YESSIR!!! after easily 2+ hours wasted listening to fruitcakes yammer about either european weather or cartoon references, i come across this glorious 6 minute video of pure information. Majorly appreciate this concise and demonstrative video, king!
@@bethreynolds212 no I do not sell them I took a paper cup from a Starbucks and cut out the bottom, then cut the seam and flattened it out. Then I traced the flatten cup onto tar paper.
I heard a great quote, “people over estimate what they can do in one year, and underestimate what they can do in 10.” I try to remember that when learning new skills!
It took me 4 tryes to make these types of water whistles just from seeing one in Peru. Now I can really offer this option to my students. My problem was with the blow tube and sound hole; needed they little pice of rice to push the air up and out under the sound hole. And using the wire is to cut the angle is better then a razor blade. Thanks!
Ah yes. I will make some new videos about this specifically! I was going to do this latter but I can do this sooner. Thanks for the suggestion, it really helps the content generation and the community.
Well I just watched your video and I was seeing how the one was clogged so I decide to attach my mouth piece to one half of the pinch pot before I attached them together. Then I attached the 2 half’s and tweaked the sound thanks for another amazing video. Now to conquer the water whistle. I made one but not sure if it’ll sound when I add water. There’s a tiny bit of sound but nothing noticeabl
Older than you think they are called Wablers and were made all over Europe and parts of Russia. Can still find videos on making them, but most are not in English and hard to find anymore. Well done and nice to see this video.
Thank you sooo much! And thanks to your students for letting youperform surgery on their ocarinas! Your explanations were easy to follow and I am going to have fun fixing my ocarinas this weekend!
The clay is a cone ten stoneware called bravo buff from clay planet in Santa Clara California. Any clay with good plasticity should be able to roll into a thin tube. Good luck.
I'd like some more instruction or specification on the mouthpiece. Mine aren't working. Does the thickness of the "grain of rice" matter? How much clay do you cut off of it to make it flat? How big is the hole after you cut the 45° angle? I've made several, & I just hear air.
Sorry for the late reply I have been trying to think about the best way to respond. To answer your grain of rice question, it is tricky because I talk about rice two times in the video. Please go to 8:17 in the video. What I call the window is the opening/hole cut in the the tube, that opening should be about the width of cooked basmati rice (long grain) this is the first time I mention rice. The second time is when I am talking about the grain of rice sized piece of clay that is used to plug/close the whistle. That rice grain just needs to close off the tube before the drop. You can see the size of the piece I use at 9:00. Your question "how much clay do you cut off to make it flat?" I do not understand to make what flat? How big is the hole it is about the size of a rice grain but it depends a bit on the diameter of the dowel you used, bigger dowel means larger resonant chamber means larger window. Hope that helps! Good luck they are tricky!
The best way is to poke holes that are comfortably placed and slowly widen their diameter listening to the note changes with a tuner or a cell phone with a tuner app. It takes a lot of patience and trial and error. I have had the best luck with making an English pendant style ocarina ( google it) which only has four holes but can play a full octave. Good luck hope that helps!
