This flute was made with natural bamboo collected by me from bamboo fields in Catalonia, Spain, and dried for one year at least before making the flute.

The instrument is tuned in a minor pentatonic scale.

The two types of shakuhachi are jinashi and jiari (地無し and 地在り) with variations of each. Historically, the first types of shakuhachi were jinashi while jiari came about much later. Jinashi are all or mostly natural bamboo on the inside of the bore while the bore of jiari are completely shaped with layers of plaster.

It was originally introduced from China into Japan in the 8th century and underwent a resurgence in the early Edo Period. The shakuhachi is traditionally made of bamboo and it was used by the monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism in the practice of suizen (吹禅?, blowing meditation).

Shakuhachi are usually made from the root end of a bamboo culm and are extremely versatile instruments. Professional players can produce virtually any pitch they wish from the instrument, and play a wide repertoire of original Zen music, ensemble music with koto, biwa, and shamisen, folk music, jazz, and other modern pieces.