Principles
From the Maker
Hans Houkes
“Creating an Innato is not about perfection, it’s about finding harmony between imperfections. There are the different states of drying clay, the moment of deciding to move on to the next step, the changing moods and concentrations . . . All these ingredients give every Innato its own special character, revealed only as it is born coming of the kiln screaming ‘Hello’ to the world like a new child . . .”
In a moment close your eyes
for an imaginary listening
a simple beginning
an anticipating
Now imagine the sound of Nature singing!
…
…Could you hear the sound of Nature singing?
Whatever you hear, whatever you find
it’s the sound of this beauty
there inside your mind
This is the Innato
like the taste of a meadow
the sound of a Van Gogh
or the sweet smell of a shadow
Tones emerge purely
— from the shape of the void
a sonic behavior
——baked into the chambers
echo
the timeless
singing
of
Nature
Chords
Around Us
Flutes of the world play single tones
The Innato it lives in the chordal zone
From the very first breath
three notes sound proportionally
enveloping you in a deep sea of harmony
Inborn
Musical Self
What is here inside you
inborn, unlearned?
can you feel there inside you
something gifted, unearned?
a musical self hidden away
ready to hear, to see
the light of the day
A desire to open this window within
to touch an essence clearly built-in
must for you simply arise
above the continual noise of your life
If the desire arrives strong in the flow
please enter and bask in
the Innato soft glow
a calm letting go
a connection to whats so
pure fulfillment
in the mere act of the blow
Pitches
Three vessels
all chambers of resonance
each having only four tones
making it just twelve we can know
six with discrete letter names
four more as octaves
and two are the same
A small pure palette
and as it unfurls
touches many cultures
of our remarkable world
Ergonomics
How does the human hand grip?
Fingers make the round trip?
The Innato fits all
from the young to the old
female to male
in between or beyond
. . . an open threshold . . .
Video of innato being made
Breathing
Techniques
A simple mouthpiece design
—— a low volume of air is sublime
—— keep an even pressure of breath
—— and our body our being
——– begins to align
“How to play the Innato”
tutorial filmed in Auroville, India