Fiche ocarina Alto D Ocarina

The pure ocarinas alto D was designed for playing folk music, such as English and Irish traditional music in the original key. These tunes are normally played in D, G or E minor in communal sessions, and having a D ocarina allows you to join in, and play in the same key.

The range of the pure alto D is also ideal for playing music of the Sackpipa, an indigenous bagpipe of Sweden. Its 1 octave E to E range fits perfectly on this ocarina. You can find a tunebook for Sackpipa here, the second half having many tunes in standard notation. And here are numerous play-along videos of Swedish pipe music.

Why D over C?
While you can play in D on a single chamber C ocarina, you lose two notes of range relative to an ocarina in D, specifically the high F# and G. Having these two notes allow you to play a lot more folk tunes in the original key, which allows you to play them with other people in a session, or in unison with commercial recordings.

Playing on a D instrument also simplifies the fingering of such tunes which can allow more possibilities with the fingered articulations commonly used in this genre of music. Playing cuts, strikes and rolls on the ocarina is as easy as on a tin whistle.

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