I Learned Every Instrument from The Legend of Zelda!

[00:01] recognized as the highest rated video game of all time, known for its amazing adventure and puzzle solving mechanics. But The Legend of Zelda is also known instruments that you can play. So, as a musician and a huge Zelda fan, I'm going

[00:15] to try to learn every instrument from The Legend of Zelda. But first, I feel a little out of character. Much better. First up, we have the recorder featured in the very first Legend of Zelda game from 1986. I bet you didn't know Link

[00:27] In [music] this game, playing the recorder actually reveals the location of the seventh dungeon. Okay, so you equip the recorder, then you play it. That's such a nice tune. Okay, we're starting off with a pretty easy song. I

[00:42] starting off with a pretty easy song. I think I can play this. that one. Let's go to the next instrument. Next up, we have a fan This instrument had a whole game revolving around it called The Legend of

[00:56] Zelda: Ocarine of Time. Okay, this is the part of the game where Link learns Lost Woods theme that everybody [music] knows.

[01:26] dressed as Link. That was amazing. Okay, this next instrument is from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. This is the hawk grass. [screaming] I'm just going to play the grass, but we need to find the right piece of grass.

[01:40] Dude, it's kind of spiky, [music] but this is it's kind of spiky, [music] but this is a pretty large grass leaf thing. It's Okay, we're back inside. We have our hawk grass. And I'm going to try to play

[01:53] hawk grass. And I'm going to try to play this like Link does. So, he does like a Let's do this. Oh, the spikes hurt, man. This is not the right kind of grass. Oh, mother trucker. Hold on while I modify my hawk grass. I feel like I'm

[02:09] modify my hawk grass. I feel like I'm cutting off the crust of my hawk grass. Okay, here we go. Round two. This leaf is very fragile.

[02:22] It's literally a half step away. [screaming] Hey, you know what? We definitely just did the hot grass. I got the notes. I think my grass is ripped in a lot of spots now, so it's kind of unplayable,

[02:36] but hey, that was hot grass. Next up, we have a trumpet. Hold on. I know what you might be thinking. Link never plays the trumpet, but in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, Link turns into this little deu guy and has this huge like

[02:49] him. I couldn't find that in real life, so this is what we're playing.

[03:01] Okay, I didn't play trumpet in school, so this is going to take me a minute. I only have to learn like four notes, though. though. >> [music]

[03:17] do not sound good. Don't judge my trumpet. Um, anything. [laughter] All right, here we go.

[03:32] you do this, man? Oh, this is why Link always saves the day, cuz he's a pro musician out of nowhere on every instrument. Maybe he practices at night. I don't know. [music]

[03:59] it. I'm garbage at trumpet. But hey, I I think I got, you know, four notes. I think I got it. Link had like five of these. Imagine just having likeup around you. That'd be sick. Next up, we got the Goron drums. I

[04:14] instrument. [music] Um, I couldn't find it anywhere. So, in Majora's Mask, Link also turns into a Goron [music] and has these drums around him that are just you could buy that, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Okay, here's Link playing

[04:29] it anywhere. Okay, here's Link playing the Goron Laabi. first try. It's going to be embarrassing if I can't. [music]

[05:01] Goron drums. Okay, but my favorite instrument from The Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask has to be this. This is the Fishbone guitar. This is a fully custom fishbone guitar that I made using my Prussa 3D [music] printer. In Major's

[05:14] Mask, Link turns into a Zora and then pulls out this sick guitar. There's the pulls out this sick guitar. There's the fishbone guitar. Yo. Okay, here's the first time playing the real life fishbone guitar.

[05:33] be very careful. There are spikes and teeth and very sharp things all over this guitar. So, if you place it just right, it's comfortable and uh you're not getting stabbed by anything. Okay, I think it's time to learn new wave

[05:45] bosanova that the Zora plays on this guitar. >> [music] >> Oh,

[06:01] Something like that. I'm just going to go for it. And uh I think we can get it.

[06:23] And I can't believe we were actually able to do that on a real Fishbone guitar. By the way, I need to give a big shout out to Brian Carpenter from Brian's Big List of Projects on YouTube. He's the one who made these 3D files for

[06:35] much in the process. Now, let's move on to the next instrument. This is not an instrument. This is actually the Wind Waker from The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker. But I ran into a small problem with this one. When I was trying to find

[06:49] a Wind Waker to use for this video, the only one I could find was this one on eBay for $1,200. Then I thought, well, maybe I can just 3D print one. But I had no idea how to make a 3D model to upload to my 3D printer until I came across

[07:03] this software called Hyper 3D Rodin. Rhoden is an AI powered 3D [music] model generator, meaning you can just type in whatever you want or even take a photo and it'll spit out a fully usable 3D model. No modeling experience required.

[07:18] was how fast it is. There are five generator modes. We have extreme high, high, medium, low, and extreme low. Extreme low can generate simple geometry in as little as 4 seconds, but for our model, I'm going to use the extreme high

[07:33] mode. Rhoden also now has up to 12K material. For context, a professional 3D artist would take hours to do the same thing by hand. And it's not just fast, the quality is actually insane. Roden can generate models with over 10 million

[07:47] polygons, which is a level of detail that you would expect from a AAA video game or a Hollywood studio film. The textures use something called 3D native PBR materials, which basically means the way that light interacts with your model

[08:00] you're using it in a game engine, an animation, or just sending it to your 3D it looks real. I just took a picture of a Wind Waker replica I found online, uploaded it to Rhoden, and within seconds, I had a model ready to 3D

[08:14] the sponsor of today's video, with the link in my description. Okay, back to the Wind Waker. In this game, Link uses the Wind Waker to conduct music. I don't really know where the music comes from, but Link is conducting it, and you can

[08:27] hear the sound. So, for this, I'm going to try to learn how to conduct a song. master here, Link. Let's see how he holds this thing.

[08:51] Oh, okay. You know what? When he does it smoothly, it's kind of nice. It's like Well, we're going to conduct with the Wind Waker to one of my favorite Zelda songs, Dragon Roost Island. Let's do this.

[09:18] 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 I think I'm doing it. Okay. Yep. I I wind Waker. That was fun. All right. Next up is from The Legend of horse call. In The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Link uses his horse

[09:32] call to summon his horse opponent. Now, if you look at the horse call in the this. I looked everywhere to try [music] to find a playable horse call like Lynx, [music] looked for the smallest flutelike instrument that you could wear

[09:47] shouldn't take long at all. He plays Eona's song, which is only three notes.

[10:01] are for this. Oh, I think I figured out the three Oh, I think I figured out the three notes that I need.

[10:26] entire wall and the horse Eona said it subscribe. So, please subscribe. I cannot afford to fix another wall. popular instruments [music] in Breath of the Wild is the accordion. There is a

[10:42] bird species in the game called the RTO. And one of the RTO's name is Kas. And he's really good at playing the accordion.

[10:58] before, so this is going to be very fun. I think you just put these straps over your shoulders. Okay, the accordion is now attached to my body. All I know is push this thing in and out. But there's also like 10,000 billion buttons over

[11:11] here, bro, [music] and they play chords. So you can play normal piano stuff over here. >> [music] >> And over here you have lots of chords to pick from. [music]

[11:28] see what you're doing. So I I cannot see what's going on here. [music] Oh, I also want to try a song of storms. [music]

[11:51] Kasa's theme, I'm only going to be able to play the right hand. I even watched and they said it's extremely hard. I'm going to channel my inner Cas and try to play this thing. Here we go. [music]

[12:23] tired. And Cas, he just be standing there all day long. Anytime you come up there. Oh man. But this thing sounds sick. Finally, the instrument you've all been waiting for. Hu's maracas.

[12:38] most legendary instruments from The Legend of Zelda. The maracas were used Wild. There's a character named Hu, and you actually have to find his maracas you a full song and dance with these

[12:52] maracas. You can even continue to find golden poop nuggets and give them to Hu where he will then play you more songs. I already got Hu's song in my head. I'm I already got Hu's song in my head. I'm ready to go.

[13:11] to do. That that was the Hest Baraka dance. Well, I have a whole new respect for Link. He is a pro musician. Don't know where he got the skills from, but for watching this video. Don't forget to like and subscribe. And if YouTube's

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