Simplify the following text for a Grade 5 native English-speaking person.
Original: The shakuhachi -RCB- -RCB- is a Japanese flute which is played vertically ( up-down ) like a recorder , instead of horizontally ( from side to side ) like the Western transverse flute .
Simplified: The shakuhachi -RCB- -RCB- is a Japanese end-blown flute .