
Sound is everywhere. The air around us is in constant motion— streaming and crashing around objects like ocean waves against the shore—constantly vibrating and transmitting new sounds. Our ears collect these vibrations and our brains interpret them, focusing only on sounds that are important or relevant to us. Otherwise it would be impossible to hold a conversation in a crowded room. Occasionally we stop to listen to the breeze blowing through tree branches or a babbling brook, or even the sound of our own breath. Often these sounds are simply filtered out as we focus on something else. Rarely do we stop to enjoy the musicality of these sounds—musical notes hidden within the din of frequencies around us. When you hold a seashell up to your ear, these frequencies are channeled into your ear all at once, mixing together into a white noise, like ocean waves. When you hold a Conchundo up to your ear, the same thing happens, but only one frequency resonates within volume of air contained inside the unique inner structure. One frequency, one musical note, is filtered out of the ambient sounds. Opening and closing the finger holes raises and lowers the pitch-- Creating music out of thin air.
