Fue Fundamentals

With Kaoru Watanabe

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In this series, Kaoru Watanabe teaches and demonstrates basic fue technique including the folk song “Sakura Sakura”.

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Course Resources Include:

  • Dynamic Exercise 1~3 PDF
  • Kadon Fingering Chart PDF
  • kaDON Fue Fundamentals Glossary PDF
  • Long Tone Exercise 1 PDF
  • Lone Tone Exercise 2 PDF
  • Lone Tone Exercise 3 PDF
  • Sakura Sakura PDF
  • Scale Exercise 1 PDF
  • Scale Exercise 2 PDF
  • Scale Exercise 3 PDF

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Course Lessons

Lesson 1- Basic Terminology

In this lesson Kaoru goes over basic terminology and the different sizes and tuning styles for the shinobue.

Lesson 2 – The World of Fue

In this lesson Kaoru introduces different kinds of fue and gives glimpse into the wider world of the instrument.

Lesson 3 – Kamae

Kaoru teaches how to prepare your body to play the fue and get into the playing position.

Lesson 4 – Making Your First Sound

Kaoru teaches how to make your first sounds with the fue and talks about trouble shooting if you are having...

Lesson 5 – Long Tones

Kaoru teaches several Long Tone Exercises designed to build technique and tone.

Lesson 6 – Breathing

Kaoru teaches several breathing exercises and expands on the Long Tone Exercises introduced in Lesson 5.

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Lesson 7 – Sakura Sakura

Kaoru teaches Sakura Sakura a simple Japanese folk melody.

Lesson 8 – Developing Facility

Kaoru talks about Developing Facility and teaches several exercises designed to build technique on the fue.

Lesson 9 – Pitch, Dynamics, & Vibrato

Kaoru teaches how to control your Pitch / Dynamics / Vibrato on the fue.

Lesson 10 – Putting It All Together

Kaoru brings together all the lessons and teaches how to apply them to a melody.