Night By Noble Plastic Ocarina Alto C Tone Black Rubber Finish

You're probably here because you've heard that Night by Noble is THE ocarina to buy. It's plastic, it's durable, it's NOT A SOPRANO, thank God, it's light with a slight grippiness, and it's got a smooth and even tone, great for beginners or for masters alike.YOU'VE REACHED IT. YOU'VE FOUND YOURSELF A NIGHT.All of the above is true. While a "master" at playing ocarina may find that this ocarina won't challenge them or that it's not specialized enough, that same master will probably laud the Night for being a fantastic instrument. It's relatively large (especially if you're used to a soprano), but it still fits in your hand; I recommend this ocarina STRONGLY to everyone, but especially for people with larger hands, like me, and people who can't abide loud, high-pitched noises for a long time--like me. Night will absolutely still play loudly and can reach some fairly high notes, but nothing like a wrong note on one of the piercing sopranos you can find. On top of that, Noble is such a well-known and reputable seller, and their instruments of such high quality, that it would honestly be hard to go wrong with this product. Whether you're interested in ocarina because of Legend of Zelda or because you saw it at the Renaissance Festival, you're a nerd (hey, I'm a nerd too--I play LoZ and I WORK at the local Ren Faire), but you're a nerd of good taste, and you should absolutely continue your tradition of good taste and purchase this ocarina. It is a bit spendier than some of the soprano ocarinas or some of the "Legend of Zelda duplicates" around, but it's definitely worth it. Instruments are one thing that you should invest in; you will usually get what you pay for. :) I own over 20 ocarinas and ocarina-like instruments, and this is still one of my very favorites of them all.

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 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