Ocarina
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Free | Smule | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
"If everyone had the Ocarina app there would be no more wars" - David Pogue
"One of the most original entertainment programs to emerge from the App Store" - Wall Street Journal
"Ocarina is one of the most magical programs I've ever seen" - NY Times
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Sensitive to your breath, touch and movements, Ocarina is more versatile than an actual flute:
• Blow air into your mic to create music
• Touch combinations of holes to play notes
• Tilt to change vibrato rate and depth
• Advanced users can change keys and modes, including C-Major and Zeldarian mode
With Ocarina, you can also hear people learning to play around the world:
• Listen in on Ocarina players all over the world just by tapping the globe icon
• Rate your favorite performances
• Name your Ocarina so others can listen to you play
• Share your favorite performances with family and friends via e-mail
• Record and archive your favorite performances on your own “My Ocarina” web page
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Ocarina fans from all over the world have posted hundreds of free easy–to-read scores for popular songs. Just go to http://ocarina.smule.com and click on 'Songbook'.
Top Songs:
Theme from Zelda
Amazing Grace
Theme from Harry Potter
My Heart Will Go On
Mario Brothers Theme
Zelda's Lullaby
Poker Face
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Reviews
Holes
Ethan Ayon
I wish we could have more option towrds how many holes, even if max holes is 7, that would be great. Anyhow I still VERY MUCH enjoy this and when I forgot my ocarina I can still play this with my phone, it is a very wonderful app and hope to gain more popularity.
It’s a little weird
nuggetz 2011
It’s weird because I have an iPad and lm pretty sure the only way to play is not blowing into the speaker from a distance ? I actually have to put my mouth on it to work? witch is disgusting!?
More holes
minecraft_and_roblox_lover
Hey, I love this app a lot. I’m a HUGE Zelda fan, and this app gives that little extra immersion. But I’m trying to play Megalovania, and without two more holes at least, it won’t sound good at all. So plz, plz, PLZ add more holes to the ocarina. Other than that, Great App!
Decent app. Fun at first.
themasterbuilde
I’d rate higher but I wish there was an alternative to the microphone. My phone doesn’t properly pick up the action, so the playing is uneven, although I appreciate the variance in breath translating to a variance in sound. A touch-only option would definitely benefit this app. Another problem was the voting system on the globe. I couldn’t tell if the votes were actually going through. Otherwise this app is fun to play with.
What happened to this app??
Crazycat1760
What happened to this app?? I used to play this constantly many years ago and then forgot about it until just now. But as I’m trying to go back online to find all of the sheet music to start playing again it’s nowhere to be found. The website doesn’t even exist for the ocarina anymore. What gives?? Why take an entire website down?? If you aren’t going to keep the website then how do you expect people to learn to play songs. This used to be a great app but now I’m just disappointed.
My absolute favorite instrument app
Jacobsreview
I’ve been using this app since 2009 or 2010 and it has brought my life so much joy. It’s like always having a musical instrument in your pocket. I love to pull it out and play songs for my friends. I use the Ionian and Dorian modes to play everything from Somewhere Over the Rainbow to Hava Nagila. Truly the best party trick. If you have the patience to learn the instrument there’s no way you won’t love this app.
Hate it but mostly love it!
Michael D. Kennedy
I love it! It’s brings back those Legend of Zelda days.. But.. I wish it had lessons to do songs! It would make it a whole lot better! And easier!
A Simple Piece of Music in a Mobile App
Oddbrother
Does as it says. What's more is that it takes it to other users who also wish to share their performance to the world. This app was very innovative with multiple touch input and a microphone back then. More apps should follow this kind of ideas.
