noun
- a small wind instrument with finger holes, typically egg-shaped or elongated, that produces a sweet flute-like sound
Examples
- She learned to play simple melodies on her ceramic ocarina.
- The ocarina’s haunting sound echoed through the forest.
- He bought a beautiful blue ocarina at the music store.
- The street musician played folk songs on his wooden ocarina.
- Children in the music class practiced breathing techniques with plastic ocarinas.
- The ocarina originated in ancient cultures thousands of years ago.