ocarina

little goose The name ocarina, meaning 'little goose', was first given to a musical instrument by Italian teenager, Guiseppe Donati, when he invented a submarine-shaped clay flute in 1853. He showed it to his friends and, together, they perfected an instrument that has been carried to all corners of the world.

The ocarina is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body.

Inspired by pre-Columbian ocarinas, nineteenth-century Italian musician Giuseppe Donati invented the first European version of this instrument and coined the term ocarina, which means "little goose." The tradition of ocarina making and playing waned in the Americas after Spanish colonization, but has since enjoyed a ...

In practice the term 'ocarina' is quite ambiguous and is used to refer to anything using a hollow chamber for sound production, ranging from novelty whistles, to serious musical instruments. They are often designed to play melodic music, and variations exist enabling solo harmony performance.

Origin of ocarina 1. C19: from Italian: little goose, from oca goose, ultimately from Latin avis bird.

A small hole is made in the body and it is carefully hollowed out, after, the hole is sealed back up and the finger holes are made, once it has dried it is painted. Classical, Jazz and Traditional are some of the genres music that are played using the ocarina.

Classical, Jazz and Traditional are some of the genres music that are played using the ocarina.

The ceramic Alto, plastic Oc® and cardboard Card-oc® all play at a singing pitch with D as their lowest note, although skilled players can 'nose-shade' down to a C sharp. The Mini ocarina sounds an octave higher and the Bass (rhymes with 'face'!)

Harmonicas - Create sounds by exhaling and inhaling while moving the instrument side to side across your lips to produce different notes. In this way, harmonicas can be used to encourage and reinforce the outward blow and inward sucking actions. An ocarina is a type of vessel flute with four to twelve finger holes.

A flute is a conventional instrument, which are factory made and have many moving parts. The notes are changed by opening and closing keys, and you can tune it by taking moving the tubes further in or out from each other. The ocarina, on the other hand, has no moving parts and is almost always hand-made.

First 50 Songs You Should Play On Ocarina

• All Of Me.
• All You Need Is Love.
• Itsumo Nandodemo (Always With Me)
• Amazing Grace.
• Arirang.
• Best Song Ever.
• Carnival Of Venice.
• Castle On A Cloud.

All ocarinas work in the same basic way: a musician blows air through the mouthpiece and then the wind way of the ocarina, the air strikes the labium and produces sound, the air vibrates throughout the inside of the ocarina, and covering holes lowers pitch while uncovering holes raises the pitch.