Primitive music 5: Easy DIY flutes and whistles from impatiens stems 🎵

Usually I only work with materials native to my area, but I couldn't resist trying out some flute / whistle types out of himalayan balsam (impatiens glandulifera, AKA "policeman's helmet", "touch-me-not"), an invasive species that is found abundantly in wet places in our forests. It grows and spreads very fast, often reaching heights of over two meters, with some of the hollow stems wide enough for me to stick my thumb in. None of our native species offer tubes anywhere this wide.
The downside is that, since the stems contain a lot of water, they shrivel up rapidly when they dry out. They are good material for rapid prototyping of musical instruments, but these will only last a day or so.
In future videos, I plan to experiment with other neophytes. However, I wouldn't use them to build tools out of them - for my primitive technology progress, I will continue to only use native materials.
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