Shape a piece of fresh clay into a smooth ball. A pound of clay will make an ocarina about the size of a medium orange. Cut the ball in half through its middle. Pinch the two halves into bowl shapes.
Accordingly, can you tune an ocarina?
Tuning an ocarina takes patience and precision: patience on your part, to not damage the finger holes as you widen them to match the note you are looking for, and precision from an accurate chromatic tuner, which will help you gauge the correct tone readings from your instrument.
Also Know, how do ocarinas work? All ocarinas work in the same basic way: a musician blows air through the mouthpiece and then the wind way of the ocarina, the air strikes the labium and produces sound, the air vibrates throughout the inside of the ocarina, and covering holes lowers pitch while uncovering holes raises the pitch.
Also question is, how do you make an ocarina with your hands?
Steps
- Put your hands out in front of you.
- Bring your palms together as you turn your left hand.
- Wrap your hands around each other.
- Line up your thumbs.
- Put your lips up to your knuckles.
- Blow.
- Make minor adjustments until you can whistle consistently.
