anoldtypeofwindinstrument(=musicalinstrumentthat youblow), often made fromclay, that is like anovalpotwithholesfor thefingersand apartthatsticksout for themouth
The opening, for instance, features the four elements of earth (marimba), air (ocarina), fire (metallic percussion mix), and water (rain).
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At other points, female tones circle clockwise, male tones counter-clockwise, theocarinanotes sweep from front to back in a polyphonic pattern, and so on.
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Examples of open flutes are the transverse flute, panpipes and ocarinas.
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The work is scored for a reduced orchestra with many unusual instruments such as a harmonica, slide whistles, and anocarina.
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Sculptural ceramic art includes incense burners and hand or mold-made figurines sometimes used as ocarinas.
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Variations exist, but a typicalocarinais an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body.
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Having a certain classmate on the team, along with the smallocarinaitem will lower the amount of coins demanded.
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The object has been identified as a musical instrument by the excavators, anocarina-type globular ute.
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Theocarina, xun, pan pipes, police whistle, and bosun's whistle are closed-ended.
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The score also requires 50 ocarinas from the choir at various tunings.
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The resonator in theocarinacan create overtones, but because of the common egg shape, these overtones are many octaves above the keynote scale.
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These ocarinas overcome the ocarina's usual limited range of notes.
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It is known for its clay cuckoos a special kind ofocarina.
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Among the ceramic flutes are also effigy flutes, just as vessel flutes (ocarinas) are often shaped like a figurine.
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Several makers have produced ocarinas with keys, mostly experimentally, beginning in the late 19th century.
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