About this minute
- Title
- Wani on musket
- Recordist
- Raymond Clausen
- Contributor
- Pitt Rivers Museum
- Year
- 1962
- Location
- Republic of Vanuatu, Oceania
- Collections
- Collection 3
- Related resource guides
- Music Compositions , Brass instruments , Music , Pitch , Pitch , Timbre
Collection 3 #14
You just heard the sound of a trumpet made from the shell of a giant sea snail! This is called a conch trumpet. What did you think you heard? In many places around the world, people use large shells to make music. The shell is played by blowing air through it. If you were listening…