more than 30 years and I love it!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thanks very much! You gave some very specific details here that allowed me to finally find the sound on my shinobue! hugely appreciated; I'll be making sure to learn as much as I can from you :D
I am so happy that this video helped you, too, Bowie! Thank you so much for letting me know! I will keep on making more shinobue tutorials!! :D
@@MikiShinobue I had a follow up question ,if you don't mind - I am able to get sounds from individual notes, but when if I try to change notes, I lose it, even if I feel I'm holding the position of the shinobue steady.
So, I'll do cover all holes, slowly open one or two to go up and down a scale (like the 6, 5, 4 you mentioned in this viode), but it doesn't seem to be accurate, then when I close all the holes again, I get the sound back.
Is this normal for newer players to struggle with, and if so, what is a general idea you'd recommend for holding the 'sound' throughout a variety of notes?
@@BowieAlexander Thank you for this question! The shinobue position is SLIGHTLY different for EACH note. That's why if you try to keep the shinobue steady through the scale, some notes sound good, but some do not. You need to adjust the position of the shinobue by listening to EACH note. Does this answer your question? (I hope I'm understanding your question correctly! )
@@MikiShinobue This is a wonderful answer, thank you so much. It's a lot to learn though, the individual position relative to each note, and then seamlessly flowing between them, mid song. Not just learning the finger movements but the flute movements as well. What an incredibly nuanced instrument!
I am determined to get it down! Thank you for taking time out to answer my question, it's much appreciated! :D
@@BowieAlexander Yes, you are absolutely right! There are so many elements in playing shinobue that need to be happening all at the same time to create a beautiful tone. It is indeed an incredibly nuanced instrument as you said!! It is very challenging, but the challenge makes it so worthwhile to practice!!! Let's learn this amazing instrument together!!!!
The best instruction ever!!!
Awww! Thank you so much!! I'm glad this video was helpful to you!! Let me know if you have any questions!! 😃😃😃😃😃
今晩はです、二カ月前のRUclipsを拝見してます。全てが英会話でわからないけど、テロップで伝わりました😊あの、今アメリカ🇺🇸で住んでるんですよね？何州でしょうか？ 自己紹介には、横浜と解読したのですが？インスタ、フォローしました。オレゴン州にも、篠笛のを発信してる方がいます。
5番街Shocoさんです^ - ^お近くでしたら、お近くでしたら、お会いしてわ？
篠笛の魅力を伝えている熱量は、すごく伝わります。応援してますので、頑張って下さい💪😊
こんばんはー！英語で見てくれてありがとう！！とてもうれしいです！！私はオハイオ州、オレゴンからはすごく遠いですが、多分その方知ってるとおもいます。KOTORI Japanese music? 私は横浜で生まれ育ちました。インスタ、ファローしてくださって有り難うございます！！マルビエントさんは日本はどこ？
Konichiwa Ma'am, I'm Indian flute player, great to see that the love of flute around the world, I urge to play Shinobue and Dizi too, could you please suggest where I get good well tuned Shinobue😊
Hello! Thank you for your comment! That's fantastic that you play Indian flutes and are now interested in shinobue! Welcome to our community! If you want to play music tuned to the Western scale (like a piano), then make sure to get a uta style or Do re mi style shinobue. Most people start with 6 hon choshi or 8 hon choshi. I can't recommend any brands because the choice is very personal. A lot of people seem to buy shinobues from Taiko Center or kaDon, but if you lived in India, I'm not sure... This playlist might be helpful! ruclips.net/video/Taxqh_Z8d-k/видео.html&ab_channel=MikiSaitoShinobueAdventure%21%21
@@MikiShinobue Thank you so much for your kind suggestion, Yeah I'm in India not much sure about Shinobue here, I'll get Uta style cause I easily compare with Indian notations.
@@inncentm.f9040 Yes, uta style should be great! Good luck and keep us posted!!!
Wonderful explanation. I love it. Thank you very much !! You're so FUNNY - I was laughing so hard. Thanks for the important tip of not using the silly little smile that every one says to do.Thank you for listing the chapters above...soooo appreciated. I play the Native American Flute but I feel that I want to play the Shinobue as it is different and I learnt Taiko so I've been exposed to Shinobue often.
Hi Chris, thank you so much for your comment! It really inspires me to keep going knowing that my videos are actually helping people! I am also thrilled that you found this video entertaining as well! I believe that humor helps people learn better! Yeah, I try to talk about the "little smile" myth every chance since I believed it at first and still work hard to break the habit. That's great that you play the Native American Flute and also did Taiko!! Such cool instruments!! Is the embouchure for Shinobue different from the Native American Flute?
Man this is significantly harder than I thought, I spent hours trying to find the spot to make a sound but I can't find it. Is it just practice, practice practice?
Hi EmergencyPancakes! Thank you very much for your comment! Watch 4:03-8:18 of this video over and over. It talks about how to make a sound. For now, forget about the rest and concentrate on making the sound. Make sure you are doing all the things I talk about there because multiple things need to be happening simultaneously for you to make a sound. And you are absolutely right, practice practice practice!! But I can tell you when you get that sound, you will be hooked!!! Let me know how it goes!!
Is it normal for your fingers to get tired and sore when you're first learning to play these? I'm the poor, deluded fool who decided to start learning on a 3 hon choshi. I started attempting to play maybe twenty minutes ago. I've managed to play several good, clear notes so far, but I'm not able to hit the sweet spot on the mouth piece consistently just yet. My fingers seem to tire out pretty quickly though, so I'm just wondering if that's normal for a beginner, or if I'm holding it incorrectly?
Hello! Congratulations on your new shinobue! 3 hon choshi is hard to play because it's big and the fingers need to spread out more. And your posture is probably incorrect and your left hand is probably too far away because of it. Watch this video. ruclips.net/video/d4_BrC3iI0I/видео.html Posture matters less if you are playing a short flute, but since you are playing a long flute, it really matters. And as you practice, things get better. You've been playing for only 20 minutes. Of course, you can't play it!! That's absolutely normal!!! You won't be able to hit the sweet spot consistently for 20 days or even 20 months!! That's normal. This is a journey. But if you practice watching my videos and listening to what your shinobue tells you every day, you WILL get better a little by little. 🥰😀😀😀😀😀😀😃😃😃😃 Keep us posted!!!!
Hello! How are you doing with your 3 hon choshi? How are your fingers feeling?
Oh, wow, thank you for checking up on me, I wasn't expecting that. I've had a hard time finding time to practice to be honest. I'm in a hotel for work 6 days a week and only home one, sometimes two days a week. With all the Christmas stuff going on, I just haven't had a spare moment. Now that Christmas is over, I'm trying to squeeze more efficiency out of my schedule so I can accomplish something other than just working all the time. @@MikiShinobue
@@SpawnedInTheHades Thank you for the update! Yeah, finding the time to practice can be hard... Bring your shinobue with you to the hotel. Just practice ryo on 1 over and over. Then, when your ryo on 1 is beautiful, practice ryo on 1 to kan on 1 without taking a breath (octave practice). Those notes are very quiet so you can practice in the hotel if it's before 9 PM. Even if you are tired, you can just spend 15 min with your shinobue every day and it will start to become a lot more friendly to you! If you really need to be quiet, just stretch your fingers on your shinobue and play very softly. Your fingers will get used to be on shinobue. Keep us posted!!!
Hello, what tuning of this flute shown in the video?
Hello! Thank you so much for your comment! This is a Suzuki plastic shinobue 8 hon choshi! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Does the type of material the flute is made of matter?
Thank you for your question! For a beginner, any kind of material would be perfectly fine! If you are a professional shinobue player, you would want to use a professional-grade bamboo flutes, but they are too expensive for someone who is just starting.
Thank you for your instructions, miss
@@nxeor1 You are very welcome!!!!!
Miss Please add automatic Arabic translation to the video. I enjoy watching your clips 🌹
Thank you very much for watching!! I just did the auto translation in Arabic. I hope it's good. RUclips doesn't recognize many Japanese words like shinobue and hon choshi, so I corrected the original, but not sure if it worked for Arabic. I don't read Arabic so I can't check it at all!!
thank you very much miss 🌹
This is exactly what I wanted 💜
@@nxeor1 I am very glad it worked!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
It has to be left side?
Hi Joshua! Thank you for your question! Are you left-handed?
I play Shakuhachi that is a straight (not traverse) Japanese bamboo flute.
There they say that it is a good practice to learn to play with left hand at top and right at bottom to be able to adopt more easy to a traverse Japanese flute.
So I get the feeling that it is more than just have a “traditional” look when play. A shinobue must like the shakuhachi have a blowing edge that is sharp that divide/split the airstream that hits it from the mouth so the part that go into the flute gets turbulent and makes the bamboo vibrate to a tone. In shakuhachi that edge is called Utaguchi are in the end because that flute is end blown, and the hands don’t affect the flutes “browning edge” position to the mouth.
If a shinobue is constructed as I think with a “blowing edge” the position and alignment with mouth and that edge depends on what side way the flute points.
Most flute makers makes flute by traditions and those are based on what is the dominant hand of the majority (right) of course a maker could take special orders, but do that rather than learn play with left hand on top you get looked out for play others flutes. And yes one point on time most want to try a flute tuned in a different key and want to try that before buy.