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Mystic Flute
Mystic Flute is a solo flute playing a 15-second minor pentatonic phrase twice, centered on G sharp 4 and reaching up to C sharp 5. Its tone is far purer than Forest Flute’s, with almost none of that one’s breath and edge. There is no accompaniment and no ambience in the file.
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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 phrase moves E flat 4, F sharp 4, G sharp 4, B flat 4 and C sharp 5, a minor pentatonic shape, and it plays through in about 15 seconds before repeating to fill the file. What stands out is how little brightness there is in it: set against Forest Flute, the breath is almost gone and nothing sparkles on top. The tone is very smooth, closer to a soft synth pad than to a flute recorded up close.
How it differs from Forest Flute
Different melody, different scale, different tone and different length. Forest Flute is a 16-second phrase on B flat with obvious breath in the sound; this is a 15-second phrase on G sharp, played twice, with the breath almost entirely absent. Neither carries any accompaniment, so you are genuinely choosing between two performances.
Nearby: Singing Bowl holds one pitch instead of a phrase, and Gregorian Chant is a single sung line in a similar register. Browse the rest from the sound library index, or set the flute over something moving with the Mystic Flute and gentle rain blend in the free sound mixer.
Frequently asked questions
What scale does it use?
A minor pentatonic shape on G sharp. The notes are E flat 4, F sharp 4, G sharp 4, B flat 4 and C sharp 5.
Why does it sound so smooth?
There is very little brightness in it. Next to Forest Flute the breath and edge of the instrument barely register at all.
Is there any background in the recording?
No. The file is the flute alone, with no accompaniment, room tone or ambience.
How long before it repeats?
The phrase lasts about 15 seconds and plays twice within the 30-second file.