tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post112517279582813100..comments2023-08-10T01:09:49.154-07:00Comments on Saints and Spinners: Ode to BedeSaints and Spinnershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08532215042953620628noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1125349470203667502005-08-29T14:04:00.000-07:002005-08-29T14:04:00.000-07:00ABCGirl--My sopranito ocarina has tiny holes-- the...ABCGirl--<BR/>My sopranito ocarina has tiny holes-- the larges one is about the size of a recorder hole. These holes are indeed larger, but the ones pictured are the two larger holes in the set of four. It is not hard to cover them, but I've noticed that the way they are arranged means I have to hold my arms close to my chest. Maybe that's intentional! Right now, my challenge (in addition to learning to play the thing) is finding that a lot of the songs I like are in D minor, and therefore I can't reach the top notes (the high D). I want to play "I Bind My Heart This Tide," but unless I figure out how to transpose it to another key (no easy feat for someone who would have flunked music theory had she actually been graded upon it), I'll have to stick to songs that don't go above high C. Maybe I need a five hole ocarina. Maybe I need a double-chamber ocarina. Maybe I just need to learn to play what I've got and stop hankering after what I don't have!Saints and Spinnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733517166056974501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11123046.post-1125337422347128612005-08-29T10:43:00.000-07:002005-08-29T10:43:00.000-07:00what wonderful choices! hmmm.... i think i know w...what wonderful choices! hmmm.... i think i know what i'd pick. a little "lick and a promise" (as my mom would say--in reference to very speedy surface cleaning) to assuage my guilt and then a little homage to the gods of creativity!<BR/><BR/>your new ocarina is a lovely color! the finger holes seem a bit bigger than i pictured them (i think i was thinking of a recorder). is it hard to cover them? or, indeed, is that the goal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com