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Post by dizixiao on Jun 22, 2020 17:17:42 GMT
Does anyone know how to make a xiao please shed light on my question. I have a C xiao that is make using shakuhachi technique like what Winson does. My maker made it and sent me a sound testing video. The xiao play into the 4 octave, however, the maker son said the note balance does not satisfy him. He has to sacrifice some balance for playing into the 4 octave. He said the wall is thick (7mm) and the inner diameter is a bit big (21mm) therefore it is not balance enough. I see a lot of shakuhachi C having inner diameter of 22-23 mm and wall of 8-9 mm. Does anyone know how big inner diameter and wall effect high octave? I would think wall thickness should not matter except for giving darker or brighter tone.
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Post by phoenixiao on Jul 5, 2020 11:29:25 GMT
Shakuhachi bore is tapered and shaped by the ji paste to help balance the notes. Finger hole distance and sizes also affect this. Similar for the Xiao.
Learnt these from a local maker so I don’t have the details.
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Post by dizixiao on Jul 6, 2020 16:45:37 GMT
Thanks for the respond.
Not every shakuhachi bore is tapered. My C xiao also has taper bore. Using ji paste to balance the note is done on jiari shakuhachi and not jinashi shakuhachi. Thinking about the ji paste make me think that the shakuhachi bore at the mouth piece could be 22-23 mm, but the ji paste allow the maker to change the bore to be smaller to compensate for the large bore at the mouth piece. Ji paste allow maker to select bamboo with a larger bore, then use the paste to shape the bore. If this is the case then a jinashi shakuhachi should has smaller natural bore. Maker for the jinashi shakuhachi has to be more selective in selecting bamboo.
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