Whispering gallery to the walls, an effect that was discovered in the whispering gallery of St Paul's Cathedral in London. The extent to which the sound travels at St Paul's can also be judged by clapping in the gallery, which produces four echoes. Other historical examples are the Gol Gumbaz mausoleum in Bijapur and the Echo Wall of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. A hemispherical enclosure will also guide whispering gallery waves. The waves carry the words so that others will be able to hear them from the opposite side of the gallery. The gallery may also be in the form
Whispering Pines (The Band song) according to Hoskins provides "magical sounds." Janovitz also explicitly praises Helm's drumming and Rick Danko's "thoughtful" bass. Janovitz describes "Whispering Pines" as "one of the Band's most beautiful songs, if not the most gorgeous." Music critic Nick DeRiso says "it may be the most unbearably sad thing the Band ever did." "Billboard" regarded the song as one of The Band's "most haunting ballads." Author George Case likewise wrote that "Whispering Pines" is "one of the most haunting ballads in rock 'n' roll." "Whispering Pines" has appeared on several of the Band's compilation albums. It appeared as one of the bonus