Tunes for G 10-hole ocaria
Tunes for G 10-hole ocaria
Jack Campin
04-05-2026, 10:45 PM #1Read it up an octave. This version is from the Scottish accordionist Ian Lowthian, who recently ran a workshop on Latin American music for accordions. His harmonies are brilliant.
T: The Flowing Bowl
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
gfed cAAB|cAdB cAAf|gfed cdef|fage d2 ef|
gfed cAAB|cAdB cAAf|gfed cdef|fage d2 (3ABc||
d2 fd Adfd|d2 fa gece|d2 fd Adfd|g2 fg egfe|
d2 fd Adfd|d2 fa gece|d2 fd Adfd|g2 fg e3 f||
https://thesession.org/tunes/395
The flowing bowl, has a range of one octave A to a
T: The Flowing Bowl
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
gfed cAAB|cAdB cAAf|gfed cdef|fage d2 ef|
gfed cAAB|cAdB cAAf|gfed cdef|fage d2 (3ABc||
d2 fd Adfd|d2 fa gece|d2 fd Adfd|g2 fg egfe|
d2 fd Adfd|d2 fa gece|d2 fd Adfd|g2 fg e3 f||
https://thesession.org/tunes/395
It's written in huseyni (Dorian mode) in the range of a G 10-hole - the B is slightly flattened. But Turkish music uses staff notation as freely transposing and most of the time it would be a fourth down - play on a C ocarina fingering as if you had a G one.
There are a ton of performances of this on YouTube. This has two.
https://sarkilarnotalar.blogspot.com/201...-kizi.html
Jack Campin
04-18-2026, 08:33 PM #5This is an often played tune in Turkey. It's like a schottische. It's attributed to the early 20th century classical musician Tanburî Cemil Bey, but he probably collected it from a Greek folkdance player in Mytilini (Lesbos). The rhythm is typically Greek and nothing about the tune suggests Chechnya.
It's written in huseyni (Dorian mode) in the range of a G 10-hole - the B is slightly flattened. But Turkish music uses staff notation as freely transposing and most of the time it would be a fourth down - play on a C ocarina fingering as if you had a G one.
There are a ton of performances of this on YouTube. This has two.
https://sarkilarnotalar.blogspot.com/201...-kizi.html
https://youtu.be/8hDt_FvqHtU
Jack Campin
05-13-2026, 04:05 PM #6Very simple Kentucky tune, from Miles Krassen's "Appalachian Fiddle". I often play sets of old-time tunes and I can add this one in.
https://youtu.be/8hDt_FvqHtU
Jack Campin
05-26-2026, 05:30 AM #7Sunshine - a bouncy modern balfolk tune by the hurdy gurdy player Gregory Jolivet. There are lots of videos of him playing it, never the same way twice.