When you hear the word flute, you probably picture a silver instrument about yay big, looks

a certain way and makes a very specific sort of sound.

But the flute family is so much bigger than that, with other types of transverse flutes

and balloon flutes, pipes, whistles, acarenas, and more.

Welcome to Strong Songs, a podcast about music.

I'm your host Kirk Hamilton, and as always, I'm so glad that you've joined me.

To talk about music, play it on every type of flute, from piccolo, to panpipes, to penny

whistle, and beyond.

Strong Songs is a totally listener-supported show, which means none of you have to listen

to ads.

You just have to hear me at the start of every episode, asking if you'd like to become

a patron of Strong Songs, and if you would, you can even get bonus episodes of this show.

So go to patreon.com slash strong songs to find out more.

On this episode, oh man, can you feel it, can you feel the excitement in the air?

I can, because I know that we're going to be talking about some of the greatest video

game music ever composed.

Man, I'm excited to get into it, so let's grab our master sword and solve some puzzles,

yeah?

Video games, video games, video games, they are a fascinating art form with a uniquely

interactive relationship with their audience, and they're also uniquely musical in a way

that I have always found fascinating.

Many of you will know that I spent most of the 2010s writing about video games.

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