本文翻譯自網頁「shakuhachi tips」（2002. Sep）
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35篇：有需要暖身嗎？
不只是尺八，所有的樂器都需要暖身。不過，實際上，有一件事會常常發生，那就是，即使你在上台演奏前已做了暖身，但是，在你暖身之後，到你真正上台開始演奏之前，總是有一段長時間需要等待。
舉例來說，也許你必須在舞台旁，等其他人演奏完畢才輪到你；也許你必須等著某位重要人物的演說之後才上台。若是碰到這些事，等到你真正要開始演奏時，那就好像你事前並沒有暖身一樣。
如果你的尺八變冷了，當你吹奏時，就好像在暖身時一般，音高將會上升。為了避免這樣的事情發生，請在舞台上試著用你的雙手，將你的尺八維持暖和。即使你這麼做，當你吹奏時，那種暖身的感覺未必會立刻回來。可是，若是能吹的越輕柔，那麼未暖身所可能帶來的不良影響會越小。
若要了解其中道理，請想像百米短跑者是怎麼做的。在比賽時，他們必須全力衝刺。因此賽前，他們需廣泛的暖身，伸展他們身體的每一部分。若是他們沒有這麼做的話，則無法跑出最佳成績，更糟糕的是，會導致運動傷害。
那些如短跑選手般，用盡他們的能量和能力吹奏尺八的人，當然會比那些未如此吹奏的人，需依賴著更多的暖身。然而，若是你在吹奏尺八時，能讓你嘴巴週邊的肌肉更放鬆些，那麼你將可以較不依賴暖身。
因此，有一個不錯的練習是，不管是什麼情況，拿起尺八就直接吹奏，而不做任何暖身。但是，若是你吹奏時並沒有放鬆，你將無法做好它。因此，這將會自然地幫助你去學習，用一種放鬆的態度來吹奏。
B-35.Is Warm-Up Necessary?
Warming up is necessary for all instruments, not only the shakuhachi. However,it often occurs in practice that you even if you warm up before a performance,there will be a long period of time after your warm up ends and before you can actually play.
You may have to wait on stage for others to play first, for instance, or for someone important to give a speech…When this happens, by the time you actually start playing, it’s as though you hadn’t warmed up at all.
If your shakuhachi gets cold, the pitch will rise as it warms up when you play.In order to avoid this, try keeping it warm with your hands on stage. Even if you do this, though, the “feeling” of being warmed up might not return right away when you play. However, the softer a person plays, the less likely not being able to warm up is to affect them.
To understand why, imagine what 100 meter sprinters do.They warm up extensively, stretching all their body parts, until right before the race, when they burst into action. If they don’t do this, they won’t run well at best, and at worst will injure themselves.
People who play powerfully, using all their energy and abilities like as printer, rely more on warm-up than those who don’t. However, if you can play with the muscles around their mouth more relaxed, then you will have to rely less on warming up.
Thus, it is good practice to start playing songs immediately without any warm-up whatsoever. You won’t be able to do this well unless you can play relaxed, so this will naturally help you learn to play in a relaxed manner.
