What are the types of ocarinas?

There are many types of ocarinas, in addition to the traditional ovoid ocarina, there are gourd ocarinas, ocarinas, mandarin duck ocarinas, child ocarinas, cow's head ocarinas, pencil ocarinas, and other types of ocarinas.

Traditional ocarinas are mostly ovoid ocarinas, and now there are gourd ocarinas, ocarinas, yuanyang ocarinas, zi mother ocarinas, etc., with beautiful styles and fine craftsmanship.

1, gourd ocarina: with a throat device, the shape of the gourd, the production of the second need to do the tire, the process is complex. This kind of ocarina is the thinnest near the waist, when the air flow passes through here, it can cause the edge prismatic sound effect again, so that the ocarina's treble range can be properly expanded. Because the ocarina body is longer, it is more convenient to play, and the tone is softer than the traditional ovoid ocarina.

Characteristics of the gourd ocarina:

a. The range above the base note (counting from the full flat blow) is extended by a little three degrees; but the part below the base note that is blown down is reduced by three degrees;

b. Playing in the high register is more labor-saving;

c. Due to the throat device, the tone of the low register is affected.

2. Holding the ocarina: it is the ocarina that is held and played, it is the use of ten fingers and the root of the thumb to control the sound hole.

3, yuanyang ocarina: refers to two different pitches, opposite direction, the base is connected to the ocarina. This kind of ocarina has a blowhole at each end, the sound hole of the upper and lower ocarina is exactly the same as the general ocarina. When you play, you can change quickly according to your needs.

The characteristics of the mandarin duck ocarina: rich tone, wider range. But the shape is not beautiful (more primitive ocarina form state), when playing, the mandarin duck ocarina and the mandarin ocarina change is not very convenient. And the sound quality changes, so the tone is not uniform.

4, child mother ocarina: refers to two different sizes, the same direction, left and right connected to the body of the ocarina, big ocarina and small ocarina intervals, generally pure five degrees. Such as: big ocarina is G, small ocarina is d. According to the need can also be arbitrary combination.

5, cow's head ocarina: according to the ningxia hui musical instrument improvement, 10 holes, the range of bass 5 to treble 2, inside the sound insulation board, sound mellow and thick, treble good blowing, the shortcomings of the hole is a little big, the range is not good to expand.

6. bullet ocarina: Feng's ceramic ocarina's latest patented products, internal imitation of the gourd ocarina made of double-chamber structure, the beginner any mastery, soprano good blowing; disadvantage is not easy to blow down blowing.

7. Lady ocarina: the empty valley musical instrument to the ancient lady image as the theme of the design of the ocarina, the ocarina more than one of the four famous Chinese pottery production of nixing pottery, unglazed kiln for its one of the best, show the graceful and noble generous atmosphere. The ocarina is made of one of the four most famous ceramics in China, the unglazed kiln is one of its best features, which shows the elegant and noble generosity of the ocarina. At the time of the fall of the leaves, and with the mournful, sad ancient ocarina song, the lead washed clean, you remember a distant dream, turn around in the thousands of years of the beautiful and melancholy historical scroll, drink, hairpin ladies skirt curls, dance and sing ......

8. Most common are gourd ocarina, cow head ocarina, bullet head ocarina, pencil ocarina and ovoid ocarina. Other ocarinas are not common.

9. Pear-shaped ocarina: shape like a pear, the most classic one. The most classic ocarina. Generally single cavity, 8 holes and 9 holes mostly. The sound *** sound is good, and it is good to blow down.