Occarina board spotted

[glauber]

http://s89015200.onlinehome.us/oc-land/

[Nanohedron]

And the crowd goes wild.

[NancyF]

You know, of course, this site is by our own Walden.... man of many talents.

--Nancy

[glauber]

Young occarina enthusiasts go wild when they hear of their new forum.

[Nanohedron]

You know, of course, this site is by our own Walden.... man of many talents.

--Nancy

Not to take away anything from the man, you understand. I didn't even check the link. Shame on me.

[glauber]

Speaking of occarinas, check out these guys:

http://mountainocarinas.com/index.htm

cool stuff. Nice sound samples.

[Walden]

Speaking of occarinas, check out these guys:

http://mountainocarinas.com/index.htm

cool stuff. Nice sound samples.

Their plastic versions of the Hind-style ocarinas look like a more economical alternative. I just wish they had them in the double chambered model.

[glauber]

Their plastic versions of the Hind-style ocarinas look like a more economical alternative. I just wish they had them in the double chambered model.

I didn't see those there. Another site, maybe?

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[DCrom]

Their plastic versions of the Hind-style ocarinas look like a more economical alternative. I just wish they had them in the double chambered model.

I didn't see those there. Another site, maybe?

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Look way, way, down at the bottom of the page.

At about $20 for either the G or C ocarinas they're certainly affordable. Wish they had a fingering chart, though. And wish I knew more about the "standard" ocarina fingering.

[brewerpaul]

Speaking of occarinas, check out these guys:

http://mountainocarinas.com/index.htm

cool stuff. Nice sound samples.

I have one of these, which I got a few years ago. They've changed the design a bit, but they're essentially the same. These are TERRIFIC ocarinas which I'd highly recommend for a really portable instrument. The plastic ones are especially intrigueing-- they didn't have them when I bought mine. For $20 you can't go wrong.
The "intuitive" scale they mention is a great innovation. Ocarina fingering is often very odd and idiosyncratic, but theirs is easy to learn. Imagine cutting a whistle in half (perish the thought !) and laying the bottom half alongside the top, keeping your fingers in their normal holes. This is essentially how this fingering works. You take one finger off in order to play a scale. Simple.

[Walden]

The fingering for traditional ten hole sweet potatoes is likewise intuitive. The 4-hole (or 4 and thumbholes) ocarinas with the unusual fingerings came on the scene in the mid 1960's, but they do have an advantage, in that it is more practical to have fewer holes on the small ocarina pendants.

[glauber]

Their plastic versions of the Hind-style ocarinas look like a more economical alternative. I just wish they had them in the double chambered model.

I didn't see those there. Another site, maybe?

Look way, way, down at the bottom of the page.

Nope, still don't see them. I even searched for the word plastic and didn't find it.

[Walden]

I didn't see those there. Another site, maybe?

Look way, way, down at the bottom of the page.

Nope, still don't see them. I even searched for the word plastic and didn't find it.

Sorry for the confusion. I meant the polycarbonate models. My thought was that they are an alternative, that I might could actually afford some time, of the same basic style as Charlie Hind's, but I wish they would make one like the double one here, at the bottom of the Hind site: http://www.hindocarina.com/Ocarinas.htm as I'd like to afford a double ocarina, to play in "duet" fashion.

[glauber]

Oh, i get it now. Thanks, sorry for being a pest.

Yes, i saw the polycarbonate ones and thought i could afford one. But then, which one? G is more useful, but C must sound nice... heck with it, bought both. Hopefully they should arrive sometime next week.

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