{"id":133,"date":"2008-11-08T12:06:22","date_gmt":"2008-11-08T11:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:32:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:32:48","slug":"the-ocarina-turn-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch-into-a-wind-instrument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/the-ocarina-turn-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch-into-a-wind-instrument\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ocarina. 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