OcTalk!: Articulation (Part 1)

[BigBrainiac1337]

I thought Legato was smooth, yet still tongued, the Legato you say is a slur, and your stacato is the same. It's what I learned

[SnakeEyeJoe]

Vibrato. You use the diaphragm. (Stomach area)

[ShadeLevora]

How do you do the Vibrato? I've been trying and just can't do it. Please help

[XWhiteHornedDragonX]

best opening ever! XD

[Made0fStone]

how do you do that "vibrato" kind of blow at the end? do you use your tongue, your throat or is it from the stomach?

[phoenix69536]

how to separate yuor nose

[khoraski]

@phoenix69536 CANNOT UNHEAR

[dumheo]

Where are the others parts plz? :(

[77fili77]

... um i have a crap-ocarina. it was from a gift shop in mexico when some of my family. .... i need to get a good ocarina...

[flutterpony]

I have that ocarina. :D I highly recommend it for beginners along with the instruction book and cd set. Both items together were only about $40, and I improved greatly after that little investment.

[luisi101]

es el mejor ariba la ocarina

[268Link]

our-tickle-nation... no! not the armpits! he-ha-HA! STOP STOP!

[RickyJamesPivotVids]

Hey docjazz4 are you christian? Just curios :)

[MarioBrothers120]

Where is part 2?

[Chmorto1]

link once visited our tunic nation

[DramCommentorPivot]

Are there a part 2 of this?

[twiggymac]

non-legato, also known as stacato =P i honestly didnt think it was a different term for singing

[snappleboy16]

warm fuzzy feeling lmao

[WhiteFangWolfSong]

Since I'm just learning to play the ocarina (I've had my ocarina for 2 days) I use the "T" when playing.

[mugNflee]

dude, what's the name of the ocarina you use in this video? I'm planing to buy this as my first ocarina =)

[palkian90]

@mugNflee It's a polycarbonate ocarina from mountain ocarinas by the looks of it (sorry if i'm too late lol)

[nobat2]

U SUMMONED A DEMON IN MY LIVING ROOM GREAT THANKS ALOT :P

[PureSniperWolf]

4 people are stuck in our Tickle Nation. The rest of us can now play better. Thanks! ^_^

[DorkusDoggus]

hey i'm just sayin' slightly separated is called 'tenuto' not 'non-legato'

[meunomecaique]

I love their music and want you to present the music of the opening of "octalk" seems hard to play but I think it's worth thanks friend

[oobeedoob]

thanks for helpful vid :)

ps: loved that film

[LordxMagus]

@dapballdude I'm just as lost 'cept I have 12 hole. :(

[psphacker28]

@LordxMagus

whats wrong with that? 12 hole u can live with nya

[dapballdude]

Anyone have tabs/notes for that warm up exercise he did? i have a four hole and want to master it before i move on, just need help with finger dexterity and music reading

[megaton666]

where did you buy that inline? I've been looking for a place to buy an inline but couldn't find any..

[SilentlyFuming]

@megaton666 try here: mountainsocarina(.)com

[ToveSoder]

just wanted to say that I really like ocTalk! It has helped me alot and made me learn to play ocarina much faster! THANK YOU!

[jacyone]

who were u talking to in the backround?

[saitycsart]

i understood how to separate your nose

[angelkitten5679012]

Legato and Non-Legato......for musicians that was really simple. XD. My band teacher never liked me very much cause I hated playing in Non-Legato and Staccato. XD.

[exileghost]

i belive you say it are tic U lay tion :)

[SandNinjas]

yes i said it roght in the first time

[somepartsareme]

You sound like a lolcat at the beginning. That or Porky Pig.

[lilzar]

What?! thats not how you say it? HAHA, dude i love the humor in the beginnings of your vids

[Dr0sik]

Aticle nation? Our tickle nation? Ar-How to seperate your notes.

XD

[benwolf666]

@Dr0sik

XD is an understatement

[zombiefewd1]

Our tickle nation :D

[veryBARIsax0phone]

is it possible to play "heart and Soul" on a peru ocarina and if so please send me tabs or something

[CreatorForLife]

I thought you said, "how to seprate you nose" ;D

But then i saw the comments and then it was notes xD

hæhæ :P

[BeyondBirthdayL]

lol our tickled nation

[yankee217]

lol ar tickle nation

[jesseboy70]

artic... how to separate your notes. lawlz

[darkgaia01]

can you please send me some sheet music for "Heart and Soul"

[darkgaia01]

the legato form of that exercise sounds so beautiful. As does that song "Heart and Soul"

[colbyman12]

perrty much like playing legato

[jiverome14]

ok. cat is meowing. cool but was he the funnyiest bunny of them all?

[jiverome14]

fuzzy was he the funnyiest bunny?

[sonofwiseii]

"Tu" or "ti." My band teacher lets us use either one. :)

[gokusoul78]

o men...

all i have learned about ocarina is for you...

you are my master...

this is my ocarina classroom...

you are my teacher...

see you in the next class! :)

[bellyboy10]

Instrument players have different meanings for music words than singers do.

[bellyboy10]

Uh! David The first one is called slurring the notes, It's when you have a curved line over the notes, They are all tied together and the second demo is called tounging it's when you touch the insrument with your toungue to separate the notes. (Sorry I can't spell toungue ) o__O

[Methia89]

The terms he used to describe the two different articulations are the same as your so called slurring and so called tonguing, anyways he explained it all in a simple way of thinking about it so why are you correcting him? lol xD

[Ledhendrix36]

Legato and Stecato apply to all forms of music whereas slurring and tonguing only apply to certain instruments

[veryBARIsax0phone]

slur is actually only 2 to 4 notes in a row legato is whole sections of a song

[fruitsbasketissweet]

I had to learn stuff like this because I have an instrument myself (used to). It was the trumpet, but it didn't sound NEARLY as good as your ocarina. But, I didn't learn about the phrase "non-legato". that was new to me in this vid.

[M1KOLAJ]

Awesome :)

[JpopFan42]

lmao the beginning was funny!

[Reiki101]

yea =O for instrumentalists legato & staccato have a dfferent definition. like legato means long notes & staccato means separated notes in general & slurred notes are not tounged at all =O

something like that ^.^ but it's different for singers ^____^

[veryBARIsax0phone]

general notes are tounged but its not really heard

[Absolutezero132]

that may be, but you have to remember that italian is a language based on latin

[whitespott]

legato - french for smooth

staccato - french for sharp

[hirohiigo]

Sounds more Italian than French.

[Absolutezero132]

latin. most musical terms are latin.

[hirohiigo]

No I just checked, staccato and legato are Italian.

[Brasker]

because it is italian =P

[thecheatercheater]

Artunic Nation? lol

[NeverMindBird]

The song you played at the end, can you play it on a four-hole style ocarina? I want to learn it! :)

[simplefirelight]

Yep. You can play any song on an ocarina.

[Emogeta]

im glad im in band cuz i already know all this stuff. Oh and the instrument i play the the Trumpet

[masternewbz117]

our-tickle-nation rofl!

[iwantanamethatworks]

DUDE!!!! i want to learn how to play that song!!!! lol if only i was understanding the learnig part of this good vid tho

[CordyBear1]

its when we want the music to have a beautiful... warm... fuzzy... feeling... :-|

Dude you ROCK at ocarina!

[pablofallenjedi]

artunicnation.lol

[dococarina]

lol ''articunation''

[xXOriginalDarkStarXx]

no way, thats first song i learnt on the piano too(from my dad of course.)

[CordyBear1]

OMFG ME TOO! Well from my bro.

[zsyrinx]

@ RoninWizard: Only the cheap recorders the schools seem to only make available sound bad. There are recorders that sound amazing. They're quite costly. Same with Ocarinas. Some of the cheap ocarinas sound awful. But if you look at the Muse ocarina (see the review by docjazz4), it sounds so great!

[Bateleur5]

In part two of your Articulation videos, could you please discuss vibrato in detail?

[armisis]

When learning from Tab's how do I know when to use Legato, non-Legato, staccato, double tonguing, or triple tonguing. I understand how to do them just not when none of the tabs i have has a marking to define between these.

Thanks!

[AngelBolt]

Ohhhhhhh, you're a vocalist! Well then, I can relate!

By the way, would you suggest using an ocarina as practice for building up breath support? I'm rather lacking in that area, and I need practice with diaphragm control, do you think an ocarina would help?

[dbzphish84]

I play the saxaphone so this is easy to me

[LordKonpaku]

I'm a drummer!

[dbzphish84]

yay instruments! lol

[ipodlover25]

Dude, your voice completely blows me away, i never expected you would sound so different from what i expected you would sound like.

[Katergroip]

On the flute I use "Ta". There is also double tonguing and triple tonguing where you go "Taka Taka Taka" or "Takata Takata Takata"

[cookies277]

weird on the flute are band teacher told us to use tu,tuku and idk the triple tonging...

[tromboner98]

OMG!! i watched this then sat down at my piano and the very first chord i played worked..and i kept playing and it only took me 10 seconds to figure out that song! im impressed with my self lol.

[Chefodeath]

don't be

[tromboner98]

lol im a singer and a tromboner player so watching this made me crack-up because what you were teaching was so basic. its just weird to realize that not everyone in the world knows what articulation is. lol

[HikariNaito]

I'm surprised they don't teach it at school with recorders.

But hey, not everyone's learning syllabus is similar to Malaysia's in terms of music.

[RoninWizard]

I'm suprised that recorders havn't been banned, as they sound flipping awful. They should teach Ocarina instead! =)

[HikariNaito]

Yupyup. =D

I'd sooo go and show off my ocarina at school if they do that...

COME ON, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION! GET US OCARINAS!!!

[king083190]

hold on a minute, you're a "trumboner" player

[tromboner98]

so?

[Hammundatorp]

That is a really beautiful and modern Ocarina! Pity you did'nt give us a link to it! :/ Anyone who knows which one it is?

[relstvanelst]

it is a mountain ocarina... Google for it...

[52blades]

I think it's made by mountain ocarinas, search google.

[BlessedMeWithHisFire]

wow tidusr2 why the anger hate and play on silly butt sex aaaaaaahhhhhhhaaaaaaaaa. are you jealous of the docter just be happy about what you got

[wolfamongsheep50]

wow dude. uncalled for. jealous? lol

[crunk4ev]

Yeah I like to use the tounging technique when I play my girlfriend's ocarina. Very nice technique;however, I don't make a "tu" noise every time I hit a note... But she sure makes her own version of the "tu" sound. =)

[LightLink1992]

grat work

[AnarchArchangelus]

ur just great docjazz

[crazymonkeyman19]

what's the song you play at the end? i know it from my brothers played it before on his piano

[Herrgolani]

The song at the end was called "Heart and Soul"

[superfebs]

gread vid! Cant' wait for the second part!

The mountain ocarina course ("curriculum") talks about using "Du du" to separate the same notes with legato style, and using "tu tu" for staccato. Actually that "du du" trick doesn't work for me unless I don't focus on my tongue and it's position, I mean, just saying "du du du" makes almost no difference compared to "tu tu tu". Hey, why do I feel a bit silly? Du du du...

[Zeldadude23]

Some instruments, such as trombone, have you use 'du du du' tonguing for legato (I forget exactly why) but you'll notice that it requires more of a 'rolling' action that 'tu tu tu', but I only know this from personal experience, being a low brass player myself.

[wariokid244]

i remember why cause i lay trombone. its because it's hard to say "ta", buzz your lips, and keep a resonate tone all at the same time so we say "du" to make it easier

[tromboner98]

its du because the mouth peice is so big that you can center your lips on the mouth peice and using the roof of your mouth doesnt work.

[CaptainSkiver]

I know that terminology for each instrument can be different, but...In my music class we learned things a bit differently. lol

Your 'legato' = my 'slur'

Your 'non-legato' = my 'legato'

Legato refers to the lengthening of the actual note. Slur, is when you blend them together and use no separation whatsoever.

By the way; Awesome video! ^.^

[xXpsykeeperXx]

"our tickle nation." were we laugh and giggle when ever we want. my friend made me watch it again. and thats what i noticed

[pandamanrox]

ar-tic-yu-lation

[BlackTide13]

nice video

no offense, but "non-legato" is really called stacatto i think

[AZJOE1234554321]

you make the duku tree proud with your ocarina playing

[Chainsaw20x7]

i only play the clarinet and it might work differently but doesnt legato mean slight sepereatation between notes, and no seperation is sluring?

[xXpsykeeperXx]

NOOOOUUU THE ONLY PIANO SONG THAT ENTERS AND STAYS ( my mind)!!!!!

[JakMar6]

Awsome! to play the song you played in the end, to what note is your Ocarina tuned into (C, Bb, F)? mine is tuned to C and it is a six holed one. Is it posible for me to play that song? please reply.

PS: you are so awsome, David! :D

[Flotonic]

If you could correctly transpose it, JakMar6, sure it would work!

This is so cool! :)

[Bean53421]

the first bit is funny

[razoraza]

100th comment, this videos awesome it really helped me =)

[mustakraken]

aaaaah! So you're a singer?(I thought you were a pianist o_O) That's why the sound when you play the ocarina is so diferent! So you have an advanced breathing technique, then when you blow you control the air coming out making that vibratto sound. You should make an breathing tutorial! (I really want to learn the technique to make the sound when playing as good as your's! o_o)

[denaxi]

same here! i freakin love tht song!

[MoneyPieBoy]

Hey, thats the 1st song I leaned on piano too!!! Wow!

[darkness430]

grate help thank you so much i was wondering why i wasent gitting things right on some songs but how can you tell witch one to use when?

[parkourmantheone]

yes thanks so much

im learning how to play the ocarina and every video inspires me just that much more to try harder

[hylandude123456789]

cool but i thibk i will use legato until my lungs explode LOL

[sorroweludesme]

I tend to be a legato kinda girl. XD

Thanks! This was helpful! ^_^

[FireFighter8865]

its a good thing this guy does lessons cause when i tried to play some things it never sounded right but your right about the legato it sounds cool

[OnyxLeo]

You play Piano, Ocarina, Drums, Guitar AND sing? Geeze what CAN'T you do? o_O

[jaktard]

one question: what do your parents do for a living?? seriously, youve got 20+ ocarinas, a piano, guitars... your loaded xD

but seriously, thanks for the video, its easy to understand, lol

[Pikaman999]

Your tutorials are vary helpful, and it is thanks to you I have purchaced an ocarina myself. I actually have both sang and played heart and soul on the baratone, and it is a beautiful song.

[2Cheezee4U]

Our tunic nation? lol

[parichort]

Thanks again man, you are great. I leran so much with your videos

[Jair254]

i dont hear the cat could you put more volume please just for the cat lol

[grand1011]

non legato, or Stagato????

[1esss]

HAHAHAHAHAHA i laughed so hard in the beginning:P

[nikkonolasco]

anyway, in band, what could the ocarina sub for? the flute or the clarinet?

[nano240]

It depends on the type of ocarina. Perhaps one of the bigger, lower-in-pitch ocarinas could sub for either, but the type featured in this video -- Inline "Mountain Ocarina" in G -- would be closest to the piccolo in terms of range. But if it had to be either flute or clarinet, probably the flute, as the flute is higher than the clarinet, but the part would have to be changed to fit the ocarina's range.

[tenmast]

Probably a flute. Most ocarinas I'm familiar with are tuned in C, just like the flute. As opposed to clarinets are usually tuned in Bb. Also, ocarinas have that whistle sound like a flute, as opposed to the woody sound of a clarinet. Defenitley could sub in for flute.

[Link77996]

Well, since the ocarina is tuned off of the flute, I would say it might be able to sub for it, depending on the ocarina., since the flute is expected to move quickly and play higher notes. It wouldn't work well if it was a larger ocarina, because those are tuned for lower octaves, and therefore, a lower pitch. The smaller ocarina is better suited for higher notes, but usually, it has a smaller note range. So if the ocarina were subbing for an instrument, it would have to be the flute or piccolo.

[biggreenblob]

well, technically, legatto is seperated, but only slightly. when playing legatto style, one makes a "da" sound. slurring is how we refer to changing notes without the tongue. standard articulation is when one makes the "ta" or "tu" sound. and staccato is correct, but one needs to be careful not to make a second sound at the end of the note. this occurs when one slams the tongue back to the top of the mouth to end the note, causeing a taTTT sound.

[docjazz4]

Being strictly a piano player and singer, I'm beginning to realize that I'm probably not the best person to be teaching articulation for a wind instrument, lol.

[zombiefewd1]

you are a singer?

[felic70]

number one it is sticato when it has a gap. also it is a bit like learning how to play the recorder only it has a sweeter sound with a bit of vabrato instead of a plain sound.

[felic70]

sorry didn't watch the whole video before comenting. i didn't realise you were going to do sticato as well.

[mobman47]

I'm a guitarist, I don't even play orcarina, and I still learn useful stuff from you videos that I can apply to guitar :P

[Turbo852]

Article Nation! Sounds like it could be a website. This is a nicely made tutorial.

[runaway788]

very helpful vid ^^

[zombiefewd1]

what up with the end?

[docjazz4]

Our cat wouldn't stop crying at one point...I had to stop recording for like, 10 minutes, lol.

[zombiefewd1]

Cats cry?

[GreenHatemerald]

oh yeah...my first song was "I will wash my daddies pants" it's only with the black keys. XD

[GreenHatemerald]

LOL I love that song! hehe! excelent tut as always!

[METALmARiOKID91]

im the 999th view

[califasio]

lier it says i am the 999th view

[jsatter13]

great video, doc! i really like the song at the end, you should make it into a music video.

[mrwario1]

how come all ya do is octalk and no music vids now :'(

[BiwaLuke]

that was my 1st piano song to.

[Jaystine07]

i'm the 998th view

[Runesoword34]

im 11 and im already an ocarina master.

i have about 13 orcarinas. my fave is prob my triple bass :D

[sunset261]

master? yeah right. if your going to be so ignorant about it. why don't you go play an instrument that takes alot more skill to play than the ocarina. like the string bass.

[zombiefewd1]

well then master at least i can spell ocarina

[sunset261]

actually what you were talking about is called slurring. not legato.

[eoj11]

shut up

[sunset261]

what? i was only telling him so he doesn't make the mistake anymore. did you reply to the wrong person . t sounds like this message was meant to go to runesoword34

[marco1meijer]

Could I get the sheet for Heart and Soul?

[BillyJoe354]

hahaaahaha how to separate your notes (XD)!!!YOU RULE!!!

[TeamKiller555]

What's the inline ocarina you are using in this video?

[overratedname]

mountain polycarbonate in g

[112457]

Ahhh I see , thank David .

[shmodge]

I don't play Ocarina... but isn't Non-Legato called Standard Articulation?

[docjazz4]

Upon researching for this video, I discovered that there many differences in basic musical terminology! Though I think you're right, "non-legato" was the term that continued to pop up.

[marinogomez619]

so do you before legato or non legato

[kcajblue]

wow.

ive always been able to play that song at the end.

ive just never known what it was called.

everyone ive asked never knew actally. lol.

[CriticsConfession]

The intro's of OcTalk are always sooooooo funny. Articklenation, XD!

[Bassitup1]

OMG Heart and Soul! I think This was the first song i ever learned on the piano too.

[evergreach2346]

ok, i'm a little confused. are there different terms for ocarinas than there are for normal instruments? cuz what you said was "legato" would actually be a slur, and legato would be notes that are long but still separated.

staccato was right though.