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12-17-2007, 09:30 PM
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Loremaster of Annúminas
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Helm's horn appears to defy the laws of acoustics- and scares the bejeepers out of Orcs.
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12-18-2007, 02:47 PM
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Yet one horn...
Merry's horn. The description points quite clearly at the magic being in the horn, not the blower.
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12-18-2007, 03:07 PM
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Late Istar
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True, but horns of this sort probably don't count as musical instruments.
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12-19-2007, 05:07 AM
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 As to the laws of acoustics, if the instruments are so similar to ours, the acoustics must be similar too.
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12-19-2007, 08:28 AM
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Horns do seem to have an especially military connection, going back at least to the Battle of Jericho (OT, Joshua) where the ritualistic blowing of rams' horns by priests led to the fall of the walls of Jericho, leading to the slaughter of almost the entire populace in the city.
Now there's an echo with power.
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12-19-2007, 11:20 AM
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Loremaster of Annúminas
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Laws of acoustics: since the echoes keep getting louder and louder, something other than Newtonian physics is at work.
Nor would ol' Isaac have an explanation for why Orcs would find the sound painful and terrifying.
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01-21-2008, 04:24 AM
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Princess of Skwerlz
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I am now working on this topic, preliminary research so far, and trying to structure the information and my thoughts. The lecture has been accepted and, barring obstacles beyond my control, will be held at the Tolkien Seminar in April. Any additional thoughts and references you'd like to contribute are very much welcome!
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12-19-2007, 03:14 AM
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A Voice That Gainsayeth
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Anyway, who told you what the laws of acoustics are in there?
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