The Art Of Ocarina Making

The Art Of Ocarina Making

The ocarina is a flute of hauntingly pure sound and great technical simplicity, easy to make and easy to play. Let this book guide your ocarina journey with plain English descriptions and over 300 detailed images. By introducing the underlying principles from the start, you will learn why as well as how. Allowing you to avoid common mistakes and achieve better results. Learn the process from start to finish: * The basics of clay work * Making your first playing ocarina * Working by hand and with aligned plaster molds * A detailed explanation of voicing operation * The technicalities of tuning ocarinas * Working with breath curves and the chamber tonic * Methods for tuning 10, 11, 12 and 4 hole ocarinas * Obtaining a desired tonal quality * Tuning ocarinas to concert pitch * Finishing, firing and glazing your ocarinas * Improving the tuning of cross-fingered accidentals * Problem areas to avoid in your own ocarinas * Fingering charts for all common ocarina styles
Country USA
Manufacturer lulu.com
Binding Paperback
EANs 9781105736452
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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