Saturday, December 12, 2009

Sweet Potato Ocarina is Fun to Play

Looking for something fun for your elementary-age child to play? Try the ocarina, or the sweet potato. You'll find it on amazon. It may be easier to learn than the recorder. Here is the definition from wikipedia...

The ocarina (pronounced /ɒkəˈriːnə/) is an ancient flute-like wind instrument.[1] While several variations exist, an ocarina is typified by an oval-shaped enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouth tube projecting out from the body. It is often ceramic, but many other materials, such as plastic, wood, glass and metal may also be used. http://wikipedia.com

I got one from a music store, and the directions on the back appeared to make learning this easy (I hope). I sent it to a nephew for Christmas, so now I'm hunting for another one. I may just get this from amazon today!