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Of course , I'm only going by the picture , but , play for more than a half hour with fingers that are as curled up as our lovely model , and you may never get them unknotted !! Try to bring a jig up to speed with that hand postioning !!!
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That's an ocarina, kinda. I don't think he invented it; i have a doughnut-shaped occarina made of ceramics that's basically this same instrument, just smaller.
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I don't think it's an ocarina. An ocarina is a "vessel flute"..blowing across the mouth of a jug is like playing an ocarina. Looking at the little "venting hole" on one side leads me to believe there may be a wall inside there somewhere. That would make this a curved tube, elegantly joined so as to look like a ring, but where the bore does not go around the entire ring.glauber wrote:That's an ocarina, kinda. I don't think he invented it; i have a doughnut-shaped occarina made of ceramics that's basically this same instrument, just smaller.
I've drawn in red how I think the bore is made in this thing..excuse the amateurishness..I'm stuck at work with MSPaint
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I could be wrong, but i think that little end-pipe is just decoration.Wanderer wrote:I don't think it's an ocarina. An ocarina is a "vessel flute"..blowing across the mouth of a jug is like playing an ocarina. Looking at the little "venting hole" on one side leads me to believe there may be a wall inside there somewhere. That would make this a curved tube, elegantly joined so as to look like a ring, but where the bore does not go around the entire ring.glauber wrote:That's an ocarina, kinda. I don't think he invented it; i have a doughnut-shaped occarina made of ceramics that's basically this same instrument, just smaller.
I've drawn in red how I think the bore is made in this thing..excuse the amateurishness..I'm stuck at work with MSPaint
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Obviously most suited for playing reels (the "round and round" ones)
More seriously - it appears to have a flutelike embouchure, not the whistle-style mouthpiece I'd expect on an ocarina. And that "vent tube" looks functional - I think it's just a simple-system flute with an oddly-shaped bore. You could probably make one that sounds OK, but I don't really see the point unless you're really worried about packing the musicians in tightly.
More seriously - it appears to have a flutelike embouchure, not the whistle-style mouthpiece I'd expect on an ocarina. And that "vent tube" looks functional - I think it's just a simple-system flute with an oddly-shaped bore. You could probably make one that sounds OK, but I don't really see the point unless you're really worried about packing the musicians in tightly.