okey srry for my english.. if you play some deeper base sounds with echo .... in a spirit world of the cave ,shaman speak like bear or so and some one plays a pipe flute that you listen same music from a bottle or example the bambus = big bone flute ..
@stierhufe The distance in time did not permit anything wooden to remain and so it is difficult to say if the cave dwellers had any other instruments. The fact that the instrument was involved in some ritual activity is almost sure. A new book about Divje babe from such point of view is in preparation.
@stierhufe :) :) The bone is of a very young bear, so no roooaaar :)
The majority of excavated bones are of bear cubs, as many of them did not make it through long winters. Adult bear bones are rare. Big bones are also less appropriate for such playing technique, as human lips are not thick enough to close the side bone opening, where the sound is produced by blowing on the blade edge.
@stierhufe The lower tone, however, is surprisingly low for such a short whistle (<12 cm), it is only two tones higher than the lowest tone of a 62 cm long flute (also see the doubts of Nowell in the references of the Divje babe flute Wiki article)! Using additional ways of handling the instrument, and considering that it is only two years since the musician Ljuben Dimkaroski started to use and explore the tidldibab (his name for the ancient flute), ...
@stierhufe ... it is possible to obtain a scale of well over three octaves. 40 tones on a 12-tone musical scale can be managed easily. More difficult to achieve are only the lowest tones, which is understandable. On the upper end the instrument did not have the last word yet :). High tones are also very far reaching, piccolo can override the entire orchestra, so the flute also has to be viewed from this perspective. And, last but not the least - it can be carried around in your pocket :). BestPJ
@PJakopin okey i see but for example if i drink some beer ,i take the empty bottle ^^ and have some deeper sounds if i blow that ..and the beer bottle is not large and i can carried in my pockets too^^
I actually have found something along the same line as this i believe. . Let me know what you think . The bone flute as well as the Paleo musical instrument videos and whistles. I have uploaded a dozen videos for you to ponder on my channel. Take into consideration that I have 0 ZERO musical tallent and have no idea how to cary a tune .. Thanks Jason Howery
Curious that I can't see on this page your response that I received yesterday to my previous post, but I'm in envy of your friends to be in the presence of such ancient mysticism. If only we could know the names of their gods. Best regards.
@jabbadu431 I was asked by the research team to remove my, a little premature, response. It was correct, but until the facts are properly published, i.e. supported by a map and an image, they want to keep low. The location very likely hides more than had been discovered. Best regards P.J.
Just think, this flute and a fire were what provided comfort and entertainment to those Neanderthals many thousands of years ago. I'll bet they attributed magic to the music and the owner was a shaman..
It took some time to get a precise answer to your question. Now here it is:
A potpourri of fragments from compositions of various authors has been selected, to show the capabilities of the instrument, tonal range, staccato, legato, glissando ...
The list of 8 fragments is however too long for the limit of YouTube comment answers, so I have appended it to the description of the video (Neanderthal Bone Flute Music), shown below its picture.
Ko so to kopali je bilo v našem kraju ogromno prometa.
yayajaMB 3 weeks ago
okey srry for my english.. if you play some deeper base sounds with echo .... in a spirit world of the cave ,shaman speak like bear or so and some one plays a pipe flute that you listen same music from a bottle or example the bambus = big bone flute ..
stierhufe 2 months ago
@stierhufe The distance in time did not permit anything wooden to remain and so it is difficult to say if the cave dwellers had any other instruments. The fact that the instrument was involved in some ritual activity is almost sure. A new book about Divje babe from such point of view is in preparation.
Best P.J.
PJakopin 2 months ago
hm i think that was longer ..i mean it was an cave bear^^ and the sound must be deeper ..roooaaar you know ... eagle is high and bear is deep ..
stierhufe 2 months ago
@stierhufe :) :) The bone is of a very young bear, so no roooaaar :)
The majority of excavated bones are of bear cubs, as many of them did not make it through long winters. Adult bear bones are rare. Big bones are also less appropriate for such playing technique, as human lips are not thick enough to close the side bone opening, where the sound is produced by blowing on the blade edge.
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PJakopin 2 months ago
@stierhufe The lower tone, however, is surprisingly low for such a short whistle (<12 cm), it is only two tones higher than the lowest tone of a 62 cm long flute (also see the doubts of Nowell in the references of the Divje babe flute Wiki article)! Using additional ways of handling the instrument, and considering that it is only two years since the musician Ljuben Dimkaroski started to use and explore the tidldibab (his name for the ancient flute), ...
PJakopin 2 months ago
@stierhufe ... it is possible to obtain a scale of well over three octaves. 40 tones on a 12-tone musical scale can be managed easily. More difficult to achieve are only the lowest tones, which is understandable. On the upper end the instrument did not have the last word yet :). High tones are also very far reaching, piccolo can override the entire orchestra, so the flute also has to be viewed from this perspective. And, last but not the least - it can be carried around in your pocket :). BestPJ
PJakopin 2 months ago
@PJakopin okey i see but for example if i drink some beer ,i take the empty bottle ^^ and have some deeper sounds if i blow that ..and the beer bottle is not large and i can carried in my pockets too^^
stierhufe 2 months ago
something in it's sound is so ethereal, but also powerfully human. The sound rouses the blood a little.
Sain240 2 months ago
I wish I lived back in those times.
Udername45 4 months ago
Seeing this flute does not say so much. Here the voice makes it alive. Great Vid !!!
adcland 4 months ago
Thx to share this unbelivable 8 famous music fragments with us!
Best regards to Slovenia/Ex-Yugoslavia
(many people dont know much about the difference between states of Slovenia and Slovakia/which separate from Czech Republic, known as Velvet Divorce)
Love&Peace (Ljubav&Mir)
Malacigla 6 months ago
Beautiful!
fivetonsofflax 6 months ago
I actually have found something along the same line as this i believe. . Let me know what you think . The bone flute as well as the Paleo musical instrument videos and whistles. I have uploaded a dozen videos for you to ponder on my channel. Take into consideration that I have 0 ZERO musical tallent and have no idea how to cary a tune .. Thanks Jason Howery
jthowery 7 months ago
The reverberation appears to give it a rather ghostly sound... a shrill, though ethereal quality to it.
StellusBattersea 7 months ago 2
What's the deal with these Chase and Nowell guys? Are they ignorant or just rude? This video is a solid proof of he use and origin of the flute.
osobnipodaci 8 months ago
Curious that I can't see on this page your response that I received yesterday to my previous post, but I'm in envy of your friends to be in the presence of such ancient mysticism. If only we could know the names of their gods. Best regards.
jabbadu431 8 months ago
@jabbadu431 I was asked by the research team to remove my, a little premature, response. It was correct, but until the facts are properly published, i.e. supported by a map and an image, they want to keep low. The location very likely hides more than had been discovered. Best regards P.J.
PJakopin 8 months ago
@PJakopin By all means, please keep me up to date with future findings as they become available. Good luck to the research team!
jabbadu431 8 months ago
Just think, this flute and a fire were what provided comfort and entertainment to those Neanderthals many thousands of years ago. I'll bet they attributed magic to the music and the owner was a shaman..
jabbadu431 8 months ago
your cool
cleptow 11 months ago
what is the name of the song and who was the composer?
d3dt3k 1 year ago
@d3dt3k
It took some time to get a precise answer to your question. Now here it is:
A potpourri of fragments from compositions of various authors has been selected, to show the capabilities of the instrument, tonal range, staccato, legato, glissando ...
The list of 8 fragments is however too long for the limit of YouTube comment answers, so I have appended it to the description of the video (Neanderthal Bone Flute Music), shown below its picture.
Best
Primoz Jakopin
PJakopin 1 year ago
Brilliant video. Didn't realise you could get some many tunes out of that artifact. Thanks for posting.
themanamp 1 year ago
Beautiful
Q8yGodfather 1 year ago
Molto interessante e ben fatto,
Giuliano
giulianopietra 1 year ago