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Schelphoorn

from The Larks and the Framer by Eidon

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I called this piece "schelphoorn", which is the Dutch word for seashell horn, aka the conch. That's an ancient wind instrument "that has been played in many Pacific Island countries, as well as South America and Southern Asia" (that's from Wikipedia). The sound that you can hear at the beginning of this track is that of a conch shell. It makes me think of the very first musical souls of our species, who found a way to express themselves before the first instruments were created. I wonder which rhythms did the first human musician create, on their conch...

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from The Larks and the Framer, track released December 19, 2023
This track features two fragments from "Ancient Instruments" by Laura C. Boulton, Victor (155-A), 1956, on the Internet Archive at archive.org/details/78_ancient-instruments_laura-c-boulton_gbia0047369k

It also features a conch soundfont, kindly provided by John Carter (Attribution: www.polyphone-soundfonts.com/documents/25-soundscapes/530-ancient-instruments-of-the-world)

The logo is an elaboration of page 33 from "Illustrations of the fossil conchology of Great Britain and Ireland with descriptions and localities of all the species", by Thomas Brown (1785-1862), London : Smith Elder & Co., 1849, archive.org/details/illustrationsfo00brow/page/ii/mode/2up

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Jazz, neo-classical, avant-pop, generative.

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