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Ability to Teach Parrots Songs/ Bard Parrots

This is an idea that has been in my head for awhile, not quite sure how difficult it would be to code and criticism is welcome.

Main Idea and Method

  • Learning: Parrots if fed pumpkin seeds would begin recording all sounds in a 48 block radius for 2-3 minutes.  This would be the parrots "song" and might be slightly higher pitch.
  • Memory: The song would be unique to the parrot and would be saved as a sound file to the sound directory possibly being named "ParrotSong_(Parrot name here)" if parrot is unnamed then it would be given a random number.  This will allow the recorded "Song" to be played by command block.  Feeding a parrot pumpkin seeds if it already has a song will cause it to forget the song it learned
  • Reciting: The song can also be replayed in survival by feeding the parrot melon seeds, if a dispenser has melon seeds and a parrot is in front of it the parrot will play the song and the melon seeds are consumed.

Why?

  • This would open up creative opportunities for having note block music be used in a much more space effective manor and wouldn't devalue noteblocks as you would need to make the song first.
  • It more easily allows players to share their musical talent with others on a server with the help of their feathery friends.
  • And finally it gives a unique, interesting, and creatively practical purpose to a mob that I believe hasn't quite lived up to it's potential.

Thank you for listening to my idea

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    I'm just imagining a parrot with a violin or other instrument... Anyway, I like your idea. It does sound hard to code though. One more thing: depending on the color, the more a parrots pitch varies maybe? But you'd have to be careful what you feed your bird (Not Cookies!)

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    ChocoTaco123556

    Ya I double checked to see if all the seeds are safe and they are so no bad lessons shall be taught about proper parrot diet habits.  The different pitch for different types of parrot sounds like an amazing idea to add onto this :D

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    Thanks! Good job on the title by the way.