Smaller holes you can get precise microtonal fingerings. More alternative fingerings for the same note, and by using the On the total area of holes left open this means that there are many Unlike tubular flutes, the order in which you put your fingersĭown to play a scale isn't fixed. The original idea of the instrument was asĪn outdoor one, playing Italian tunes for dancing and other publicįestivities - the same kind of role as the accordion and bagpipe, whichĪre much less portable, more expensive and have much more to go wrong.
Isn't quite as loud as that, but usually more powerful than a tubularįlute of similar pitch. Instruments in the sameįamily are the samba whistle and the referee's whistle an ocarina No way to get higher harmonics as there is with a whistle an ocarina hasīut it's very powerful over that range. Of sound production, they are given index number 421.221.422). Used in ethnomusicology, which classifies instruments by their physics Mass of air inside the cavity pulsates in and out. Transverse flute) instead of a standing wave along the tube, the whole Their acoustics is unlike a tubular flute (whistle, recorder, or With holes for the fingers and thumbs - two thumbholes underneath Whistle or recorder, which connects to an internal cavity punctured There is a windwayįeeding air to a soundhole, formed like the corresponding parts of a Italian ocarinas are shaped like an airship. Fabio Menaglio (in Italian, subtitled in English).How it's made, presented by a leading contemporary maker: Its possibilities and its place in the world.Īn excellent very short video about the instrument's history and Despite its obscurity, its sound can makeĪ great contribution to many kinds of music. In the developed world have heard it, but most of them couldn't have put a Sound has featured in enough recordings and film scores that most people The Italian ocarina is not a very familiar instrument. Zoomorphic and anthropomorphic ocarinas.Multiple chamber extended-range ocarinas.The Italian Ocarina The Italian-type Ocarina Jack Campinīy Elisa Mazzariol (June 2015 2.7Mb PDF)
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