I believe this is usually played in C minor, but I find the fingerings a lot easier this way. I still struggle on the last bit of the song, but I’ve only been learning the ocarina for a couple of weeks so far.

…also don’t mind my little doggy barking in the background. 😅

Ocatober Day 17

Short Twilight Princess Jingle

Content truly has become "What short thing do I have time to quickly record before working" haha <3

hello!

i, like many others, am interested in getting a 12 hole ocarina to play for the remake of ocarina of time, but i’d also like to play it outside of that game. unfortunately, i have camptodactyly that has left my right pinky completely unusable — it’s permanently bent inwards at a more than 90 degree angle. i believe that this will prevent me from being able to play a low a, b or c note as i can’t cover that hole. from my research, zelda songs don’t seen to need those notes thankfully, but my solutions seem to be either permanently closing that hole, playing a 6 hole instead of a 12 hole, or some kind of prosthetic attachment. i would like some input on which option everyone thinks is best — i would have to make my own prosthetic and i don’t really know how i’d do that since it’s not a nub, my finger is still there, just very very bent. how often do i need to use that hole? can i reasonably go without those notes? how much will it affect my other notes if i permanently close the hole?

Ocatober Day 15

Kokiri Forest - Ocarina of Time

2nd video experimenting with new recorder and the new Songbird OoT replica! Sound is completely unedited.

I realized that we are supposed to post our participation recordings outside of discord, so here’s for today.

Day 17: Bad Apple!!

I started learning and practicing on a second hand STL Zelda replica since end of Sep. Just got the Night by Noble a few days ago, and loving it that little bit more because it's easier for me to hit the higher notes on NbN.

Ocatober Day 16

Song of Storms - Ocarina of Time

Last video in the "Catchup-recorder-newocarina-test" with unedited sound, haha!

In love with both ocarina and recorder!

I just started learning how to play the ocarina. Still struggling to stay in tune and still struggling keeping up with the fingerings, but I will get there.

Never mind the bed head. 🙃

Ocatober day 14!

Clock Town Theme from Majora's Mask

Songbird OoT replica arrived, and I'm in love! So here's some unedited sound, testing both ocarina and my new Zoom H6E handy recorder!

Again, completely unedited sound! Recording will be a dream! Hope you liked this short test of ocarina and recorder :)

Suffered a bit of a delay, trying to get back on schedule.

This one is a wooden ocarina from Kikutani, I went with the bamboo version (The other option is maple). I played with it for a little over an hour today and I really love the tone of this one, and the high notes comes out so much easier/better than on my ceramic ocarina from Ti Amo. Unfortunately the finger placement is quite a bit different from my ceramic one, so it will take some getting used to, but I'm getting a lot of enjoyment out of it so far (When my fingers actually hit the notes properly).

The white thing on the mouthpiece is a silicone cover. I'm not sure if that's necessary or not but I threw it on for good measure since it was included.

I also really like the soft leather bag that it came with.

I might start taking this one out to play in the park. I didn't want to do that with my ceramic one, but this is pretty sturdy so I'm not worried about throwing it in my bag (Should I be worried?)

My partner had this one laying around and I became curious about it. While looking up ocarina online, I only came across ones with more holes.

Thanks in advance!

What tuner app are y'all using? I'm using the Hal Leonard Ocarina Method book & it recommends using one but it seems like all the app based ones have subscriptions, in-app purchases, or like bad reviews. I'm on android btw.

I recently just received a DAC from The Crow Collective and I love it. (I'll try to record something with it before the end of Ocatober)

Day 18 progress since owning night of noble AC
I’m trying to play by ear so there were a few uncertain notes. Are there any suggestions to how to make the tone of my ocarina playing a bit warmer? When I listen to others’ recordings, I hear the mellow and rich sounds of ocarina whereas mine sounds quite sharp.

I'm an indian looking for ocarinas online but none of the sellers seem trustable on amazon and other sites are too expensive (140 usd just for the shipping costs).

I'm a beginner trying to learn to play the ocarina, I have a soprano C which I have played semi-frequently, but sometimes it gets annoying hearing the same notes repeating at high pitch.
So I was looking to get an Alto C, but I'm not sure which to get, I like the look of the Imperial City and Stein ocarinas and have heard them rated highly, but I'm not sure which to get.
Any ideas would be great.

Note: I'm in Australia, just for shipping and some specific recommendations.

Edit: after looking at some reviews, some replies here, and the prices, I decided to get the Imperial City Alto C.

Someone else might be able to do a better job than me, but some of the pitch changes in this song are more subtle than I can seem to manage.

I think this melody is quite the gem

This one really needed an accompaniment, but I ain’t got time for that lmao

Enjoy 😁

Any ideas? This is the cheapest Noble Ocarina I can find, Night by Noble is already more expensive 2x here in the Philippines via Lazada/Shopee.

I'm just looking for a cheap 6 hole pendant ocarina that sounds pretty good. The reviews say and show it sounding pretty decent, but I'm not the most experienced so I don't know for sure if it's good, and I don't know if LMS is a good company do be buying ocarinas from. Focalink and Songbird obviously have good ones, but I don't have $40 to spend on a pendant, sadly.

No, I will not admit how many tries this recording took 😅

Imma go recover my fingers in some ice water lmao, hope you enjoy