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09-08-2007, 10:25 AM
There is a sound in this song that I've noticed before, but I hadn't the experience in my life to be able to place it anywhere that made any sense...
And then, the day before yesterday, I was listening to Parabol on the way to work, and it all just 'clicked'.
I'm pretty sure that that lulling, vibrato rhythm/melody that starts exactly at 1:48 seconds into the song is the product of an instrument of a didgeridoo, an instrument in which I know is prominently part of Aboriginal, indigenous Australians', culture... They use the instruments, if I understand it correctly, to induced altered states of consciousness that bring them closer to what they consider to be the true reality, what they call dream time. So, as the didgeridoo is a primitive wind instrument, which correlates perfectly with what was being spoken of about the link between the song Parabol and meditation, as playing the didgeridoo for any length of time requires a breathing process called "circular breathing". This type of breathing is breathing both in and out at the same time so one can take a breath while still playing a note on the instrument.
My curiosity here, is how the didgeridoo, specifically, is relating to the themes of meditation here, what notes or types of sounds, as they're expressed as animal sounds, are being utilized here, and what does the rhythm of the sounds express?
Does anybody out there know anything about how all of this may relate? I'm going to do some more research and hopefully be able to answer my own question, but I was hoping somebody out there might be able to offer some sort of insight on the subject...
And then, the day before yesterday, I was listening to Parabol on the way to work, and it all just 'clicked'.
I'm pretty sure that that lulling, vibrato rhythm/melody that starts exactly at 1:48 seconds into the song is the product of an instrument of a didgeridoo, an instrument in which I know is prominently part of Aboriginal, indigenous Australians', culture... They use the instruments, if I understand it correctly, to induced altered states of consciousness that bring them closer to what they consider to be the true reality, what they call dream time. So, as the didgeridoo is a primitive wind instrument, which correlates perfectly with what was being spoken of about the link between the song Parabol and meditation, as playing the didgeridoo for any length of time requires a breathing process called "circular breathing". This type of breathing is breathing both in and out at the same time so one can take a breath while still playing a note on the instrument.
My curiosity here, is how the didgeridoo, specifically, is relating to the themes of meditation here, what notes or types of sounds, as they're expressed as animal sounds, are being utilized here, and what does the rhythm of the sounds express?
Does anybody out there know anything about how all of this may relate? I'm going to do some more research and hopefully be able to answer my own question, but I was hoping somebody out there might be able to offer some sort of insight on the subject...