Bamboo Ocarina
from Argentina, South America

The Bamboo Ocarinas are small flutes or wind instruments, used to being made from different materials like ceramic, bamboo, wood or plastic.
The sound of Bamboo Ocarinas vary according to the size of the instrument; it’s worth mentioning that the sound is generated the same way as the Recorder or the Pennywhistle, it doesn’t need any technique to produce sound, you only need to blow on the mouthpiece. It’s very easy!.
What makes this Bamboo Ocarina special is that it contains the major scale, (Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Si, Do). This allows you to be able to play your favorite music.
This is a great gift for native instrument lover as well as for children that are starting to play a wind instrument.

This Bamboo Ocarina is made entirely of Bamboo with 8 openings and a piece of Bamboo cane (mouthpiece) that you blow through. It is very easy to play this Bamboo Ocarina.

History
The origin of Ocarina is from the Pre-Hispanic America. The Quechua and Aimaras utilized this musical instrument, accompanied with Andean flutes (quenas), pan pipes (zampoñas) and other instrument. It is very hard to make since it is made out of chalk and it is hallow in the center. They are made in different sizes, however they never surpass the length of a hand. They are used in Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Northern Chile, Northern Argentina, and all of Mesoamerica.
There exists a theory about the origin of this instrument in Europe, but it is about a different instrument with similar characteristics, due to the South American Ocarina being around for hundredths of years before the arrival of Spaniards.  

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