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Playing the G Ocarina as a Non-transposing Instrument (5) - How do you learn to read music with the ocarina as a G instrument? Before I explain how, you should know that it probably requires less effort to learn than you think–I felt somewhat comfortable with it after one night. When you first started, you learned to play the ocarina with a chromatic reading range of B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E. Now you will learn the reading range of F#, G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G, A, B (a G major scale has an F# in place of an F). Actually, this new range is twofold. On the one hand, you can start reading on the F# that is three lines below the staff and play up to the middle B, a good range for, say, dulcimer or lower vocal music. Alternately, you can start an octave higher on the first space from the bottom of the staff and play up to the high B, a range where you pick up a lot of fiddle, flute, pennywhistle, bagpipe, etc., tunes. For example, anything that you can play on the highland bagpipes, you can play on the ocarina. (Below is a diagram that illustrates the two G ranges.)