Is it a fish?.... Is it an armadillo?.......

Blaydo · Post by **Blaydo** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:43 pm

No it's a traditional whistle from Kyrgyzstan a friend of mine brought back from his home town. Theres a hole underneath as well, no it's not just under it's tail. Just thought I'd share it with you guys.

BillChin · Post by **BillChin** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:02 pm

Animal, mineral, vegetable? I lean towards vegetable

LexAnder · Post by **LexAnder** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:16 pm

Looks weird to me... Wonder what kind of sounds "it" makes. I hope "it" doesn't sound like "it" looks.

BTW: Just noticed it looks a little like an ashtray

Crevan · Post by **Crevan** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:42 pm

I have no idea what it is but it sure looks cool to me.

Jason Paul · Post by **Jason Paul** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:23 pm

I'm from Texas and can say, with confidence, that it's not an armadillo.

Jason

Mack.Hoover · Post by **Mack.Hoover** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:47 pm

It's a sweet potato. so it's vegetable. It's clay so it's mineral. Either fish or otherwise it's animal. And it is traditional for sure, but is it a whistle?

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Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:21 pm

Is it an ocarina?

peteinmn · Post by **peteinmn** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:33 pm

Mack.Hoover wrote:It's a sweet potato. so it's vegetable. It's clay so it's mineral. Either fish or otherwise it's animal. And it is traditional for sure, but is it a whistle?

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I'm with Mack here. Walden is definately the one to consult on this.

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Walden · Post by **Walden** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:44 pm

Yes, it's a form of vessel flute, or ocarina, that is used in the folk music of Eastern Europe.

Berti66 · Post by **Berti66** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:32 pm

absolutely an ocarina.
sorry people, I would not try to eat this

berti

ctilbury · Post by **ctilbury** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:09 am

What a cool ocarana! Is it in tune? How about a sound post?

LexAnder · Post by **LexAnder** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:35 am

An ocarina? *schocked*... Now, congratulations... You just made me think of "Zelda and the tasty-fish-flute of time" ... (For those who don't know what it is, Zelda is a game based on the ocarina)

But I agree with ctilbury, a sound clip would be nice. At least playing the scale up and down.

Blaydo · Post by **Blaydo** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 5:55 pm

Hi guys, sorry for the delay! Been looking for a mic for my PC but all I could find was a phone handle thingy so the sound isn't great. You'll need to put the volume up a fair bit. Anyway I don't think it's in tune cause I'm finding it hard to get a scale out it going in any logical order. I haven't a clue what way the scale is even supposed to go on this thing. Here's a little sound clip of it and part of the closest thing I could get to a scale.

http://www.esatclear.ie/~lorenzo/ocarina.mp3