panpipe

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But it soon perks up with not-so-exotic percussion and panpipe sounds, and a production that goes skipping through upbeat yacht-rock, hints of Stereolab, synthesizer swoops, a skeletal indie-pop interlude and bits of vocal manipulation.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

When she escapes by turning herself into a reed, Pan plucks 10 reeds from the ground and creates the first panpipe, declaring it “the melodious voice of his beloved.”

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2019

It was inspired by the panpipe songs that he heard being played by South American buskers on the plaza of the Centre Pompidou, outside the institute.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018

While campaigning he sometimes played the zampoña, an Andean panpipe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2016

After the last girl gives her speech, a band comes onstage, an indigena band, playing the panpipe music MacGyver played on his cassette years ago.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau