Pacchioni-type

Pacchioni-type (P-type) multichambered ocarinas are tuned so that there is a broad overlap between chambers.

In practice, the top notes of one chamber are repeated on the following chamber. This solves one of the weakness of Vicinelli-type (V-type) multichambered ocarinas: chamber switch during play. Indeed, changing chamber requires repositioning fingers and sliding the mouthpiece to blow in another fipple, which may poses additional challenges for fast music. Unfortunately, P-type ocarinas advantage comes at a cost: a reduced range, for instance, a P-type triple has a range similar to a V-type double.