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Be Quiet!

Speaking of hearing protectors, are you a person with sensitive ears?   Or do you have to practice in a very loud room? For a different experience, try practicing with foam ear plugs or some other type of hearing protection.

What about quiet for the rest of the family? The truth is that our ocarinas are intentionally designed to produce their best tone when played with good strong blowing pressure—the way you would play when performing in public. Still, I often play my ocarina very softly if my children have just gone to bed or if I am sitting right next to family members while they work on something. This can be a good way to practice tough passages over and over without promoting insanity or alcoholism among your household. (When my brothers and I were particularly noisy, my mother used to claim that we kids were going to "drive her to drink," so I know that this is a real danger.)