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the breath you can see, lined up and sold as a melody.

means A wind instrument made of several tuned pipes of different lengths bound together in a row, played by blowing across their open tops.

from Named for Pan, the goat-legged Greek god of the wild and shepherds. The myth says he chased the nymph Syrinx, who begged to be turned into reeds to escape him; when the wind sighed through the reeds, Pan cut them into uneven lengths and bound them as an instrument — which is why the panpipes are also called the syrinx. The 'pan' here is the god, not the Greek 'pan' meaning 'all.'

named after: Pan, the goat-legged Greek god of chaos
the myth: a nymph turned to reeds to escape his grip
global reach: invented separately across Andes, Europe, China, Pacific
no holes: each pipe is one note, length sets pitch
mall legend: defined a thousand shopping-center buskers worldwide

for instance

syrinx — ancient greek panpipe made of reeds, named after the mythological nymph syrinx

sicu — inca panpipe instrument still played in peru and bolivia with interlocking rows

paixiao — chinese vertical bamboo panpipe documented in the 2nd century bc, played vertically