Shakuhachi music sequencer

Explore, create, and play shakuhachi music with traditional Kinko and Tozan notation.

Shakuhachi is a Japanese bamboo flute traditionally played by komusō Zen monks as part of suizen meditation. This music app brings notation and playback tools together for players and students.

Get Shakuhachi from the Microsoft Store

Download the Ai Take No Fu sample

Screenshots

Full-size view of Shakuhachi sheet music in Tozan notation
Tozan notation
Full-size view of Shakuhachi sheet music in Kinko notation
Kinko notation

Features

Shakuhachi notation editor interface

Sheet music

  • Tozan and Kinko notation
  • Convert between Kinko and Tozan
  • Western notation for selected notes
  • Custom notation rules

MIDI playback

  • Play, stop, pause, and loop
  • Up to 3 tracks
  • Metronome with separate up and down beat
  • GM instrument selection
  • Reverb, volume and pan controls
  • Transpose and play up to three tracks

Files

  • Save and open sheet music
  • Import and export of MIDI files
  • Preview and print the sheet music

Performance style

  • Chin tilt
  • Breath noise
  • Humanize playback

Layout

  • Custom colors
  • Custom fonts
  • Custom page format

Tools and Help

About me

Portrait of Albert Strimitzer

Albert Strimitzer

Vienna, Austria

I may not be a great shakuhachi player, but I am an enthusiastic software developer. That led me to create a shakuhachi music app, and I hope players find it useful.

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