Learn the 12⁠-⁠hole ocarina

Short lessons, real songs and a tuner that listens while you play, on your phone.

Coming soon to Google Play

What it does

It hears you play

Hold your ocarina about 30 cm from the phone and blow a note. The app hears which note it is and how well it sits, and a line on the staff shows your pitch as you blow: under the note means a little more air, over it a little less.

Lessons, one small step at a time

A learning path of short lessons, from your first low C up to high F. Every new note comes with its fingering on a real ocarina, then long tones, tonguing, echoes and little runs.

Real songs, at your pace

69 free songs: folk tunes, classics and holiday favourites. Listen first, then play along: the score waits for you note by note, and a wrong note shows on the staff without stopping the music.

Tuned to your ocarina

Soprano, alto or bass, in C, G or F. The app measures where each of your notes sits, so a slightly flat ocarina or a soft breath still counts, and it tells you when a note sits far off and why.

The composer writing down an A as it is played, its pitch drawn through it

Pro: compose your own tunes

Play a tune on your ocarina and the app writes it down, or tap it in note by note. Pro also adds 16 more songs. Monthly or yearly, or once for life.

Ocarina tabs, free

Tabs for every song in the app, the whole tune with its rhythm: from Ode to Joy and Amazing Grace to Greensleeves and Silent Night.

All ocarina tabs

Zelda ocarina songs

The short ocarina sequences from the Zelda games, as tabs for the 12-hole ocarina: Zelda’s Lullaby, Song of Storms, Saria’s Song and more.

All Zelda songs

New to the ocarina?

Choose your first ocarinaWhich size, which key, ceramic or plastic, and what to check before you buy.Getting startedHow to hold it, cover the holes, breathe and tongue your first notes.Fingering chartEvery note of the 12-hole alto C ocarina, from low A to high F.Easy ocarina songsEasy ocarina songs for beginners, in the order to learn them.Airy or flat high notesWhy high notes sound airy, flat or squeaky, and how to fix each.