The large bamboo flute called daegeum, used in traditional Korean music, is uniquely capable of producing a wide range of listening experiences from a single ancient woodwind instrument. Daegeum, a ...

India's diverse cultures have given rise to different designs and styles of bamboo flutes. Every region has its own unique characteristics, be it in terms of shape, size, or ornamentation. These ...

THE SHAKUHACHI MANUAL FOR LEARNING, Revised Edition, by Christopher Yohmei Blasdel. Printed Matter Press, 2008, 202 pp. with many illustrations, musical notations, and an attached CD of practice ...

THERE are breathy notes in a house in the hills of the Central Valley, a sound that is more moody and rousing even than the stories behind its arrival there. A1,000-year-old meditation technique, the ...

For music connoisseurs, the mellifluous notes flowing from a bamboo flute is always an aural treat. Recently, the music aficionados in the capital city were in for one such treat when ...

Daegeum maestro Won Jang-hyun plays the daegeum, a large Korean bamboo flute, at the National Gugak Center in Seoul. Photo © Hyungwon Kang The large bamboo flute ...