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Who the hell called that a recorder btw? As not-a-native-speaker, the first time I heard that term I was super confused, thinking they were talking about a tape recorder.
Millions of American children are (were?) given these in the third grade and yes they all call them that
We all had these in school as well in Europe but we just call them flutes.
Same in the UK.
A recorder, like in Super Mario 3?
Wow, TIL!
Me.
My sister showed up at one Christmas with an Ocarina app on her phone. It was really cool; I’d never played Zelda nor understood the relationship, so I thought it was a real instrument and spent some time in a Zelda rabbit hole.
Still haven’t played the game, and I still wish there was a real instrument that sounds as cool as that app. The real difference between that and a recorder is the reverb; a real ocarina would have to have some difference sound-making mechanism than a whistle; there’d have to be some vibrating component, like in a harmonica.
I still wish there was a real instrument that sounds as cool as that app
a real instrument
Like… An ocarina?
This has to be a copypasta
Nope, just ignorance!
Hey, you’re one of today’s lucky 10,000!
Can’t tell if sarcasm/trolling, but just in case:
Neither. I honestly found mainly references to Zelda when I went looking, and thought the IRL ones were made based on the game.
The app must have simulated the game instrument, which had some sort of sustaining reverb. However, that wikipedia article is fantastic! There are multi-chambered ocarinas, which would support chords, which recorders don’t; that’s cool!
I honestly didn’t know there was a real version first!
There are many reproductions of the ocarina from the game but there are also like a billion different styles.
The Zelda ones are definitely the most popular though.
so I thought it was a real instrument
… It is a real instrument. Like over 5,000 years old.
