The modern recorder was popularized by the Nazis, as the German folk instrument of choice (which isn’t true, but made for good propaganda).
goes back to the ocarina
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.
so I thought it was a real instrument
… It is a real instrument. Like over 5,000 years old.
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!
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!
