@@hili467 In principle yes, but due to their much smaller size, the note would have been a lot higher. Also, longish slabs sound cleaner than more square ones. There's no shortage of good pieces around here, so I just ditched those and got a new one.
@@hili467 That's the gist of it, yes. The longer the slab, the deeper the note. There are other parameters, though: Denser materials produce a higher sound, for example. And reducing the thickness of the slab tunes it down a bit, as shown in the video.
I like to imagine an ice-age father gathering stones like these and taking them back to his cave to play sweet melodies to his children around a warm fire to help them sleep in those dark and scary winter months
This is amazing. Thank you! Should have a bunch more views. It's just such a niche thing. But I'm glad you did it, cause I plan to make one for my music
I wonder if prehistoric people made instruments like this but we never figured that out because to an archeologist they would just look like a random pile of stones. :D
By living in a part of the world that was an ocean floor in the Jurassic or Cretaceous, I guess ;-) At least that's where all the limestone in my area comes from. I hardly find anything else but limestone around here. But it doesn't have to be limestone. Any dense, slab-like rock that is free of cracks should do. Slate seems to work fine, for example, as does flint. Let me know what you came up with!
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This is such a wonderful demonstration! The one that broke, would the two halves been suitable to play?
@@hili467 In principle yes, but due to their much smaller size, the note would have been a lot higher. Also, longish slabs sound cleaner than more square ones. There's no shortage of good pieces around here, so I just ditched those and got a new one.
@@MakeItPrimitive of wow, that’s so interesting. Does that mean that each face/length has its own note?
@@hili467 That's the gist of it, yes. The longer the slab, the deeper the note. There are other parameters, though: Denser materials produce a higher sound, for example. And reducing the thickness of the slab tunes it down a bit, as shown in the video.
I like to imagine an ice-age father gathering stones like these and taking them back to his cave to play sweet melodies to his children around a warm fire to help them sleep in those dark and scary winter months
Nice imagination! Some caves had playable stalactite litophones but maybe the kids whom lived there preferred flutes and drums.
I'm here for a whole orchestra made out of primitive instruments
Yes
Ah voilà ce que je cherchais merci . Très intéressant.
Very cool--thanks for sharing!
Congratulations. I'm very happy
Hah! That was awesome! Encore!
This is so awesome! I've been wanting to make one but could never find any good rocks for it.
I love this
This is amazing. Thank you! Should have a bunch more views. It's just such a niche thing. But I'm glad you did it, cause I plan to make one for my music
That's very cool! Let me know how it turned out! :-)
Wahnsinn, klingt toll.
I wonder if prehistoric people made instruments like this but we never figured that out because to an archeologist they would just look like a random pile of stones. :D
For sure! And they probably made drums with skins and flutes with wood but it all decomposed. Only the rocks are left and they look like rocks.
Where Could I find limestone slabs? Does the instrument require, limestone?
By living in a part of the world that was an ocean floor in the Jurassic or Cretaceous, I guess ;-) At least that's where all the limestone in my area comes from. I hardly find anything else but limestone around here. But it doesn't have to be limestone. Any dense, slab-like rock that is free of cracks should do. Slate seems to work fine, for example, as does flint. Let me know what you came up with!
superbe😊
Studying Thompson Motif A661.0.2.2 brought me here
"2c. Ruining the slab"
that cracked me up 😂🥁
Wow kinda face reveal 3:22