Samhain Song: Remember the Voices on the Wind

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The late fall season is upon us. The last bit of crops have been brought in, I've been busily winterizing my house in preparation for the deep cold of winter, and there is a sense of the world dying as it turns towards darkness. As is typical for modern pagan types, this leads to a focus in this season on our beloved dead and our ancient forebearers. This song comes from a vision that the screams and faint cries that are heard when wind rushes by are their voices, interpreted by some as the bean sidhe or banshee.

Musically, this is definitely one of the more experimental bits I've done. There's no strict timekeeping: Notes are as long as you feel like they should be. The scale will sound a bit otherworldly because it's F# Phrygian, with a trademark half-step between the first two notes. The wind effects are from my often-present accordion, using the air-release button that exists to safely empty air from the bellows, which seems to get the point across quite nicely. Some of the stranger sounds you're hearing out of the tin whistle are the result of doing things you're definitely not supposed to do: playing out of the side of your mouth and only half-sealing the mouthpiece so that a lot of the air doesn't go through the instrument, overblowing, covering holes only somewhat,

All works are copyright by yours truly, but may be distributed under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike 4.0. That means, in short, you can use them yourself and your grove, and play the song to your heart's content both in private and in public, but must give credit where credit is due, and if you're planning on selling something involving this song we need to talk about that first.

Sheet Music

Remember the Voices on the Wind

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Remember the Voices on the Wind



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