Japanese flute shakuhachi zen

Entretain your guests, or have fun with your friends by playing this japanese flute.
Are you a real musician? You can use it too!

The shakuhachi is certainly Japan's most well-known woodwind instrument. A vertically-held bamboo flute, it is made from the very bottom of a bamboo tree. Bamboo is hollow except for this nodes which are spaced at Intervals along the pipe. These nodes are knocked out to form the complete hollow length of the pipe. Four fingerholes are put on the front of the instrument and a thumbhole on the back. The mouthpiece is the open top of the pipe itself with the front side cut at a slight and angle to facilitate blowing the instrument.

The instrument itself is of a basically simple construction. It is this very fact, however, which allows for very complex techniques in playing the instrument such as the use of the breath with changes in the blowing angle for great or minute changes in sound quality, or partial-holding of fingerholes to make delicate pitch changes.

Jocko Domo, bringing japanese culture to SL presents this traditional japanese flute.

Features:

5 Songs
2 Animations
3 Styles
8 Colors
Size Changer
Silent Mode

A rez version is included to decorate your place. This version includes one more prim for the shadow but doesn't have a music menu.

Instructions:

To play a song simply click on the flute, select "Music..." and then select a song.
Special Buttons: "Stop" will stop the song and animation. "Silence" will stop the song only but will keep the animation running. (ideal for musicians!)

Aligning:

For easier adjustment select "Local" rule in edit menu. The "Size..." menu also helps.

Customization:

By selecting the "Style..." menu you will have the option to choose between three different wood styles: "Light", "Dark" and "Rustic", then a menu will pop up that will let you select a color for the stripes, eight colors to choose from.

Size: The size menu comes with three default options: "Small", "Medium" and "Large" being "Medium" the default's shakuhachi's size. For fine adjustments you can use the "++" and "--" buttons.

Credits:

Texturing, Sculpts and Sound Edition: Kunst Himmel
Scripting, Sound Edition and Concept: Kahiro Watanabe

Jocko Domo
Kunst

2009