#FindsFriday! One of the oldest known musical instruments in the world: a #Palaeolithic#flute made from a #vulture bone some 38,000 years ago! This is one of eight known flutes found on the Swabian Jura. The finds suggest that music played an important role in this region.
Found in the Hohle Fels cave near Schelklingen.
On display at Urgeschichtliches Museum Blaubeuren.
I love #knitting and #drawing and #running, #flute playing, and started reading #comics again after a long hiatus (recs welcome!). Would love to connect to writers, artists here.
Perfect day = cups of coffee and tea, noodling with pens and pencil, a long run, and feeding peanuts to squirrels while watching birds.
I was just doing some improvising on #fujara, so figured why not share some of its wonderful #music. And yes, there's a distinct possibility one of these great #flutes, the national #instrument of #Slovakia 🇸🇰 is taller than you. They are often between 180-200cm (from just under 6ft to 6ft 6), though there are smaller models too. The smallest I've come across was a travel model in F and about a metre long (around 3ft 3), which is still longer than most flutes. Funny though. It's a shepherd #flute, sometimes played while walking up to the mountain pastures, so size didn't seem to be an issue before.
The fujara only has 3 finger holes, yet because of using various levels of overblowing, they have a range of over 3 octaves, though the middle 2 are the most useful musically-speaking. Due to using more overblowing, it’s often referred to as a bass overtone flute. I don't agree with this classification, because in that case most flutes will be overtone flutes too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySDNqiZyVqU
#AfricanArt#flutist#flute#surrealism#surrealart#artprint
Painting of the Day. The Flutist
> > https://www.artcameroon.com/the-flutist-painting/
*A street musician making music for tips. This one is special as it was bought in person by @Anguwalters' web guy 16 years ago. Only art prints available.
After I bought it we kept in touch and pretty soon I made the website. I never expected to become an art patron but here we are.
#AfricanArt#drummer#flute#acrylicpainting or #artprint
Painting of the Day. The Drummer and the Flutist III
> > https://www.artcameroon.com/drummer-flutist-3/ @Anguwalters has channeled the dynamic rhythms of African music. His passion for music and culture is what breathes life into this painting.
60 cm / 24 in width
80 cm / 31 in height
$1000 original / $155 art print
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OK, it's official. I am playing flute and saxophone with Una Canción Bonita at Cuatro Gato for South by Southwest, Tuesday, March 12, at 8:00 PM. Still pinching myself... #music#saxophone#flute#sxsw
✨️💫Grande successo per il concerto tenuto per la "Rassegna Concertistica Internazionale - Festival della Valle dell'Orfento" con il carissimo Francesco Monopoli 🎼🎹
🔹️Pubblico attento e caloroso.🔹️
👉🏻Un ringraziamento all'impeccabile organizzazione e al Direttore artistico M° Maurizio Di Fulvio 🎼🎵
A photograph of the inside of a splendid Geminhardt Elkhardt Alto Flute.
This shot is the result of combining 960 individual images. This offers an unparalleled insight into the instrument, revealing the intricate details of its craftsmanship, the delicate fibers of the pads, and the traces left by years of meticulous cleaning.