Night By Noble Plastic Ocarina Alto C Tone Black Rubber Finish

I don’t know if I’m a good choice to review this, as I’m not a pro ocarina player. But I do play flutes and other wind instruments and have a feel for something that has a decent quality . This is a solid little instrument with good relative pitch. I say relative pitch because I have yet to see how it can or even should be played in the pitch suggested (A). I’ve heard it is not tuned to 440mhz, but to my ears this instrument seems to sing its clearest best resonating pitches at somewhere drastically far off from this frequency .. not even close.. but regardless of its failure to fit within a standard pitch model, I think the pitches sound great in relationship to each other on this ocarina… that’s far more important in my opinion . Perhaps other instruments can be tuned to match it in an ensemble, rather than the other way around, if needed.. it’s a fantastic instrument to learn on, and the quality of its tone is really really good. For the high quality tone and the fact that it’s plastic and virtually indestructible , I give this my vote for best affordable ocarina that I can find out there in a cheaper budget

The media could not be loaded. I collect ocarinas, and I've been playing ocarina's for the last 14 years. While I do not claim to be an expert, I do have a pretty good ear for sound quality. Plastic Ocarinas are a kind of tricky, because you may have multiple of the same price point with very different sound quality. I would say this Ocarina is probably one of my best sounding ocarina's. I pulled it out of the box, was skeptical, start playing it and instantly fell in love with it. If you're looking for a good budget Ocarina for your first or just to add to your collection, this is a great one to pick. It holds its notes well, doesnt required a drastic change in air preassure, and th highest and lowest notes still hold up well. I will be playing this a lot!! The video sound quality is not the best because i dont have a good microphone and does not reflect the true sound of the instrument.

Look no further, I’ve done all the research for you!This ocarina is perfect for all stagesLong story short, I’d done a TON of research before buying an ocarina because there are so many out there and most Amazon brands are badly out of tune. (Seriously do NOT buy a ceramic ocarina from Amazon. Yes they are cheap but they are out of tune ((the only one that could be an ok option is the blue and white painted ZRAGEK ocarina $27) if you’re going to get a ceramic ocarina, (and I’m sure you’ve heard this before) buy from STL ocarina or Songbird (both have a very good reputation from ocarina musicians. However they are more costly so I decided I’d just go for a plastic ocarina.The Night By Noble is what I ended up with because it was like the BEST suggested plastic ocarina by COUNTLESS ocarina players. I had wanted to get a ceramic but I’m so happy I bought the night by noble instead. I’ve dropped this thing so many times and if I’d invested $60-$100 for a good in-tune ocarina it would be in a 100 pieces on the floor by now 😅This is my FIRST ever ocarina and it’s easy to hold.Looks/feel: Super cool feeling finish, it’s like matte almost and soft making it look like ceramic. ⚠️Does attract fingerprints easily (so I wouldn’t use it as a murder weapon) easy to hold and it’s quite comfy. Has indents for the middle finger sub-holeSound: PERFECTLY in-tune. Kinda loud but beautiful sounding 🥹When I first got it, I didn’t know the correct way to play a scale so I was doing everything sorta backwards and I thought the ocarina was out of tune but that was just me 🫣 so DON’T just wing it and try to learn totally on your own. Please WATCH a video, it helped me SO much there’s a lady named Gina on YouTube who teaches ocarina (amongst many other people) and she does a great job teaching the notes(I tried uploading a video of me playing but it won’t let me)

I'm not sure how many people love Ocarinas, but if you're interested in playing a new instrument and have never played a wind instrument before you might want to start with a flute instead. a simple one like the Dizi or other simple keyed instrument.This is a keyed instrument, in that like the western style flute it's 'keyed' to the lowest note it can play I think, but I mean by simple flute one that only has 6 finger holes, and cannot make sounds outside of the Major key it's made for.Trying to learn how to play this ended up being not worth the effort for me, and I'm sticking to my Dizi and Xiao. The Irish tin flute and Native American styles are the same idea. 6 finger holes mean easier to play. This has ten major finger holes and 2 alternate fingering holes above the middle finger placements. It is designed to play the entire range of notes for one entire octave only, making it more limited in my opinion than the 2 octave (but less possible notes per octave) Dizi flute configuration.

This oc is absolutely amazing for the price every single YouTuber and lesson I saw online recommended this oc and still I tried to buy another cheap one because I was scared the plastic would hurt its sound. I was SO wrong. This oc is super easy to play for beginners, looks sleek and is lightweight. Sounds like a bonnified instrument for half of not left the cost. And I was worried the plastic would smell funky of feel weird but it is wonderful! The matte finish feels smooth to the touch absolutely love this product nothing bad to say.