If you can’t remember melody very well, you are like me and rely on reading notation. If you are like my son and can you play by heart. Paying attention may be more challenging if you read then if you play by heart. That’s not a bad thing of course.… Continue reading…
the right way
Correction to my recording of Hi Fu Mi:
In the book “Blowing Zen” CD, Hi Fu Mi, Track 24
Online Hi Fu Mi(Complete), MP3
Refer to page B12 of “Blowing Zen”, #111-115, and #131-134. I played both these sections with the meri tone dropping down to o-meri. Alas, the ‘correct’ way is to play the first, #111 with the meri tone rising up to kari, as the chart shows. The other one, #131, is correct.… Continue reading…