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

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

Edit: Solved (my ocarina sucks lol), thanks for the info!!

Hey all, I just started playing the ocarina! I'd like to preface that the only other (wind) instrument I play is Bb Clarinet (for 7 years). I believe I have the 12 hole C Ocarina, and it's ceramic. This Ocarina was not originally mine (passed on from my sister) and is at least 10 years old. I can't tell if it's just a me problem, but the notes seem REALLY out of tune. The notes sound extremely flat, especially low D and B. Any reason why this might be happening? I have pretty good breath support and generally have skill in covering holes properly from my clarinet.

I'm not even really sure what the brand is...

I am still very new but thought to use Ocatober challenge to start daily practices when I got my ocarina around end of September. The video includes 4 Zelda songs - song of time, Zelda’s lullaby, serenade of water and song of storms. I’m still having some difficulty with Sarina’s song final part so hopefully can complete by end of October.
I still need a lot of work on high notes E and F. Is there a way to blow hard to get the right pitch without note sounding very rushed or forceful? I feel these high notes sound disjointed in my playing.

Ocatober Day 12

Serenade of Water feat. very loud water! Still shoutout to fiancée for filming in almost 0°C

A song I recently discovered and love playing it on my Double ocarinas. Not sure if I like it in D better or in G haha

It's just a video with my smart phone, the real sound of the ocarina is a lot better.

Enjoy OcAtober 😊🤗

Hope it's ok to post a very informal multiple choice survey here! I'm looking for people who started playing the ocarina because of The Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time! It's just one multiple choice question, but there's a place to talk about your experiences in more depth which would really help me out!

Hello, I’m new to the ocarina and I’ve been playing for a few weeks, and while I’m getting the hang of it pretty ok, I am finding myself feeling a bit limited by the instrument’s range. (I’m used to playing instruments with a much larger range of notes like the violin and piano)
I know I can transpose things to different keys to be able to play it, but some stuff sounds a bit off to me when I have to switch to another octave in the middle of a song because the instrument doesn’t reach as high or as low as I need to go.
I know there are double and triple chamber ocarinas, but I wanted to ask which one would be the easiest transition once I fully master the 12 hole C?

I don't have a metronome but I imagine it would do wonders for playing this song.

Old video from this summer of me playing the Rotter Bass C.

The song is called Molly Malone.

I really love the bass C but I happen to not play it very often because my hands get tired from the weight pretty quickly.

Let's enjoy our moths Ocatober together 🌻😊

Ocatober Day 11

Small snippet from today's newly written postludium for the family-mass :)

A short snippet of my title theme solo in my orchestra's recent video games themed concert. I got the ocarina just for this moment, my life in complete.

Featured is the Focalink Stein Rivo in blue 💙

Edit: Order placed! Thank you for your help everyone. I decided on the BC Double.

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I'm currently trying to figure out whether I'd prefer an ICO BC Double or Triple for my first multi-chamber.

The price difference is only ~10% more for triple which is no problem, but the weight is 50% more which seems substantial. I love the idea of having more range, but want something that's still confortable to play.

Coming from an AC Single, the highest notes are already a bit too shill for me, so I'm not sure the extra upper range is really something I'd want to use a lot.

I'm not knowledgeable or skilled enough for a multi just yet, but how I'm imagining playing one would be taking what I can already play on my single and just dropping it down an octave so the music isn't so shrill, while still getting some extra range to open up opportunity for new pieces.

All this leaves me thinking a BC Double probably makes the most sense, yet I have no experience with either. Is there something obvious I'm missing here? That it would be foolish to not just get the BC Triple, or even BC Single instead?

Lastly, looking at the fingering charts for these, I noted this piece of text that I can't understand the reason for, featured on the Single AC and Double BC, but not the Single BC or Triple BC: "Notes are written one octave lower than actual pitch."

Any thoughts what this means or where I'd go to learn more about it? I feel like it's something to do with transposing, which is something else I don't really understand just yet.

https://www.imperialcityocarina.com/images/cache/ac-double-x-fingering-chart.pdf

https://www.imperialcityocarina.com/images/cache/bc-triple-ext-fingering-chart-new.pdf

Thank you!

I'm an ex childhood transverse flute player whose teacher made them lose passion for the instrument.

I've been longing into playing a wind instrument again and stumbled upon ocarinas, I found this one (the Aria) that sounded easy to learn for someone with my profile.

Unfortunately I'm based in Italy and the listing on OcarinaKing EU results empty(?).

Does anyone know where I could go get myself one without paying 30 dollars + import tax from STL Ocarinas?

The SAPLING in F Major interests me too if I really can't find anything though I noticed the price on this side of the ocean looks to be incredibly inflated.

Any suggestions are welcome, consider me a complete novice

Ocatober Day 10

Lost Woods lost in the woods!

Honourable mention to my fiancée who filmed every video outdoors in 1°-4°C

So, I got an ocarina as a gift a while ago. A quick look through the sub showed me it is not a good one, which makes me feel a little better about how the high notes always sounded off 😅

I found it really nice and I was able to play a few simple nursery rhymes (not greatly, but enough for the song to be recognizable). I really wanted to learn more before making the decision to buy a better one, but I am a bit lost about the best way to learn

I never did any sort of music classes, I know nothing about notes or tones or anything related, if you give me a sheet music I will just stare at it blankly lmao

The fact that the most popular ocarina's song have fingering charts is what allowed me to start to learn, but I assume this is only a temporary solution and I will not be able to go much further without learning about music. What is the best path to start? What do I truly need to know before trying again? Are there any recommendations for videos or books that might help me?

I love this one on the soprano so much

I experimented with a sort of percussive articulation for the intro , definitely an interesting affect.

Keep on Ocatobering 🤪

I felt like learning to play the ocarina because of the Ocarina of Time remake, but I’d also like to learn to play it properly, not just for the game. So I’m looking for one with decent or good sound quality. I held this one in my hands, and it was made of porcelain or ceramic and cost around $20. I thought it was really beautiful. What do you guys think?

(The photos are just examples, please recommend any ocarina not just the one in the picture hehe)

With the release of the Ocarina of Time remake, I've decided to learn to play it, but I don't just want it to play the short songs from the game. I want to be able to play all kinds of music, so I need something with a decent or good sound, as well as access to a good number of notes.

For that same reason, I'd like the design to be as close as possible to the one from Ocarina of Time.

It would be my first ocarina, so my maximum budget is 60 dollars. It would be incredible if it were ceramic, but I don't want to spend 100 dollars before learning to play well, so any material is fine.

How many holes should it have?

It's important to mention that I'm not from the USA but from South America, so I can't access ocarinas that are only sold there :/ although you can still mention them, as long as you note that.

Thank you very much for your help :)

I got a night by noble AC ocarina. I’ve been playing some Zelda tunes. I’m enjoying it so far. When I recorded myself, I realized how airy my playing sounds especially in the last clip I really struggled with the high E and F. I’d really appreciate any advices.

Does anyone have any recommendations for ocarinas in the UK? I have seen lots on Amazon, eBay etc. I don't want to spend loads but equally don't want something completely out of tune! I am just planning on playing Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time songs on it.

Got this beauty in the mail today, gooosh...

Ocatober Day 9

Minuet of Forest

from Ocarina of Time

for Ocarina and Wagner-stream

After a lot of begging, the stream refused to lower its volume to be considerate of the balance, so we agreed to just record as is :) Playing in 4°C not reccommended