Blowing Zen Honkyoku: One Breath, One Mind

By Carl Abbott

This book is a collection of all 36 Kinko Ryu solo Honkyoku pieces, 23 Honkyoku duets, 10 miscellaneous Honkyoku pieces, and 5 classic Myoan Honkyoku piece. There is extra instruction on learning to play Honkyoku by heart. The playing by heart section includes 10 of the shorter Kinko Ryu solo pieces rewritten in a way to facilitate learning these pieces by heart. Note, learning to play some Honkyoku by heart can greatly deepen the blowing Zen experience, and give intuitive insight into the other, longer Honkyoku pieces. I formatted all the sheet music in such a way as to facilitate gluing the notation together to form continuous accordion style sheet music, similar to the traditional style used in Japan. This eliminates the need to turn pages while you are playing the longer pieces.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B5KK45BL
• ISBN13: 9798831803136
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.6" x 8.3"