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8.合適的樂器

8.合適的樂器

本文翻譯自網頁「shakuhachi tips」(2001.Oct)
http://www.kotodama.net/shakuhachi/tips.html
原作者:柿堺香
英文翻譯: Zachary Braverman
中文翻譯: 麥浪
中文校稿: 琰烺(陳佩筠)
版權所有:國際尺八研修館---柿堺香老師


基礎篇---第8篇合適的樂器

    在早期,大部分的尺八都是由專業的製管師所精心製作。這些專業的製管師,花了許多年來學習如何製作尺八,而且他們也盡他們所能,將每一支尺八做到最好。但是,有一個無法避免的事實是,當他們在製作每支尺八時,也只能用他們的身體去測試尺八的性能。


    如此結果,有一些事情開始起了作用。比如,真正適合你下巴的竹材,其造形設計,以及按孔位置的配置(對長管而言)。

    每一個人的下巴外形天生不同,一支尺八可以很容易吹,或是很難吹,決定在竹材貼近你下巴的部分,是否與你的身體搭配良好。有時候,一支與你身體搭配不良的尺八,可以重新製作,直接改造得讓你更容易吹奏。(不過,此事最好由有經驗的人來做。)

    有關長管按孔的配置,也需要配合你的手。一般,第一孔安置在中心線偏右,第三孔安置在中心線偏左(此處指左手在上者),這樣能讓樂器更容易吹奏。
    此外,按孔的配置必須能與你的身體搭配良好,這樣你就不需要費力氣去覆蓋按孔。

    (有些人堅持所有的按孔,都必須直接製作在竹管的中心線上。如此做,雖然並不會影響竹管的聲音,但是,長時間吹奏這樣的樂器,會導致你的手受到傷害。)

    因此,最理想的是,你必須選擇一支能搭配你的體型和肢體習慣的樂器。這樣會讓你能更輕易地去吹奏它,讓你專注在樂器的表現方式上,而不用跟樂器本身爭鬥。

B-8.An Instrument that Fits

Most shakuhachi these days are crafted by professionals. These professionals spend years learning how to make shakuhachi, and they make every flute to the best of their ability. But, there is no getting around the fact that it is only possible for them to use their own bodies as a reference when making eachflute.


This comes into play for things like the shaping of the bamboo where it actually touches your chin, and in the placing of the holes (for longer flutes).


Everybody's chin is shaped differently. A shakuhachi can be very easy or difficult to play depending on whether or not the part of the bamboo that touches your chin"fits" your body well.


Sometimes a shakuhachi that doesn't fit you well can be reworked, making it immediately easier for you to play. (However, this is best done by someone with experience.)


With a choukan, or long flute, the positioning of the finger holes also needs to fit you. Often, the 1st hole is right of center and the 3rd hole left of center (when the flute is played with left hand on top), which makes it significantly easier to play.


Again,though, the positioning of the holes should ideally fit your body such that you do not need to struggle to close them.


(Some people insist that all the holes be directly on the center line. However, this has no effect whatsoever on the sound of the flute, and playing such a flute for long periods of time can lead to injuring your hands.)


Thus,ideally, you should have an instrument that fits your physique and physical habits. This will make it easier for you to play, allowing you to concentrate on expression rather than struggling with the flute itself.


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