3 Tips for Holding Your Ocarina || OcTalk!

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A native of San Antonio, TX, David Erick Ramos is a professional ocarinist with a goal to inspire people to challenge themselves musically and connect with others through the ocarina. Since 2007, David has used KZbin as a platform to showcase the instrument with original and cover music, as well as his educational series "OcTalk!", featuring tutorials and informational videos about the ocarina.
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[@safir2241]

Good thing you started making videos again

[@katierodgers8231]

I've just bought my first Ocarina this year (covid isolation made me do it lol) and have no idea how to play, even though I have some musical background. Your videos are so helpful! And make me feel guided to getting a good start on this instrument. Thank you!! :)

[@DavidErickRamos]

I’m happy the videos are helpful!

[@TomGreen99]

Tip #4 don't hold with feet

[@DavidErickRamos]

TomGreen 99 You’re right. I need to re-make this video 😓

[@eoghanjones9042]

TomGreen 99 really god damnit no wonder it sounded weird

[@LoopBuddy]

Ohh! That's where I was going wrong!! Thanks for the tip!!🐵

[@nikesyoshi]

Just want to say your ocarina playing makes me smile, it's so inspiring and beautiful. Keep up the good work David, your videos are an absolute treat to us

[@te2382]

You have an Animal Crossing'S T-shirt, I love it

[@lordniloc101]

YES! He's officially back! Thank you so much for all the work you've been doing, keep it up! The frequent livestreams ARE SO FUN! Thank you so much Mr. Ramos!

[@theslowturtle1586]

Yass, I’m so glad you started the OcTalk series again! I would be very happy if you made a video about how to vary your breath pressure. I’m having trouble with playing in tune, as I’m either blowing too hard or too soft for the right tone

[@DavidErickRamos]

Ooooh, that's a really good suggestion!

[@MRolledProjects]

Thank you for the new Octalk videos! These are really useful for improving at playing, particularly the videos that get more advanced!

[@carterjcarroll]

Been hustling, I respect that. I have trouble uploading more than once or twice a week

[@OwiPascual]

DAVE THANK YOU FOR YOUR REGULARLY UPLOADS

[@edelquinn3265]

I love your entire explanation thank you so much 😊

[@stefanturudic1665]

Your tips are really helpfuf , every single one.

[@OcarinaBoy]

Thank you!!!

[@ChronicallyConfused]

I just got my first ocarina and wasn't able to hit high note until I saw this video. thak you so much!

[@bobcat24]

I just an ocarina as a late Christmas gift from my sister and brother in law. I wanna play lugia’s theme and summon the beast of the seas!

[@xxultimategamerxx2523]

You helped a ton thank you!!!!

[@edelquinn3265]

Thank you so much 😊 beautiful beautiful music

[@nathanielvondolteren2432]

Thank you so much for this!!!

[@Haruckio]

Juts going through every tip and learning videos you have, recently got a real Ocarina, so I'm trying my best to learn😂 your videos have been very helpful!

[@guzziefuzziewuzzie]

Finally! This helps a lot.

[@Guerradossantos10]

videos frequently! NICE !!

[@biscuitboi8734]

This really helps me so thanks :)

[@noahhaggard533]

Hearing you coming back and making all this great content has convinced me to buy your book digitally. Thank you for all the work you put in and do!

[@TrashSpace69]

Thank you so much. I didn't know that I held the Ocarina the hard way. This was a gamechanger!

[@cianshamrock7112]

Love that the camera looks wetter hen your old tutorials, good video

[@edelquinn3265]

Beautiful 😻

[@PianoHeal]

Thanks 🙂❤️🎵

[@NeroWolf42]

one trick i had to learn on my own (for the high notes) is resting my right pinky under the nose of the ocarina. gotta do it this way because the nose on mine is a touch shorter

[@emmaryartistry2874]

*tries playing Ocarina* *follows every step* Me: why does it still sound like a fricking owl!

[@ZeldaACFan17]

Lol my family thinks my ocarinas sound like owls too

[@Legionbicycle]

You make me wanna play the ocarina

[@gavroch3vod]

Thank you so much ! But what about the double chambers ocarina ? =)

[@vanessa.nguyen]

Awesome!! I love your videos :) What song was it that you played?

[@BrysonKilcrease]

I tend to have a support strap with my ocarina, definitely not wanting to drop it

[@owenhodge4013]

How do I sign up for you newsletter, because I have been wanting that method book for over a year now. Haha! I’ve been looking forward to it for a while.

[@DavidErickRamos]

There's a sign up section on my homepage: daviderickramos.com

[@greenmachine55]

I’m wondering if I wanted to learn to play at least one of the Zelda songs while I’m still learning to play my ocarina which song is probably the easiest/best to learn 1st?

[@salsatuna177]

question: did you make your intro music yourself? if so, Great job!

[@Nightmare_vZ]

I don't know anyone who didn't discover the ocarina from Zelda, and they hold it with right hand on the nose, left on the bigger portion. Great video btw.

[@aryan1985]

This uploaded when I was in school but I’m watching it as I’m home. I have 2 questions. 1. Are you going to do more tutorials on multi-chamber ocarinas? 2. What happened to the daily vlogs on the second channel? Ok byeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

[@jolenecole7987]

Can you do a wind Waker tutorial medley?

[@DoomSlayer3493]

I just got a sonoro alto c today and man it is different from the pendant and it really hurt my thumbs and wrists and part of my left pinky. I read it should go away within a few weeks and I really hope so cause I can’t be dealing with all this pain to play an instrument if it’s never gonna go away.

[@ContentChaser]

Would it change if I am left handed in terms of top hand vs bottom or would it be easier to just learn right handed?

[@18IMAMGODINA]

Hmm this is interesting , i am right handed and i accidentaly made 2 ocarinas with different hand holds , one is for right hand being on top and the other one is for left hand being on top , i find it easier when my left hand is on top for some reason...

[@LILLYROSE-hv5cd]

I bought the black plastic one. Suggestion: or maybe I am not understanding your videos. 1. Need warmups and Exercise. 2. Step by Step how to hold correctly for mouth and hands. Note: I have been practicing violin warms and exercises because my fingers need practice for the Ocarina. It is senseless to teach if you cannot explain correctly step by step. When I watch the videos to me there are steps missing and all over the place. Some/most like me have ADD/ADHD and Dyslexia. Other then that. You have excellent lessons and I am still working and trying how to understand how to properly hold and blow thru it. I have been looking at others. Thx.

[@amberpasta9379]

Nice shirt

[@hojokono]

I 3D printed a practice Ocarina before I buy one

[@poison1141]

Where do you get it

[@wack8589]

👍🏿

[@phantmreaper2068]

What about the ocarina tutorial video ? You never released Episode 9

[@jolenecole7987]

YEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[@Geebinator]

David 1 year ago: DON’T DO THIS David in 2020:gUyS i fOuND a gReAT tEchnIqUE

[@paca1513]

My hand is way too small for the support finger thing. My thumb always end up hurting lmao

[@legendofgaming3851]

1:14 jokes on you, mine is made of plastic.

[@emperorofgaming8146]

I put this on another video featuring this instrument but WHAT MODEL IS IT? Lol. As an ocarina player and Zelda fan whose favorite color is red, I need one.

[@DavidErickRamos]

It’s a Z-fan by OcarinaMusic out of Austria 😉

[@emperorofgaming8146]

@@DavidErickRamosThe legend himself has replied... I feel honored! How do I purchase one as an American?

[@JourneyFontenot]

Can you say how to hold a double ocarina?

[@DavidErickRamos]

I show you how to play double/triple ocarina in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/enywY36Cbp2mrJY

[@JourneyFontenot]

@@DavidErickRamos Thanks!

[@skirmycat8249]

what's the ocarina your using?

[@DavidErickRamos]

Zfan by Hans Rotter/OcarinaMusic

[@VikzeLink]

Any tips for a guy with giant hands with very long fingers?

[@drftr6073]

returned after seeing the more recent video about "the new ocarina technique he had never found out about earlier"

[@DavidErickRamos]

🙃🙃🙃

[@roselynearroyocastillo8402]

Is no one gonna talk about that awesome animal crossing shirt?

[@tangonevada2218]

What oc is that?

[@linklink0988]

Im on 7 hole btw

[@RoxyRocksTV]

First !!!

[@songfulmusicofsongs]

What is the song at 4:23?

[@rosedarling99]

Couple of years late here but I believe it's Minuet - Luigi Boccherini - String Quintet in E Major, Op.11 No.5

[@that_forest_fae]

Okay but my fingers are tiny so it's really difficult

[@RoPanuganti]

Wish I saw this before I dropped my ocarina on bricks for a video :0

[@DavidErickRamos]

Noooooooooooooo!!!

[@fluffyxai5065]

it looks so precarious ot hold while playing notes. Never more would it have been mre useful to have telekinesis!

[@DanielOliveiraViolao]

I'm brasilian, so it's very expansive for me, unfortunately... ;-;

[@DavidErickRamos]

You should check out this maker from Brazil, they're pretty good! ventokanta.com

[@tamzenkarma]

This is not an easy instrument. At all.. What have I got myself into??

[@dps_em4213]

My ocarina sounds nothing like yours.

[@jiminc5563]

Tip5 dont blow with nose

[@AlbertoCiarrocca]

I don’t think you gave good advices, especially for “support fingers”, those are common defects that makes more difficult playing something a little bit faster and sometimes they can even affect the tuning

[@valaus2065]

how would you grab it on the high notes?

[@NativeWarrior081]

Red Ocarina of Time? Really makes me cringe..

[@skottlee8959]

It's the ocarina of fire. Duhh