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Ocarina Quest

Can-can ocarina tabs

The galop in D, with F♯, C♯ and low A on the sub holes: quick notes and a leap from G up to high D.

Level
Intermediate
Time
2/4
Tempo
120 beats a minute
Length
16 bars
Notes
low AC♯DEF♯GABhigh D

The tabs

Read from left to right, as sheet music. Each note sits on the staff, with a picture of the ocarina under it: terracotta holes are covered, and the two small circles are the thumb holes. The note’s name is under the picture. A hollow head is a long note and a filled one a short one; a dot makes a note half as long again. For every fingering in detail, see the fingering chart.

Plays the tune at the ocarina’s own pitch.

low AEEF♯EDDF♯GBhigh DBBAA

The rest of Can-can is in the app

Ocarina Quest plays the whole song with you, listens while you play and shows which notes were off.

Coming soon to Google Play

About this song

Origin: Jacques Offenbach, Orpheus in the Underworld, 1858

Where it sits on the learning path

You can play this after the unit “C♯ and D♯” of the app’s course.