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 These are all questions that a composer may ask when writing for the ocarina and I think these questions make it clear that we need to provide recommendations for what ocarina sheet music should look like. The vocabulary, pitch range, tuning, and style of ocarinas is quickly evolving. We have an instrument family that can play over 6 octaves with instruments ranging from the size of a marble to the size of a watermelon. We are also increasingly seeing instruments in more exotic keys than the familiar C, F, and G, with ocarinas in D, Eb, Ab, Bb and beyond becoming common. We need a sheet music standard that can encompass all of these instruments.  These are all questions that a composer may ask when writing for the ocarina and I think these questions make it clear that we need to provide recommendations for what ocarina sheet music should look like. The vocabulary, pitch range, tuning, and style of ocarinas is quickly evolving. We have an instrument family that can play over 6 octaves with instruments ranging from the size of a marble to the size of a watermelon. We are also increasingly seeing instruments in more exotic keys than the familiar C, F, and G, with ocarinas in D, Eb, Ab, Bb and beyond becoming common. We need a sheet music standard that can encompass all of these instruments. 
  
-====Setting Digital Standards ====+===Setting Digital Standards ===
 If you open Musescore, Sibelius, or any other digital composition software you may notice that the ocarina, if listed at all under woodwinds, is wonky. The sound profile is rarely accurate sounding to the instrument, they may list the alto as a soprano, and the software will think the instrument's range is far from what we see in reality. Once compositional, range and naming standards are set we should actively seek out corrections on notation software.  If you open Musescore, Sibelius, or any other digital composition software you may notice that the ocarina, if listed at all under woodwinds, is wonky. The sound profile is rarely accurate sounding to the instrument, they may list the alto as a soprano, and the software will think the instrument's range is far from what we see in reality. Once compositional, range and naming standards are set we should actively seek out corrections on notation software. 
 This would be a huge improvement for the future of composing for the ocarina, because the software would do a huge amount of the work for composers and will allow the ocarina to be a far more intuitive instrument to compose for. If we are able to answer questions composers may have about the ocarina through the interfaces that they encounter it will make the instrument feel more intuitive and feel more resolved and valid to compose for.  This would be a huge improvement for the future of composing for the ocarina, because the software would do a huge amount of the work for composers and will allow the ocarina to be a far more intuitive instrument to compose for. If we are able to answer questions composers may have about the ocarina through the interfaces that they encounter it will make the instrument feel more intuitive and feel more resolved and valid to compose for. 
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 Many of the issues discussed above could be solved by forming an ocarina society. Additionally there are some great organizational benefits to this as well. An ocarina society would serve as a centralized place to keep ocarina information as well as a way to send out organized newsletters and updates on serious ocarina topics. We could easily act as a central website of knowledge and news, a newsletter about the ocarina, a hub for ocarina making information, and a journal for critical discussion about the ocarina.  Many of the issues discussed above could be solved by forming an ocarina society. Additionally there are some great organizational benefits to this as well. An ocarina society would serve as a centralized place to keep ocarina information as well as a way to send out organized newsletters and updates on serious ocarina topics. We could easily act as a central website of knowledge and news, a newsletter about the ocarina, a hub for ocarina making information, and a journal for critical discussion about the ocarina. 
  
-====Starting a Newsletter and Journal ====+===Starting a Newsletter and Journal ===
 Currently there is no location available to publish ocarina related research, book reviews, criticism, announcements of performances and compositions, discussions of praxis, masterclasses on performance, or any other kind of critical ocarina related works. Discussion of the ocarina can of course be posted on facebook, but there is no curatorship or standards to be held in these communities and posts become drowned out in an ocean of posts by less experienced members of the community.  We have the opportunity to make a space where this kind of critical discussion can happen and where we can generate respectability for the instrument. The easiest way to do this is with a curated newsletter and journal.  Currently there is no location available to publish ocarina related research, book reviews, criticism, announcements of performances and compositions, discussions of praxis, masterclasses on performance, or any other kind of critical ocarina related works. Discussion of the ocarina can of course be posted on facebook, but there is no curatorship or standards to be held in these communities and posts become drowned out in an ocean of posts by less experienced members of the community.  We have the opportunity to make a space where this kind of critical discussion can happen and where we can generate respectability for the instrument. The easiest way to do this is with a curated newsletter and journal. 
  
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 We are seeing the moment that a US ocarina museum is about to be a reality and one where we are finally making sense of the past of the ocarina. Sadly this is also the same moment in time where historic parts of the community are becoming less accessible and where the majority of discussion on the instrument is being relegated to online spaces that are not owned within the community. We can take this opportunity to keep this history within the ocarina community and build a space where the important parts of our history are kept public and easily accessible. This will ensure that we can maintain a truthful history and continue it into the future.  We are seeing the moment that a US ocarina museum is about to be a reality and one where we are finally making sense of the past of the ocarina. Sadly this is also the same moment in time where historic parts of the community are becoming less accessible and where the majority of discussion on the instrument is being relegated to online spaces that are not owned within the community. We can take this opportunity to keep this history within the ocarina community and build a space where the important parts of our history are kept public and easily accessible. This will ensure that we can maintain a truthful history and continue it into the future. 
  
-====Create a Campaign to Promote the Ocarina====+===Create a Campaign to Promote the Ocarina===
 We as a community should start to promote the ocarina as a serious instrument and work at removing the image that the ocarina is a musical instrument that only plays arrangements and video game music and instead promote it as an instrument that people hear original compositions on, and that can be played in a wide variety of musical settings.  We as a community should start to promote the ocarina as a serious instrument and work at removing the image that the ocarina is a musical instrument that only plays arrangements and video game music and instead promote it as an instrument that people hear original compositions on, and that can be played in a wide variety of musical settings. 
  
 We currently have a big problem with the ocarina considered to be a toy instrument. Almost all music played on the ocarina is an arrangement of existing music. We need to promote the ocarina as a serious instrument and as one that is capable of playing beautiful original compositions. The diversity of ocarinas is currently vastly underappreciated, the tonal color of the instrument is underused and the real capabilities of the instrument are only barely being touched upon. An ocarina society can generate motivation for a better future by incentivising members to make new creative works and to dispel myths that are persistent about the ocarina.  We currently have a big problem with the ocarina considered to be a toy instrument. Almost all music played on the ocarina is an arrangement of existing music. We need to promote the ocarina as a serious instrument and as one that is capable of playing beautiful original compositions. The diversity of ocarinas is currently vastly underappreciated, the tonal color of the instrument is underused and the real capabilities of the instrument are only barely being touched upon. An ocarina society can generate motivation for a better future by incentivising members to make new creative works and to dispel myths that are persistent about the ocarina. 
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