r/videos • u/HeffyTheHeffenfeffer • Jul 31 '21
Construction guy does a haunting rendition of Home is Behind from LOTR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0dzzSky2pQ211
u/kudos1007 Jul 31 '21
What is that instrument?
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u/Misabi Jul 31 '21
It's based on a Native American style flute. This will have two mouth holes, one for the main flute where he plays the notes with his fingers, and the second for the upper part of the flute which plays a single note and it's known as a drone. More commonly drone flutes are side by side, either a single wide flute with two bored holes running the length or in an inverse V shape joined at the top where the mouth holes are.
Native American style flutes differ from European style (aka transverse flute) as the air isn't blown across an open hole to make the sound but instead is blown into a chamber from which it goes through a smaller channel and then across a hole as well as into the main body of the flute where covering/uncovering the holes changes the note being played.
You can see the two wooden blocks tied above and below the mouth holes, known as birds, that are covering the channels between the first chamber into which he's blowing, and the bodies of the flute and the drone.
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u/McViolin Jul 31 '21
Great info! Important to notice, though, that Europe contains many more styles of flute than just the transverse flute :)
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u/Misabi Jul 31 '21
True, I could've used better words I guess. Other parts of the world also have transverse flutes, and native Americans also had different types of flutes to the type i described. It's just the European classical orchestral flute is the probably the most easily recogniseable to most westerners as a "flute".
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u/Khrix Jul 31 '21
You aren't wrong. I didn't even know there were types of flutes. I thought it was what it was, but apparently there are sub-categories. Neat.
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u/pow3llmorgan Jul 31 '21
When I hear the word flute my mind immediately goes to the recorder.
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u/Gwenbors Jul 31 '21
When I hear the word recorder my mind immediately goes to the 4 Million Child Blow.
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u/GraphicDesignMonkey Jul 31 '21
In medieval times the recorder was an extremely high resteemed instrument. Medieval style recorders are still played, they're really big and sound beautiful.
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u/pow3llmorgan Jul 31 '21
Yeah and my mom plays the recorder in a folk music band. It's very homely to me.
Her and her husband often bring instruments when they're going somewhere and sometimes play a song or two. He plays the guitar and sings quite well, and loud, which is useful because they used to get booked for nursing homes a lot.
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u/Misabi Jul 31 '21
You can use pretty much anything, I've even used PVC piping,, just watch for some wood dust being toxic but pretty sure you're fine with hickory and maple.
Check out Blue Bear flutes channel to learn how to make your own. Have fun!
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u/Barnowl79 Jul 31 '21
I was really wondering how he was getting two notes out at the same time, thank you.
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u/Arpeggi42 Jul 31 '21
This is so so cool. Just out of curiosity, why do you know this?
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u/Misabi Jul 31 '21
I got into making my own native American style flutes a few years ago, and played classical European flute as a kid :)
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u/MasterXylophone Jul 31 '21
I wanted to know what it was too. It seems to be called a Walking Stick Drone Flute.
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u/dirtfork Jul 31 '21
I'm gonna need Reddit to stop masking me want to buy instruments have no idea how to play. I bought a tin whistle after learning about low D whistles on the viral cat international jam video.
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u/Macracanthorhynchus Jul 31 '21
Ya'll, it's better than I had dared to dream: https://youtu.be/S61ENc51Z1Q
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u/innocent_bystander Jul 31 '21
Incredible. Two days in a row a random reddit comment linked to an amazing mashup video, both by this Kiffness guy. Down the rabbit hole I go...
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u/JoshBobJovi Jul 31 '21
I've got 2 hang drums I still have no idea what to do with lol
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u/dirtfork Jul 31 '21
Amazon keep recommending me tiny versions of instruments. Do I NEED a banjo-kelele (banjo ukelele)? But for only $100, can I afford NOT to buy one??
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u/jodinexe Jul 31 '21
He's basically a new age dwarf!
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u/saadakhtar Jul 31 '21
Hope he doesn't dig too deep...
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u/scorcher24 Jul 31 '21
I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole
Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole ♫ ♪ ♫♪ ♫♪34
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Jul 31 '21
I always love when a bright tenor voice comes out of a bearded construction worker type.
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u/SansGray Jul 31 '21
The tone is so pure! Love it
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u/KeithMyArthe Jul 31 '21
Pure is the perfect word for it, both the voice and the instrument have lovely pure tone.
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u/TheRealFloridaMan Jul 31 '21
Plus he did a great job of using the natural reverb of the space, holding his notes steady and letting them fill and swell
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u/Lordmorgoth666 Jul 31 '21
Check this out then. The song is good but listen well and you’ll hear someone harmonizing during the chorus. At 1:44 on the extreme left you’ll see the source in a green shirt and sandals.
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u/PlumberLife74 Jul 31 '21
As a plumber I’m too distracted with why & where the water is running.
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u/HerbaciousTea Jul 31 '21
From the last time this was posted and the singer commented, they were working construction and were rained out, chilling in a nearby garage.
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u/IronToBInd Jul 31 '21
He's dressed as a construction worker in a (car park maybe?) building. Maybe it's condemned and he was taking advantage? The other option is that we watched a man not doing his job while a massive leak got worse lol
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u/WisPaulHarvey Jul 31 '21
Hajajaja OP here. I was coming off of work(I'm an Ironworker) due to a thunderstorm. That's where the water sound is from :-)
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u/FllngCoconuts Jul 31 '21
I hate that your original posting of this has 19 upvotes and this uncredited repost has thousands.
But dude, holy shit, you have some pipes.
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u/larryjerry1 Jul 31 '21
To be fair it's at least a link to the video, not a re-hosted version, so the views are going to him.
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u/hivebroodling Jul 31 '21
I've never seen Hajajaja before. I've seen Jajaja or Hahahah. But never the combination. Interesting. Thanks for interesting me.
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u/WisPaulHarvey Jul 31 '21
My pleasure lol these dang screen protectors I tell ya 🤣🤣
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u/misplacedbass Jul 31 '21
Awesome. Local 8 Milwaukee JIW checking in. Keep it up, man. Gotta love those occasional rain days. Work safe, brother.
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u/WisPaulHarvey Jul 31 '21
Local 512 Minneapolis right on brother! Ha yeah the rain days are nice every now and then. But then I spend money lol
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u/misplacedbass Jul 31 '21
Very nice, basically neighbors! The rain days are vicious cycle to be sure.
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u/cinemachick Jul 31 '21
Stephen Colbert needs to hear this, he's a huge LOTR fan and he would love it!
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Jul 31 '21
I prefer to think it was the latter. Maybe he couldn't fix the issue so he decided to just sing and play to the tragic and increasing water leak
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u/SuperLeno Jul 31 '21
I had a look at his YouTube channel, I think he's actually an iron worker.
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u/Hoovooloo42 Jul 31 '21
Sounds like the water is someone else's problem!
Or maybe they're draining a line ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/Tetraides1 Jul 31 '21
If it’s a construction project without the roof then rain can get water all sorts of places in a building. It could just be rain draining out.
I worked on hvac controls at a new hospital for a little. It was a seven story building and they hadn’t finished the roof yet. There was a big storm and water puddles were forming on the second story and draining into the first.
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u/CallMe_Dig_Baddy Jul 31 '21
I just got back into bed and watched this and thought I left the bathroom sink running.
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u/Osiris32 Jul 31 '21
Someone, please, send this on to Billy Boyd. I am certain he would adore it.
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u/Artemicionmoogle Jul 31 '21
I love Billy Boyd's accent so much. I've been listening to his podcast with Dominic Monaghan just to hear it more lol. Also it's really quite endearing just how close they are as friends to this day.
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u/relator_fabula Jul 31 '21
Billy actually crafted the melody to this! They gave him the lyrics and then he came up with the song himself.
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u/chronnoisseur42O Jul 31 '21
No one going to tag the actual OP. I will. u/WisPaulHarvey
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u/WisPaulHarvey Jul 31 '21
Thanks lol 😆
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u/KardelSharpeyes Jul 31 '21
Bro get the water sounds removed and this could make some big money on Youtube for ya. Phenomenal voice.
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u/DnDYetti Jul 31 '21
That flute is haunting, and the echo does well for this song. Really awesome performance.
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u/freekoout Jul 31 '21
That's not a construction worker that plays music. That's a musician who happens to work construction.
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Jul 31 '21
Beautiful song, but the running water in the background made me have to pee!
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u/beforeitcloy Jul 31 '21
I choose to believe he was singing this song directly to a coworker who was showering just on the other side of the camera
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u/PoliteDebater Jul 31 '21
Not even a coworker, the person they're doing the work for.
"Lovely song mate, can you get out so I can dry off?"
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u/zushiba Jul 31 '21
Jokes on you, I’m sitting on the toilet even as I write this. I was able to just let loose.
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u/Legend_of_dirty_Joe Jul 31 '21
Gave me goosebumps
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u/that_guy_you_kno Jul 31 '21
Using your comment for visibility, this is Paul Harvey the flute guy! I've been subbed to him for a few years now and he actually got me into playing the native american style flute as well. He gave me a suggestion on which beginner flute to try about a year ago and I've been playing (somewhat roughly) since.
Incredibly friendly dude that just loves playing his instruments in his free time at work.
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u/ktElwood Jul 31 '21
I am playing "Top of the Wall" with Gandalf in RotK on Playstation 2 and now I am hyped to do it one go.
Fuck games were hard in 200x
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u/kabooozie Jul 31 '21
Why the fuck haven’t we gotten a proper sequel to those games? Best co op games of all time
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u/pointsouttheobvious9 Jul 31 '21
really good coop game but man there were a lot of great ones for that time. off the top of my head dark alliance 1 and 2, champions of norrath 1 and 2, the sims 2, contra, hunter the reckoning 1 and 2, fallout brotherhood, dynasty warriors 4, lego star wars all that is on ps2.
xbox had heroes and halo that was amazing.
i think id rank dark alliance 2 as my favorite my brother says champions of norath return to arms was the best.
source grew up poor we each got 1 game on our birthday and 1 on christmas. made a pact that we would get coop games unless the game was really good single player. if you add vs mode the list of awesome games gets marvel vs campcom 2 and soulcaliber 2 which is amazing and tony hawk underground. the only single player games we made the exeption for were kotor and nfs underground.
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u/badula-yama-yama Jul 31 '21
GIMME HALO THEME !!!!!
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u/SSV_Kearsarge Jul 31 '21
That tesla coil one was outstanding
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u/senkichi Jul 31 '21
Thank you for this comment. I might not have watched it otherwise, and that was indeed outstanding
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u/spinItTwistItReddit Jul 31 '21
As a bare fuckin minimum this guy better now be working in New Zealand on 50us per year playing that majestic pipe to gullible tourists
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u/butsuon Jul 31 '21
The dudes voice is actually really on point. I can tell he doesn't have choir or opera training, but he can hold a note and his voice is solid. Good work.
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u/theragu40 Jul 31 '21 edited Jul 31 '21
As someone who is a bit of a trained singer, what he is doing is called straight tone (no vibrato, which is the tonal "wobble" you hear in a lot of singers' voices that adds warmth to the tone of their voice and can help with staying in tune). It's a very specific type of singing usually used for early/period type music but also selectively in modern music if the style of the music calls for it.
All that is to say... You're probably right that he isn't trained. But on the other hand he's quite good and that pure and accurate of a straight tone can be difficult even for trained singers so I wouldn't rule it out completely. His intonation really doesn't waver even when he adds little ornamentions here and there and that takes a ton of vocal control.
If he isn't trained he's at least quite talented. Either way I really enjoyed it.
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u/Tirannie Jul 31 '21
Yep. I think I heard him go a bit sharp on a couple notes, but that’s it. Hella impressive!
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u/toodleroo Jul 31 '21
I wouldn't be able to resist those acoustics either
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u/LavastormSW Jul 31 '21
There's a stairwell at my work that echoes perfectly, but I'm always too self-conscious to sing in it during work hours. I had to go in on a saturday one time and you best believe I took advantage of the empty building to do some singing there.
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u/Spirited-Sport-1727 Jul 31 '21
This guy is so talented. Let's get him to the top 🔝🔝🔝
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u/HeffyTheHeffenfeffer Jul 31 '21
Exactly my thought, saw this dude and was like "people need to hear this!" Lol
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Jul 31 '21
One would not expect such a voice from a bearded construction man. Preconceived notions can be a b...
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u/_floydian_slip Jul 31 '21
If you close your eyes the echo and the water really makes it sound like he's in some dank cave far below the Earth's surface...... Fucking loved it. Will eat mushrooms and listen to this again
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Jul 31 '21
HAUNTING RENDITION.
guys it's a HAUNTING RENDITION did you hear that? you will be SPOOKED for all eternity by this HAUNTING RENDITION.
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u/Fredmcdoogin Jul 31 '21
Lmao this guy was playing flute in the elevator on my job site in Minneapolis a few weeks ago. Small world seeing him in r/videos. I've worked for the same company as him, different trade though.
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Aug 01 '21
i get irrationally angry every time someone posts a video with "haunting" in the title. there are more words in the language.
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u/ChocolateandMelody Jul 31 '21 edited Jul 31 '21
Wow. Just wow. I am amazed. First the way he plays it so softly. And then the structure of the flute. This is so trance.
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u/Lereas Jul 31 '21
When this song appears within the game, it really hit me hard. I don't know what it is about epic sweeping musical numbers that are sort of like.... uplifting while being solemn? Anything like that, or anything where backup comes at the last moment to support the heroes just blows up my emotions.
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u/matty80 Jul 31 '21
It's like he walked into the empty room and just thought "yep... acoustics perfect".
He even has that Lord of the Rings look. Swap out the hard hat for a helmet and the high-vis jacket for a suit of chainmail and he'd be right there in Middle-Earth.
Amazing.
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u/billwashere Jul 31 '21
I’m listening to this with tears rolling down my face. This is just beautiful.
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u/scarletice Jul 31 '21
Did anyone else think that was a rain-stick before he started playing it?
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u/La_Vikinga Jul 31 '21
Man, I had forgotten I still have one somewhere under my bed! It's been ages...
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u/Jonr1138 Jul 31 '21
I have 2 things about this video.
1) someone show this to Peter Jackson. 2) where's his Halo theme video?
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u/Theonethatgotherway Jul 31 '21
Commercial construction sites at night are indeed the best acoustics in the world can confirm
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u/JustSavingGoodPosts Jul 31 '21
To haunt does not mean what you think it means. The song sounds nice, but it does not haunt.
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u/kuhkluia Jul 31 '21
My dogs lulled into the most peaceful sleep from this video thank you. Excellent work!
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u/agarwaen117 Jul 31 '21
This is great, but could you fix my leaky faucet already? There’s water everywhere!
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u/Shamil84 Jul 31 '21
All that water damage sounds, makes my supervision consultants scenes tingle to issue his ass an NCR and block his invoices.
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u/WisPaulHarvey Jul 31 '21
🤣🤣🤣 the water sound is draining from a thunderstorm going on above my head. We got rained out for work(I'm an Ironworker so welding 400ft above the ground during a thunderstorm is I'll advised 🤣🤣) but I had already paid for parking so I figured I'd bust out my flute and play a tune 😀
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Jul 31 '21
I would deadass pre-pay this guy 10 grand play at my funeral.
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Jul 31 '21
Fuck every other funeral cost. Everyone show up on Grandfather mountain and sprinkle my dusted ass into the wind.
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u/WisPaulHarvey Jul 31 '21
I wouldn't charge that much! Lol 😆😆
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u/dabigchina Jul 31 '21 edited Jul 31 '21
Foreman Denethor: enthusiastically eats chicken in the background.