Associations to the word «Shakuhachi»

Wiktionary

SHAKUHACHI, noun. (musical instruments) A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.

Wise words

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