My FAVORITE Ocarina - Songbird Harmony Triple Review

The Songbird Harmony Triple is possibly my favorite ocarina. It balances range, intuitive harmony, amazing tone, and easy ergonomics into one complete package.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:37 About the Ocarina
01:23 Demos, Explanation, and How-to
06:30 Thoughts
08:02 Comparison
10:55 Rating and Review
13:15 Conclusion
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[@LouieOcarina]

Amazing review! I love your video quality a ton! Thanks for giving nice looking and sounding videos on these awesome ocarinas. Our small community needs stuff like this!

[@ocarinahero609]

Solid breakdown! Amazing ocarina. I hope to add it to my own sometime soon.

[@Justin28082]

It would be awesome if they made a plastic version.

[@BatFence]

You’re so good!

[@BigRigCreates]

Today I learned the hands in my profile pic are just tripple chamber ocarinas

[@Justin28082]

I bought this today thanks to your video. lol I always wanted a triple until I seen this. This is a very good compromise.

[@grauenritter9220]

I like to play the T and G flute exercises near the chamber switch points, and then play them in different combinations of chambers

[@atanas1817]

I am three months in learning the ocarina and I have learned a lot, my progress is scary but even though I am inexperienced I am going to get this ocarina as soon as I can. I really want to play it

[@gelflingmusic9428]

Fascinating. Thanks for the review. Wish you compared it to a double. so second chamber on double is different then? I love harmony so I'll be getting one and posting songs on it.

[@remensviel2342]

you need more subs

[@gausscone]

The reasoning is sound, but the circumstance suggests it's also really a match made in heaven. I'd lean towards setting it down in a padded display case and that's no dig on the quality of the instrument. On the first chamber's airy-sounding highs, though, do you find the acute bend improves the clarity? Mainly curious since I've seen some strange discourse about the technique.

[@PsychoMantisss]

Well I have a new dream. Get good enough at the ocarina and memorize enough songs to one day volunteer for a Songbird booth. Cause playing the ocarina and getting ocarinas is a win-win situation.

[@5thkiechannel]

Hi Andy thanks for the review! Just wanna know; how would you compare this to the Osawa triple AC?

[@AndyCormierYT]

I have never played an Osawa triple AC, so I wouldn't know! They'd be very different for sure, since the Osawa is focused on range extension, whereas the Songbird is focused on balancing range with harmony options

[@wyldelf2685]

​@@AndyCormierYT😸👍👍

[@justiclesxd6690]

Could you do reviews for song sheets, I've seen a bunch on STL but not sure which ones to go for.

[@diamondly6250]

I have a stl there just tabs but I see some pages from song bird and it seems like its tabs and sheet in one also they lower the price of shipping if its just song books unlike stl

[@savannahs.5874]

I recently bought one and I love it but I was curious if you know what the two lowest thumb holes are for?

[@matocarina]

I don't know about this exact model but I'm pretty sure it's the same as most multi-chambers, it's there for the manufacturer to tune the second and third chambers. so they're not meant to be covered

[@utzalb]

Do you have a hind ocarina?

[@wyldelf2685]

Hey Andy , were you beginning the "Ballad of the Wind Fish" from GB "ZELDA Link's Awakening " ???

[@johngonzalez9263]

FFFFIIIIRRRRSSSSTTTTTT!!!! Nice vid

[@KorokGenji]

I got this exact ocarina, but im having trouble holding it, got any tips? Im trying to play it like a single chamber

[@KorokGenji]

Found out that i was putting my right thumb where the sound comes out cuz i thought it was a thumbole 💀

[@Fakenit66]

Why can't I find many double ocarina's for sale? Songbird and STL don't have a wide selection, and the ones they do have are ornate or fragile. I've yet to see a single plastic double ocarina for sale for people who are just learning to play a double ocarina. Do you know of any? Also, why are there no wooden ocarina's for sale?

[@AndyCormierYT]

Off the top of my head, I don't know any plastic double ocarinas, but if you want a quality ceramic one that's far less expensive than others, I'd look into Imperial City Ocarinas. And wood warps / is harder to make ocarinas out of, so in most cases wood ocarinas are either extremely expensive (if they're good) or out of tune

[@yannick-tripleocarina6960]

Triple Jiegle plastic alto C

[@_akrabu]

Great review! Question... since it has the same effective range as a double, what's the benefit of the Harmony compared to, say, the Spencer Virtuoso Double??

[@AndyCormierYT]

Similar to the virtuoso, overlapping notes between chambers can make certain songs a LOT easier to play when there are fast runs in the "border" between chambers. The harmony is also designed to provide a lot of harmony options. Since most songs *don't* need the full range of a triple ocarina, the harmony basically cuts range to add flexibility

[@_akrabu]

@@AndyCormierYT Thanks! Hmm, would there be a reason to get the Virtuoso over the Harmony? (provided Spencer starts selling them again haha)

[@KorokGenji]

Hey i wanted to know when im gonna be using the 2 bottom holes towards the tip

[@AndyCormierYT]

Other than the 3rd chamber's thumb hole, you won't-they're just for tuning

[@KorokGenji]

@@AndyCormierYT like the flat holes? That go a half tone down? What exactly is tuning on an ocarina?

[@Starrfold]

I’ve recently been considering the jump to a double chamber ocarina but now that I’ve seen your vid reviews I’m leaning more toward the ultimate jump to a triple… any reason not to? As I’m 2 years into this instrument (12-hole alto C key) with a decade of flute/piccolo experience, I’m wondering what the benefits of Songbird triple vs double are and which I should choose. Thanks!

[@sharkwang1542]

I don’t play any wind instruments but I’d imagine the main difference is just difficulty. Anything you could play on a 2 you could play on a 3 (probably). Maybe you sacrifice tone but idk, but w/ 10 years flute experience you’d probably crush the triple in no time

[@tylerinfinity1317]

You said you play the bass what? Anokamunda?

[@AndyCormierYT]

Probably "in Ocabanda" - Ocabanda being the ocarina ensemble I play in

[@Donjosue]

Im not the biggest fan of songbird but I NEED THAT OCARINA!!!!