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Meaning of shakuhachi | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ʃɑkuˈhɑt͡ʃiː/

Definitions

A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale and is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute.

Equivalents

Français shakuhachi
日本語 尺八

Examples

“Sampled shakuhachi sounds on the E-mu Emulator II were heard in the 1980s in TV ads and also appeared prominently in popular songs, as in the opening section of Peter Gabriel's 1986 “Sledgehammer,”[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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