Intrigued by Ocarinas

kintailpipes · Post by **kintailpipes** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:39 pm

I just recently came upon the Ocarina and I am quite impressed with the sounds from this compact little whistle like instrument. I'm thinking about getting a Mountain Ocarina. Anyone else out there feel the same?

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:19 pm

Ocarina Land what's run by

(Walden)

kintailpipes · Post by **kintailpipes** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:29 pm

Way cool, Thanks

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:32 pm

nuttin' to it

nice of him to be usin' that avatar right now

plunk111 · Post by **plunk111** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:51 pm

I have one of the Mountain Ocarina's in plastic (key of G, I think). It's a great little instrument. The only limitations are it's non-tuneability and the 1 1/2 octave range. The fingering on the MO is basically the same as a recorder and, yes, it IS chromatic! I'm not sure I'd invest in the wood version, though...

Pat

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:52 pm

I'm pretty sure that
Walden:ocarinas what The Undisputed:whistles.

I am certain the statement would be true if you subbed "origami" for "ocarina."

kennychaffin · Post by **kennychaffin** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:09 pm

I fell in love with the ocarina sound due to
Eric Tingstad And Nancy Rumbel

http://www.tingstadrumbel.com/

Nancy plays Ocarina, oboe and english horn.
Wonderful stuff!

I have a small, cheap plastic ocarina.

KAC

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:28 pm

I was hoping to get an ocarina for Christmas this past year but a concertina fell into my lap instead. Maybe next year.

Indie · Post by **Indie** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:56 am

I got to whistles through my love of ocarinas. I have hundreds of them! Well, maybe only a hundred. But lots. I'm also a member of the Ocarina Club on yahoo. They'll talk you into making your own! And that's a lot of fun--although my personal experience was that mine were never quite as good as the professionals'. . . but they can play music, and that's rewarding, even if they are a bit lumpy.

scheky · Post by **scheky** » Wed May 14, 2008 7:46 am

mutepointe wrote:I was hoping to get an ocarina for Christmas this past year but a concertina fell into my lap instead. Maybe next year.

Oh you poor poor child.

squirrel · Post by **squirrel** » Wed May 14, 2008 9:13 am

Hi Kintailpipes,

Also you can find a lot of informations about ocarinas here

... and if you are looking for something special my triple ocarina is still available

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php ... ht=#748886

Thomas-Hastay · Post by **Thomas-Hastay** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:03 pm

Warning! Shameless Plug!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ocarinaclub/messages

Grexrell · Post by **Grexrell** » Wed May 14, 2008 8:22 pm

kintailpipes I would recommend a Mountain Ocarina.
After alot of research online I bought a plastic G for my sister.

I tried it myself and the fingering was easy, very similar to the whistle.
In under 5 minutes of playing with it I could play any tune (provided it fit inside the ocarinas octave range) that I knew on the whistle, on the ocarina.

The quality felt good, it didn't feel like a piece of cheap plastic.
I'm considering getting a C ocarina from them for myself, although I have other instruments I want as well, so its not on the top of my list.
I wouldn't get a wooden one, at about 4 times the price, it would look nice, but I doubt it would be worth it. After reading everything I could on their website, it seems that ALL of their sound samples are the plastic ocarina and not the others. So if you like the sound samples, you'll like the plastic ocarina.

greg · Post by **greg** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:19 pm

i remember seeing a dual chamber ocinarian or something lke that anybody have one of those

greg · Post by **greg** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:20 pm

i remember seeing a dual chamber ocinarian or something lke that anybody have one of those