Polycarbonate C Mountain Ocarina

[ubizmo]

Hi RicTheGrt. As you know, 12 holes won't get you two octaves; you need a double-chambered ocarina for that. MO doesn't make one yet. I won't say more, because there are Men In Black in front of my house.

If you use the unofficial "rising breath" fingering that is discussed in the "unofficial alternate fingering" thread, you can get another note, F, at the top end, without losing a fingered E. A 12-hole ocarina's added range, then, is mainly the added Bb and A below the tonic. For the tin whistle repertoire, this wouldn't help much anyway, except maybe for a few tunes in A minor. The disadvantage of 12-hole fingering is that the sub-holes don't lend themselves to really fluid playing (like the double holes on a recorder), and having to commit the left pinky to keeping the high F hole closed most of the time mars the linear flow of the fingering too.

Ubizmo

[RicTheGrt]

Now that I have a 12 hole plastic ocarina I understand what Ubizmo said.  However I do not regret getting it. 

It lloks prettier!  I don't know where my ocarina adventure will lead but it is fun and I love the different sound of the ocarina and its ability to bend notes. 

I am now going to play Christmas music.  Maybe I will play the Huron Carol in church.

[jacobfreeman]

I just got my Polycarbonate on Monday and I am loving, I have saw a lot of videos on the one in G but I myself love the way the one in C looks and it plays more similarly to the recorder i have, a lower more deep tone, which i love by the way. I am able to play the Polycarbonate pretty much the second I got it and since i have a little ok breathe control i haven't heard any buzzing or slight buzzing at all just gorgeous tone lol. I am aware though that any slight more breathe then required will result in an airy tone when attempting higher notes and lack of air you can get a squeak out of it but that's me making the mistake not the ocarina lol. I have nothing i dislike about it and i got the cord just right the length so i don't have to have it hang too low or choke me when i try to play it lol but is there anyway to get another cord. I also have the one in G and that was the first attempt at it and i cut that too small so i can't carry around my G