Aerophones are musical instruments that create sound by
causing a body of air to vibrate, typically by blowing on it.
Woodwinds and Brasswinds are most famous,
but humanity have found many ways
to generate sound using air.
Even though various ways exist to form the sound waves,
all aerophones share a common aspect:
The air column length.
So how does the air column affect the sound waves?
Cultures around the world have found creative ways
to increase air column length
How long can they be?
How low can they go?
"Shakuhachi"
Japan
567mm
"Basset Horn"
Germany
998mm
"Rag Dung"
Tibet
1675mm
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