A
Japanese endblown
flute based on Chinese models. "Shaku" means basically "one" foot (or thereabouts) and "eight" inches (or thereabouts), which describes the length of the bamboo, which is keyed to C but in the
pentatonic scale.
Yes,
RalfM, you are right. I had been just playing my ni-shaku which is tuned to D.
Here is a list of lengths and tunings:
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Key G; i-shaku-san-sun; 1.3', 40 cm
- Key F#; i-shaku-yon-sun; 1.4', 43 cm
- Key F; i-shaku-go-sun; 1.5', 46 cm.
- Key E; i-shaku-roku-sun; 1.6', 48.5 cm
- Key Eb; i-shaku-nana-sun; 1.7', 52 cm
- Key D; i-shaku-ha-sun; 1.8', 54.5 cm
- Key C#; i-shaku-kyu-sun; 1.9', 59 cm
- Key C; ni-shaku; 2', 62.5 cm
- Key B; ni-shaku-i-sun; 2.1', 66 cm
- Key Bb; ni-shaku-san-sun; 2.2-2.3', 70 cm
- Key A; ni-shaku-yon-sun; 2.4', 75 cm