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Ocarina Quest

Sōran Bushi ocarina tabs

Seal the right sub hole (RS) for the two quick low Bs.

Level
Intermediate
Time
4/4
Tempo
100 beats a minute
Length
12 bars
Notes
low BDEGABhigh 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.

DEGBAGBAGAGDEGDEE

The rest of Sōran Bushi 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: Traditional fishermen’s song from Hokkaido, 19th century

Where it sits on the learning path

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