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本文翻譯自網頁「shakuhachi tips」（2002. 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20篇：確實按孔的訣竅

    在吹奏尺八音樂時，有許多機會，你會被要求按特定的音孔一次或多次，以便重複吹出一個音。如何按孔，決定於該重複音和手指姿勢的困難度。

    有時候，如果按孔動作做得不確實，那麼吹出的重複音將會微弱模糊。要將重複音按得確實，包含兩部分：確實按住和確實打開。確實打開音孔，對大多數人來講，可能比較不成問題。但是，確實按住音孔，恐怕會出人意外的困難。

    為了要做好它，你手指頭上的肉墊，必須要即時按觸到音孔的全部邊緣。絕不可以先按到一部分邊緣，然後再立即按其餘的部分。因為這樣做的話，即使是遺漏一點點，將會產生灰暗模糊的聲音來，這是我們試著去避免的事。

    要能夠確實、同時、且完美地按住整個音孔，其訣竅是：放鬆。

    現在，來做一個試驗。請試著放鬆你的手指，去敲擊你的尺八音孔，但不要去吹奏它。如果你聽到一個深沉的回音，那麼就代表你有精準確實地按到音孔。

    這就好比如吹奏「koro-koro」，以及重複敲擊第五孔一樣，都是吹奏尺八的重要性技藝。


B-20.The Secret to HittingHoles


There are many times in shakuhachi music where you are called on to hit(also called “push”) a certain hole one or more times to repeat a note. The way the hole is hit determines how the repeat sounds, and sometimes poses difficulties.


Sometimes, if the hole is not hit precisely enough, the repeat sound will become muddied. There are two parts to hitting the repeat hole precisely:closing the hole precisely and opening it precisely. Opening the hole precisely isn’t problematic for most people, but closing the hole precisely can be surprisingly difficult.


In order to do this, the pad of your finger should touch all sides of the hole at once. It should not hit one side any sooner than any other. To do so –even by a little bit – will result in the muddy sound we are trying to avoid.


The secret to precisely covering the entire hole perfectly simultaneously is relaxing. As an experiment, try hitting a hole on your shakuhachi - without blowing on it - while relaxing your finger. If you get a deep reverberating sound, you know you are closing the hole sufficiently accurately.


This is crucial for techniques like “koro-koro” and hitting the 5th hole repeatedly.

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