Time to Corral Link’s Favorite Horse in This Irish Whistle Cover of “Lon Lon Ranch”

One of my favorite kind of Zelda covers to tackle here at Zelda Dungeon are those where it’s a musician using an instrument I have never heard of at all. That’s what we have today, as musician Hyrule Whistler brings us a cover of “Lon Lon Ranch” from Ocarina of Time using a Low D MK Kelpie Irish whistle. While this musical apparatus may seem familiar, there’s actually more to it than meets the eye.

The Irish whistle, AKA the penny whistle, Irish tin whistle, Celtic whistle, and feadóg stáin (the Irish term, pronounced fa-doge-stawn), is a type of fipple flute and flageolet, according to the website McNeela Music. This means that it is similar to a recorder in that the whistle is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument, but unlike that type of flute, the musician holds it perpendicular to the floor. It’s clasped like this because because you blow air through a mouthpiece at the very end of the device.

According to the “About” section on Hyrule Whistler’s YouTube channel, the musician focuses on playing covers of their favorite Zelda music using an Irish whistle. Currently, they have covered music from both Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. This includes reworked versions of “Song of Time,” “Clock Town,” “Gerudo Valley,” “Deku Palace,” and “Song of Storms.”

If you want to continue follow Hyrule Whistler for whatever they start playing next with their Irish whistle, you can follow him on YouTube.

What do you think of this Irish whistle cover of “Lon Lon Ranch”? Will you be checking out any more of Hyrule Whistler’s work? Let us know in the comments below!

Source: Hyrule Whistler

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