Venue

Because of the pandemic, the workshop will happen online using Zoom.

This workshop will be the 17^th France Kinko-ryu shakuhachi workshop and the 6^th official Chikumeisha France workshop organized by the:

France Chikumeisha Lesson Center

33 place de la Paix

91310 Montlhéry

Price and registration

The price is 80€ for the three days, 25€ for Friday only.

Registration is mandatory by email to contact@chikumeisha.net

You will then receive detailed information about the workshop and payment.

When payment is complete, you will receive the Zoom meeting ID and a link to download the material studied during the workshop.

General overview of the workshop

Friday June 11: focus on beginners, with lessons available in French and in English.
Saturday June 12: focus on Kinko-ryū honkyoku
Sunday June 13: focus on sankyoku

All participants are welcome to attend all sessions.

In the following, a beginner is someone already able to produce the notes and read the Kinko notation; teaching to pure beginners is not really possible in such a format.

Please note that whatever your level is, you are welcome to participate in one, two or all three sessions if you want to discover the pieces covered. The level designation (please see the program below for details) is only meant to indicate the tempo of teaching and what the teacher will expect of pre-understanding of the material. It is of course possible to just audit the lessons.

Program

Time is in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Beginners: Instruction and pieces from Gunnar’s beginners manual (version française disponible).

Gaikyoku (repertoire of ensemble pieces)

Beginners to Intermediate: “Midare” (乱), w. strings and vocals or recording of strings and vocals
Intermediate: “Mama no Kawa” (ままの川), w. strings and vocals or recording of strings and vocals

Honkyoku (kinko-ryū fundamental pieces)

“Hi-fu-mi Hachi-gaeshi no Shirabe” (一二三鉢返の調)
“Koro Sugagaki” (転菅垣)

Friday June 11

9:00-10:15	Morning session 1	Frédéric Boulanger
	Beginners class in English based on the beginners manual by Gunnar. Q&A on how to play, embouchure, fingerings, and notation.
		Jean-Luc Peilhon
	Classe débutants en français basée sur le manuel débutant de Gunnar. Questions et réponses sur le jeu, l’embouchure, les doigtés, la notation
		Christophe Kazan Gaston
	Preparation for intermediate players to the Gunnar's lesson on Sunday about Midare. The lesson on Sunday will have a more advanced level tempo.
		Gunnar Jinmei Linder
	Intermediate level Kinko honkyoku techniques. A number of intermediate level techniques are introduced and participants practice these patterns both together in a group and one by one.
10:30-12:00	Morning session 2	Frédéric Boulanger
	Beginners class in English based on the beginners manual by Gunnar. Q&A on how to play, embouchure, fingerings, and notation.
		Jean-Luc Peilhon
	Classe débutants en français basée sur le manuel débutant de Gunnar. Questions et réponses sur le jeu, l’embouchure, les doigtés, la notation
		Christophe Kazan Gaston
	Preparation for intermediate players to Gunnar's lesson on Sunday about Midare. The lesson on Sunday will have a more advanced level tempo.
		Gunnar Jinmei Linder
	Intermediate level Kinko honkyoku techniques. A number of intermediate level techniques are introduced and participants practice these patterns both together in a group and one by one.
12:00-14:00	Lunch break
14:00-15:00	Afternoon session 1	Christophe Kazan Gaston
	Midare - A continuation of the morning sessions
		Gunnar JInmei Linder
	Basic Kinko honkyoku techniques. In this session some less complex phrase patterns used in honkyoku will be explained. Participants will also get an opportunity to practice under the guidance of the instructor.
15:30-17:30	Afternoon session 2	Gunnar Jinmei Linder
	Basic Kinko honkyoku techniques. A continuation of the previous session.

Saturday June 12

Honkyoku (kinko-ryū fundamental pieces)

Hi-fu-mi Hachi-gaeshi no shirabe (一二三鉢返の調)
Koro sugagaki (転菅垣)

09:00–12:00	Gunnar Jinmei Linder	Hi-fu-mi Hachi-gaeshi no Shirabe
	Masterclass: Anyone who is familiar with the piece is welcome to participate. Play in the master class and receive comments on your playing. Listen to the master class to learn from others. In this session we will focus on details in the expression of the phrases.
	Christophe Kazan Gaston	Hi-fu-mi Hachi-gaeshi no Shirabe
	Teaching for participants who don’t know the piece yet. Learn from the basics.
12:00-14:00	Lunch break
14:00–16:00	Gunnar Jinmei Linder	“Koro Sugagaki” session 1
	The first half of this piece includes a number of new patterns. Focus will be on the special feature phrases of the piece.
16:00–18:00	Gunnar Jinmei Linder	“Koro Sugagaki” session 2
	The second half of this piece includes a vast number of “koro-koro” phrases. At the end of the session, time allowing, we will play the whole piece through (approx. 27 minutes).

Sunday June 13

Sankyoku (ensemble music), with strings and vocals, or with a record

For beginners to intermediate level: Midare (乱)
For intermediate level: Mama no kawa (ままの川)

09:00–12:00	Gunnar Jinmei Linder, Christophe Gaston, and Akari Sagara (koto)	Midare
	A recording of the koto will be used for this session. This piece was probably composed in the 17th century (1664/1779), by Yatsuhashi Kengyō.
12:00-14:00	Lunch break
14:00–15:00	Gunnar Jinmei Linder	Mama no Kawa Session 1 (mae-uta)
	A recording of the shamisen, vocals will be used for this session. This piece was composed in the 19th century (1814) for vocals and sangen by Kikuoka Kengyō, with a koto part added by Matsuno Kengyō.
15:00–17:00	Gunnar Jinmei Linder	Mama no Kawa Session 2 (tegoto, ato-uta) A recording of the shamisen, vocals will be used for this session.
17:00–18:00	Gunnar Jinmei Linder	Mama no Kawa Session 3 A recording of the shamisen, vocals will be used for this session.