Virtual ocarina
Tap a note, or play it on your keyboard, and hold it as long as you like. The picture shows which holes to cover for each note. Where your device can show it, it's a virtual 3D player: two hands play every note, so you see each fingering and how to hold the instrument.
C
On a computer, play with your keyboard: each note shows its key. The letters are the notes' names (C plays C); hold Shift for the higher ones, and the numbers play the sharps and flats.
The sound is made in your browser: close to the real instrument, not the same.
Have a real one?The free lessons listen and watch as you play, note by note.
StartHow to hold your ocarina, in 3D
- Hold it level, the mouthpiece toward you: your fingers on the holes on top, both thumbs on the two holes underneath.
- Left hand at the mouthpiece end, right hand at the tail: the fingertips sit roughly above the thumbs, and the thumbs stay fairly upright.
- Hold it lightly: it rests on your thumbs and little fingers, so there's no need to squeeze.
Turn the 3D hands with the round buttons: from the front, from the back (where the thumbs are), from above and from below.