Shakuhachi
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ʃɑkuˈhɑt͡ʃiː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Shakuhachi is a noun meaning (music) A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.
Meaning
(music) A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.
Example Sentences
Sampled shakuhachi sounds on the E-mu Emulator II were heard in the 1980s in TV ads and also appeared prominently in popular songs, as in the opening section of Peter Gabriel's 1986 “Sledgehammer,”[…]
Word Forms
- shakuhachis
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include flute, hotchiku, hocchiku, shinobue, shamisen, kagurabue.
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