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Forest Flute
Forest Flute is a solo flute and nothing else: no forest behind it, no birdsong and no ambience anywhere in the file. A 16-second melodic phrase circles B flat 4, ranging between F4 and D5, and the tone is breathy: you hear the air around each note far more than you do in Mystic Flute.
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Put this under rain or a fire, keep the blend you end up with, and play it through the night with your screen off. The Slo app does that on iOS, Android and Mac.
What the recording actually contains
The name suggests a setting the file does not have. There is no birdsong, no leaf movement and no room around the player, only the flute. The phrase moves F4, G4, B flat 4, C5 and D5, settling again and again on B flat 4. It is a far breathier sound than Mystic Flute: you hear the player's air and the edge of every note, and that is what airiness means here. At 16 seconds it is the shortest loop covered here, so the repeat comes round quickly.
How it differs from Mystic Flute
These two are separate performances, not one recording renamed. This phrase sits on B flat and lasts 16 seconds; Mystic Flute plays a 15-second minor-pentatonic phrase on G sharp, twice, with a far purer tone. Brightness separates them as clearly as pitch does. Neither carries any accompaniment.
For other sustained melodic material, Moonlight Lullaby is a music-box figure and Singing Bowl holds a single pitch. The sound library index lists the catalogue. To give the flute the setting its name implies, open the Forest Flute and forest birds blend in the free sound mixer.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a forest in the recording?
No. There is nothing in the file but the flute: no birdsong, no foliage, no room around it. Layer it with a forest recording in the mixer if you want one.
What notes does it play?
The phrase moves F4, G4, B flat 4, C5 and D5, returning repeatedly to B flat 4.
How does it compare with Mystic Flute?
It is brighter and breathier, with much more of the player's air in the sound, built on B flat where Mystic Flute sits on G sharp, and half as long.
How long is the loop?
Sixteen seconds, the shortest of the recordings covered on these pages.