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rampartd

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1. archaeacoustics

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 11:37 AM

Dec 26

studies the acoustics of caves and megaliths (stonehenge and such). if this is accidental it is certainly fortuitous

https://www.ub.edu/artsoundscapes/the-acoustics-of-palaeolithic-caves-a-research-polyphony/

the earliest instruments used in communications, drums, are still in use today. by tribal humans and chimps and probably macaques.

thanks for posting this interview. now i want to make my own bone flute.

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i'm trying to learn piano. mopinko Dec 26 #2

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