The AZTEC Death Whistle

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@laurencefinston7036 6 ай бұрын

It doesn't make a shrieking sound because there's a piece missing. It wasn't preserved, but next to the original artefact the excavators found traces of an overpriced mouthpiece.

@tonyyao4785 6 ай бұрын

I know action lab did a video on this where they found a 3D print that reverse engineered the original excavated artifact. It doesn’t look flashy, but it sounds a lot more terrifying.

@zeltzamer4010 Ай бұрын

@@tonyyao4785 The original artifact is basically the size of a duck call. No shot “an imitation of the human larynx,” as some people claim, could fit inside it. All of the whistles that produce the screaming sound much larger.

@SamNeedsCoffee 6 ай бұрын

Next you should play Carnival of Venice on it.

@jacksonwilkes665 6 ай бұрын

yay trent posted again

@tonyyao4785 6 ай бұрын

Posting rate is only rivaled by the great Sam O’Nella Academy

@cashcreations8797 6 ай бұрын

This came out at 4:42 am for me, gotta love time zones man. Nice to see you still upload occasion

@Danilyn_Livao Ай бұрын

Your insights on the Aztec Death Whistle really opened my eyes to the complexity of ancient Aztec culture! Looking forward to more of your awesome content! 🙂

@JudahMaddox-qj5oy 15 күн бұрын

It’s crazy that I’ve been watching this channel regularly since middle school, now I’m getting ready to go to college for music

@stevenschuster Ай бұрын

This guy could talk about a slice of toast for an hour.

@kentbergin18 6 ай бұрын

Get a couple more and make an Aztec Death Whistle Choir 😄

@newclarence 6 ай бұрын

It looks to me like it is designed for an oboe mouthpiece. Now that would be one eerie and frightful sound!

@malthuswasright 6 ай бұрын

Concerto for death whistle!

@svbarryduckworth628 6 ай бұрын

The full name is "Concerto for death whistle and young women wearing skimpy underwire night dresses in the key of eef."

@PixelGun3D-o8q 6 ай бұрын

Key of eef

@davidmurray7685 6 ай бұрын

These whistles often come in sets. Two whistles blown simultaneously wili give an audible "wolf-tone" that either player can control. These sets are usually seven in number, resulting in an unusual harmonic experience when all are played at once.

@laurencefinston7036 6 ай бұрын

I'd be interested in the specifics of how this works. There's a similar phenomenon which can be observed with pennywhistles: If you blow two different notes into two pennywhistles at once and the pitches are compatible, you can hear a third frequency. It's either the sum or the difference of the two frequencies that are being played, I can't remember which. I haven't done this in awhile. I remember one of the pitches had to be pretty low. The third frequency doesn't exist as a sound wave; it's a phenomenon of the ear and brain. A ring modulator does something similar: It takes the frequency of its input (a signal, most often from an electric guitar or a synthesizer) and a second frequency generated by the unit and outputs the original signal, the sum of the two frequencies and the difference. Usually (or always), one of the generated frequencies can be suppressed. The word "ring" in the name comes from the shape of the diagram of the original analog circuit.

@laurencefinston7036 6 ай бұрын

There's a piece for recorders by Telemann (the great New Zealandish composer of the Baroque era) that exploits the phenomenon described for the pennywhistles. I think only one frequency is generated, but I'm not sure.

@laurencefinston7036 6 ай бұрын

The reason this works for pennywhistles and recorders is that flutes in general strongly favor the first partial (a.k.a. the fundamental) and are otherwise poor in overtones. The sound of a flute is fairly close to that of a single sine wave. In addition, since most flutes are very close to being cylindrical, they strongly favor the odd-numbered partials. The opposite is the strongly conical French horn, which is the most overtone-rich instrument I can think of.

@Ejejdhdhbdbeh Ай бұрын

Unrelated but hear me out, take off the tubing from a French Horn, place it on a trombone and depending on said French horn 3-4 trigger trombone

@hagstruan1140 6 ай бұрын

It's good to see you on my notifications list.

@oysteivi 6 ай бұрын

Clearly lacks a brass mouthpiece..

@BenthovenMusic 6 ай бұрын

Needs a mouthpiece made from an actual mouth.

@and7barton 6 ай бұрын

Everything tubular requires a mouthpiece. I constantly carry about my person a trumpet mouthpiece for such a purpose. The opportunity arises every day to use it.

@Mr.CheeseCow 4 ай бұрын

Can you make a full video on the Antoniophone?

@owensmith7530 6 ай бұрын

For one brief moment I thought this was the next Cimbasso video where we actually get to hear Trent play it for a decent length of time. Then the reality of the death whistle set in.

@mrwalruscrusade3296 3 ай бұрын

Contrabass Valve Trombone Update? PLEASE IVE BEEN DYING TO GET ONE AND I WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT

@svbarryduckworth628 6 ай бұрын

I think it might need to be sanctified for it to actually work properly by using it in a ritual sacrifice.and.feeding it an actual human soul that will possess the whistle. Only then will it make the proper sound. So there is the next obvious step which you are obligated to do as its master after having blown it. Either that or you could try soldering up more valves to it and then re-tuning it to play in the key of eeef. It could go either way.

@alexcarter8807 5 күн бұрын

I wonder if you're supposed to blow *across* the hole in the top rather than *into* it. I say this because I've messed around with flutes a bit, and it's entirely possible to blow across the cap of a marking pen or any sort of tube and get a note. So try blowing across it!

@qwaqwa1960 6 ай бұрын

Bury it for future archeologists...

@electronbeam 6 ай бұрын

Maybe use it in combination with an instrument you blow through?

@WilliamChrisman-e1f Ай бұрын

Trent i would absolutely love to see a review of one of the thomann house brand instruments like one of their c trumpets or their piccolo

@williamhornabrook8081 6 ай бұрын

Are you sure you're blowing it properly? In the videos of people using it on their website, it makes a really loud scream.

@UpcomingJedi 6 ай бұрын

That fancy whisle is totally missing the 'death' part inside. It doesnt shriek like a horde of dead souls on fire, trying to crawl out of hell.

@Pailander 15 күн бұрын

Trent I have a request. Could you play the superbone but moving the slide and pressing the valves at the same time? Or play any song using both valves and slide at the same time?

@pietzwemstra2132 6 ай бұрын

Maybe you must not blow in the hole but over the hole just like a flute?

@Metal-Possum 6 ай бұрын

I'd like to see these used in a band. "Oh, I play the repiano death whistle part, but my friend here is an accomplished solo death whistler!"

@captaindanger13 6 ай бұрын

what happens if you put and oboe mouthpiece in the hole and then blow into it. i'm not sure if the oboe mouthpiece is the right size tho, so uh hopefully it doesn't just fall in. lol

@oliverdiamond6594 6 ай бұрын

hello sir trent!

@Mellow-mq8sf 2 ай бұрын

"it is, a box"

@JimRain-pz7qi 6 ай бұрын

TRENTTTTT😊😊😊😊

@lemoneez4485 5 ай бұрын

hey trent i was wondering if you could update us on your pipe organ

@PlayerClarinet 4 ай бұрын

Use it for practising circular breathing.

@mat4260 15 күн бұрын

Iv never not needed something as much as iv not needed one if these.

@HammondDirk 6 ай бұрын

I want to see a lateral cross section of it.

@peterwise143 6 ай бұрын

Are you going to National comps this year?

@TrentHamilton 6 ай бұрын

Yes

@veiledzorba 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like the scene in one of the Jurassic Park movies where the guy blows into a Velociraptor skull.

@MaxisaBandKid 6 ай бұрын

EPIC

@Potter5416 6 ай бұрын

Put it on the wall of many things !!!

@jilldouglas6069 6 ай бұрын

Blow balloons up with it?

@TheSonoranSniper 6 ай бұрын

interesting. . . . .

@ONeilPoppy-l1k 3 ай бұрын

Gonzalez Larry Walker Brian Garcia Thomas

@ThomasW.Insall 6 ай бұрын

Offensive sounding for sure, How about the differencce sound between German Euphoniums, English Euphoniums and US made Euphoniums. How about in the early 1900's and in todays 2000 instruments. Also don't for get the Double bell ones built in the US! As for the Aztec whistle bury it where you found it.

@nicholasneyhart396 Ай бұрын

I have no idea how it would work, but I want to partake in the american national passtime of biger is better and try to make a triple bell euphonium just because I can.