About Edelweiss#
Despite how traditional it sounds, this is not an Austrian folk song. Richard Rodgers wrote the music and Oscar Hammerstein II the words for the 1959 musical The Sound of Music, and it was the last lyric Hammerstein finished before his death. In the show a character sings it as a quiet farewell to his homeland, which is why it carries the flavor of an old alpine air.
The melody is gentle and moves mostly by step, which makes it a kind pick for the 6-hole ocarina. It stays between E and high D with no awkward leaps, so it rewards steady breath and even phrasing more than fast fingers.
Edelweiss Ocarina Tab#
| EE | G-del | D-weiss, | CE | G-del | F-weiss | |||
| EEve | E-ry | Emorn | F-ing | Gyou | Agreet | Gme | ||
| ESmall | Gand | Dwhite, | Cclean | Gand | Fbright | |||
| EYou | Glook | Ghap | A-py | Bto | Cmeet | Cme | ||
| DBlos | G-som | Gof | Bsnow | Amay | Gyou | Ebloom | Gand | Cgrow |
| ABloom | Cand | Dgrow | Cfor | B-e | A-ev | G-er | ||
| EE | G-del | D-weiss, | CE | G-del | F-weiss | |||
| EBless | Gmy | Ghome | A-land | Bfor | C-ev | C-er |