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A. G. Maisey · 26th December 2006, 06:09 AM

Shakuhachi seem to be like the open ended Andean flute, the quena. Sort of a fipple flute but you have to blow directly onto the fipple instead of through an airway, like with a recorder. Never tried a shakuhachi, but I played around with a quena a bit some years back. Not easy, but playable, with a lot of patience. Those pan pipe things are hard to play too, and although everybody reckons ocarinas are easy, I reckon they're damn difficult.

26th December 2006, 06:09 AM	#18
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,992	Shakuhachi seem to be like the open ended Andean flute, the quena. Sort of a fipple flute but you have to blow directly onto the fipple instead of through an airway, like with a recorder. Never tried a shakuhachi, but I played around with a quena a bit some years back. Not easy, but playable, with a lot of patience. Those pan pipe things are hard to play too, and although everybody reckons ocarinas are easy, I reckon they're damn difficult.