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Ocarina Quest

Nocturne of Shadow ocarina tabs (Zelda)

B and A, then four quick notes A, D, B, A, and a long F.

Level
Easy
Time
4/4
Tempo
70 beats a minute
Length
2 bars
Notes
DFAB

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.

BAADBAF

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: Ocarina of Time (Nintendo, 1998); only the short sequence is shown

In the game

In Ocarina of Time it takes Link to the Graveyard.

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

The tricky spot

Four quick notes in a row (A, D, B, A) sit between two slow ones, so count them evenly.

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 Ocarina of Time

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.