Inline – These ocarinas are usually rectangular or oval-shaped and are constructed so that the instrument points away from the musician when played.
They are often seen with designs of animals.
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This fingering system allows them to achieve a range of between an octave and an octave plus a major second. English Pendant – These are usually very small and portable, and use the English fingering system devised by John Taylor (4–6 holes).They have a range of between an octave plus a fourth and an octave plus a minor sixth. The two most common transverse ocarinas are 10-hole (invented by Giuseppe Donati in Italy) and 12-hole. Depending on the number of holes, the player opens one more hole than the previous note to ascend in pitch. It has a rounded shape and is held with two hands horizontally. Transverse (Sweet potato) – This is the best-known style of ocarina.There are many different styles of ocarinas varying in shape and the number of holes: 8, completed in 2008, where they are meant to be played by members of the choir. Later, he incorporated 50 in the final section of his Symphony No.
In 1974, the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020) incorporated 12 ocarinas in his composition The Dream of Jacob. Hungarian-Austrian composer György Ligeti (1923–2006) called for four ocarinas (to be performed by woodwind players doubling their own instruments) in his Violin Concerto, completed in 1993. In the 1953 Finnish children's book Tirlittan, the title character also plays an ocarina. The games have been credited for increasing the popularity of ocarinas and the sale of them. The ocarina features prominently in the Nintendo 64 games, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. It is also used in several multi-chamber ocarinas, especially in ones that are designed to play more than one note at a time. This is now known as the English fingering system, and is used extensively for pendant ocarinas.
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In 1964, John Taylor, an English Mathematician, developed a fingering system that allowed an ocarina to play a full chromatic octave using only four holes. The word ocarina in the Bolognese dialect of the Emiliano-Romagnolo language means "little goose." The earlier form was known in Europe as a gemshorn, which was made from animal horns of the chamois ( Dutch: gems). The modern European ocarina dates back to the 19th century, when Giuseppe Donati from Budrio, a town near Bologna, Italy, transformed the ocarina from a toy, which played only a few notes, into a more comprehensive instrument (known as the first "classical" ocarina). The Runik ocarina is a Neolithic flute-like wind instrument, and is the earliest prehistoric musical instrument ever recorded in Kosovo. One of the oldest ocarinas found in Europe is from Runik, Kosovo. The ocarina went on to become popular in European communities as a toy instrument. Both the Mayans and Aztecs produced versions of the ocarina, but it was the Aztecs who brought to Europe the song and dance that accompanied the ocarina. Different expeditions to Mesoamerica, including the one conducted by Cortés, resulted in the introduction of the ocarina to the courts of Europe. In Japan, the traditional ocarina is known as the tsuchibue (kanji: 土笛 literally "earthen flute"), whereas "ocarina" comes from the Italian for "little goose". The ocarina has similar features to the Xun (塤), another important Chinese instrument (but is different in that the ocarina uses an internal duct, whereas the Xun is blown across the outer edge). For the Chinese, the instrument played an important role in their long history of song and dance. Ocarina-type instruments have been of particular importance in Chinese and Mesoamerican cultures.
The ocarina belongs to a very old family of instruments, believed to date back over 12,000 years. Problems playing this file? See media help. This is a home-made six-hole English Pendant ocarina. An F major (in concert pitch) scale, followed by a rendition of Frère Jacques.