Url https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2368 Resource class wmi:MusicalInstrument Title shakuhachi Subject 421.141.12 Contributor Roger Vetter, Toby Austin Type Japanese Format 21.5 in. length Identifier 6119 419 Source East Asia Language EN Coverage Japan Alternative Title syakuhati Medium bamboo ivory lacquer cord Requires 1 Is Part Of Sankyoku Ensemble from Japan Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection Spatial Coverage Asia Provenance Vetter collection Air cavity design for aerophones tubular - tapering with open distal end Source and direction of airstream player exhalation through mouth into air cavity; unidirectional Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones notched cut in rim at end of tube or in opening of vessel Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones opening fingerholes to reduce space or shorten length of standing wave in air cavity Overblowing utilization in aerophones overblowing at consecutive partials Pitch production in aerophones multiple pitches - changing length of standing wave within cavity with fingerholes and by selecting partials through overblowing Category of Instrument aerophone --