Ocarinas / Music

Ceramic Ocarinas

Ocarina Workshop ceramic ocarinas are handmade in England by master craftsman John Langley.

Each ocarina is well tuned to play with other instruments. The ceramic ocarinas have four holes on top and two thumb holes underneath so that a total of 16 notes, including all sharps and flats, can be played. Ceramic ocarinas feel exquisite to hold, and have a pleasingly mellow sound.

The ceramic Alto is equivalent in pitch to the plastic Oc®. The ceramic Bass and Mini ocarinas also have D as their lowest note. Choose D Ocarinas in OcShop to play along with the CDs for your own ‘ocarina-karaoke’. They are also perfect for playing along with descant recorders, flutes, violins and other non-transposing musical instruments, and are ideal for enhancing the sound of your ocarina group.

Micro, Soprano, Tenor and Great Bass ceramic ocarinas complete the solo range. They each have G as their lowest note and play in exactly the same way as D ocarinas, but at a different pitch. Musicians, and those who are good at playing by ear, can play D and G ocarinas together.

Micro Soprano Tenor Great Bass

Listen to tunes played on all of our ocarinas in our Sounds section. All these Ocarinas sound superb and look stunning, hand glazed in attractive aquamarine. Start simply with the Ceramic Alto, Complete Book and CDs and see where it leads you...