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Ocarina Quest

Inverted Song of Time ocarina tabs (Zelda)

The Song of Time backwards: F, a long D, then A.

Level
Beginner
Time
4/4
Tempo
80 beats a minute
Length
2 bars
Notes
DFA

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.

FDAFDA

Now play it.

Ocarina Quest listens while you play, waits for each note and shows you which ones were off.

Coming soon to Google Play

About this song

Origin: Played on the in-game ocarina in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (Nintendo, 2000); only the short sequence is shown

In the game

In Majora’s Mask it slows time down.

Buttons: C-down · A · C-right · C-down · A · C-right

The tricky spot

The same notes as the Song of Time in a different order, so do not play it from habit.

Where it sits on the learning path

You can play this after the unit “A and B” of the app’s course.

More songs from Majora’s Mask

All Zelda ocarina songs

The Legend of Zelda is a trademark of Nintendo. Ocarina Quest is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo. Only the short in-game ocarina sequences are shown; the full themes are Nintendo’s.