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Stonehenge Acoustics

by Simon at 16:38 03/01/09 (Blogs::Simon)

...Dr Rupert Till, an expert in acoustics and music technology at Huddersfield University who believes the standing stones of Stonehenge had the ideal acoustics to amplify a "repetitive trance rhythm" not dissimilar to some kinds of modern trance music.
The original Stonehenge probably had a "very pleasant, almost concert-like acoustic" that our ancestors slowly perfected over many generations
Because Stonehenge itself is partially collapsed, Dr Till used a computer model to conduct experiments in sound.

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Stonehenge Acoustics	Simon - 16:38 03/01/09
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Re: Stonehenge Acoustics	Simon - 11:24 05/01/09
I think it would be most impressive if the collected Druidical organisations could manage to get a significant number of people together to chant the Awen without all the chattering and drumming of the onlookers. The resonance achieved by only 50 or so people at the private rituals is excellent. 110Hz is best. -- simon
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Re: Stonehenge Acoustics	Simon - 12:11 05/01/09
Smack dab in the middle of the range the average north european male voice finds easiest to intone continuously. -- simon