Play 40 folk songs on the unique wind instrument including: 'Amazing Grace' 'Auld Lang Syne' 'The Banana Boat Song' 'Danny Boy' 'Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping')' 'Greensleeves' 'Home on the Range' 'Kumbaya' 'Little Brown Jug' 'My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean' 'My Wild Irish Rose' 'Shenandoah' 'Simple Gifts' 'Song of the Volga Boatman' 'This Little Light of Mine' 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' and many more. Arranged for 10- 11- or 12-hole Ocarinas. Lyrics also included for each song.

The Ocarina is an ancient instrument dating back thousands of years and has been important to many cultures all around the world. In recent years it has enjoyed increased popularity and was featured on the now classic video game 'Zelda: Ocarina of Time'There are many different types of Ocarina - this book is designed for use with a four-hole pendant Ocarina pitched in D.You'll discover that learning to play the Ocarina is a fantastic andfun way to begin enjoying music. The instrument is inexpensive and it's easy to play beautiful tunes from the very beginning.You don't need to be able to read music to start using this book. In fact any teacher with orwithout musical knowledge will discover that Ocarina From The Beginning offers an easy-to-use step-by-step method that will yield impressive results. It uses well-known songs which can also be sung to make learning fun and chord symbols are included so that a guitarist can accompany the songs.You'll be amazed how quickly you learn and soon you'll be playing your favourite songs to impress your friends and family.This CD Editioncomes complete with a CD of backing tracks to play along to.

The ocarina is a fun pocket-sized instrument on which you can play many wonderful melodies. This book presents the basic elements of music and provides fingerings for 4 5 and 8-hole ocarinas. Thirty-nine ocarina songs and solosare presented with accompanying notation and fingering charts.