Ocarina for iphone iPod Touch

The Ocarina application essentially turns the iPhone into a digitized version of this instrument. When you open the Ocarina application you are presented with the ‘Ocarina’ screen which is the format in which you can generate music. The screen presents four circles or “holes” – placing your fingers over which, in different combination’s, create different tones and notes.

Blowing into the microphone generates sound, and this is how you produce a note. It is remarkably sensitive to how hard you blow. Blow softly or from further away, and you will get a quiet note. Blow hard and you will get a louder note. To play a song you simply hold down the touch-sensitive circles on the screen in different combination’s. As mentioned, there are four “holes” on this instrument – giving you a total range of 16 notes.
You can also tilt the iPhone forward or to the side to create a vibrato quality to the sound.
Features and Impressions:
I had a play around with the Ocarina for awhile, but trying to work out a song is rather difficult. Thankfully Smule’s website (http://ocarina.smule.com) has a large collection of user-generated songs that have been tabbed specifically for the iPhone Ocarina app. You will find everything from the Star Wars theme to The Beatles. The Ocarina “sheet music” is very easy to read and simply shows the finger positions for each note in the song. Thrashing out the Imperial March was rather