![]() In that department, Songbird is the clear winner, no doubt. That is why appearance of these ocarinas is more important to those who are Zelda fans. I always express my view that sound is more important than appearance when it comes to music instruments, but in the case of Zelda ocarinas, they are not only instruments, but also props from a game and collector's items. ![]() "STL" Zelda ocarina, nor a Songbird Zelda ocarina, so I don't know how they play (but I'm not very impressed by either of them from the sound clips on the internet - they sound pretty weak and their tuning seems to be not the best). That said, I haven't tried a TNG/WPN i.e. I'd consider everything else in between to be moderate. Hind and Menaglio - they are both on the extreme edge of comfortable - first one to the low volume and breath and the second to the high volume and breath. I'm not sure what you consider moderate, but I can tell you which ocarinas are not moderate: IMO, more music is suitable for rising breathed ocarinas than even breathed ocarinas and I think this is because quite a bit of ocarina music was written for instruments that have louder high notes or written with the human voice in mind. Sadly neither the Songbird nor the STL replica are moderate ocarinas though I find the STL to be a much closer moderate and more versatile than the completely even-breathed Songbird. I am sure we disagree one what makes a moderate ocarina but I think we can agree on the concept of moderate. I think we could all universally agree that a "moderate" ocarina would be more versatile than an "immoderate" ocarina. I know it is a small thing but I'd rather be left to express my own opinions rather than depend on your clumsy interpretations of what I write. The use of the word "moderate" kind of defines itself as not extreme either way which would naturally lead to a conclusion of more versatility. Nowhere have I said that an immoderate ocarina is more versatile than a moderate ocarina. I'd appreciate it if in the future you'd try to avoid misrepresenting my views. Thus, my views differ from Ocarinadiva's. Kissing wrote:I find that having moderate rising breath allows more flexibility and versatility to adapt to more kinds of songs, rather than having a narrower spectrum of songs that sound right with a strong rising breath. But still, they look pretty small in the new pictures.) There are photos showing that you could hardly fit a pin through one of them (however, they may have changed the subhole design a bit since then. ![]() ![]() STL's are imported in mass from overseas.Īnd the STL Zelda replica have one of the worst track records for uncomfortable subholes. The STL looks too much like their regular ocarinas (with the same blue finish) modified to have the triforce. I cannot lie with my eyes, the Songbird seems better made as a replica. If it was my choice, I'd go for the Songbird. That is my taste in ocarinas and musical style. I personally find ocarinas that have a rising breath not as extreme as STL's to be the ones I can play with the most potential to be expressive. I find that having moderate rising breath allows more flexibility and versatility to adapt to more kinds of songs, rather than having a narrower spectrum of songs that sound right with a strong rising breath. I'd rather listen to a cat dying that listen to Epona's song or Zelda's lullaby on a strong rising breath ocarina like most from SLT. In fact, for many songs (in my experience), a rising breath ocarina is quite unsuitable, and ruins the mood of the song. Since when were "expressive" songs all loud on the high notes. With me, it's how you utilise an ocarina for what kinds of music that determines expressiveness. Maparam and Woodsound (and reportedly, Pacchioni) also have more moderate rising breath, rather than the harsh rising breath like STL. I have developed to prefer more 'balanced' ocarinas, like those of Songbird, Panch and Focalink. Man (or woman) cannot live on volume and rising breath alone. I disagree that a louder, higher rising breath ocarina is necessarily more "expressive".
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