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10193
Hi, everybody I just join the group. Here's my first question for you. Where can I buy a Japanese 12 hole ocarina in the US? Thanks whoisleonliu...
whoisleonliu
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Apr 4, 2004
3:05 am
10194
Check out Spencer's as he makes 12 holers and doesn't need a club to play them, Right Spencer??? I make them too but not for sale as I just make 'em to use 'em...
Verne H. Bohlender
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Apr 4, 2004
3:36 am
10195
I just got a couple of Ti Amo ocarinas, and I like them. They have ordering information in English and will ship to the US. I was interested in the Yamaha...
Katje Janisch
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Apr 4, 2004
4:15 am
10196
... You may want to write Mr.Spencer at spencersocarinas@..., I am sure he could photocopy you a detailed chart from one of his song books. I would...
Kenneth Kensek
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Apr 4, 2004
5:30 am
10197
Thanks Kenneth. I can see it's about the same as on the ocarinas I've been playing. All of the Japanese-type ocarinas I've seen are in C and F, but I...
Katje Janisch
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Apr 4, 2004
10:49 am
10198
G AOTP, If you have a C then you have next thing to a D as if you remember the scale C-D-E-F etc. Your basic Ocarina is in C but if you close the first FH...
Verne H. Bohlender
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Apr 4, 2004
3:28 pm
10199
... remember seeing that Spencer had one in G, ... His soprano is in F, and the alto is in C. I do not know which key his tenor is in. ... No, I been told when...
Kenneth Kensek
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Apr 4, 2004
4:26 pm
10200
Hi Ocarinaclub members. I thought I would let the group know that I have just completed the latest version of my "Ocarina Composer" program - as far as I know ...
James Percival
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Apr 4, 2004
11:33 pm
10201
Hi Verne. I'm not entirely sure I followed you, but you got me to experimenting just the same. I figure if the ocarina is in C, if I open a hole and start...
Katje Janisch
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Apr 5, 2004
2:31 pm
10202
... Katje, I don't know how to play a 12 hole ocarina, but on a 5 hole, 9 notes ocarina in the key of C, you can play a minor pentatonic scale in the key of D....
Theresa Bayer
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Apr 5, 2004
2:45 pm
10203
Hi, In answer to your question here is a picture of my favourite of all of mine which I love to play. You'll note that it's not very large, is in the key of C...
Verne H. Bohlender
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Apr 5, 2004
2:53 pm
10204
GAOTP Theresa, watch what you are saying as we don't allow swearing on this group area!!!!!!! You knowledgeable people that know all this stuff but can't...
Verne H. Bohlender
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Apr 5, 2004
3:48 pm
10205
... Yeah I guess I'll have to break don and get one someday, won't I? LOL. Theresa...
Theresa Bayer
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Apr 5, 2004
4:54 pm
10206
I am not sure if this is a problem with my computer, but the program does not make note-sounds when I use it. This is a problem for me as I'm not very...
Karen Spray
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Apr 5, 2004
9:56 pm
10207
Actually you likely have or can play them as they're just ocarina and when you can play one you can play them all. Besides, didn't you tell me how to convert...
Verne H. Bohlender
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Apr 5, 2004
10:22 pm
10208
It's not set up to do so! Just look at the size of it and what could you expect. However don't give up just yet as who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of...
Verne H. Bohlender
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Apr 6, 2004
3:59 am
10209
... Yes, that's what I thought <evil grin>. Nothing like putting thoughts into people's heads! Love, Karen (a ex-programmer herself who can still waste plenty...
Karen Spray
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Apr 6, 2004
10:33 am
10210
Whew, unless I got out a music theory book, I don't think I can remember how D-minor pentatonic goes. But I know D-Dorian. ("Scarborough Fair" mode) How's...
Katje Janisch
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Apr 6, 2004
2:36 pm
10211
Well, Verne, I've got the picture now, literally and figuratively. Nothing beats a visual aide. I tried it out. It worked on one of the three (give or take...
Katje Janisch
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Apr 6, 2004
2:39 pm
10212
Hi James, I keep wanting to call you by your last name for some reason or other. The one you posted for downloading has a serious problem in that it loads with...
Verne H. Bohlender
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Apr 6, 2004
3:34 pm
10213
Katje, can you kick????? Then kick me in the head for being so stupid. The big 'lighbulb' just went on and I realized that by covering all but the 1st hole...
Verne H. Bohlender
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Apr 6, 2004
3:59 pm
10214
... I know the sound, but not the notes. Think blues, and think Native American flute. That's the sound of the minor pentatonic. :^) Theresa...
Theresa Bayer
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Apr 7, 2004
2:06 am
10215
Aw... it's alright. At first I was confused because I was thinking, if I put down all the fingers, well then, that's a C. But then I figured you meant for me...
Katje Janisch
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Apr 7, 2004
12:49 pm
10216
I always remember pentatonic major that way: "(Duh, duh, duh, duh, duh, duh) I've got sunshine... on a cloudy day..." Katje...
Katje Janisch
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Apr 7, 2004
12:56 pm
10217
Just for the fun of it try this. Do you have a piano or harmonica handy though??? If so do what you said you were doing and then go up the scale. If the...
Verne H. Bohlender
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Apr 7, 2004
2:58 pm
10218
I down loaded the share ware for the ocarina software, but I am not allowed to view it. I keeps coming up with a staement of a missing file in transmission....
captainnemo12901
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Apr 7, 2004
6:54 pm
10219
Hi gang, I've been kind of quiet lately, mostly because I've been pretty swamped. Not only does my flute teacher have me working on a couple of pieces that...
baruchz@...
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Apr 8, 2004
4:38 am
10220
Hi, Mago here As a further observation... If you bring the right hand pinky back into the equation then theoretically... the right hand could handle 7 holes if...
ismael izaguirre
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Apr 8, 2004
6:32 am
10221
I'll send you a copy direct but think I know what the trouble is. Verne ... From: "captainnemo12901" <captainnemo12901@...> To:...
Verne H. Bohlender
verneb12001
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Apr 8, 2004
6:59 am
10222
Hi, Mago here, I've had the chance to fiddle around in the shop in the last couple of days and have successfully finished my South American "testbed" ocarina....
ismael izaguirre
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