本文翻譯自網頁「shakuhachi tips」（2002.Jan）
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44篇：不進步的人的共同點
每一個學吹尺八的人，都希望能夠進步，而事實上，有的人就是學得比別人快。我們總是說，那些進步得快的人，是因為他們的天賦較好。但是，這樣說，並無法教我們學會什麼。我的想法則較在於：那些不進步的人，都做了些什麼？
如果把尺八交給從來沒吹過的人，有些人可能一直坐在那裡，卻連一個聲音都吹不出來，而有些人卻比別的人較快吹出聲音來。那些一直無法吹出聲音來的人，有一個共同點就是：他們再三地用著同樣的方法。
他們一再地用同樣的方法吹奏，而沒有去嚐試用新的方法，比如：調整尺八置於下巴的位置。他們似乎未能理解到，一再地用同樣的方法吹奏，將產生同樣的結果。
問題是：當你用的方法效果不佳時，該如何處置？
答案是：停止用那種方法！
對於那些已經吹了一段長時間，但是用錯方法的人，很可能已經養成一種根深蒂固的不良習慣。在此情況下，關鍵在於，要去認清此種不良習慣，並且盡快地改正過來。
不管是哪一種情況，接下來，就看你是否願意在創意和靈活運用方面，投入心力和腦力。
B-44.What People Who Don't Improve Share in Common
Every one wants to improve at the shakuhachi, but it is a fact that some do so much faster than others. We can always say that those who improve faster just have more talent, but that doesn’t teach us very much. I think it’s better to look at what those who don’t improve have in common.
If you give a shakuhachi to someone who has never played before, some people will sit there forever without accomplishing a sound, and others will start making a sound relatively quickly. Those who persist in not being able to make a sound have something in common: they try the same thing over and over again.
They just keep on blowing the same way without trying new things like changing the position of the shakuhachi on their chin.They don’t realize that trying the same thing over and over again will lead to the same result.
The question is: How should you respond when what you are doing isn’t working?
The answer is: Stop doing it that way.
For those who have been playing longer, what they have being doing wrong may well have hardened into a habit. In this case the key is identifying such bad habits and curing them quickly.
In either case, what it comes down to is whether or not you are willing to put in both the effort and the mental discipline of invention and ingenuity.
