If I REALLY want to get the notes good the acute bend does just fine.Īs for the customer service, it was amazing. If I am playing for myself, the high notes are airy but the right tune when NOT using the acute bend. However, upon receiving a new replacement one, I can now play every note clear enough to my liking.
The first DT I got had a hard time with high notes, it required an inhuman acute bend, and was airy. If you don't know what that is, you should, seeing as how you have another 12 hole. The notes are harder to reach as you get harder, so you have to use the acute bend. I am artist, so it's eye candy to me XDDD The lacquer on the DT is amazing, so rainbowy and pretty, just like oil on a driveway or the colorful glare of a soap bubble. Everyone else I've read reviews of said they hated it, that it was very akward to hold, but it just takes some getting used to. It can be annoying to hold after maybe an hour of playing but that's it. I have pretty big hands with long fingers and wrists for a girl, so I like how spaced out the holes are and how it is held. But I am also a visual learner, so I may have a slight advantage when it comes to switching instruments.Īnyways, the ergonomics are not that amazing, ESPECIALLY if you have small fingers of hands, and shorter wrists. I played clarinet for eight years and caught on to my Dragontooth VERY quickly.
For a person with five or more years of playing some other instrument, it will be easy as pie. For a beginner with NO musical background at all, It will be harder. Yes, If you have the experience to play it. Maybe look into buying an ocarina in a key other than C, maybe a good 12 hole in G or F? However if im being honest i think you would be better off investing in a less ''flashy looking'' more ''performance orientated'' ocarina than the dragontooth. Thirdly it requires a lot of patience and good breath control to play in tune.Īs far as looks go i agree it has a very unique look/style and it certainly grabs your attention visually. Also the positioning of the left hand thumb hole is in a very odd place and i find it really uncomfortable. I'm not sure why the dragontooth has this backwards High D and E. Secondly the dragontooth has inverted thumb holes (you play the right thumb hole for high D and the left for high E).Įvery other ocarina i have played uses the left thumb for D and right thumb for E. I have plenty of those.Its not a very beginner friendly ocarina and has some unusal quirks.įirstly it has japanese subholes (both subs played by the right hand), some people do not like this subhole style, i myself hate it. you know? If Songbird could push the pitch down to the key of Bb, I would think about getting one, but not another C ocarina. It had good volume and the tone carried and such, but it was just another 12-hole Alto C. It starts with a legend about how the Dragon Tooth was discovered, a tale with mystical creatures, suprising challenges, transformations, and opportunities.
The ergonomics were a little tricky, and the left thumb was pushed really far to the left it wasn't necessarily uncomfortable, but it didn't feel stable in my hands. 7.00 841 items left Qty Add to Cart This is the book that is included with the Dragon Tooth Ocarina. It was one of Songbird's early Dragontooths (Dragonteeth?) though. I tried the Dragontooth around the same time as the Muse. That's at least what it seemed like when I got to try it. Only sad part about it is that the tone is too bold to the ears of the ocarinist to hear that wonderful sound texture while playing it. The Muse has a certain sound characteristic to it and no other ocarina sounds quite like it. It's a sculpted work of art with wonderful flowing and swirling forms, and the tone is deep, rich, and unique. It's certainly the best Songbird ocarina I've ever touched. I would go as far to claim that the Muse is the best ocarina that Songbird makes.
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