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| ===== Harmony ===== | ===== Harmony ===== |
| Having multiple sound chambers one one ocarina that play at the same time allows for harmony to be built into the instrument. This principle also brings up some unusual problems with the interface, that have been solved in unusual ways. See [[ocarina#multi-chamber_ocarinas|Multi-Chamber Ocarinas]] for discussion about the interface. | A harmony ocarina is an ocarina that has multiple chambers that are intended to be played at the same time. Instruments that have separate windways, allowing for each chamber to be voiced independently, are typically called a harmony ocarina and ones that have the windways combined, ones that are only capable of playing continuously from all chambers, are called huacas. Having multiple sound chambers one one ocarina that play at the same time allows for harmony to be built into the instrument. This principle also brings up some unusual problems with the interface, that have been solved in unusual ways. See [[ocarina#multi-chamber_ocarinas|Multi-Chamber Ocarinas]] for discussion about the interface. |
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| ====Huacas ==== | ====Huacas ==== |
| This multi-chamber ocarina was invented by [[Sharon Rowell]]. The innovation is one of interface (two hand controlling 2, 3 or even 4 chambers at the same time!) as well as a fundamental shift in timbre as the instrument almost always plays a harmony. | The huaca is a type of harmony ocarina, typically with 3 or 4 chambers invented by Sharon Rowell. Unlike other chamber harmony ocarinas the huaca is typically intended to be played with continuous harmony between the chambers and have the windway combined and not separated as can be found on other multi-chamber ocarinas. Huacas typically have two medium and/or high pitched chambers played with the front fingers and a lower pitched chamber played with the thumbs and sometimes by the palms and forearms. Tunings of the front chambers can be chromatic (like a 4 hole pendant but using the 4 fingers of one hand each) or pentatonic. Tunings of the lowest chamber are generally limited to under a full octave. The chambers are typically tuned in harmony to one another but may also be in octaves or in unison. Many makers have adopted making huacas inspired by the instruments of Sharon Rowell and the instrument is generally considered a type of harmony ocarina. |
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| ====Interference Ocarina==== | ====Interference Ocarina==== |
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| ===== Makers of Unusual Ocarinas ===== | ===== Makers of Unusual Ocarinas ===== |
| [[Alan Albright]]- early maker of wooden ocarinas, made many experimental models. | [[Alan Albright]]- early maker of wooden ocarinas, made many experimental models. \\ |
| Mestre Nado (Aguinaldo da Silva)- makes multichamber ocarinas\\ | Mestre Nado (Aguinaldo da Silva)- makes multichamber ocarinas\\ |
| [[Susan Rawcliffe]]- has invented many unusual ocarinas\\ | [[Susan Rawcliffe]]- has invented many unusual ocarinas\\ |
| [[Roberto Velázquez Cabrera]]- Recreates mesoamerican ocarinas\\ | [[Roberto Velázquez Cabrera]]- Recreates mesoamerican ocarinas\\ |
| [[Sharon Rowell]]- Inventor of the Huacas\\ | [[Sharon Rowell]]- Inventor of the Huacas\\ |
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| | =====NOTES===== |
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| | {{tag>[ocarina essay history woodwind all]}} \\ |
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