Ancient trumpets played eerie notes
Scientists analyze tunes from 3,000-year-old conch-shell instruments for insight into pre-Inca civilization
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SHELL CACOPHONY
A group of conch-shell instruments made by a pre-Inca civilization sound similar to a kid learning to play the trumpet.Click here to listen.
ANCIENT TONE
A musician plays the fundamental frequency and the first overtone of a 3,000-year-old shell trumpet unearthed in Peru.Click here to listen.
Credit: Miriam Kolar