I'm new to this but as an artist Im looking to make some ocarinas that are artwork as well as playable. I'm thinking I'm going to learn by trial to get them...
Hello Alan, Finally one who would like to make an Ocarina and play around with the
artistic looks at the same time. All of these things are surely possible...
Allen: Making a good looking ocarina is useless unless it is truely a musical instrument.? My first goal is to make the ocarina sound very good.? After this I...
It is possible to put a block/bird/totem (whatever you want to call it) on an ocarina so that the sound mechanism is the same as for a Native American style...
Alan, http://images.google.com/images?q=turtle%20ocarina says it finds 3940 pictures of turtle ocarinas - maybe you could get some ideas from these - some of...
That search was brilliant. To see what others have done on the art side. I had searched ocarinas but not with turtle or animal. Thanks everyone for the...
Search our archives for info on sculpey or polymer clay. It tends to be rather soft and nonrigid. This makes forming the sound hole somewhat tricky. My first ...
Hello everyone, I joined the ocarina club back in May and have enjoyed the huge amount of info on one of my favorite instruments. I recently discovered that...
Good to see you joined, there are some very knowledgable folks on here. Ocarinas United is a cool site, they are all wondering the same thing I was after the...
Hi Dave: I will try to answer some of your questions. First we need to address the physical characteristics of ocarinas as many people are confused on what...
This may help.  In simplest terms, an inline instrument is one played lake a recorder, with the hands instrument and face "inline" with one another.  ...
Thanks to everyone who's offered answers so far, but I think I need to rephrase a few questions: 1) My original question (how many different ocarina types are...
Here is a link with various fingering charts: http://www.greenverdugo.com/ocarina-making-tutorial/ocarina-making-fingering.html I also make ocarinas tuned in a...
Raymond, you have the Ocarina's wrong because all are basically played the same way. Have you ever made one? If you had you'd realize there are only so many...
Right on, Mike! Basically there are four holes on top with two to the right and two to the left with the two closest to the mouth being the centerpoint....
... fingering.html Thanks for posting this link to Ocarina Babe's chart, they are right on, easy to follow and nicely done. Plus, her tutorial on making is ...
I have been trying to learn as much as I can and in a clay musical instrament forum someone talked about "Howler Ocarinas" If I understand it right its like a...
I've made a couple, in pursuit of other information. No big deal, calculate or guess at the largest hole you will need, put it in a handy place, and mess with...
Thanks for the link. A picture is worth a thousand words. That thing I think has potential. I wonder why he didn't try to play something on it, it seemed to...
Alan, simply look for an old clay jug at the garage sales and you have one. Why waste the time on a one holer if you can buy one already made and should be a...
Hi all, I'm trying to help a French student make her first Ocarina and she is having problems understanding my English and getting her first one working. Is...
Verne, here's a universal translator where she can use it to translate E-mail or web pages: http://babelfish.altavista.com/ <http://babelfish.altavista.com/> ...
I have uploaded a preview of my new cd for ocarina and piano on youtube http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=sBwQwmYrF6U kind regards Giorgio Pacchioni -- •...
This was beautiful and some of the others there also which sometimes proves we makers are not all nuts, eh!!!! Not many of us even are able to go to concerts...
... youtube ... Excellent! The perfect clip to play when someone wants to dismiss ocarinas as being simply "musical toys". A lovely composition and an...
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