What is an ancient wind instrument shaped like an egg?

Answer 1

An egg-shaped wind instrument is an ocarina, which belongs to a family of instruments believed to date back as far as 12,000 years. They come in a variety of shapes, including the egg shape, and are fabricated from a variety of materials, including ceramic, plastic, glass, wood, bone, and metal.

The pitch produced is varied by changing the ratio of the exposed surface area to the volume of the ocarina, which is done by covering or uncovering holes on the instruments surface. In this manner, one may play the entire chromatic scale.

The range of most ocarinas is an octave, more or less, although some ocarinas contain more than one chamber, which can allow the instrument a range greater than an octave, and also the possibility of playing multiple notes or harmony with itself.

The ocarina is used in all types of music, ranging from simple to complex, including folk, classical, jazz, pop, and world music.

Alternative Answer: An Ocarina isn't really egg-shaped, it's known as a "sweet potato" because it's elongated and pointy like a yam. A true egg-shaped wind instrument is the Chinese xun - pronounced "shwen" - usually made from ceramic. It's played vertically by blowing over the hole at the top and opening and closing holes on the sides for fingers and thumbs. The xun is an important folk instrument in China with a long history. Often xun are decorated with ornamental pottery glaze and calligraphy inscription, some may be sculpted like small animal figurines.

Answer 2

there are several wind instruments, so here are a couple of them:

1) Piccolo

2) (Alto and bass) flute

3) irish flute

4) Organ pipe

5) Ocarina

6) (Soprano, Alto, Bass, Contra-alto, Contrabass) Clarinet

7) Hornpipe

8) Saxophone

9) Tubax

10) Bassoon

11) Oboe

12) Bagpipes

and the list can go on, and on.

Answer 3

The piccolo is the smallest wind instrument.