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Semi-OT: Stone Playing (not Playing Stoned ;-) was Re: Semi-OT: Prehistoric looping?)
I had a chance to visit India in 2006. I made the time to visit two ancient cave dwellings/compounds, Ajanta & Ellora (Aurangabad District, Maharashtra State). In Ajanta, in one of the caves, a local man was trying to earn a few rupees by pointing things out to tourists. At a particularly quiet moment when most people were outside of this particular cave, I started toning & chanting softly. This Indian man then harmonized with me while he chanted in Sanskrit. This lasted for awhile. I wished I had been carrying my portable recorder, because the sound within the stone cave was amazing. This particular one had a dome like a cathedral. I guess I am just going to have to go back & record it ;-) After our vocalizations, he pointed out how certain stone columns (these are all monolithic structures, carved out of the mountain stone, so a "column" is an integral part of the mountain) produced different sounds & pitches just when hit with our bare hands. It was stunning to me to hear & play these different & beautiful tones from these rocks. The ultimate hand percussion instrument...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajanta_Caves
Blessings,
Eduardo Martinez
musician - composer - artist
www.EduardoMartinez.com
www.MySpace.com/EduardoMartinezMusic
Nashua, NH USA
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:25 AM, <mike@michaelplishka.com> wrote:
http://thecavewall.posterous.com/the-sounds-of-stones-not-rolli
Has anyone done any music using singing stones?
peace,
plish
