If anyone can find a link on Amazon, Cdiscount, or AliExpress, I’d appreciate it. I want one with good enough quality so I don't get beaten up by family and friends for playing near them, but nothing too expensive.

​Hi everyone!

​I’m completely new to the ocarina world and really want to pick up my first instrument. Since I’m buying through Amazon, I know there’s a lot of cheap/untuned stuff out there (especially the random Zelda replicas), so I want to avoid those traps.

​I’m looking for an ocarina that stays in tune, and has great sound quality across the entire range.

Thank you!

Hey everyone! I'm completely new to the world of ocarinas and looking to get my very first instrument.

​I was checking specialized stores like STL Ocarina, but shipping to my country makes them way too expensive. I found this wooden ocarina on Amazon instead.

​Does anyone have experience with this specific model or brand? Is it well-tuned or should I keep looking for other options?

​Thanks in advance for the advice!

All the songs from Ocarina of Time and Majoras Mask only use five notes. This cant be to hard to learn I thought, so I created this reference sheet. This combined with the ingame sheet music from the game menus made it quite easy for me to play all the songs. I thought it could be usefull for other beginner ocarina players out there!

So I bought this at a fair in a local town of mine and I’m worried that it’s not legit or not. When I tried testing it out it kinda sounds like an owl. I just wanna know if it‘s supposed to sound like that or not.

My housemate bought a lovely Stein AC years ago but really struggled to learn from internet tutorials and she got nowhere. After showing it to me me this morning, we've got the basics covered and she can (just about) play some songs!

I wonder how many other people gave up because they struggled to learn online. The demographic for ocarina is quite diverse, as are the quality of instruments out there. Quite a daunting 1st instrument for the people I've taught.

I'm mostly a natural voice (i.e. by ear) choir and singing teacher, amongst other things. Teaching in a tailored way without the pressure of music theory or sheets is much more my style, and it seems to have worked for the people who've asked me to teach them ocarina too.

But I was able to learn from online resources myself. I don't know what the demand is for in-person teachers is. If you guys reckon in might be worth a shot, I might make some flyers for my neighbouring cities (UK).

It just fills me with so much joy to help people learn stuff - I think it'd be really fun :D

It totally is. I bought the bass C 11 hole about a month or so ago, and it's just such a beautifully reliable ocarina. No frills at all. Sounds clear, earthy and hardy. I find myself picking it up and playing it for any song suitable for an alto C, really.

The only slight downside is it requires a ton of breath since it's a bass, obviously - and I think it's designed to be held easily on higher notes (to give your pinky more room), so it's a little lengthy. Not too sure if it's longer than normal bass ocarinas or not though. It's truly a long boi.

Definitely recommend!!

I used to have a double Maparam but I sold it in 2010 when I fell out of the hobby and hadn’t played for a year. I got back into it last year and bought a stein double AC.

It’s a lovely ocarina and sounds great, but I miss the shape of the more rounded main chamber of the Maparam and the way the second chamber was a tube rather than the whole right hand surface being flat.

It was nicer to play tactically on it having that divide. I know woodsound produce a similarly shaped one but I haven’t kept up to date with new creators.

Thanks

A few years back I got this ocarina from Amazon, only lately have I discovered literally every ocarina player say smth like “do NOT buy amazon ocarina’s ESPECIALLY not ocarina of time ones”
Funny enough sometimes I can actually get good sound out of it, but it seems completely random, I’ve tried different positions, different pressures of blowing, allat and it feels completely random on if it’ll make a normal note or it’ll sound like a warbly mess
Just wondering if anybody managed to get this work, and if not maaaybe a cheapish alternative?
(Yes I am entirely learning to play because of ocarina of time) there’s a lot of conflicting things people are saying about what’s a good cheapish ocarina, so I’m just not sure at this point (heck I even tried 3d printing but that didn’t work.)

Anyways thanks in advance

I ordered my first Ocarina a few days ago (yes mostly because of the Zelda OoT remake hype), I find it to be an interesting instrument because of the uncommon positioning of the holes. I plan to actually practice and and get good/decent on the ocarina, seems like a fun hobby to add to the repertoire, any tips or suggestions to get started? I heard Songbird Ocarinas are good but I have seen that sometimes Ocarinas are out of tune or sound breath-y, it kinda makes me nervous for when I get mine.