Janaka's Finely Tuned Ceramic Ocarinas
Please Note: We will be on vacation from
Dec 17th until February 7th.
So we will not be able for fill any orders during that time. Sorry.
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[many have requested to pay online by credit card...so
i have installed a 'shopping cart' method with secure online ordering by
CCNow.....you just need to click on a price / link below corresponding to
the ocarina you want to add to your 'cart'....allowing for more than one
to be ordered at a time....it's actually a pretty simple
system...]
...email me for ordering information if paying by check or money order.
Descriptions:
A. small pendants --whale or dolphin 1.5" x 1.75"
$20.00
B. small goddess pendant 2"
$20.00
C. stylized whale pendant 2.25" x 3.5" $20.00
D. frog pendant 1.75" x 2" [discontinued]
E. sea turtle pendant 2.75" x 2.75" $20.00
F. stylized turtle pendant 2" x 2.5" $20.00
G. gecko pendant 2.5" x 4" $20.00
H. plain shaped pendant 2" $20.00
I. stylized frog pendant 1.5" x 2.25" $20.00
J. goddess 3" $25.00
K. scarab pendant 2" $20.00
L. sm. & lg. Zuni bears 1.75" x 2.75", 2.5" x 4.25" sm: $25.00 lg: $30.00
M. sm. & lg. manatee 2.25" x 5", 3" x 6" sm: $25.00 lg: $30.00
N. Orca whale 2.5" x 5.25" $40.00
O. small dolphin 2.5" x 5.5" $25.00
P. humpback whale 3.5" x 8" $35.00
Q. large turtle 2.75" x 4" $25.00
R. large frog 2" x 3.25" $25.00
S. kokopeli pendant 2.25" x 2.25" $20.00
T. large dolphin 2.75" x 6.75" $25.00
U. Tricepertops dinosaur 5" $35.00
V. Butterfly pendant 2,25" x 2.25" $20.00
W. Thunder Bird 2.5" x 2.5" $20.00
X. Small Sperm Whale 1.25" x 3.25" $20.00
Y. Small Orca Whale 1,25" x 3.5" $20.00
Z. (Z is for Zelda, right?)...my version....same as "S"...but with the Zelda symbol.... $20.00
click here for a Real Audio music sample of the Sea Turtle pendant ocarina
click here for a Real Audio music sample the Large Humpback Whale ocarina-(not yet shown)
(if you don't have the Real Audio plugin, click here to download it.)
click here for a WAV sample of the Orca whale ocarina.
click here for a WAV sample of the Large Dolphin ocarina.
Note: the larger the ocarina the deeper the tone....and the timbre varies with the shape.
Note: these ocarinas are tuned to the Minor Pentatonic scale.....which was the most widely used scale in ancient times.... it was used by peoples from diverse cultures and lands the world over..... ......from the far orient to the native peoples of north and south america..... ......what these people had in common was that they lived closely to the Earth.....and the musical scale that they chose to play in was one that reflected that attunement to natural ways..... .......so, what i have discovered is that music played with the minor pentatonic scale reflects a mindset of naturalness and attunement with the Earth. And, further, since the western world is so out of touch with the Earth and so separated from Nature it makes sense to me that playing music in this scale can be healing to people and to the world.......
......i also tune them to Just Intonation tuning......which is another way of saying that they are finely pitched with the most concordant intervals......(the "even-tempered" tuning is a very poor compromise and has been in use for about 150 yrs...... 9 of the 12 intervals are from 10% to 18% of a semitone off pitch!!!..... very few people realize that there is even an adverse psychological effect that results from the evern-tempered tuning.....).
....click here for an indepth article on Just Intonation....including the psychological aspect in part 4.......
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