[{"content":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs is a free library of ocarina tablature for the 6-hole (pendant) ocarina. Every song is a plain HTML table you can read with or without JavaScript; turn sound on to hear each note as you hover. There are no accounts, no ads (currently), and no tracking, just tabs. We do track aggregate statics, dns queries, scans, and various anonymous usage and speed metrics.\nHow this site is built (and why it is different)\r#\rMost sites are WordPress running on a rented server. That stack needs constant security patching, leans on PHP and a stack of plugins, can be slow under load, and costs money every month whether anyone visits or not. This site takes the opposite approach: it is a set of pre-built HTML files served straight from a global content-delivery network. There is no server to break into, no database to leak, no plugins to patch, and nothing to go down at 2am. Below is what that decision buys a reader, and the work that went into it. None of this is required to enjoy the tabs, but a lot of care is behind them, so here it is in plain sight.\nEvery song works with JavaScript turned off\r#\rThe tablature is a real HTML table in the page. Note letters, SVG finger charts, and lyrics are all in the delivered markup, so a screen reader, a text-only browser, a search engine, or a phone on a weak connection gets the entire song. JavaScript only adds the extras: the hover-to-play sound and the note highlight. Switch it off and nothing you need to learn the song disappears. This is the single most important design choice on the site, and everything else is built to protect it.\nAccessibility, held to a real standard (WCAG 2.1 AA)\r#\rAccessibility here is treated as a requirement, not a nicety, and the site targets WCAG 2.1 Level AA (the benchmark US web-accessibility law points at). Concretely:\nEvery playable note cell is operable by keyboard, not just the mouse, with a visible focus outline and no keyboard trap. Each note is named for assistive technology (for example \u0026ldquo;C5 - A\u0026rdquo;), so a screen-reader user hears the note, not a shrug. State is never shown by color alone; an active note also changes shape and weight, and users who ask their system for reduced motion get no animation. Sound is an enhancement only. It never autoplays, and the note name is always present as text, so no information is carried by sound alone. Text and controls meet AA contrast in both the light and dark themes. There is a dedicated accessibility statement with a working way to report any barrier. These are not claims on trust. An automated axe-core plus keyboard test suite checks the song pages, the editor, and the contact form on every change, so an accidental regression is caught before it ships.\nFast, because it carries almost nothing\r#\rSpeed comes from sending less, not from a caching trick bolted on afterward:\nFinger charts are SVG line drawings, not photos or PNGs. They stay razor-sharp at any zoom and weigh next to nothing. Note sounds are synthesized in the browser on demand. There are no MP3 or WAV files to download. No song page ships a single binary media file. There is no front-end framework and no heavy JavaScript bundle; the site uses only what Hugo produces. The build itself trims the fat: Hugo minifies the CSS and JavaScript (strips every comment, space, and line break) and bundles many small files into one, so the browser makes fewer, smaller requests. The result is the compact .min files the site actually ships. Third-party requests are kept to the minimum, both for speed and for privacy. Those minified assets are fingerprinted (their name includes a hash of their contents), so a browser can cache them forever and safely, yet a change ships instantly under a new name. Pages are delivered from Netlify\u0026rsquo;s global CDN, close to the reader. See for yourself: test this site on Google PageSpeed Insights.\nLocked down (security headers and HTTPS)\r#\rThe site sends the full set of security response headers that hardening scanners look for:\nHTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), including subdomains, so browsers only ever connect over HTTPS. A strict Content-Security-Policy that whitelists exactly what may load and upgrades any insecure request. X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy, and a tight Permissions-Policy that switches off device APIs the site does not use (camera, microphone, geolocation, and the rest). Because there is no server-side code, no PHP, and no database in the request path, the classic WordPress attack surface simply is not here. DNS is managed at Cloudflare, and HTTPS is enforced end to end. You do not have to take this on faith: scan the live site on securityheaders.com to see the headers it returns.\nFindable (SEO and structured data, done properly)\r#\rEach song page carries valid JSON-LD structured data (a MusicComposition record), so search engines understand it is a piece of music, not a random web page. Pages use a correct, single-H1 heading structure (H1, H2, H3) that both readers and crawlers can follow. A truthful sitemap.xml lists every page, with last-modified dates derived from the actual Git history rather than guessed. An llms.txt file offers a clean, plain-text map of the site to AI assistants. Every page ships a genuine meta description, and each song has a unique, human-written background introduction rather than filler. Related songs are generated automatically from each song\u0026rsquo;s category, so the internal linking stays honest and complete. Search performance is monitored directly in Google Search Console (an owner-only dashboard, so there is no public link to share here).\nSee where the pages rank\r#\rThe site already ranks at the top of Google for its own name. Here is the result for the head term this whole library targets:\nThis site at the top of Google for its head term, \"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs.\" Rankings vary by location and change over time. Individual songs are built the same way, to win the exact search a real person types (a specific long-tail query like \u0026ldquo;song of time 6 hole ocarina tab\u0026rdquo;) rather than fighting a broad, generic term. Run one and see where this site lands. Results vary by location and shift over time, so treat it as a live check rather than a fixed claim, and the same structured data and llms.txt that feed classic search also help AI answers (Google\u0026rsquo;s AI Overviews and assistants like ChatGPT) surface and cite the right page:\nSong of Time - run the search Zelda\u0026rsquo;s Lullaby - run the search Amazing Grace - run the search Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - run the search Moved off WordPress without breaking a link\r#\rThe site is a straight lift-and-shift from the original WordPress site: every song keeps the exact same web address it had before. That parity is deliberate and strict, so old bookmarks, shared links, and search-engine rankings all keep working the day the new site goes live, with no chain of clumsy redirects in the way. The handful of redirects that do exist are tidy, permanent (301) ones for a few genuinely relocated pages and for the old category and tag archive paths, handled cleanly at the CDN rather than bolted on in code.\nThe move also unlocked the good parts of a modern static toolchain (Hugo):\nA custom 404 page that, instead of a dead end, points a lost visitor to search, the melody categories, and the homepage. Fast client-side search across the whole library, with no search server to run. Clean, permanent redirects for the small set of pages that genuinely moved, so nothing 404s that used to resolve. Private by design\r#\rNo accounts. No ads. No third-party analytics or tracking scripts following you around. The site does not need to know who you are to hand you a tab.\nA contact form with no server and no middleman\r#\rThe contact form still avoids a server and avoids handing your message to a third-party form host. A submission goes to a small serverless function (a Cloudflare Worker) that stores it in a database the site owner controls and sends a notification by email through Amazon SES. Spam is filtered with Cloudflare Turnstile rather than a puzzle that annoys real people, and if you have JavaScript off there is still a plain email fallback so you are never locked out.\nPrint a clean tab sheet\r#\rA dedicated print stylesheet means the browser Print command gives you a tidy practice sheet: the site navigation, sharing controls, and page furniture drop away, the title and tab stay, finger charts print as clear black-on-white, and the layout tries to keep each note (its letter, chart, and lyric) from splitting across a page break.\nBuilt from reusable pieces, not copy-and-paste\r#\rAnything that repeats across the site is written once and reused everywhere, using Hugo\u0026rsquo;s shortcodes and shared templates. The contact form, the auto-updating song count, the related songs at the foot of each page, the sitemap, the structured data, and the support buttons are each a single component that every page pulls in. Drop a short tag like the contact one into a page and the whole form appears, wired up and consistent. The practical payoff: a change made in one place updates every page at once, there is no stale copy of the same code drifting out of sync, and there is no risk that page 40 is subtly different from page 4. It is the opposite of the WordPress habit of pasting a widget or a tracking snippet into dozens of pages by hand.\nBacked up and guarded against regressions\r#\rThe whole site lives in version control and is backed up on GitHub, so its full history is recoverable. The automated test suite mentioned above does double duty as a regression guard: each accessibility feature and each important route is pinned by a test, so a future edit cannot quietly break something that used to work.\nA built-in tablature editor\r#\rBeyond the song library, the site includes a browser-based tablature editor for composing and sharing your own 6-hole snippets. Like everything else, it is plain JavaScript with no build step and no account required.\n\u0026ldquo;Looks plain\u0026rdquo; is a choice, not a limit\r#\rA fast, text-first page can read as plain, and that is deliberate: every kilobyte not spent on decoration is a page that loads sooner and stays accessible. But nothing here forces a plain look. The design is driven by a mature, highly configurable theme (Blowfish), and its appearance is set in configuration, not baked into the pages.\nAny look you want\r#\rColors, fonts, spacing, the header, the menus, and the homepage style are all settings. This site uses a custom warm color scheme (burnt orange on slate) defined in a single small file; swapping it for a different palette, a photo-led hero, big featured images, a card grid, or a completely different homepage layout is a configuration change, not a rebuild. You can go as visual as you like, including graphics and imagery, without disturbing the fast, secure foundation underneath. Plain is simply the setting chosen here.\nIt already looks right on a phone\r#\rThe layout is responsive from the start: it adapts from a wide desktop down to a narrow phone, switches between light and dark automatically, and the wide tab tables scroll inside their own frame so they never blow out the page or force sideways scrolling, even at small sizes or high zoom. There is no separate mobile site to maintain.\nShare buttons, built in\r#\rEvery article carries a row of share buttons (X, Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram, email, and more) so a reader can pass a song along in one tap. Which networks appear is a single list in the configuration, on or off in seconds. It is the kind of feature people expect, and it is here without a plugin.\nTips and payments\r#\rThe support buttons at the foot of each page (a tip jar or \u0026ldquo;buy me a coffee,\u0026rdquo; a song request, and a hire-me link) come from one small list of URLs. Point them at Ko-fi, a Stripe or PayPal link, or any donation or checkout page and the button updates everywhere; leave one blank and it simply disappears, so there are never dead links. Taking tips or payments does not require a store plugin or a database.\nWhat this really means for a site owner\r#\rThe technology is only interesting because of what it does for the person who owns the site. Here is the bottom line, in plain terms.\nThe WordPress trap\r#\rThis is not a hypothetical. Before this rebuild, the site itself ran on WordPress, and a very old Perl CGI scripts, on a paid virtual server. That older tech stack was insecure, did not scale, and was never free. It is exactly the setup being left behind, so it is worth being specific about why it is a liability.\nA typical WordPress site is a live program running on a rented server, backed by a database, extended by plugins, and reachable at a public address with an admin login. That convenience has a standing cost:\nIt is a moving target for attackers. WordPress core, its theme, and every plugin need security updates, and a single missed patch or a weak password on the login page is how most small sites get defaced, injected with spam, or held for ransom. It needs ongoing care. Updates, backups, broken plugins after an update, and the occasional hacked-site cleanup are a recurring chore or a recurring bill. It costs money whether or not anyone visits, and it can slow to a crawl exactly when a page gets popular and the traffic spikes because of the way most people host wordpress sites (cheaply). A single wordpress server running on apache simply cannot scale like a static CDN tech stack can. Hugo has plugins just like wordpress, and a thriving ecosystem of safe, fast, secure plugins. The payoff here\r#\rThis site removes the whole category of problem rather than managing it:\nThere is nothing running to hack. The live site is just finished HTML files. No admin login, no plugins, no database in front of visitors, so the common WordPress attack does not apply. There is almost nothing to maintain. No security-patch treadmill, no plugin conflicts, no surprise \u0026ldquo;your site was hacked\u0026rdquo; email. It is faster for everyone and it does not buckle under a traffic spike, because a global CDN simply hands out the same pre-built file to everyone, caching large portions of output. Server usage is offloaded to client javascript where possible, further enabling greater scale. It is cheap to keep online, and it stays online. For a site owner that is the difference between renting a machine you must guard forever and owning a set of files that just work.\nSecurity and speed from an invisible origin\r#\rVisitors never touch a server that belongs to this site. They reach the nearest edge of a global CDN, which hands back a file that was built ahead of time. The source lives in a private code repository (GitHub) and is compiled and published automatically (Netlify); the machine that builds it is not exposed to the public at all. There is no public server address to probe, no login page to brute-force, no database port to find. Compared with a WordPress box sitting at a fixed public IP with an open admin page, the attackable surface is effectively gone, and because the CDN caches the files worldwide, the site is both safer and faster at the same time.\nWhat it actually costs to run\r#\rRough figures, because prices change, but the shape is the point:\nHosting: served from a CDN on a free tier that comfortably covers a site like this. No monthly server bill. The previous WordPress and Perl CGI setup ran on a virtual server at about $10 a month, paid every month whether the site had one visitor or a thousand. Contact and notification email: Amazon SES includes a free tier for the first year (a few thousand emails a month at no charge). After that it is about $0.10 per 1,000 emails, so even 100,000 emails in a month is roughly $10. For comparison, mainstream email platforms (Mailchimp and similar) bill by list size and volume; at 100,000 emails a month they commonly run from tens to several hundred dollars a month, often many times the SES cost, for the same delivery. So the everyday cost of this site is close to zero, and even scaled up to serious email volume it stays a rounding error next to a typical marketing-email subscription plus a managed WordPress host.\nMaintained a smarter way\r#\rBecause the entire site is plain text (the content, the templates, and the settings all live as readable files in one code repository), an AI coding assistant like Claude Code can read every page, template, and configuration file at once and reason about the whole site together. A request like \u0026ldquo;document the technical features on the About page\u0026rdquo; or \u0026ldquo;check every song page for a broken heading\u0026rdquo; can be carried out consistently across the site in one pass, then previewed locally, checked by the automated test suite, saved to version history, and published automatically. This very page was updated that way.\nThat is a different world from WordPress, where the content sits in a database behind an admin screen, edits are made one page at a time by clicking through a dashboard, plugins are updated by hand, and every change goes straight to the live site with no preview and no automatic test. Here, changes are fast, reviewable, reversible, and safe by default.\nWho made this\r#\rThis site was designed, built, and is maintained by James, the developer behind Digital Crunch. The goal was a small, free resource that also quietly does the engineering right: accessible, fast, secure, private, and durable, on hosting that costs almost nothing to keep running. If you want a site that works like this one, that is exactly the kind of work Digital Crunch does.\nQuestions or a song request? Get in touch.\n","date":"14 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/about/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs is a free library of ocarina tablature for the 6-hole (pendant) ocarina. Every song is a plain HTML table you can read with or without JavaScript; turn sound on to hear each note as you hover. There are no accounts, no ads (currently), and no tracking, just tabs. We do track aggregate statics, dns queries, scans, and various anonymous usage and speed metrics.\n","title":"About","type":"page"},{"content":"Every song on this site is written as ocarina tablature, not as engraved sheet music. This page explains what that means, how to read our tabs, and where they part ways with formal music notation, so you know exactly what you are looking at.\nTablature, notation, and sheet music\r#\rStandard music notation puts notes on a five-line staff. Where a note sits tells you its pitch, and its shape (whole note, half note, quarter note, and so on) tells you how long to hold it. A key signature at the start handles the sharps and flats for the whole piece. Reading it fluently takes practice.\nTablature is a shortcut. Instead of asking you to decode a staff, it shows you what to do with the instrument. For the 6-hole ocarina that means a finger chart: a small picture of the instrument with the holes you cover filled in and the holes you leave open drawn as outlines. Play the shape, get the note. Our tabs pair each finger chart with the note\u0026rsquo;s letter name and, where a song has words, the syllable that lands on that note.\nHow to read a tab on this site\r#\rRead a tab left to right, top to bottom, like words on a page. Each cell is one note and shows three things:\nThe note letter (C, D, E, and so on), with a sharp or flat when it applies. The finger chart: filled circles are holes you cover, open circles are holes you leave uncovered. The lyric syllable for that note, when the song has lyrics. A blank cell is a rest, a short silence. A new row is a new line of the melody. Turn sound on and hover a note to hear it played on an alto ocarina, so you can learn a phrase by ear and then match it with your fingers.\nWhat our tabs are not\r#\rOur tabs are a learning aid, meant to get you playing by ear or by reading, not a faithful copy of formal notation. A trained musician will notice some deliberate simplifications:\nRhythm is not written. Real notation gives each note a duration; our tabs show the notes in order but do not tell you how long to hold each one. Use a recording, or the lyrics, to feel the timing. Accidentals are spelled on every note. Formal notation sets sharps and flats once in the key signature and leaves them off the individual notes; we mark the sharp or flat right on each note so a beginner never has to track a key signature. The staff picture is a guide, not an engraving. The little staff we draw under each finger chart shows roughly where the pitch sits so you start to connect a note to its place on the staff. It is there to teach the shape of reading, not to stand in for a professionally engraved score. If you are learning to read real sheet music, treat these tabs as training wheels: they get the tune into your hands and ears, and the note letters and staff pictures start building the reading habit. When you want the full detail of rhythm and key, reach for an engraved score of the piece.\nQuestions about a tab, or spot something wrong? Get in touch.\n","date":"11 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/how-to-read-ocarina-tabs/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"Every song on this site is written as ocarina tablature, not as engraved sheet music. This page explains what that means, how to read our tabs, and where they part ways with formal music notation, so you know exactly what you are looking at.\n","title":"How to Read 6-Hole Ocarina Tabs","type":"page"},{"content":"Build 6-hole ocarina tablature right in your browser. Click a note on the staff to add it, use the sharp and flat toggle for accidentals, and hear each note as you place it. Add rests and line breaks, type a syllable of lyrics under any note, then preview the finished tab exactly as it appears on a song page. The editor never uploads anything: the whole piece lives in your browser and in the share link you choose to copy.\nThis editor needs JavaScript to compose, play, and share tablature. Please enable JavaScript to use it. Published song pages still read as plain HTML tables without JavaScript. ","date":"11 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-tablature-editor/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"Build 6-hole ocarina tablature right in your browser. Click a note on the staff to add it, use the sharp and flat toggle for accidentals, and hear each note as you place it. Add rests and line breaks, type a syllable of lyrics under any note, then preview the finished tab exactly as it appears on a song page. The editor never uploads anything: the whole piece lives in your browser and in the share link you choose to copy.\n","title":"Ocarina Tablature Editor","type":"editor"},{"content":" About 3 Blind Mice\r#\rThree Blind Mice is one of the oldest printed rounds in the English language. A version appears in Thomas Ravenscroft\u0026rsquo;s collection Deuteromelia, published in London in 1609, meaning people have been singing it for more than four hundred years. Like other rounds it is built for overlapping voices, and its lyrics are famously grim for a children\u0026rsquo;s song, with the farmer\u0026rsquo;s wife and her carving knife.\nOn the six-hole ocarina the tune covers a full octave from low C to high C. The tumbling three-note opening keeps returning, so once that little falling figure is under your fingers, much of the melody is already familiar.\n3 Blind Mice Ocarina Tab\r#\rEThree DBlind CMice EThree DBlind CMice GSee FHow FThey ERun GSee FHow FThey ERun GThey CAll CRan BAf- Ater BThe CFar- Gmers GWife GShe CCut COff CTheir BTails AWith BA CCar- Gving GKnife GHave CYou CEver BSeen ASuch BA CSight GIn GYour GLife FAs EThree DBlind CMice ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/3-blind-mice/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About 3 Blind Mice\r#\rThree Blind Mice is one of the oldest printed rounds in the English language. A version appears in Thomas Ravenscroft’s collection Deuteromelia, published in London in 1609, meaning people have been singing it for more than four hundred years. Like other rounds it is built for overlapping voices, and its lyrics are famously grim for a children’s song, with the farmer’s wife and her carving knife.\n","title":"3 Blind Mice","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/6-hole-ocarina-lessons/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"6 Hole Ocarina Lessons","type":"categories"},{"content":" How to play 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 1 (C,D) on the ocarina\r#\rThe first note to learn is C. We’ll combine C and D and keep building from there in each future ocarina lesson.\nWhat Lesson 1 covers\r#\rEvery 6-hole ocarina player starts here. Lesson 1 introduces just two notes, C and D, and asks you to move cleanly between them. C is the lowest note on the instrument, so it is the natural place to begin. The short exercise alternates the pair until the switch feels automatic. Before you chase any speed, check that each hole is fully covered by the pad of your finger. A note that comes out breathy or sharp usually means a hole is only half sealed. Get C and D solid and the notes added in later lessons will sit on a steady foundation.\nTablature\r#\rC D C D C D C D C C D D C C D D C D C D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-lessons/6-hole-ocarina-lessons-lesson-1/","section":"Ocarina-Lessons","summary":" How to play 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 1 (C,D) on the ocarina\r#\rThe first note to learn is C. We’ll combine C and D and keep building from there in each future ocarina lesson.\n","title":"6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 1 (C,D)","type":"ocarina-lessons"},{"content":" How to play 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 2 (C,D,E) on the ocarina\r#\rThis ocarina lesson reviews C, but also shows D and E. You can play a few basic songs now! Try Mary Had a Little Lamb\nWhat Lesson 2 covers\r#\rLesson 2 keeps the C you met first and adds E, filling in the step above D. With three notes in hand you can already play a handful of real tunes, and the page points you toward Mary Had a Little Lamb as a first target. The drill works E against D and C so the jumps grow familiar. E lifts one more finger than D, so the tricky moment is keeping the remaining holes sealed while the others move. Play it slowly at first and let each pitch settle before you speed up. Three notes may sound small, but a lot of nursery melodies live inside them.\nTablature\r#\rD E D E D E D E D E D E D D E E D D E E D D E E C E D C E D C D E ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-lessons/6-hole-ocarina-lessons-lesson-2/","section":"Ocarina-Lessons","summary":" How to play 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 2 (C,D,E) on the ocarina\r#\rThis ocarina lesson reviews C, but also shows D and E. You can play a few basic songs now! Try Mary Had a Little Lamb\n","title":"6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 2 (C,D,E)","type":"ocarina-lessons"},{"content":" How to play 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 3 (D,E,F) on the ocarina\r#\rThis ocarina lesson reviews D, but also teaches you how to play E and F on a 6 Hole Ocarina.\nWhat Lesson 3 covers\r#\rBy Lesson 3 the bottom of the range gives way to the middle. It carries D over from before and works E and F, the next step up the scale. F is the fresh note here, and it sits right above E, so the two are easy to confuse until your ears adjust. The exercise pairs them tightly, E to F and back, then drops down through D to tie the group together. Aim for a clean break between each note rather than a slur. If F sounds flat, blow a touch firmer, since the higher notes on a small ocarina need slightly more air.\nTablature\r#\rE F E F E F E F E F E F E E F F E E F F E E F F D E F E D D E F D F E D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-lessons/6-hole-ocarina-lessons-lesson-3/","section":"Ocarina-Lessons","summary":" How to play 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 3 (D,E,F) on the ocarina\r#\rThis ocarina lesson reviews D, but also teaches you how to play E and F on a 6 Hole Ocarina.\n","title":"6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 3 (D,E,F)","type":"ocarina-lessons"},{"content":" How to play 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 4 (C,D,E,F,G) on the ocarina\r#\rWith the addition of F and G to the notes you already learned in the previous lessons, you can play quite a few songs now.\nWhat Lesson 4 covers\r#\rLesson 4 brings the run all the way up to G and gives you a full five-note span from C to G. G is the new arrival at the top, and the exercise drills it against F before walking the whole scale down to C. This is the point where most simple melodies open up, since a great many songs never leave these five notes. The long descending line at the end is worth repeating on its own, one note at a time, until every step sounds even. Keep your breath steady across the climb so the higher notes do not jump ahead in volume.\nTablature\r#\rF G F G F G F G F G F G F F G G F F G G F F G G C D E F G F G E F G D C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-lessons/6-hole-ocarina-lessons-lesson-4/","section":"Ocarina-Lessons","summary":" How to play 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 4 (C,D,E,F,G) on the ocarina\r#\rWith the addition of F and G to the notes you already learned in the previous lessons, you can play quite a few songs now.\n","title":"6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 4 (C,D,E,F,G)","type":"ocarina-lessons"},{"content":" How to play 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 5 (A,C,D,E,F,G) on the ocarina\r#\rToday you will learn the A and G notes. If you’ve been following along, you should know 6 notes when you are done with this lesson. In case you want to print this ocarina lesson out, or see it without distractions, I’ve made the Sheet Music available for you.\nWhat Lesson 5 covers\r#\rLesson 5 tops the series off with A, the highest note in this set and the sixth you will have learned. It pairs A with G, then stretches into longer phrases that use the whole range from C up to A. This is the busiest exercise so far, with a full scale and a couple of wandering lines, so treat it as a workout rather than a quick read. A printable sheet-music version is linked if you would rather practice away from the screen. Reaching for A uncovers more holes at once, so keep the fingers that stay down pressed flat and firm.\nTablature\r#\rG A G A G A G A G A G A G G A G G A A G A A G A C D E F G A G F E D C C E D C G F E A G F A G F A E E A E D C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-lessons/6-hole-ocarina-lessons-lesson-5/","section":"Ocarina-Lessons","summary":" How to play 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 5 (A,C,D,E,F,G) on the ocarina\r#\rToday you will learn the A and G notes. If you’ve been following along, you should know 6 notes when you are done with this lesson. In case you want to print this ocarina lesson out, or see it without distractions, I’ve made the Sheet Music available for you.\n","title":"6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 5 (A,C,D,E,F,G)","type":"ocarina-lessons"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/6-hole-ocarina-scales/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"6 Hole Ocarina Scales","type":"categories"},{"content":"Free 6-hole ocarina tablature for 121 songs and melodies, each shown as a real HTML table you can read on the page and play in your browser. Browse everything below.\nPages (10) About Accessibility Contact Cookie Policy How to Read 6-Hole Ocarina Tabs Links Ocarina Tablature Editor Privacy Privacy Policy Terms of Service Christian Songs (17) A Mighty Fortress is Our God Amazing Grace Angels We Have Heard on High As the Deer At the Cross Breathe (Michael W. Smith) Come Come Ye Saints For thy Bounteous Blessings High on the Mountain Top How Great Thou Art I am a Child of God I Stand All Amazed Jesus Loves Me! Nobody Knows the Trouble I\u0026#39;ve Seen The Thirteenth Article of Faith This Little Light of Mine Will the Circle Be Unbroken Christmas (10) Abide with Me; \u0026#39;Tis Eventide Auld Lang Syne Away in a Manger Deck the Halls Feliz Navidad Frosty the Snowman Hark the Herald Angels Sing I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Oh Christmas Tree We Three Kings of Orient Are Civil War (2) Taps When Johnny Comes Marching Home Classical Music (3) Fur Elise Halls of the Mountain King Ode to Joy Contemporary (4) A Spoonful of Sugar Can\u0026#39;t Help Falling in Love For All We Know (Carpenters) Hey Jude Disney Songs (4) A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo The Lion Sleeps Tonight Yo Ho A Pirate\u0026#39;s Life For Me Folk Songs (9) Comin\u0026#39; Thro\u0026#39; the Rye Do As I\u0026#39;m Doing Edelweiss For He is a Jolly Good Fellow Kumbayah Lullaby of Takeda Ring Around the Rosy Scarborough Fair Tom Dooley Irish Songs (1) Molly Malone Kid Songs (21) 3 Blind Mice A Tisket a Tasket Are You Sleeping Brother John Baa Baa Black Sheep Bingo He\u0026#39;s Got the Whole World Hot Cross Buns Hush Little Baby Mockingbird I\u0026#39;m a Little Teapot If You\u0026#39;re Happy and You Know It Itsy Bitsy Spider Mary Had a Little Lamb (ABG) Mary Had a Little Lamb (CDE) My Dreidel On Top of Ol Smokey Pop Goes the Weasel Rain Rain Go Away Row Row Row Your Boat Snake Charmer Twinkle Twinkle Little Star You are my Sunshine Movies (9) Abraham\u0026#39;s Daughter (Hunger Games) Hanging Tree Hedwig\u0026#39;s Theme Hoist the Colors Pirates of the Caribbean Imperial March (Star Wars) Star Wars Theme The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly The Misty Mountains Cold (LOTR) The Shire Song (LOTR) Ocarina Lessons (5) 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 1 (C,D) 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 2 (C,D,E) 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 3 (D,E,F) 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 4 (C,D,E,F,G) 6 Hole Ocarina Lessons - Lesson 5 (A,C,D,E,F,G) Ocarina Techniques (7) How to Do Circular Breathing How to Do Flutter Tonguing How to do Vibrato How to Overblow an Ocarina How to Slap Tongue on an Ocarina How to Slide on the Ocarina Owl Hoots on Ocarina Rock (1) Smoke on the Water Scales (9) Am Pentatonic Scale Blues Scales C Major Scale D Major Scale G Major Scale Hungarian Gypsy Scale (A) Hungarian Gypsy Scale (E) Middle Eastern Scale Native American Scale Scottish Songs (1) A Miner\u0026#39;s Lullaby Scout Songs (2) 99 Bottles of Beer Oh My Darlin\u0026#39; Clementine Traditional (3) Happy Birthday to You (C) Happy Birthday To You (D) Home on the Range Tv Theme Songs (2) Game of Thrones Theme Popeye the Sailor Man Uncategorized (1) Requests Video Game Songs (2) Hymn of the Fayth Final Fantasy X Terra\u0026#39;s Theme Final Fantasy VI Zelda Sheet Music (8) Ballad of the Wind Fish Legend of Zelda Link\u0026#39;s Awakening Bremen\u0026#39;s March Legend of Zelda Majora\u0026#39;s Mask Game Over Legend of Zelda Great Fairy Fountain Legend of Zelda Battle Music Adventure of Link Legend of Zelda Serenade of Water Song of Time Zelda\u0026#39;s Lullaby ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"Free 6-hole ocarina tablature for 121 songs and melodies, each shown as a real HTML table you can read on the page and play in your browser. Browse everything below.\n","title":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","type":"page"},{"content":" About 99 Bottles of Beer\r#\rThis is a traditional American counting song, anonymous like most road-trip and camp songs and passed along by ear rather than printed. The whole appeal is the countdown: each verse drops the number by one, so a full run from ninety-nine takes ages, which is exactly why bored kids on buses and around the fire keep it going. There is no single origin. It just grew out of the long-drive habit of singing to pass time.\nOn the ocarina it is about as friendly as a tune gets. The melody stays inside a five-note span from C to G, all in the middle of the 6-hole range, with no leaps and nothing high to chase. It makes a good one to drill early, since the short phrase repeats and you can settle into the fingering before moving on to anything faster.\n99 Bottles of Beer Lyrics\r#\rNinety-nine bottles of beer on the wall, Ninety-nine bottles of beer. If one of those bottles should happen to fall, There\u0026rsquo;d be ninety-eight bottles of beer on the wall.\n99 Bottles of Beer Ocarina Tab\r#\rFNine Fty FNine Cbot Cles Cof Fbeer Fon Fthe Fwall GNine Gty GNine DBot Dtles Dof Gbeer Fif Eone Eof Ethose Ebot Dtles Cshould Ehap Epen Eto Efall EThere Dbe Cnine Cty Ceight Dbot Dtles Eof Fbeer Fon Fthe Fwall ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scout-songs/99-bottles-of-beer/","section":"Scout-Songs","summary":" About 99 Bottles of Beer\r#\rThis is a traditional American counting song, anonymous like most road-trip and camp songs and passed along by ear rather than printed. The whole appeal is the countdown: each verse drops the number by one, so a full run from ninety-nine takes ages, which is exactly why bored kids on buses and around the fire keep it going. There is no single origin. It just grew out of the long-drive habit of singing to pass time.\n","title":"99 Bottles of Beer","type":"scout-songs"},{"content":" About A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes\r#\rA Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes comes from Walt Disney\u0026rsquo;s Cinderella, released in 1950, where the title character sings it at her window as the morning begins. Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston wrote the words and music, the same team behind the film\u0026rsquo;s other songs. It has stayed one of the most recognized Disney ballads, covered many times by singers well outside the world of animation.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina the tune asks for some reach. The melody climbs to a high E near the second phrase, on \u0026ldquo;Whatever you wish for,\u0026rdquo; which is the passage most players will want to practice slowly. Everything else sits in a comfortable middle register, so once that leap is clean the rest falls into place.\nA Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Cinderella Ocarina Tab\r#\rDA Ddream, C#is Da Bwish, Fyour Aheart Gmakes, Gwhen Dyour Gfast Ebas- Fleep Ein Edreams, Eyou Ewill Elose D#your Fheart- Eaches EWhatever A#you Dwish Afor Ayou Abkeep BHave Afaith Ein Gyour Fdreams Dand Csome- Dday Dyour Dbrain- Dbow Dwill Fcome Asmiling Gthrough GNo Gmatter Ahow Gyour Aheart Gis Bgreiv-, Aing Eif Eyou Ekeep Ebon Ebe- Dlie- Cving Bthe Adream Dthat Cyou Dwish Bwill Acome Gtrue. B A G E F G C A B G G ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/disney-songs/a-dream-is-a-wish-your-heart-makes-cinderella/","section":"Disney-Songs","summary":" About A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes\r#\rA Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes comes from Walt Disney’s Cinderella, released in 1950, where the title character sings it at her window as the morning begins. Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston wrote the words and music, the same team behind the film’s other songs. It has stayed one of the most recognized Disney ballads, covered many times by singers well outside the world of animation.\n","title":"A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes","type":"disney-songs"},{"content":" About A Mighty Fortress is Our God\r#\rMartin Luther wrote this hymn around 1529, drawing on Psalm 46, and it became the anthem of the Protestant Reformation. The German original, \u0026ldquo;Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott,\u0026rdquo; has been carried into English by several translators, so the wording in one hymnal may differ a little from another.\nThe melody stays inside a single octave, from C to the C above, so it fits the 6-hole ocarina without any awkward reach. There are no wide leaps to trip over, which makes it a steady piece to learn once you are past the first few notes. Its firm, marching character comes through even at a slow practice tempo.\nA Mighty Fortress is Our God Lyrics\r#\rA mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;\nOur helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing.\nFor still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;\nHis craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate,\nOn earth is not his equal.\nAnd though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,\nWe will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.\nThe Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;\nHis rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,\nOne little word shall fell him.\nThat word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;\nThe Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him who with us sideth.\nLet goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;\nThe body they may kill: God\u0026rsquo;s truth abideth still,\nHis kingdom is forever.\nA Mighty Fortress is Our God Ocarina Tab\r#\rCA Cmight- Cy Gfo- Art- Bress Cis Bour AGo- Gd, Ca Bbul- Awark Gne- Aver Ffa- Eil- Din- Cg COur Chel- Cper GHe- Ae Be, Ca- Bmid Athe Gflood Cof Bmor- Atal Gills Apre- Fva- Eil- Din- Cg Cfor Gstill Aour Ganc- F#ient Gfoe Cdoth Gseek Gto Awork Bus Cwoe BHis Ccraft Band Apow'r Aare Ggreat Aand Aarmed Gwith Acru- Fel Ehate COn Bearth Ais Gnot Ahis Fe- Ee- De- Cqual ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/a-mighty-fortress-is-our-god/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About A Mighty Fortress is Our God\r#\rMartin Luther wrote this hymn around 1529, drawing on Psalm 46, and it became the anthem of the Protestant Reformation. The German original, “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott,” has been carried into English by several translators, so the wording in one hymnal may differ a little from another.\n","title":"A Mighty Fortress is Our God","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About A Miner\u0026rsquo;s Lullaby\r#\rA Miner\u0026rsquo;s Lullaby, better known as Coorie Doon, is a Scottish song written by the Glasgow folk singer Matt McGinn, who died in 1977. The words are broad Scots: a mining family settling a child to sleep while the father works a three-foot coal seam far below ground. Coorie doon means to snuggle down, and a wean is a small child, dialect that roots the song in the pit villages of central Scotland rather than any older tradition.\nFor the ocarina it asks a little more than a first tune. The melody climbs to a high E and drops to low C, so you cover a wide stretch of the instrument in a single phrase. Watch the Bb near the end, which needs a cross-fingering rather than a plain hole pattern.\nA Miner\u0026rsquo;s Lullaby Ocarina Tab\r#\rCCoor- Cie Fdoon, FCoor- Fie Adoon, ACoor- Aie Cdoon Dma Cdar- Aling. GCoor- Gie Adoon Gthe Fday. CCoor- Cie Fdoon, FCoor- Fie Adoon, ACoor- Aie Cdoon Dma Cdar- Aling. GCoor- Gie Adoon Gthe Fday. CLie Cdoon Ama Fdear, Aand Cin Eyour Dear, Ctae Ahelp Ayou Cclose Bb. Gyour Feye, CI'll Fsing Fa Asong, Aa Cslum- Dber Csong, Aa Gmi- Gners Alul- Gla- Fbye. CYour Cdad- Ady's Fdoon Athe Cmine, Ema Ddar- Cling, Adoon Ain Cthe CCurl- Bb- Gy FMain, CYour Fdad- Fdy's Ahow- Akin Ccoal, Dma Cdar- Aling, Gfor Ghis Aain Gwee Fwean. ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scottish-songs/a-miners-lullaby/","section":"Scottish-Songs","summary":" About A Miner’s Lullaby\r#\rA Miner’s Lullaby, better known as Coorie Doon, is a Scottish song written by the Glasgow folk singer Matt McGinn, who died in 1977. The words are broad Scots: a mining family settling a child to sleep while the father works a three-foot coal seam far below ground. Coorie doon means to snuggle down, and a wean is a small child, dialect that roots the song in the pit villages of central Scotland rather than any older tradition.\n","title":"A Miner's Lullaby","type":"scottish-songs"},{"content":" About A Spoonful of Sugar\r#\rThe Sherman Brothers, Richard and Robert, wrote this for Walt Disney\u0026rsquo;s 1964 film Mary Poppins, where Julie Andrews sings it while tidying a nursery with a snap of her fingers. Richard Sherman said the title came from his young son, who had mentioned getting the polio vaccine on a sugar cube. The tune has stayed a nursery and singalong favorite ever since.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina it sits mostly in the comfortable middle, running from D up to the D an octave above. The catch is the chromatic coloring: the melody slips between F and F sharp and touches A sharp, so clean half-holes are what keep those notes in tune. Take the quick \u0026ldquo;piece of cake\u0026rdquo; jumps slowly the first few times.\nA Spoonful of Sugar Ocarina Tab\r#\rDIn Eeve F#-ry Gjob Gthat Gmust Gbe Gdone F#There Gis Aan Bel B-e B-ment Bof Bfun CYou Dfind Dthe Dfun Dand Dsnap! Bthe Gjob's Ea F#game F#And Feve F#-ry Gtask Gyou F#un G-der A#-take A#Be B-comes Ba A#piece Bof Bcake BA Dlark! BA Dspree! BIt's Dver B-y Dclear Bto Dsee GThat Ea F#spoon F#-ful Fof F#su C-gar BHelps Athe Bme B-di B-cine Dgo Bdown GThe F#me F#-di F#-cine Fgo F#down D-wown EMe E-di E-cine Fgo F#down GJust Ea F#spoon F#-ful Fof F#su C-gar BHelps Athe Bme B-di B-cine Dgo Bdown BIn Da Dbmost Dde B-light A-ful Gway ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/contemporary/a-spoonful-of-sugar/","section":"Contemporaries","summary":" About A Spoonful of Sugar\r#\rThe Sherman Brothers, Richard and Robert, wrote this for Walt Disney’s 1964 film Mary Poppins, where Julie Andrews sings it while tidying a nursery with a snap of her fingers. Richard Sherman said the title came from his young son, who had mentioned getting the polio vaccine on a sugar cube. The tune has stayed a nursery and singalong favorite ever since.\n","title":"A Spoonful of Sugar","type":"contemporary"},{"content":" About A Tisket a Tasket\r#\rA Tisket a Tasket started life as an American playground singing game. Children sat in a circle while one walked around the outside and secretly dropped a handkerchief behind someone, who then had to jump up and give chase. The nonsense opening line is just a chant to keep the game turning. Most people know it now from Ella Fitzgerald, who spun it into a swing hit in 1938 with the Chick Webb band and had a hand in writing that version; the underlying rhyme is older and anonymous.\nOn the six-hole ocarina it makes a friendly first tune. The whole melody sits inside one octave, from low C up to A, with no sharps or flats, so you can learn it without ever leaving the natural fingerings.\nA Tisket a Tasket Ocarina Tab\r#\rFA- GTis- Eket AA- GTas- Eket FA GGreen GAnd EYell- Aow GBas- Eket EI FWrote FA DLetter DTo FMy FLove DAnd DOn GThe FWay EI DDro- Epped CIt GI GDropped EIt AI GDropped EIt FAnd GOn GThe EWay AI GDropped EIt EA FLit- Ftle DGirl DShe FPicked FIt DUp DAnd GPut FIt EIn DHer EPoc- Cket ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/a-tisket-a-tasket/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About A Tisket a Tasket\r#\rA Tisket a Tasket started life as an American playground singing game. Children sat in a circle while one walked around the outside and secretly dropped a handkerchief behind someone, who then had to jump up and give chase. The nonsense opening line is just a chant to keep the game turning. Most people know it now from Ella Fitzgerald, who spun it into a swing hit in 1938 with the Chick Webb band and had a hand in writing that version; the underlying rhyme is older and anonymous.\n","title":"A Tisket a Tasket","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About Abide with Me; \u0026lsquo;Tis Eventide\r#\rThis is a 19th-century evening hymn, sung widely in Latter-day Saint congregations. The words are usually credited to M. Lowrie Hofford and the tune to Harrison Millard. Its scene is the road to Emmaus in Luke\u0026rsquo;s gospel, where two travelers ask a stranger to stay with them as night falls, so the \u0026ldquo;eventide\u0026rdquo; of the title is both the close of day and a quiet plea for company.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina it asks for a bit of reach. The melody climbs into the second octave and touches a high D sharp, so the last lines sit higher than most beginner carols. Take the leap up to that top note slowly until your breath pressure for the high register feels steady.\nAbide with Me; \u0026lsquo;Tis Eventide Lyrics\r#\rAbide with me, \u0026rsquo;tis eventide, The day is past and gone. The shadows of the evening fall, The night is coming on. Within my heart a welcome guest, Within my home abide. O Savior, stay this night with me; Behold, \u0026rsquo;tis eventide.\nAbide with me, this eventide, Thy walk today with me.\nAbide with Me; \u0026lsquo;Tis Eventide Ocarina Tab\r#\rGA G-bide Gwith A#me; Gtis Ge F-ven Ftide Fthe G#day G#is G#past G#and Ggone GThe Gsha G-dows A#of Gthe Geve F-ning Ffall FThe G#night G#is Gcom F-ing D#on D#With C-in Cmy D#heart Ca Cwel A#-come A#guest GWith F-in A#my Ahome Ca A#-bide A#O Dsav D-ior Cstay A#this Cnight A#with A#me GBe A#-hold F'tis G#e G#-ven G-tide A#A B-bide Bwith Dme Cthis A#e G-ven A#-tide GThy G#walk G#to G-day Fwith D#me ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/abide-with-me-tis-eventide/","section":"Christmas","summary":" About Abide with Me; ‘Tis Eventide\r#\rThis is a 19th-century evening hymn, sung widely in Latter-day Saint congregations. The words are usually credited to M. Lowrie Hofford and the tune to Harrison Millard. Its scene is the road to Emmaus in Luke’s gospel, where two travelers ask a stranger to stay with them as night falls, so the “eventide” of the title is both the close of day and a quiet plea for company.\n","title":"Abide with Me; 'Tis Eventide","type":"christmas"},{"content":" About Abraham\u0026rsquo;s Daughter\r#\rArcade Fire wrote and recorded Abraham\u0026rsquo;s Daughter for the closing credits of the first Hunger Games film in 2012. The lyric reworks the old story of Abraham and Isaac, but hands the daughter a voice she never had in the source: she raises her bow before the knife can fall. That framing tied the song to Katniss, the film\u0026rsquo;s own reluctant archer.\nThe tune keeps to a narrow band on the ocarina, running from D up to a single high C, so it stays inside comfortable range for a 6-hole player. Most of the movement is stepwise rather than leaping, which makes it a good piece for practicing an even, unhurried breath.\nAbraham\u0026rsquo;s Daughter (Hunger Games) Ocarina Tab\r#\rEA G-bra F#-ham Atook GI B-ssac's Ahand Cand Bled Ghim Ato F#the Elone D-some Ehill Ewhile Ghis F#daugh A-ter Ghid Band Awatched Cshe Bdared Gnot Abreathe F#she Ewas Dso Estill Bjust Bas Can Bang A-el Acried Afor Bthe Aslaugh G-ter Ga G-bra A-ham's Gdaugh F#-ter Draised F#her Evoice Ethen Gthe F#an A-gel Gasked Bwhat Aher Cname Bwas Gshe Asaid F#I Ehave Dno E-ne Ethen Ghe F#asked Ahow Gcan Bthis Abe Cmy Bfa G-ther Ane F#-ver Egave Dme Eone Band Bwhen Che Bsaw Aher Araised Afor Bthe Aslaugh G-ter Ga G-bra A-ham's Gdaugh F#-ter Draised F#her Ebow ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/movies/abrahams-daughter-hunger-games/","section":"Movies","summary":" About Abraham’s Daughter\r#\rArcade Fire wrote and recorded Abraham’s Daughter for the closing credits of the first Hunger Games film in 2012. The lyric reworks the old story of Abraham and Isaac, but hands the daughter a voice she never had in the source: she raises her bow before the knife can fall. That framing tied the song to Katniss, the film’s own reluctant archer.\n","title":"Abraham's Daughter (Hunger Games)","type":"movies"},{"content":"We want the tabs usable by everyone.\nEvery song tab is real HTML that renders and reads without JavaScript; sound and hover highlighting are optional enhancements. We aim for good color contrast and keyboard-navigable pages, and we support your browser\u0026rsquo;s light and dark modes. Found a barrier? Get in touch and we\u0026rsquo;ll fix it.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/accessibility/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"We want the tabs usable by everyone.\nEvery song tab is real HTML that renders and reads without JavaScript; sound and hover highlighting are optional enhancements. We aim for good color contrast and keyboard-navigable pages, and we support your browser’s light and dark modes. Found a barrier? Get in touch and we’ll fix it.\n","title":"Accessibility","type":"page"},{"content":" About the Am Pentatonic Scale\r#\rThe A minor pentatonic is five notes drawn from the natural minor: A, C, D, E and G, with A as the tonic. Because it skips the two semitone steps of a full scale, nothing in it clashes, which is why pentatonics are the safe sandbox for improvising. This version runs up two octaves from a low C and back down, so it doubles as a range check: you cross from the ocarina\u0026rsquo;s lower notes into the high ones and have to keep the tone even through the jump. A solid pattern for building finger memory and warming up the ear.\nAm Pentatonic Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rC D E G A C D E E D C A G E D C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scales/am-pentatonic-scale/","section":"Scales","summary":" About the Am Pentatonic Scale\r#\rThe A minor pentatonic is five notes drawn from the natural minor: A, C, D, E and G, with A as the tonic. Because it skips the two semitone steps of a full scale, nothing in it clashes, which is why pentatonics are the safe sandbox for improvising. This version runs up two octaves from a low C and back down, so it doubles as a range check: you cross from the ocarina’s lower notes into the high ones and have to keep the tone even through the jump. A solid pattern for building finger memory and warming up the ear.\n","title":"Am Pentatonic Scale","type":"scales"},{"content":" About Amazing Grace\r#\rThe words are John Newton\u0026rsquo;s, written for a New Year service in 1773 and first printed in 1779. Newton had captained slave ships before a change of conscience led him into the ministry, and the hymn reads as his own testimony. The familiar tune, usually called New Britain, is an American folk melody paired with the text decades later.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina the tune sits inside one octave, from C up to the C above, which is part of why it turns up in so many beginners\u0026rsquo; books. The long held notes give you room to breathe and shape the sound, so it rewards slow, careful playing more than speed.\nAmazing Grace Lyrics\r#\rAmazing grace, how sweet the sound\nThat saved a wretch like me.\nI once was lost, but now am found,\nWas blind, but now I see.\nAmazing Grace Ocarina Tab\r#\rCA Fma Az Fing Agrace Ghow Fsweet Dthe Csound Cthat Fsaved Aa F- Awretch Glike Cme AI C- Aonce Cwas A- Flost Cbut Dnow FI Dam Cfound Cwas Fblind Abut F- Anow GI Fsee ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/amazing-grace/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About Amazing Grace\r#\rThe words are John Newton’s, written for a New Year service in 1773 and first printed in 1779. Newton had captained slave ships before a change of conscience led him into the ministry, and the hymn reads as his own testimony. The familiar tune, usually called New Britain, is an American folk melody paired with the text decades later.\n","title":"Amazing Grace","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About Angels We Have Heard on High\r#\rThis Christmas carol comes from France, where it was known as \u0026ldquo;Les Anges dans nos campagnes.\u0026rdquo; The Latin refrain, \u0026ldquo;Gloria in excelsis Deo,\u0026rdquo; is sung the same in almost every language, and the English verses most people know were shaped by James Chadwick in 1862.\nThe long run of notes on that \u0026ldquo;Gloria\u0026rdquo; is the fun part and the tricky part on a 6-hole ocarina. It climbs to a high E, near the top of the instrument, so those upper notes need steady, controlled breath to keep them from going sharp. Take the refrain slowly at first and the rest of the carol falls into place.\nAngels We Have Heard on High Lyrics\r#\rAngels we have heard on high,\nSweetly singing o\u0026rsquo;er the plains,\nAnd the mountains in reply\nEchoing their joyous strains.\nGloria, in excelsis Deo!\nGloria, in excelsis Deo!\nAngels We Have Heard on High Ocarina Tab\r#\rBan B-gels Bwe Dhave Dheard Con Bhigh Bsweet A-ly Bsing D-ing Bo'er Athe Gplains Band Bthe Bmoun D-tains Din Cre B-ply Be A-cho B-ing Dtheir Bjoy A-ous Gstrains Dglo E-o D-o C-o B-o C-o D-o C-o B-o A-o B-o C-o B-o A-o G-o A-o D-r D-ia Gin Aex B-cel C-sis BDe A-o DGlo E-o D-o C-o B-o C-o D-o C-o B-o A-o B-o C-o B-o A-o G-o A-o D-r D-ia Gin Aex B-cel C-sis BDe A-o G-o ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/angels-we-have-heard-on-high/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About Angels We Have Heard on High\r#\rThis Christmas carol comes from France, where it was known as “Les Anges dans nos campagnes.” The Latin refrain, “Gloria in excelsis Deo,” is sung the same in almost every language, and the English verses most people know were shaped by James Chadwick in 1862.\n","title":"Angels We Have Heard on High","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About Are You Sleeping Brother John\r#\rThis is the English singing of Frere Jacques, a French round that has passed through schoolrooms for centuries. The words nudge a sleepyhead named John to wake up, because the morning bells are ringing and he is missing them; in the French original those are the matins bells that call a friar to early prayer. Like all good rounds, it is meant to be sung in overlapping parts, one voice trailing a phrase behind the next.\nThe melody climbs a fair way on a six-hole ocarina, topping out on a high E. That makes it a good piece for getting comfortable in the upper register once the lower notes feel easy.\nAre You Sleeping Brother John Ocarina Tab\r#\rGAre Ayou Bsleep G-ing GAre Ayou Bsleep G-ing BBro C-ther DJohn? BBro C-ther DJohn? DMorn E-ing Dbells Care Bring G-ing DMorn E-ing Dbells Care Bring Ging GDing DDang GDong GDing DDang GDong ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/are-you-sleeping-brother-john/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Are You Sleeping Brother John\r#\rThis is the English singing of Frere Jacques, a French round that has passed through schoolrooms for centuries. The words nudge a sleepyhead named John to wake up, because the morning bells are ringing and he is missing them; in the French original those are the matins bells that call a friar to early prayer. Like all good rounds, it is meant to be sung in overlapping parts, one voice trailing a phrase behind the next.\n","title":"Are You Sleeping Brother John","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About As the Deer\r#\rMartin Nystrom wrote this worship chorus in 1984, setting words drawn from the opening of Psalm 42, where the psalmist compares his longing for God to a deer thirsting for water. It spread quickly through churches in the 1980s and 1990s and is now a standard in many congregations.\nThe melody spans about an octave, from D up to the D above, and leans on F sharp and C sharp. Those two sharps are the notes to get cleanly in tune on a 6-hole ocarina. Once they are steady, the gentle, flowing line is easy to hold, which makes this a calm piece for working on smooth phrasing.\nAs the Deer Ocarina Tab\r#\rF#As Athe Adeer F#pan E-teth Dfor Ethe Gwa F#-ter ESo Dmy Bsoul Blong B-eth Aaf G-ter Athee F#You Aare Aall F#that Emy Dheart Ede G-si F#-re F#And EI Dlong F#to Ewor D-ship Dyou DYou Da D-lone Dmy C#strength Bmy Bshi A-eld DTo Byou Ba B-lone Bthat Amy Gspi G-rit F#yield F#You Aa A-lone F#that Emy Dheart Ede G-si F#-re EAnd DI Dlong F#to Ewor D-ship Dyou ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/as-the-deer/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About As the Deer\r#\rMartin Nystrom wrote this worship chorus in 1984, setting words drawn from the opening of Psalm 42, where the psalmist compares his longing for God to a deer thirsting for water. It spread quickly through churches in the 1980s and 1990s and is now a standard in many congregations.\n","title":"As the Deer","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About At the Cross\r#\rThe verses began as Isaac Watts\u0026rsquo;s hymn \u0026ldquo;Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed,\u0026rdquo; published in 1707. The refrain most people picture, \u0026ldquo;At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light,\u0026rdquo; was added later in the nineteenth century along with the tune now attached to it, which is why older hymnals sometimes print the words without it.\nThe whole thing stays within one octave, C to C, so it sits easily on a 6-hole ocarina. The verse and refrain reuse a short phrase, which makes it quick to memorize and a good piece for practicing an even, singing tone.\nAt the Cross Lyrics\r#\rAlas, and did my Saviour bleed,\nAnd did my Sovereign die?\nWould He devote that sacred head\nFor such a worm as I?\nAt the cross, at the cross\nWhere I first saw the light,\nAnd the burden of my heart rolled away,\nIt was there by faith I received my sight,\nAnd now I am happy all the day.\nAt the Cross Ocarina Tab\r#\rEA G-las Fand Edid Gmy Bsav A-iour Gbleed BAnd Cdid Bmy Asov G-'reign Fdie EWould Ghe Fde E-vote Gthat Bsac C-red Bhead EFor Fsuch Aa Gworm Fas EI EAt Fthe Gcross Gat Gthe Gcross AWhere GI Gfirst Fsaw Ethe Flight FAnd Gthe Abur A-den Aof Amy Aheart Brolled Aa G-way GIt Gwas Athere Aby Cfaith AI Are G-cei G-ved Fmy Esight GAnd Fnow FI Eam Dhap A-py Gall Fthe Eday ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/at-the-cross/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About At the Cross\r#\rThe verses began as Isaac Watts’s hymn “Alas! and Did My Savior Bleed,” published in 1707. The refrain most people picture, “At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light,” was added later in the nineteenth century along with the tune now attached to it, which is why older hymnals sometimes print the words without it.\n","title":"At the Cross","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About Auld Lang Syne\r#\rMost people meet this song once a year, at the stroke of midnight on New Year\u0026rsquo;s Eve, often unsure what the Scots title means. It runs close to \u0026ldquo;old long since,\u0026rdquo; or the days gone by. Robert Burns set the words down in 1788 and said he took them from an old man\u0026rsquo;s singing, so the piece sits somewhere between a folk survival and Burns\u0026rsquo;s own hand. The melody is an old Scottish air.\nFor the ocarina it is a friendly first tune. The range is just over an octave, from low C to the D above, and the phrases rise and fall in gentle steps with only a couple of wider jumps to watch for.\nAuld Lang Syne Lyrics\r#\rShould auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days of auld lang syne?\nFor auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We\u0026rsquo;ll take a cup o\u0026rsquo; kindness yet, For days of auld lang syne.\nAuld Lang Syne Ocarina Tab\r#\rCShould Fauld Eac F-quain A-tance Gbe Ffor G-got Aand Gne F-ver Fbrought Ato Cmind? D DShould Cauld Aac A-quain F-tance Gbe Ffor G-got AAnd Gdays Fof Dauld Dlang Csyne? F DF C-o A-or Aauld Flang Gsyne Fmy Gdear DF C-o A-or Aauld Clang Dsyne DWe'll Ctak Aa Acup Fo' Gkind F-ness Gyet AF G-or Fdays Dof Dauld Clang Fsyne ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/auld-lang-syne/","section":"Christmas","summary":" About Auld Lang Syne\r#\rMost people meet this song once a year, at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, often unsure what the Scots title means. It runs close to “old long since,” or the days gone by. Robert Burns set the words down in 1788 and said he took them from an old man’s singing, so the piece sits somewhere between a folk survival and Burns’s own hand. The melody is an old Scottish air.\n","title":"Auld Lang Syne","type":"christmas"},{"content":" About Away in a Manger\r#\rFor years this carol was printed as \u0026ldquo;Luther\u0026rsquo;s Cradle Hymn,\u0026rdquo; on the belief that Martin Luther wrote it for his children. That story does not hold up. The text is American and first appeared in print in the late 1880s, its author unknown. Two tunes still compete for it, one by James Murray and a smoother one by William Kirkpatrick, and you will hear both in churches today.\nIt is a lullaby, and it plays like one on a 6-hole ocarina. The melody stays inside a single octave, from low C to the C above, and moves mostly by step. That makes it one of the gentler carols to pick up first.\nAway in a Manger Lyrics\r#\rAway in a manger, no crib for His bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. The stars in the sky looked down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.\nAway in a Manger Ocarina Tab\r#\rCA C-way A#in Aa Aman G-ger FNo Fcrib Efor DHis Cbed CThe Clit D-tle Clord CJe G-sus ELay Ddown Chis Fsweet Ahead CThe Cstar A#-s Ain Athe Gsky FLook Fdown Ewhere Dhe Clay CThe A#lit A-tle GLord AJe G-sus FA G-sleep Don Ethe Fhay ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/away-in-a-manger/","section":"Christmas","summary":" About Away in a Manger\r#\rFor years this carol was printed as “Luther’s Cradle Hymn,” on the belief that Martin Luther wrote it for his children. That story does not hold up. The text is American and first appeared in print in the late 1880s, its author unknown. Two tunes still compete for it, one by James Murray and a smoother one by William Kirkpatrick, and you will hear both in churches today.\n","title":"Away in a Manger","type":"christmas"},{"content":" About Baa Baa Black Sheep\r#\rBaa Baa Black Sheep is one of the oldest nursery rhymes still in everyday use. A version appears in Tommy Thumb\u0026rsquo;s Pretty Song Book, printed in London around 1744, and the little exchange between the questioner and the sheep has stayed almost unchanged since. The tune sounds familiar for a reason: it shares its melody with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the alphabet song, all borrowed from an old French air.\nFor a beginner on the six-hole ocarina it sits comfortably. The notes run from low C up to A with no accidentals, and the repeated phrases give your fingers a pattern to settle into quickly.\nBaa Baa Black Sheep Ocarina Tab\r#\rCBaa Cbaa Gblack Gsheep Ahave Ayou Aan A-y Gwool? FYes Fsir, Eyes Esir Dthree Dbags Cfull GOne Gfor Gthe Fmast F-er EOne Efor Ethe Ddame AAnd Gone Gfor Gthe Flit F-tle Fboy FWho Elives Edown Ethe Dlane ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/baa-baa-black-sheep/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Baa Baa Black Sheep\r#\rBaa Baa Black Sheep is one of the oldest nursery rhymes still in everyday use. A version appears in Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book, printed in London around 1744, and the little exchange between the questioner and the sheep has stayed almost unchanged since. The tune sounds familiar for a reason: it shares its melody with Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the alphabet song, all borrowed from an old French air.\n","title":"Baa Baa Black Sheep","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" The story behind the Ballad of the Wind Fish\r#\rThe Ballad of the Wind Fish sits at the heart of The Legend of Zelda: Link\u0026rsquo;s Awakening, the 1993 Game Boy chapter of the series. Within the story it is the song that wakes the Wind Fish and, with that, brings the dream island of Koholint to its end. Link learns and plays it on an ocarina, which makes it a fitting piece to carry back to the real instrument.\nThe melody climbs from a low C up to a high E, so most of the reach happens near the top of the six-hole range. Take the leap into that upper E gently and the rest of the tune stays smooth and easy to sing along with.\nBallad of the Wind Fish Legend of Zelda Link\u0026rsquo;s Awakening Ocarina Tab\r#\rEFade F#a G-way Ein F#the Ggray F#of Ean Cunknown Ddream EWhere F#the Gsea Cswal G-lows Cme Bin Athe Bstrea G-m EPlease Dnev B-er Bfor Cget EThe Dad B-ven A-ture Band Ethe dreams Dwe had GI'll Cfade Bit is Emy Cfate ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-sheet-music/ballad-of-the-wind-fish-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening/","section":"Zelda-Sheet-Musics","summary":" The story behind the Ballad of the Wind Fish\r#\rThe Ballad of the Wind Fish sits at the heart of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, the 1993 Game Boy chapter of the series. Within the story it is the song that wakes the Wind Fish and, with that, brings the dream island of Koholint to its end. Link learns and plays it on an ocarina, which makes it a fitting piece to carry back to the real instrument.\n","title":"Ballad of the Wind Fish Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening","type":"zelda-sheet-music"},{"content":" About Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo\r#\rBibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, sometimes listed as The Magic Song, is the Fairy Godmother\u0026rsquo;s number in Disney\u0026rsquo;s Cinderella from 1950. Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston wrote it, and it earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. The nonsense refrain was built to sound like a spell being cast, which is most of its charm.\nThe melody keeps a bright major feel and never wanders far, running from a low C up to the D above it. That makes it friendly on a 6-hole ocarina. The fast repeated \u0026ldquo;bibbidi-bobbidi\u0026rdquo; runs are more about tonguing each note cleanly than about hitting anything high, so it works well once your basic fingerings are steady.\nBibbidi Bobbidi Boo Ocarina Tab\r#\rCSa B-la C-ga D-doo C-la Amech G#-ick A-a A#boo A-la FBib F-bi F-di Fbob E-bid D-i Cboo CPut Dthem; Eto F-ge G-ther Aand A#what Ahave Gyou Cgot CBib D-bi C-di A#bob A-bi G-di Fboo CSa B-la C-ga D-doo C-la Amech G#-ick A-a A#boo A-la FBib F-bi F-di Fbob E-bi D-di Cboo CIt D-'ll Edo Fma G-gic, Abe A#-lieve Ait Gor Cnot CBib D-bi C-di A#bob A-bi G-di Fboo CYes, Dsa C-la G-ga F-doo A#-la Ameans Amech A-icka Gboo F-le A-roo ABut G#the Gthing Gma G-bob Gthat Gdoes Gthe Gjob Gis F Ebib D#-bi E-di Fbob E-bi F-di Gboo CSa B-la C-ga D-doo C-la Amench G#-ick A-a A#boo A-la FBib F-bi F-di Fbob E-bi D-di Cboo CPut Dthem Eto F-ge G-ther Aand A#what Ahave Gyou Cgot CBib D-bi C-di A#bob A-bi G-di CBib D-bi C-di A#bob A-bi G-di CBib D-bi C-di A#bob A-bi G-di Fboo ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/disney-songs/bibbidi-bobbidi-boo/","section":"Disney-Songs","summary":" About Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo\r#\rBibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, sometimes listed as The Magic Song, is the Fairy Godmother’s number in Disney’s Cinderella from 1950. Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston wrote it, and it earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. The nonsense refrain was built to sound like a spell being cast, which is most of its charm.\n","title":"Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo","type":"disney-songs"},{"content":" About Bingo\r#\rBingo is a spelling game as much as a song. Each time through, one more letter of the dog\u0026rsquo;s name is dropped and replaced with a clap, until the whole word is clapped rather than sung, which is exactly the memory-and-timing challenge that has kept teachers using it. The song is traditional and has been in circulation for well over two hundred years, with no single author to credit.\nOne thing to watch on the six-hole ocarina: the spelled-out B-I-N-G-O line reaches up to an A sharp, the only note here that needs an accidental fingering. Everything else stays on plain naturals between C and A.\nBingo Ocarina Tab\r#\rCThere FWas FA CFar- Cmer DHad DA CDog CAnd FBin- Fgo GWas GHis AName FOh AB AI A#N A#G A#O GB GI AN AG AO FB FI GN GG GO Fand EBin- Cgo DWas EHis FName ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/bingo-6-hole-ocarina/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Bingo\r#\rBingo is a spelling game as much as a song. Each time through, one more letter of the dog’s name is dropped and replaced with a clap, until the whole word is clapped rather than sung, which is exactly the memory-and-timing challenge that has kept teachers using it. The song is traditional and has been in circulation for well over two hundred years, with no single author to credit.\n","title":"Bingo","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About the Blues Scales\r#\rThese two patterns, one built on D and one on G, are blues scales: a minor pentatonic with an added flattened fifth, the flat note that gives blues its bent, worried sound. Running them up and down teaches your fingers to find that blue note cleanly, since it lands on a sharp that is easy to fumble. The D pattern climbs from low D to the D an octave above and back; the G pattern is shorter. Both sit in the middle of the 6-hole ocarina\u0026rsquo;s range, which makes them a good warm-up before you tackle an actual blues tune.\nBlues Scales Ocarina Tab\r#\rD F G G# A C D C A G# G F D G Bb C C# D C# C Bb G ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scales/6-hole-ocarina-blues-scales/","section":"Scales","summary":" About the Blues Scales\r#\rThese two patterns, one built on D and one on G, are blues scales: a minor pentatonic with an added flattened fifth, the flat note that gives blues its bent, worried sound. Running them up and down teaches your fingers to find that blue note cleanly, since it lands on a sharp that is easy to fumble. The D pattern climbs from low D to the D an octave above and back; the G pattern is shorter. Both sit in the middle of the 6-hole ocarina’s range, which makes them a good warm-up before you tackle an actual blues tune.\n","title":"Blues Scales","type":"scales"},{"content":" About Breathe\r#\rThis quiet worship song was written by Marie Barnett and became widely known when Michael W. Smith recorded it on his 2001 album \u0026ldquo;Worship.\u0026rdquo; It is a modern praise chorus rather than a traditional hymn, built on a short, repeating line meant to be sung softly.\nBecause the words repeat so much, the tune is short and easy to hold in memory on the 6-hole ocarina. It moves between E and the D an octave above without any large jumps, so the challenge is less about the notes and more about keeping a soft, even breath across the long, sustained phrases.\nBreathe Ocarina Tab\r#\rEThis Gis Cthe Cair FI Fbreathe EThis Gis Cthe Cair FI Fbreathe CYour Dho B-ly Bpre C-sence Bliv C-ing Fin Gme EThis Gis Cmy Cdai F-ly Fbread EThis Gis Cmy Cdai F-ly Fbread CYour Dve- B-r- B-y Cword, Bspo C-ken Fto Gme CAnd DI B-I, BI'm Cdes B-per C-ate Ffor Gyou ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/breathe-michael-w-smith/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About Breathe\r#\rThis quiet worship song was written by Marie Barnett and became widely known when Michael W. Smith recorded it on his 2001 album “Worship.” It is a modern praise chorus rather than a traditional hymn, built on a short, repeating line meant to be sung softly.\n","title":"Breathe (Michael W. Smith)","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About Bremen\u0026rsquo;s March\r#\rBremen\u0026rsquo;s March comes from The Legend of Zelda: Majora\u0026rsquo;s Mask, released in 2000. It is tied to the Bremen Mask, which lets Link fall into a strut that gathers stray animals into a line behind him, a nod to the old Town Musicians of Bremen folktale. Koji Kondo and Toru Minegishi wrote the game\u0026rsquo;s score.\nThe tune has a marching lilt that suits a wind instrument, and its range reaches from a low C up to a high E. A single G sharp is the only real accidental, so the fingering stays mostly within the natural notes a newer player already knows.\nBremen\u0026rsquo;s March Legend of Zelda Majora s Mask Ocarina Tab\r#\rEWe Ccan Estart Ga Cband Bof Bour Aver G#-y Aown DFar Ca D-way Ffrom Bour Apast, Aour F#trou A-ble's Ghome EBut Cwho Ecan Gbe Eo D-u D-r Cle B-ad A-er BOh, AI Gknow! FA Epup D-py Cdog! ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-sheet-music/bremens-march-legend-of-zelda-majora-s-mask/","section":"Zelda-Sheet-Musics","summary":" About Bremen’s March\r#\rBremen’s March comes from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, released in 2000. It is tied to the Bremen Mask, which lets Link fall into a strut that gathers stray animals into a line behind him, a nod to the old Town Musicians of Bremen folktale. Koji Kondo and Toru Minegishi wrote the game’s score.\n","title":"Bremen's March Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask","type":"zelda-sheet-music"},{"content":" About the C Major Scale\r#\rThe C major scale is the plainest scale in Western music: seven notes, no sharps and no flats, just the white keys from C up to B. That simplicity is exactly why it is the usual starting point. With nothing to trip over, you can concentrate on even breath and clean fingering while your ear learns the bright, settled sound a major scale makes. On the 6-hole ocarina it runs across the lower half of the range, an easy first climb before you reach for the higher notes. Learn it well and every other key becomes easier to read.\nC Major Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rC D E F G A B ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scales/c-major-scale/","section":"Scales","summary":" About the C Major Scale\r#\rThe C major scale is the plainest scale in Western music: seven notes, no sharps and no flats, just the white keys from C up to B. That simplicity is exactly why it is the usual starting point. With nothing to trip over, you can concentrate on even breath and clean fingering while your ear learns the bright, settled sound a major scale makes. On the 6-hole ocarina it runs across the lower half of the range, an easy first climb before you reach for the higher notes. Learn it well and every other key becomes easier to read.\n","title":"C Major Scale","type":"scales"},{"content":" About Can\u0026rsquo;t Help Falling in Love\r#\rElvis Presley recorded this ballad for his 1961 film Blue Hawaii, and it became one of his signature numbers, often the song he used to close a concert. The melody is borrowed from \u0026ldquo;Plaisir d\u0026rsquo;amour,\u0026rdquo; a French love song written by Jean-Paul-Egide Martini in the 1780s, given new English words by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss.\nThe arrangement here climbs a little higher than most of our contemporary tabs, reaching a high E in the \u0026ldquo;like a river flows\u0026rdquo; phrase. That top note is the part to watch on a 6-hole ocarina, since it wants a firmer breath without tipping sharp. Everything else stays in the friendly middle register.\nCan\u0026rsquo;t Help Falling in Love Ocarina Tab\r#\rFWise Cmen Fsay Gonl A-y A#fools Arush Gin CBut DI Ecan't Fhelp Gfall A-ing A#in Alove Gwith Fyou FShall CI Fstay? GWould Ait A#be Aa Gsin? CIf DI Ecan't Fhelp Gfall A-ing A#in Alove Gwith Fyou? ELike Aa Criv E-er Dflows Esure A-ly Cto Ethe Dsea EDar A-ling Cso Eit Dgoes CSome Cthings Aare Cmeant Ato A#be FTake Cmy Fhand, GTake Amy A#whole Alife Gtoo CFor DI Ecan't Fhelp Gfall A-ing A#in Alove Gwith Fyou CLike Da Eriv F-er Gflows Asure A#-ly Ato Gthe Fsea ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/contemporary/cant-help-falling-in-love/","section":"Contemporaries","summary":" About Can’t Help Falling in Love\r#\rElvis Presley recorded this ballad for his 1961 film Blue Hawaii, and it became one of his signature numbers, often the song he used to close a concert. The melody is borrowed from “Plaisir d’amour,” a French love song written by Jean-Paul-Egide Martini in the 1780s, given new English words by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss.\n","title":"Can't Help Falling in Love","type":"contemporary"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Categories","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/christian-songs/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Christian Songs","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":"","title":"Christian-Songs","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/christmas/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Christmas","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/","section":"Christmas","summary":"","title":"Christmas","type":"christmas"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/civil-war/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Civil War","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/civil-war/","section":"Civil-Wars","summary":"","title":"Civil-Wars","type":"civil-war"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/classical-music/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Classical Music","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/classical-music/","section":"Classical-Musics","summary":"","title":"Classical-Musics","type":"classical-music"},{"content":" About Come Come Ye Saints\r#\rWilliam Clayton wrote these words in 1846 while traveling west with the Latter-day Saint pioneers, and the hymn is still tied to that pioneer trek. The tune is an older English folk melody called \u0026ldquo;All Is Well,\u0026rdquo; which the text was fitted to.\nOn the 6-hole ocarina the melody covers about an octave, from D to the D above, and uses one F sharp that gives it its particular color. The phrases are short and repeat in a steady, walking rhythm, which suits a slower tempo. It is a good piece for working on smooth, connected notes rather than speed.\nCome Come Ye Saints Lyrics\r#\rCome, come, ye Saints, no toil nor labor fear;\nBut with joy wend your way.\nThough hard to you this journey may appear,\nGrace shall be as your day.\nTis better far for us to strive\nOur useless cares from us to drive;\nDo this, and joy your hearts will swell -\nAll is well! All is well!\nCome Come Ye Saints Ocarina Tab\r#\rGCome, GCome, Aye BSaints GNo F#toil Gnor Ala B-bor Cfear BBut Gwith Ajoy Gwend F#your Gway GThough Ghard Ato Byou Gthis F#jour G-ney Amay Ba C-ppear BGrace Gshall Abe Gas F#your Gday BTis Cbet D-ter Df D-a C-r Bfor Cus Cto Cstr B-ive AOur Buse B-less Dcare C-s Bfrom Aus Ato Adrive DDo Gthis F#and Gjoy Ayour Bhearts Cwill Dswell BAll Gis Awell! GAll F#is Gwell! ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/come-come-ye-saints/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About Come Come Ye Saints\r#\rWilliam Clayton wrote these words in 1846 while traveling west with the Latter-day Saint pioneers, and the hymn is still tied to that pioneer trek. The tune is an older English folk melody called “All Is Well,” which the text was fitted to.\n","title":"Come Come Ye Saints","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About Comin\u0026rsquo; Thro\u0026rsquo; the Rye\r#\rThe words most people know were shaped by Robert Burns, who in 1782 reworked an older Scottish country song for a collection of traditional airs. That was his habit: he gathered rough folk fragments and polished them into singable verse. The tune itself is older and anonymous, a lowland air that had been passed around long before Burns set his lines to it.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina the melody reaches from a low D up to a high E, so it leans on the top of the instrument\u0026rsquo;s range. Get the two highest notes sounding cleanly before you try it up to speed; the rest sits comfortably in the middle.\nComin\u0026rsquo; Thro\u0026rsquo; the Rye Ocarina Tab\r#\rDO DJen Dny's Ba Awet Gpoor Abod B-y DJen D-ny's Esel D-dom Gdry DShe Ddrag D-gled Ba' Aher Gpet A-ti Bcoatie DCom D-in Ethro' Dthe Grye! DCom Bin' Gthro Bthe Arye! Gpoor Abod B-y DCom B-in Gthro Bthe Dry E-e EShe Ddrai B-gl't Ca' Aher Bpet G-ti A-coatie GCom D-in Dthro Ethe Dry G-e ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/comin-thro-the-rye/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Comin’ Thro’ the Rye\r#\rThe words most people know were shaped by Robert Burns, who in 1782 reworked an older Scottish country song for a collection of traditional airs. That was his habit: he gathered rough folk fragments and polished them into singable verse. The tune itself is older and anonymous, a lowland air that had been passed around long before Burns set his lines to it.\n","title":"Comin' Thro' the Rye","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":"Have a question or a song request? Send it below and I will reply when I can. Requests can take a while, so please do not be offended if I am slow; I answer when time allows.\nYour name Your email Subject Message Send message Sending this form needs JavaScript. With it turned off, email me directly at james@6holeocarina.com.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/contact/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"Have a question or a song request? Send it below and I will reply when I can. Requests can take a while, so please do not be offended if I am slow; I answer when time allows.\n","title":"Contact","type":"page"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/contemporary/","section":"Contemporaries","summary":"","title":"Contemporaries","type":"contemporary"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/contemporary/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Contemporary","type":"categories"},{"content":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs does not use tracking or advertising cookies.\nThe only thing stored on your device is an optional light/dark appearance preference, kept in your browser\u0026rsquo;s local storage so the site remembers your choice. It contains no personal information and is never sent to a server. Clearing your browser storage removes it.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/cookie-policy/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs does not use tracking or advertising cookies.\nThe only thing stored on your device is an optional light/dark appearance preference, kept in your browser’s local storage so the site remembers your choice. It contains no personal information and is never sent to a server. Clearing your browser storage removes it.\n","title":"Cookie Policy","type":"page"},{"content":" About the D Major Scale\r#\rD major is a major scale with two sharps, F sharp and C sharp, built on the tonic D. It shares the bright, resolved character of any major scale but sits a step higher than C, which puts a full octave from low D to high D within reach on the 6-hole ocarina. The two sharps are the thing to watch: F sharp early in the climb and C sharp just before the top, both easy to miss if your fingers default to the natural notes. Practising it slowly fixes those positions in memory and stretches you comfortably across the instrument\u0026rsquo;s range.\nD Major Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rD E F# G A B C# D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scales/d-major-scale/","section":"Scales","summary":" About the D Major Scale\r#\rD major is a major scale with two sharps, F sharp and C sharp, built on the tonic D. It shares the bright, resolved character of any major scale but sits a step higher than C, which puts a full octave from low D to high D within reach on the 6-hole ocarina. The two sharps are the thing to watch: F sharp early in the climb and C sharp just before the top, both easy to miss if your fingers default to the natural notes. Practising it slowly fixes those positions in memory and stretches you comfortably across the instrument’s range.\n","title":"D Major Scale","type":"scales"},{"content":" About Deck the Halls\r#\rThe tune is Welsh and older than the words we sing over it. It comes from \u0026ldquo;Nos Galan,\u0026rdquo; a New Year\u0026rsquo;s Eve melody, and the looping \u0026ldquo;fa la la\u0026rdquo; lines are thought to stand in for a harp that once answered each sung phrase. The cheerful English lyrics are much later, added in the 19th century.\nThat \u0026ldquo;fa la la\u0026rdquo; run is the interesting part for a 6-hole player. It steps down through a quick chromatic figure, dropping onto a D flat before it lands, so it is worth playing slowly at first to keep those half steps clean. The rest of the carol is bright and easy.\nDeck the Halls Lyrics\r#\rDeck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. \u0026lsquo;Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la, la la la, la la la. Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la la la la, la la la la.\nDeck the Halls Ocarina Tab\r#\rADeck Gthe F#halls Ewith Dboughs Eof F#hol D-ly EFa F#la Gla Ela F#la, Ela Dla, Dbla, Dla ATis Gthe F#sea E-son Dto Ebe F#jol D-ly EFa F#la Gla Ela F#la, Ela Dla, Dbla, Dla EDon F#we Gnow Eour F#gay Ga A-ppar E-el F#Fa Abla Ala, Bla C#la Dla, C#la, Bla, Ala ATroll Gthe F#anc E-ient Dyule E-tide F#car D-ol BFa Bla Bla Bla Ala, Gla Gbla, Ela, Dla ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/deck-the-halls/","section":"Christmas","summary":" About Deck the Halls\r#\rThe tune is Welsh and older than the words we sing over it. It comes from “Nos Galan,” a New Year’s Eve melody, and the looping “fa la la” lines are thought to stand in for a harp that once answered each sung phrase. The cheerful English lyrics are much later, added in the 19th century.\n","title":"Deck the Halls","type":"christmas"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/disney-songs/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Disney Songs","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/disney-songs/","section":"Disney-Songs","summary":"","title":"Disney-Songs","type":"disney-songs"},{"content":" About Do As I\u0026rsquo;m Doing\r#\rThis is an imitation game more than a concert piece. One person sings and acts out a motion, everyone copies, and the \u0026ldquo;fast or slow, high or low\u0026rdquo; verse invites the leader to change it up. Songs like this pass hand to hand among children and teachers, so no single author or date can be pinned to it honestly.\nThe tune is short but not entirely beginner-friendly on a 6-hole ocarina: it uses an F sharp and a C sharp, so you reach for cross-fingerings rather than the plain scale. The range stays within an octave, from D up to high D.\nDo As I\u0026rsquo;m Doing Ocarina Tab\r#\rF#Do Aas BI'm F#do- Ding F#fol- F#low, Efol- Dlow F#me! F#Do Aas BI'm F#do- Ding; F#Fol- F#low, Efol- Elow Dme! DIf DI C#do Ait Bhigh Bor Alow, BIf AI Gdo F#it Efast Dor Aslow, F#Do Aas BI'm F#do- Ding F#fol- F#low, Efol- Dlow F#me! F#Do Aas BI'm F#do- Ding; F#Fol- F#low, Efol- Elow Dme! F#Do Aas BI'm F#do- Ding F#fol- F#low, Efol- Dlow F#me! F#Do Aas BI'm F#do- Ding; F#Fol- F#low, Efol- Elow Dme! ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/do-as-im-doing/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Do As I’m Doing\r#\rThis is an imitation game more than a concert piece. One person sings and acts out a motion, everyone copies, and the “fast or slow, high or low” verse invites the leader to change it up. Songs like this pass hand to hand among children and teachers, so no single author or date can be pinned to it honestly.\n","title":"Do As I'm Doing","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About Edelweiss\r#\rDespite 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.\nThe 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.\nEdelweiss Ocarina Tab\r#\rEE 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 ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/edelweiss/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Edelweiss\r#\rDespite 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.\n","title":"Edelweiss","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About Feliz Navidad\r#\rJose Feliciano wrote this in 1970, and it has been on the radio every December since. The Puerto Rican singer built it from a handful of words in Spanish and one plain wish in English, wanting a Christmas song that both sides of his audience could sing together. There is not much more to the lyric, which is part of why it sticks.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina the verse is easy, but the \u0026ldquo;I wanna wish you\u0026rdquo; section climbs to a high E near the top of the instrument\u0026rsquo;s range. That jump up is the spot to practice. The lower \u0026ldquo;Feliz Navidad\u0026rdquo; phrases give your fingers an easy home to return to.\nFeliz Navidad Ocarina Tab\r#\rGFe C-liz BNa C-vi A-dad AFe D-liz CNa A-vi G-dad GFe C-liz BNa C-vi A-dad FPro G-spe A-ro Ga G-no Gfe F-li F-ci E-dad EI Ewan E-na Ewish Dyou Ca Cmer A-ry Achrist C-mas DI Dwan D-na Dwish Cyou Aa Amer G-ry F#christ G-mas EI Ewan E-na Ewish Dyou Ca Cmer A-ry Achrist C-mas DFrom Cthe Bbot B-tom Cof Dmy Cheart ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/feliz-navidad/","section":"Christmas","summary":" About Feliz Navidad\r#\rJose Feliciano wrote this in 1970, and it has been on the radio every December since. The Puerto Rican singer built it from a handful of words in Spanish and one plain wish in English, wanting a Christmas song that both sides of his audience could sing together. There is not much more to the lyric, which is part of why it sticks.\n","title":"Feliz Navidad","type":"christmas"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/folk-songs/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Folk Songs","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":"","title":"Folk-Songs","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About For All We Know\r#\rNot to be confused with the 1934 pop standard of the same title, this \u0026ldquo;For All We Know\u0026rdquo; was written for the 1970 film Lovers and Other Strangers and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Fred Karlin composed the music. The Carpenters released their version in 1971, and Karen Carpenter\u0026rsquo;s warm, unhurried lead turned it into one of their best-loved recordings.\nFor the ocarina, this is one of the friendlier contemporary tunes to begin with. It stays within a ninth, from low C up to the D above, and leans on plain natural notes with no awkward sharps or flats to half-hole. The stepwise phrases make it good practice for smooth, even breath.\nFor All We Know (Carpenters) Ocarina Tab\r#\rCLove, Clook Dat Ethe Etwo Dof Dus AStran D-gers Ein Fman G-y Gways GWe A-'ve Bgot Ca Blife A-time Cto Cshare ASo Dmuch Ato Bsay Gand Cas Gwe Ago Gfrom Cday Dto Eday CI'll Dfeel Eyou Eclose Dto Dme ABut Dtime Ea F-lone Gwill Gtell GLet's Atake Ba Clife B-time Ato Csay C-y AI Dknew Ayou Bwell GFor Con G-ly Atime Gwill Ctell Dus Eso CAnd Dlove Emay Egrow Dfor Fall Ewe Cknow C-w CLove, Clook Dat Ethe Etwo Dof Dus AStran D-gers Ein Fman G-y Gways GLet's Atake Ba Clife B-time Ato Csay C-y AI Dknew Ayou Bwell Gfor Con G-ly Atime Gwill Ctell Dus Eso CAnd Dlove Emay Egrow Dfor Fall Ewe Cknow C-w ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/contemporary/for-all-we-know-carpenters/","section":"Contemporaries","summary":" About For All We Know\r#\rNot to be confused with the 1934 pop standard of the same title, this “For All We Know” was written for the 1970 film Lovers and Other Strangers and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Fred Karlin composed the music. The Carpenters released their version in 1971, and Karen Carpenter’s warm, unhurried lead turned it into one of their best-loved recordings.\n","title":"For All We Know (Carpenters)","type":"contemporary"},{"content":" About For He is a Jolly Good Fellow\r#\rThe tune is not English by birth. It comes from the French air \u0026ldquo;Malbrouck s\u0026rsquo;en va-t-en guerre,\u0026rdquo; a mock lament about the Duke of Marlborough that circulated in the 1700s and spread across Europe. English speakers kept the melody, dropped the story, and turned it into the song you sing when someone has done something worth toasting.\nIt makes a friendly first tune on a 6-hole ocarina. The whole thing sits inside a sixth, from low C up to A, with no sharps or flats and no big jumps, so beginners can usually get through it after a little practice.\nFor He is a Jolly Good Fellow Ocarina Tab\r#\rCFor Ehe's Ea Ejol D-ly Egood Ffel E-low EFor Dhe's Da Djol C-ly Dgood Efel C-low CFor Ehe's Ea Ejol D-ly Egood Ffel A-low AWhich Gno E-bod F-y Ecan Dde C-ny ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/for-he-is-a-jolly-good-fellow/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About For He is a Jolly Good Fellow\r#\rThe tune is not English by birth. It comes from the French air “Malbrouck s’en va-t-en guerre,” a mock lament about the Duke of Marlborough that circulated in the 1700s and spread across Europe. English speakers kept the melody, dropped the story, and turned it into the song you sing when someone has done something worth toasting.\n","title":"For He is a Jolly Good Fellow","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About For thy Bounteous Blessings\r#\rThis short piece is a table grace, a few lines of thanks meant to be sung before a meal. It is often performed as a round, with singers starting a few beats apart so the simple melody overlaps with itself. Its exact origin is not well documented, so it is best treated as a traditional grace rather than credited to one author.\nWritten in a flat key, the tune uses several flatted notes, which on a 6-hole ocarina take a little extra care to keep in tune. It is short enough to learn in one sitting, and playing it as a round with a friend is a good ear-training exercise.\nFor thy Bounteous Blessings Lyrics\r#\rFor thy bounteous blessings,\nFor thy wondrous word,\nFor thy loving kindness,\nWe give thanks, O Lord.\nFor thy Bounteous Blessings Ocarina Tab\r#\rFFor Gthy Abboun- Gteous Fbless Cings, FFor Gthy Abwon- Bbdrous Cword, CFor Dbthy Clov- Bbing Abkind Fness, CWe Fgive Fthanks, EbO FLord ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/for-thy-bounteous-blessings/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About For thy Bounteous Blessings\r#\rThis short piece is a table grace, a few lines of thanks meant to be sung before a meal. It is often performed as a round, with singers starting a few beats apart so the simple melody overlaps with itself. Its exact origin is not well documented, so it is best treated as a traditional grace rather than credited to one author.\n","title":"For thy Bounteous Blessings","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About Frosty the Snowman\r#\rThis one is not a carol at all but a novelty pop song, written in 1950 by Walter Rollins and Steve Nelson and first recorded by Gene Autry, who was fresh off his hit with \u0026ldquo;Rudolph.\u0026rdquo; The writers wanted to catch the same lightning twice, and a snowman who comes to life for a day did the trick.\nThe melody is playful and moves in tidy steps, which suits a 6-hole ocarina well. Most of it sits in a comfortable middle register, reaching up to a high D only now and then, so it makes a good song to learn once you are past your very first tunes and want something with a bit of swing.\nFrosty the Snowman Ocarina Tab\r#\rGFrost E-y Fthe Gsnow C-man BWas Ca Djol C-ly Bhap A-py Gsoul BWith Ca Dcorn C-cob Bpipe Aand Aa Gbut C-ton Enose GAnd Atwo Geyes Fmade Eout Fof Gcoal GFrost E-y Fthe Gsnow Cman Bis Ca Dfair C-y Btail Athey Gsay BHe Cwas Dmade Cof Bsnow Abut Athe Gchil C-dren Eknow GHow Ahe Gcame Fto Elife Done Cday CThere Amust Ahave Cbeen Csome Bmag A-ic GIn Ethat Fold Atop Ghat Fthey Efound EFor Dwhen Dthey Gplaced Git Bon Bhis Dhead DHe Bbe D-gan Cto Bdance Aa G-round GO, GFrost E-y Fthe Gsnow C-man BWas Ca D-live Cas Bhe Acould Gbe BAnd Cthe Dchil C-dren Bsay Ahe Acould Glaugh Cand Eplay GJust Athe Gsame Fas Eyou Dand Cme ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/frosty-the-snowman/","section":"Christmas","summary":" About Frosty the Snowman\r#\rThis one is not a carol at all but a novelty pop song, written in 1950 by Walter Rollins and Steve Nelson and first recorded by Gene Autry, who was fresh off his hit with “Rudolph.” The writers wanted to catch the same lightning twice, and a snowman who comes to life for a day did the trick.\n","title":"Frosty the Snowman","type":"christmas"},{"content":" About Fur Elise\r#\rBeethoven, whose music bridges the Classical and Romantic eras, wrote this short piano bagatelle in A minor around 1810. Nobody published it in his lifetime. The manuscript surfaced only in 1867, decades after his death, when the scholar Ludwig Nohl printed it. Who \u0026ldquo;Elise\u0026rdquo; was has never been settled, and one common theory reads the dedication as a misspelling of Therese, a woman Beethoven knew.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina the circling E and D-sharp of the opening are gentle and sit well under the fingers. The trouble comes near the end, where the line reaches a high F that the instrument cannot finger the normal way. You get there by overblowing, which takes a steady, controlled breath. The main theme is well within reach of a beginner long before that phrase.\nFur Elise Ocarina Tab\r#\rE D# E D# E B D C A C E A B E G# B C E E D# E D# E B D C A C E A B E C B A B C D E G# F E D F E D C E D C B E D# E D# E B D C A C E A B E G# B C E E D# E D# E B D C A C E A B E C B A ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/classical-music/fur-elise/","section":"Classical-Musics","summary":" About Fur Elise\r#\rBeethoven, whose music bridges the Classical and Romantic eras, wrote this short piano bagatelle in A minor around 1810. Nobody published it in his lifetime. The manuscript surfaced only in 1867, decades after his death, when the scholar Ludwig Nohl printed it. Who “Elise” was has never been settled, and one common theory reads the dedication as a misspelling of Therese, a woman Beethoven knew.\n","title":"Fur Elise","type":"classical-music"},{"content":" About the G Major Scale\r#\rG major carries a single sharp, F sharp, and is one of the most common keys in Western music, partly because it falls easily under the hand on guitar and piano. On the ocarina it has the same bright, open major sound, and this pattern runs from F sharp up through a high E. The note to mind is that opening F sharp, a half step that is simple to overshoot when you are still warming up. It is a short, friendly scale to drill, good for settling your breath and fixing the sharp before you move on to a tune in the same key.\nG Major Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rF# G A B C D E ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scales/g-major-scale/","section":"Scales","summary":" About the G Major Scale\r#\rG major carries a single sharp, F sharp, and is one of the most common keys in Western music, partly because it falls easily under the hand on guitar and piano. On the ocarina it has the same bright, open major sound, and this pattern runs from F sharp up through a high E. The note to mind is that opening F sharp, a half step that is simple to overshoot when you are still warming up. It is a short, friendly scale to drill, good for settling your breath and fixing the sharp before you move on to a tune in the same key.\n","title":"G Major Scale","type":"scales"},{"content":" About the Game of Thrones Theme\r#\rRamin Djawadi composed this theme for the opening titles of HBO\u0026rsquo;s Game of Thrones, which began in 2011. It is television rather than a film score, though it has traveled far past the show. The main idea is a driving, minor-key phrase first carried by a cello, built to march along under the spinning clockwork map of the title sequence.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina the melody sits low and tight, never climbing past B flat, so nothing here strains for the top of the instrument. The repeated pattern rewards a steady rhythm; keep the accidentals clean and the grim mood carries itself.\nGame of Thrones Theme Ocarina Tab\r#\rA# E G A A# E G A F# A D Gb G A D G Gb E A# E G A A# E G A F# A D Gb G A D G Gb E Bb E G A A# E G A Gb A D Gb G Gb D E ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tv-theme-songs/game-of-thrones-theme/","section":"Tv-Theme-Songs","summary":" About the Game of Thrones Theme\r#\rRamin Djawadi composed this theme for the opening titles of HBO’s Game of Thrones, which began in 2011. It is television rather than a film score, though it has traveled far past the show. The main idea is a driving, minor-key phrase first carried by a cello, built to march along under the spinning clockwork map of the title sequence.\n","title":"Game of Thrones Theme","type":"tv-theme-songs"},{"content":" About the Legend of Zelda game over theme\r#\rThis short cue is the game-over sting from the very first Legend of Zelda, the 1986 NES title that started the whole series. Koji Kondo wrote its music, and this little descending phrase is what greeted players each time Link ran out of hearts.\nIt is brief, only a handful of bars, but it is not the gentlest first pick. The line uses a B flat and a C sharp, so you cross a couple of the trickier six-hole fingerings before it resolves. Short enough to learn in one sitting once those two notes sit under your fingers.\nGame Over Legend of Zelda Ocarina Tab\r#\rC C F A G# C E E D F A D C F G A D F Bb D C# F G Bb A C F A G D E C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-sheet-music/game-over-legend-of-zelda/","section":"Zelda-Sheet-Musics","summary":" About the Legend of Zelda game over theme\r#\rThis short cue is the game-over sting from the very first Legend of Zelda, the 1986 NES title that started the whole series. Koji Kondo wrote its music, and this little descending phrase is what greeted players each time Link ran out of hearts.\n","title":"Game Over Legend of Zelda","type":"zelda-sheet-music"},{"content":" About the Great Fairy Fountain theme\r#\rThe Great Fairy\u0026rsquo;s Fountain theme first appeared in A Link to the Past in 1991 and has drifted through nearly every Zelda game since, playing whenever Link steps into one of the hidden fairy springs. Koji Kondo built it as a calm, harp-like figure, a moment of rest between the fighting.\nThe falling, arpeggio-style shape lies well under the fingers on a six-hole ocarina, moving mostly by small steps from a low D up to a high D. Watch for the single B flat, the one note that steps outside the plain scale.\nGreat Fairy Fountain Ocarina Tab\r#\rA G F G G F E F F E D E E D C D A G F G B A# G A D C Bb C A G F E ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-sheet-music/great-fairy-fountain/","section":"Zelda-Sheet-Musics","summary":" About the Great Fairy Fountain theme\r#\rThe Great Fairy’s Fountain theme first appeared in A Link to the Past in 1991 and has drifted through nearly every Zelda game since, playing whenever Link steps into one of the hidden fairy springs. Koji Kondo built it as a calm, harp-like figure, a moment of rest between the fighting.\n","title":"Great Fairy Fountain","type":"zelda-sheet-music"},{"content":" About Halls of the Mountain King\r#\rEdvard Grieg composed this piece in 1875 as part of the incidental music for Henrik Ibsen\u0026rsquo;s play Peer Gynt. In the scene it accompanies, Peer wanders into the throne room of a troll king, and the music tracks his mounting dread. It begins slow and hushed, then speeds up and grows louder until it nearly runs away with itself. Grieg later placed it in his first Peer Gynt orchestral suite, which is where most listeners meet it now.\nThis Norwegian Romantic tune keeps to a single octave, from C up to the C above, so every note falls inside the comfortable range of a 6-hole ocarina. The real test is not the pitches but the acceleration. Learn it slowly and let the speed come last.\nHalls of the Mountain King Ocarina Tab\r#\rC. D. D#. F. G. D#. G. F#. D. F#. F. C#. F. C. D. D#. F. G. D#. G. C. A#. G. D#. G. A#. ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/classical-music/halls-of-the-mountain-king/","section":"Classical-Musics","summary":" About Halls of the Mountain King\r#\rEdvard Grieg composed this piece in 1875 as part of the incidental music for Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt. In the scene it accompanies, Peer wanders into the throne room of a troll king, and the music tracks his mounting dread. It begins slow and hushed, then speeds up and grows louder until it nearly runs away with itself. Grieg later placed it in his first Peer Gynt orchestral suite, which is where most listeners meet it now.\n","title":"Halls of the Mountain King","type":"classical-music"},{"content":" About the Hanging Tree\r#\rThe words to The Hanging Tree come straight from Suzanne Collins\u0026rsquo;s novel Mockingjay, where Katniss remembers her father singing them. For the 2014 film the verse was set to a spare, folk-like melody by members of The Lumineers working with composer James Newton Howard, and Jennifer Lawrence sang it on screen. What starts as one voice grows into a crowd, which is the whole point of the scene.\nThis short arrangement reaches up to a high E, the top note of the phrase and the trickiest breath on a 6-hole ocarina. Take that climb gently and the rest falls easily under the fingers.\nHanging Tree Ocarina Tab\r#\rGAre Ayou, Care Dyou ACom A-ing Ato Gthe Etree? GThey Astrung Aup Ca Dman GThey Asay Awho Amurd G-ered Athree EStrange Dthings Cdid Dhap C-pen Ahere GNo Astrang A-er Awould Git Ebe GIf Gwe Amet Cat Dmid G-night Ain Athe Ahang G-ing Atree ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/movies/hanging-tree/","section":"Movies","summary":" About the Hanging Tree\r#\rThe words to The Hanging Tree come straight from Suzanne Collins’s novel Mockingjay, where Katniss remembers her father singing them. For the 2014 film the verse was set to a spare, folk-like melody by members of The Lumineers working with composer James Newton Howard, and Jennifer Lawrence sang it on screen. What starts as one voice grows into a crowd, which is the whole point of the scene.\n","title":"Hanging Tree","type":"movies"},{"content":" Playing Happy Birthday in C\r#\rThere is a good chance this is the first song a person ever performs in public, usually badly and with feeling. The melody came from \u0026ldquo;Good Morning to All,\u0026rdquo; a greeting written in 1893 by two sisters, Patty and Mildred Hill, who taught young children. The birthday verse latched on afterward and traveled the world without asking permission. A long-running copyright claim over the words was finally struck down by a US court in 2016.\nThe key of C keeps this version inside a single octave, C up to C, which makes it kinder for a beginner than the higher settings. The one hurdle is the reach to top C in the third line. Everything else stays in the ocarina\u0026rsquo;s easy middle.\nHappy Birthday to You (C) Ocarina Tab\r#\rC C D C F E C C D C G F C C C A F E D B B A F G F ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/traditional/happy-birthday-to-you-c/","section":"Traditionals","summary":" Playing Happy Birthday in C\r#\rThere is a good chance this is the first song a person ever performs in public, usually badly and with feeling. The melody came from “Good Morning to All,” a greeting written in 1893 by two sisters, Patty and Mildred Hill, who taught young children. The birthday verse latched on afterward and traveled the world without asking permission. A long-running copyright claim over the words was finally struck down by a US court in 2016.\n","title":"Happy Birthday to You (C)","type":"traditional"},{"content":" About Happy Birthday to You\r#\rThe tune everyone sings over a cake started as a classroom greeting. Two Kentucky sisters, Patty and Mildred Hill, wrote the melody as \u0026ldquo;Good Morning to All\u0026rdquo; in 1893 for the children they taught. The birthday words attached themselves later, and no one is quite sure who first paired them. For most of the twentieth century a publisher claimed the copyright and collected fees, until a US court ruled in 2016 that the familiar lyrics belong to everyone.\nThis setting sits in D and climbs to a high D on the \u0026ldquo;dear so-and-so\u0026rdquo; phrase, an octave leap that catches out new players. Take that line slowly at first. Once the jump is clean the rest stays in comfortable middle range, and the whole tune fits neatly on a 6-hole ocarina.\nHappy Birthday To You (D) Ocarina Tab\r#\rD D E D G F# D D E D A G D D D B G F# E C C B G A G ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/traditional/happy-birthday-to-you/","section":"Traditionals","summary":" About Happy Birthday to You\r#\rThe tune everyone sings over a cake started as a classroom greeting. Two Kentucky sisters, Patty and Mildred Hill, wrote the melody as “Good Morning to All” in 1893 for the children they taught. The birthday words attached themselves later, and no one is quite sure who first paired them. For most of the twentieth century a publisher claimed the copyright and collected fees, until a US court ruled in 2016 that the familiar lyrics belong to everyone.\n","title":"Happy Birthday To You (D)","type":"traditional"},{"content":" About Hark the Herald Angels Sing\r#\rCharles Wesley wrote these words in 1739, and they were slower and more solemn than the carol we know. The bright tune came a century later, lifted from a Mendelssohn cantata written to honor the printing press, and fitted to Wesley\u0026rsquo;s text by William Cummings in 1855. The two halves have traveled together ever since, a match Wesley himself might not have approved.\nOn the ocarina the carol builds toward the \u0026ldquo;Glory to the newborn King\u0026rdquo; line, where the melody rises to a high D at the top of the second octave. The opening phrases are steadier and lower, giving you a run-up before that climb.\nHark the Herald Angels Sing Lyrics\r#\rHark! The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled. Joyful, all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th\u0026rsquo; angelic host proclaim: Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! The herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King!\nHark the Herald Angels Sing Ocarina Tab\r#\rCHark! FThe Fher E-ald Fan A-gels Asing G CGlor C-y Cto Bbthe Anew G-born Aking! CPeace Fon Fearth Eand Fmer A-cy Ami G-ild CGod Gand Gsin E-ners Ere D-con C-ciled CJoy C-ful Call Fye A#na A-tions Ari G-ise CJoin Cthe Ctri F-umph A#of Athe Aski G-ies DWith Dth'an D-gel C-ic A#host Apro A#-claim: GChrist Ais A#born Cin FBeth F-le G-he A-em DHark! DThe Dher C-ald Bban A-gels Bbsing GGlor A-y Bbto Cthe Fnew F-born GKing! F ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/hark-the-herald-angels-sing/","section":"Christmas","summary":" About Hark the Herald Angels Sing\r#\rCharles Wesley wrote these words in 1739, and they were slower and more solemn than the carol we know. The bright tune came a century later, lifted from a Mendelssohn cantata written to honor the printing press, and fitted to Wesley’s text by William Cummings in 1855. The two halves have traveled together ever since, a match Wesley himself might not have approved.\n","title":"Hark the Herald Angels Sing","type":"christmas"},{"content":" About He\u0026rsquo;s Got the Whole World\r#\rHe\u0026rsquo;s Got the Whole World in His Hands is an African American spiritual that first appeared in print in the 1920s and has been a fixture of gospel singing and Sunday schools ever since. Its strength is repetition: the same short phrase returns with only its ending swapped, which is why young children pick it up so fast, and singers have long added their own verses naming whoever they want held safe.\nOn the six-hole ocarina the melody stays in a comfortable band from E up to high C. Because so many phrases repeat, you spend more time on feel and less on hunting for new fingerings.\nHe\u0026rsquo;s Got the Whole World Ocarina Tab\r#\rBHe's Bgot Gthe Bwhole Gwor E-ld Bin Chis Bhands BHe's Bgot Gthe Awhole Fwide Dworld Bin Chis Bhands BHe's Bgot Gthe Bwhole Gwor E-ld Bin Chis Bhands BHe's Bgot Gthe Bwhole Bworld Ain Fhis Ehands ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/hes-got-the-whole-world/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About He’s Got the Whole World\r#\rHe’s Got the Whole World in His Hands is an African American spiritual that first appeared in print in the 1920s and has been a fixture of gospel singing and Sunday schools ever since. Its strength is repetition: the same short phrase returns with only its ending swapped, which is why young children pick it up so fast, and singers have long added their own verses naming whoever they want held safe.\n","title":"He's Got the Whole World","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About Hedwig\u0026rsquo;s Theme\r#\rJohn Williams wrote Hedwig\u0026rsquo;s Theme for the first Harry Potter film in 2001, and it became the musical signature for the whole series. In the original it is played on the celesta, a small keyboard with a bell-like chime, which gives the melody its cold, glittering, slightly uneasy quality. The name comes from Harry\u0026rsquo;s snowy owl, though the tune really stands in for the wider world of the story.\nThe line moves in a minor key with a few chromatic steps and climbs to a high D, so it uses most of a 6-hole ocarina\u0026rsquo;s range. Watch the half-step neighbors; that wandering shape is what makes the theme sound the way it does.\nHedwig\u0026rsquo;s Theme Ocarina Tab\r#\rC F G# G F C B G F G# G E G C C F G# G F C D B B C G# F C G# F ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/movies/hedwigs-theme/","section":"Movies","summary":" About Hedwig’s Theme\r#\rJohn Williams wrote Hedwig’s Theme for the first Harry Potter film in 2001, and it became the musical signature for the whole series. In the original it is played on the celesta, a small keyboard with a bell-like chime, which gives the melody its cold, glittering, slightly uneasy quality. The name comes from Harry’s snowy owl, though the tune really stands in for the wider world of the story.\n","title":"Hedwig's Theme","type":"movies"},{"content":" About Hey Jude\r#\rPaul McCartney wrote \u0026ldquo;Hey Jude\u0026rdquo; in 1968, and the Beatles put it out that summer as a single. He has said it started as \u0026ldquo;Hey Jules,\u0026rdquo; a song of comfort for John Lennon\u0026rsquo;s young son Julian during his parents\u0026rsquo; divorce, before he softened the name to sing better. At over seven minutes, with its long singalong fade-out, it was strikingly long for a hit of its day.\nOur tab covers the opening verse, which is the most approachable part for a beginner. It moves between the low and middle register and reaches a single C sharp near the top; that is the one note to place carefully on a 6-hole instrument. Keep the pace relaxed and let the phrases breathe.\nHey Jude Ocarina Tab\r#\rGHey DJude, Ddon't Gmake Ait Dbad DTake Da Fsad Csong Cand Bmake Git Abe G-tter F-r D-r GRe A-mem A-ber Ato C#let Cher Bin C-to Ayour Gheart CThen Dyou Dcan Asta G-art GTo Fmake Dit Cbett C-er ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/contemporary/hey-jude/","section":"Contemporaries","summary":" About Hey Jude\r#\rPaul McCartney wrote “Hey Jude” in 1968, and the Beatles put it out that summer as a single. He has said it started as “Hey Jules,” a song of comfort for John Lennon’s young son Julian during his parents’ divorce, before he softened the name to sing better. At over seven minutes, with its long singalong fade-out, it was strikingly long for a hit of its day.\n","title":"Hey Jude","type":"contemporary"},{"content":" About High on the Mountain Top\r#\rThis is a Latter-day Saint hymn from the 1850s, written for a young settlement in the American West and looking toward a temple on a hill. Its words are usually credited to Joel Hills Johnson, with the tune added by an early church musician.\nThe melody has real range for a 6-hole ocarina, reaching up to a high E near the top of the instrument. Those top notes are the part to practice, since they need firmer breath to stay in tune, while the lower phrases sit comfortably. Take the climbs gently and the bright, rising shape of the tune comes through.\nHigh on the Mountain Top Lyrics\r#\rHigh on the mountain top\nA banner is unfurled.\nYe nations, now look up;\nIt waves to all the world.\nIn Deseret\u0026rsquo;s sweet, peaceful land,\nOn Zion\u0026rsquo;s mount behold it stand;\nFor God remembers still\nHis promise made of old.\nHigh on the Mountain Top Ocarina Tab\r#\rDHigh Gon Gthe Gmoun A-tain Btop AA Bbann D-er Cis Bun A-furled AYe Bna A-tions, Bnow Blook Dup; AIt Gwaves F#to Eall Ethe Dworld DIn DDes C-eret's Bsweet, Apeaceful Bland BOn BZion's Emount Dbehold Bit Dstand DFor DGod Cre B-mem A-bers Gstill ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/high-on-the-mountain-top/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About High on the Mountain Top\r#\rThis is a Latter-day Saint hymn from the 1850s, written for a young settlement in the American West and looking toward a temple on a hill. Its words are usually credited to Joel Hills Johnson, with the tune added by an early church musician.\n","title":"High on the Mountain Top","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About Hoist the Colours\r#\rHoist the Colours opens Pirates of the Caribbean: At World\u0026rsquo;s End from 2007, sung first by a lone boy on the gallows and then taken up as a pirates\u0026rsquo; anthem. Hans Zimmer\u0026rsquo;s score carries it in the film. The lyric is a call for the scattered pirate lords to gather, and its slightly menacing, sea-shanty swing does a lot of the movie\u0026rsquo;s setup in one short song.\nIt is one of the more demanding tunes here for a 6-hole ocarina: the melody pushes up to a high D sharp, an accidental near the top of the instrument that takes a firm, controlled breath to hit cleanly.\nHoist the Colors Pirates of the Carribean Ocarina Tab\r#\rCThe Gking Gand Ghis Gmen Gstole Gthe G#queen Gfrom Gher Cbed Cand Cbound Cher Ci D-in Cher Bbones Gthe Cseas Bbe Dours Band Dby Bthe Gpowers Dwhere Bwe Dwill Gwe B'll Croam CYo G-Ho Call Ghands Choist Cthe D#co D-o C-lours Dhigh Dheave G-ho Dthieves Dand Gbeg G-gars Dne D-ver Gshall Bwe Cdie! ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/movies/hoist-the-colors-pirates-of-the-carribean/","section":"Movies","summary":" About Hoist the Colours\r#\rHoist the Colours opens Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End from 2007, sung first by a lone boy on the gallows and then taken up as a pirates’ anthem. Hans Zimmer’s score carries it in the film. The lyric is a call for the scattered pirate lords to gather, and its slightly menacing, sea-shanty swing does a lot of the movie’s setup in one short song.\n","title":"Hoist the Colors Pirates of the Caribbean","type":"movies"},{"content":" About Home on the Range\r#\rThis is about as close to an official American cowboy song as the plains produced. The words began as a poem, \u0026ldquo;My Western Home,\u0026rdquo; written around 1872 by Brewster Higley, a settler and doctor living in Smith County, Kansas. A neighbor, Daniel Kelley, set it to music, and cowhands carried the tune across the West by ear, changing a line here and there the way songs do when they pass around campfires. Kansas made it the state song in 1947.\nThe melody wanders up to a high D and leans on a couple of accidentals, a D-sharp and an A-sharp, which are the fiddly spots on a 6-hole ocarina. Get comfortable with those two half-covered notes and the long, rolling phrases fall into place.\nHome on the Range Lyrics\r#\rOh, give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day.\nHome, home on the range, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day.\nHome on the Range Ocarina Tab\r#\rDOh, Dgive Gme Aa Bhome GWhere Fthe Ebuf C-fa C-lo Croam CWhere Cthe Ddeer Gand Gthe Gan F-te G-lope Aplay D#Where Dsel G-dom Ais Bheard GA Fdis E-cour C-a C-ging Cword CAnd Cthe Bskies Aare Gnot Fcloud G-y Aall Gday DHome, Chome Bon A#the Brange BWhere Cthe Ddeer Gand Gthe Gan F#-te G-lope Aplay DWhere Dsel G-dom Ais Bheard GA Fdis E-cour C-a C-ging Cword CAnd Cthe Bskies Aare Gnot Fcloud G-y Aall Gday ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/traditional/home-on-the-range/","section":"Traditionals","summary":" About Home on the Range\r#\rThis is about as close to an official American cowboy song as the plains produced. The words began as a poem, “My Western Home,” written around 1872 by Brewster Higley, a settler and doctor living in Smith County, Kansas. A neighbor, Daniel Kelley, set it to music, and cowhands carried the tune across the West by ear, changing a line here and there the way songs do when they pass around campfires. Kansas made it the state song in 1947.\n","title":"Home on the Range","type":"traditional"},{"content":" About Hot Cross Buns\r#\rHot Cross Buns began as a street seller\u0026rsquo;s cry rather than a nursery song. The spiced buns marked with a cross were sold around Lent and Good Friday, and the rhyme echoes a vendor calling the price, one a penny, two a penny. Printed versions reach back to the 1700s, though it survives today mostly as a first teaching tune.\nOn the six-hole ocarina it is about as gentle a start as you can find. The whole melody uses only three neighboring notes, C, D and E, so a brand-new player can get a recognizable song out of the instrument within minutes of picking it up.\nHot Cross Buns Ocarina Tab\r#\rEHot Dcross Cbuns EHot Dcross Cbuns COne Cha' Cpen- Cny Dtwo Dha' Dpen- Dny EHot Dcross Cbuns ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/hot-cross-buns/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Hot Cross Buns\r#\rHot Cross Buns began as a street seller’s cry rather than a nursery song. The spiced buns marked with a cross were sold around Lent and Good Friday, and the rhyme echoes a vendor calling the price, one a penny, two a penny. Printed versions reach back to the 1700s, though it survives today mostly as a first teaching tune.\n","title":"Hot Cross Buns","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" Where How Great Thou Art comes from\r#\rThis hymn traveled a long way before it reached English. It began as a Swedish poem, \u0026ldquo;O Store Gud,\u0026rdquo; written by Carl Boberg in 1885, and the English version most people sing was adapted by the missionary Stuart K. Hine in the mid-twentieth century. Hine\u0026rsquo;s translation is what carried it into churches across the English-speaking world.\nThe tune spans more than an octave on a 6-hole ocarina, climbing to a high E in the chorus. Those peak notes, especially on the word that opens the refrain, are where careful breath control matters most. The verses stay lower and give you a chance to settle before the tune lifts.\nHow Great Thou Art Ocarina Tab\r#\rFO FLord Fmy DGod, Fwhen FI Fin Gawe G-some Ewon G-der GCon G-sid G-er Fall Dthe Fworlds FThy EHands Ehave Dmade FI Fsee Fthe Dstars, FI Fhear Fthe Groll G-ing Ethun G-der GThy Gpower Gthrough F-out Dthe Fu F-ni E-verse Edis D-played FThen Fsings Bmy Dsoul, CMy Bsav A-iour BGod Gto FThee BHow Agreat Bthou Cart, DHow Egreat Athou Bart ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/how-great-thou-art/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" Where How Great Thou Art comes from\r#\rThis hymn traveled a long way before it reached English. It began as a Swedish poem, “O Store Gud,” written by Carl Boberg in 1885, and the English version most people sing was adapted by the missionary Stuart K. Hine in the mid-twentieth century. Hine’s translation is what carried it into churches across the English-speaking world.\n","title":"How Great Thou Art","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About this exercise\r#\rCircular breathing lets you hold a note without pause by breathing in and out at the same time. Wind players borrow it from traditions like the didgeridoo, where a drone can run unbroken for minutes on end. The idea sounds impossible but rests on one trick: fill your cheeks with air, then squeeze that stored air into the ocarina with your cheek muscles while you snatch a quick breath in through the nose. Most songs never need it. Practise the handover away from the instrument first, blowing through a straw into a glass of water and trying to hold a steady stream of bubbles right through the switch.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-techniques/circular-breathing/","section":"Ocarina-Techniques","summary":" About this exercise\r#\rCircular breathing lets you hold a note without pause by breathing in and out at the same time. Wind players borrow it from traditions like the didgeridoo, where a drone can run unbroken for minutes on end. The idea sounds impossible but rests on one trick: fill your cheeks with air, then squeeze that stored air into the ocarina with your cheek muscles while you snatch a quick breath in through the nose. Most songs never need it. Practise the handover away from the instrument first, blowing through a straw into a glass of water and trying to hold a steady stream of bubbles right through the switch.\n","title":"How to Do Circular Breathing","type":"ocarina-techniques"},{"content":" Flutter tonguing is simply rolling your tongue rapidly like with the Spanish R while blowing out.\nIt makes a fluttering sound on/off of the note.\nAbout this exercise\r#\rFlutter tonguing adds a rapid, rattling buzz to a note by rolling the tongue against the roof of the mouth. If you can roll the R in a Spanish word, you already have the motion; you just do it while blowing steadily into the ocarina. The airflow keeps the tongue trilling on its own, so the sound flickers on and off many times a second. Some players find the rolled R impossible and use a growl in the throat instead, which gives a rougher but similar effect. Keep the breath even underneath, since the flutter fades the moment your air pressure drops.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-techniques/flutter-tonguing/","section":"Ocarina-Techniques","summary":" Flutter tonguing is simply rolling your tongue rapidly like with the Spanish R while blowing out.\n","title":"How to Do Flutter Tonguing","type":"ocarina-techniques"},{"content":" Vibrato is the pitch and volume to make a quivering sound. I personally use my diaphragm muscles to pulse the air coming out of my lungs to achieve this effect.\nAbout this exercise\r#\rVibrato is a gentle, regular wobble in pitch and volume that keeps a held note alive instead of flat and static. On the ocarina it comes from the breath rather than the fingers. Pulse the air with your diaphragm, the same muscles you would use to pant quietly, and let each pulse push the tone a touch louder and back again. Begin slowly and evenly, counting the pulses, before you try to speed them up; an uneven vibrato is more distracting than none at all. Long, sustained notes at the end of a phrase are the best place to add it.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-techniques/vibrato/","section":"Ocarina-Techniques","summary":" Vibrato is the pitch and volume to make a quivering sound. I personally use my diaphragm muscles to pulse the air coming out of my lungs to achieve this effect.\n","title":"How to do Vibrato","type":"ocarina-techniques"},{"content":" About this exercise\r#\rOverblowing means pushing extra air to nudge a note higher than its normal fingering gives. On many wind instruments this needs a special lip or embouchure change, but the ocarina keeps it blunt: blow harder and the pitch rises. That makes it handy for reaching a top note a fraction beyond the instrument\u0026rsquo;s comfortable range, as happens in tunes like Fur Elise. The catch is that harder air also makes the note louder and can sharpen it too far, so lean into the breath gradually and listen for the pitch you want rather than forcing it. A tuner or a reference note helps you learn how much push each jump needs.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-techniques/overblow/","section":"Ocarina-Techniques","summary":" About this exercise\r#\rOverblowing means pushing extra air to nudge a note higher than its normal fingering gives. On many wind instruments this needs a special lip or embouchure change, but the ocarina keeps it blunt: blow harder and the pitch rises. That makes it handy for reaching a top note a fraction beyond the instrument’s comfortable range, as happens in tunes like Fur Elise. The catch is that harder air also makes the note louder and can sharpen it too far, so lean into the breath gradually and listen for the pitch you want rather than forcing it. A tuner or a reference note helps you learn how much push each jump needs.\n","title":"How to Overblow an Ocarina","type":"ocarina-techniques"},{"content":" About this exercise\r#\rSlap tonguing is a percussive pop rather than a sung note. You seal the blow hole with the flat of your tongue, draw a small vacuum by sucking back, then release and drop your jaw so air rushes in with a sharp burst. The whole move happens in an instant, and the result is a dry, explosive click that punctuates a phrase. It takes a little experimenting to find how much suction gives a clean pop without a hiss. Try it on its own, away from any tune, until the burst is loud and consistent, then drop single slaps between notes for rhythm.\nSteps\r#\rSeal the blow hole with the flat of your tongue. Draw a small vacuum by sucking back gently. Release your tongue and drop your jaw so air rushes in. Let the sudden burst of air make the sharp, percussive pop. ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-techniques/slap-tonguing/","section":"Ocarina-Techniques","summary":" About this exercise\r#\rSlap tonguing is a percussive pop rather than a sung note. You seal the blow hole with the flat of your tongue, draw a small vacuum by sucking back, then release and drop your jaw so air rushes in with a sharp burst. The whole move happens in an instant, and the result is a dry, explosive click that punctuates a phrase. It takes a little experimenting to find how much suction gives a clean pop without a hiss. Try it on its own, away from any tune, until the burst is loud and consistent, then drop single slaps between notes for rhythm.\n","title":"How to Slap Tongue on an Ocarina","type":"ocarina-techniques"},{"content":" A slide whistle has a changing pitch because the air cavity changes smoothly.\nFor the ocarina, you can do this effect by sliding your finger slowly off one of the holes.\nAbout this exercise\r#\rA slide whistle changes pitch because its air cavity grows and shrinks smoothly, with no fixed steps. An ocarina cannot move a slider, but it can fake the same glide. Instead of lifting a finger cleanly, roll it slowly off the edge of a hole so the opening widens by degrees and the pitch bends up rather than jumping. The trick is control at the fingertip: too fast and you get an ordinary note change, too slow and the tone thins out. Practise the roll between two adjacent notes first, keeping your breath steady, until the pitch travels in one connected sweep.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-techniques/ocarina-slide/","section":"Ocarina-Techniques","summary":" A slide whistle has a changing pitch because the air cavity changes smoothly.\nFor the ocarina, you can do this effect by sliding your finger slowly off one of the holes.\n","title":"How to Slide on the Ocarina","type":"ocarina-techniques"},{"content":" About the Hungarian Gypsy Scale (A)\r#\rBuilt on A, this Hungarian gypsy pattern uses the scale\u0026rsquo;s signature move: the augmented second between C and D sharp, a step and a half that gives the line its brooding, Eastern color. It is a short run, up from A to a high E and back, so it is a quick way to get that unusual interval into your fingers without a long climb. The reach to D sharp is the part to practise, since it sits a hole or two away from its neighbours. Take it slowly and let your ear settle on the gap; it sounds strange next to a plain minor scale, and that is the point.\nHungarian Gypsy Scale (A) Ocarina Tab\r#\rA B C D# E D# C B A ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scales/hungarian-scale-a/","section":"Scales","summary":" About the Hungarian Gypsy Scale (A)\r#\rBuilt on A, this Hungarian gypsy pattern uses the scale’s signature move: the augmented second between C and D sharp, a step and a half that gives the line its brooding, Eastern color. It is a short run, up from A to a high E and back, so it is a quick way to get that unusual interval into your fingers without a long climb. The reach to D sharp is the part to practise, since it sits a hole or two away from its neighbours. Take it slowly and let your ear settle on the gap; it sounds strange next to a plain minor scale, and that is the point.\n","title":"Hungarian Gypsy Scale (A)","type":"scales"},{"content":" About the Hungarian Gypsy Scale (E)\r#\rThis is a Hungarian gypsy scale, also called the Hungarian minor. What sets it apart are two wide steps, augmented seconds, that jump a step and a half where an ordinary scale would take a half or a whole step. Those gaps give it the dark, exotic pull people recognize from Eastern European folk music. On the ocarina the leaps are the challenge: your fingers travel across several holes at once and still have to land in tune. Run it slowly at first. It stretches your reach and trains your ear to hear those unusual intervals rather than the familiar major and minor ones.\nHungarian Gypsy Scale (E) Ocarina Tab\r#\rE F# G A# B C D# D# C B A# G F# E ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scales/hungarian-gypsy-scale-c/","section":"Scales","summary":" About the Hungarian Gypsy Scale (E)\r#\rThis is a Hungarian gypsy scale, also called the Hungarian minor. What sets it apart are two wide steps, augmented seconds, that jump a step and a half where an ordinary scale would take a half or a whole step. Those gaps give it the dark, exotic pull people recognize from Eastern European folk music. On the ocarina the leaps are the challenge: your fingers travel across several holes at once and still have to land in tune. Run it slowly at first. It stretches your reach and trains your ear to hear those unusual intervals rather than the familiar major and minor ones.\n","title":"Hungarian Gypsy Scale (E)","type":"scales"},{"content":" About Hush Little Baby Mockingbird\r#\rHush Little Baby is a traditional lullaby from the American South, handed down by singing rather than by any printed book, so its author is unknown. The verses work like a chain, where each promised gift that fails becomes the reason for the next, and a parent can keep inventing lines for as long as it takes a child to drift off. Because it was never fixed on paper, no two families sing quite the same words.\nLike most lullabies, Hush Little Baby is meant to be sung low and slow and repeated until a restless child gives in. It is an American folk piece with no known composer, kept alive entirely by parents at the bedside, and the famous mockingbird line is only the opening; the song wanders on through a whole list of promised comforts.\nThis setting keeps the tune in the middle of the six-hole ocarina, running from low C up to B. That easy stretch suits the slow, rocking pace a lullaby wants.\nHush Little Baby Mockingbird Ocarina Tab\r#\rCHush Alit Atle Aba Bby Adon't Gsay Ga Gword CPa CPa's Ggoing Gto Gbuy Gyou Aa Gmock Fing Fbird CIf Athat Amock Bing Abird Gwont Gsing CPa CPa's Ggoing Gto Gbuy Gyou Aa Gdia Fmond Fring ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/hush-little-baby-mockingbird/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Hush Little Baby Mockingbird\r#\rHush Little Baby is a traditional lullaby from the American South, handed down by singing rather than by any printed book, so its author is unknown. The verses work like a chain, where each promised gift that fails becomes the reason for the next, and a parent can keep inventing lines for as long as it takes a child to drift off. Because it was never fixed on paper, no two families sing quite the same words.\n","title":"Hush Little Baby Mockingbird","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About Hymn of the Fayth Final Fantasy X\r#\rThe Hymn of the Fayth runs like a thread through Final Fantasy X, the 2001 PlayStation 2 game scored by Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, and Junya Nakano. In the story it is a prayer, chanted by the people of Spira and by the fayth themselves, and it returns in different guises as the journey goes on. The melody was built to be sung by many voices, so its shape stays simple and repeats readily.\nThat plainness makes it kind to a 6-hole ocarina. The whole tune sits inside a single octave, from a low C to the B above, with no leaps into the high register, so a newer player can hold the line without fighting for the top notes.\nHymn of the Fayth Final Fantasy X Ocarina Tab\r#\rD F E G G F G A D A B G A G F G A D D D E E F F E C C D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/video-game-songs/hymn-of-the-fayth-final-fantasy-x/","section":"Video-Game-Songs","summary":" About Hymn of the Fayth Final Fantasy X\r#\rThe Hymn of the Fayth runs like a thread through Final Fantasy X, the 2001 PlayStation 2 game scored by Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, and Junya Nakano. In the story it is a prayer, chanted by the people of Spira and by the fayth themselves, and it returns in different guises as the journey goes on. The melody was built to be sung by many voices, so its shape stays simple and repeats readily.\n","title":"Hymn of the Fayth Final Fantasy X","type":"video-game-songs"},{"content":" About I am a Child of God\r#\rThis is a Latter-day Saint children\u0026rsquo;s hymn from 1957, written by Naomi Randall with music by Mildred Pettit. It was created for Primary, the church\u0026rsquo;s program for children, and remains one of the best known songs in that tradition.\nIts range fits neatly inside one octave, from C to the C above, which is part of why it works so well for young singers and for beginners on the 6-hole ocarina. The phrases are short and move mostly by step, without wide jumps, so it is a friendly early piece for building a clear, even tone.\nI am a Child of God Ocarina Tab\r#\rEI Eam Ea Fchild Gof EGod, Gand CHe Chas Bsent Ame Ghere, GHas Ggiv- Een Eme Gan Gearth- Fly Fhome EWith Epar- Dents Bkind Aand Gdear. ELead Gme, Eguide Gme, Gwalk Fbe- Dside Fme, BHelp Bme Afind Athe Gway. ETeach Gme Eall Gthat CI Amust Fdo DTo Flive Fwith Ehim Dsome- Cday. ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/i-am-a-child-of-god/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About I am a Child of God\r#\rThis is a Latter-day Saint children’s hymn from 1957, written by Naomi Randall with music by Mildred Pettit. It was created for Primary, the church’s program for children, and remains one of the best known songs in that tradition.\n","title":"I am a Child of God","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day\r#\rThe words began as a poem, \u0026ldquo;Christmas Bells,\u0026rdquo; written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1863. He wrote in a dark year, with the country at war and his own family struck by grief, and the lines move from despair to the sound of Christmas bells insisting that peace is not dead. The tune most singers use was added later by John Baptiste Calkin.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina the melody spans nearly an octave, from a low D sharp up to a high D. It opens in the lower register, so give those first notes enough breath to speak clearly before the line rises.\nI Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Lyrics\r#\rI heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play, And mild and sweet their songs repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men.\nI Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Ocarina Tab\r#\rD#I Gheard F#the Gbells Gon G#christ G-mas G#day ATheir A#old Bfa D-mil C-iar Ccar A#-ols A#play A#And A#mild G#and Gsweet G#their Gsongs Fre D#-peat FOf Gpeace G#on A#earth Cgood Dwill Fto D#men ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/","section":"Christmas","summary":" About I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day\r#\rThe words began as a poem, “Christmas Bells,” written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1863. He wrote in a dark year, with the country at war and his own family struck by grief, and the lines move from despair to the sound of Christmas bells insisting that peace is not dead. The tune most singers use was added later by John Baptiste Calkin.\n","title":"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day","type":"christmas"},{"content":" About I Stand All Amazed\r#\rCharles H. Gabriel, a prolific American gospel songwriter, wrote both the words and music of this hymn, first published in 1898. It reflects on the crucifixion with a tone of quiet wonder, and it is sung widely in Latter-day Saint services as well as other churches.\nOf the pieces here, this is one of the harder ones for a 6-hole ocarina. The tune wanders through several flats and sharps rather than staying in a plain key, and those accidentals demand careful fingering to keep in tune. It is worth learning slowly, one phrase at a time, and it rewards the patience once the chromatic turns start to sit right.\nI Stand All Amazed Lyrics\r#\rI stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me,\nConfused at the grace that so fully He proffers me.\nI tremble to know that for me He was crucified,\nThat for me, a sinner, He suffered, He bled and died.\nOh, it is wonderful that He should care for me\nEnough to die for me!\nOh, it is wonderful, wonderful to me.\nI marvel that He would descend from His throne divine\nTo rescue a soul so rebellious and proud as mine,\nThat He should extend His great love unto such as I,\nSufficient to own, to redeem, and to justify.\nI think of His hands pierced and bleeding to pay the debt,\nSuch mercy, such love and devotion can I forget?\nNo, no, I will praise and adore at the mercy seat,\nUntil at the glorified throne I kneel at His feet.\nI Stand All Amazed Ocarina Tab\r#\rEb Eb Ab F Eb C Db Eb Ab F G F Eb Eb Eb Bb Ab G F Db G F G F E D# Eb Eb Ab F Eb C Db Eb Ab F G Ab Bb Bb Bb D C F G Ab C Bb Ab G F D# C C Bb Bb Ab Ab C Bb Ab Ab G G Bb Ab G F Eb Eb Eb Db C Bb C Db C Bb Ab G Ab ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/i-stand-all-amazed/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About I Stand All Amazed\r#\rCharles H. Gabriel, a prolific American gospel songwriter, wrote both the words and music of this hymn, first published in 1898. It reflects on the crucifixion with a tone of quiet wonder, and it is sung widely in Latter-day Saint services as well as other churches.\n","title":"I Stand All Amazed","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About I\u0026rsquo;m a Little Teapot\r#\rI\u0026rsquo;m a Little Teapot is one of the few nursery standards with a firm birthdate. It was written in 1939 by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Kelley, an American songwriting pair who wanted a simple number children could act out, tipping to one side to pour like a spout. Unlike most rhymes here, it has a known author and a copyright history rather than a foggy folk past.\nThe melody covers a full octave on the six-hole ocarina, from low C up to high C, so it asks a bit more of a new player than a three-note tune does. Take the climb slowly and the leaps fall into place.\nI\u0026rsquo;m a Little Teapot Ocarina Tab\r#\rCI'm Da Elit F-tle Gtea Cpot Ashort Cand Gstout FHere Fis Gmy Ehan E-dle Dhere Dis Emy Cspout CWhen DI Eget Fall Gsteamed Cup Ahear Cme Gshout CTip Ame Go G-ver Fand Epour Dme Cout ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/im-a-little-teapot/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About I’m a Little Teapot\r#\rI’m a Little Teapot is one of the few nursery standards with a firm birthdate. It was written in 1939 by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Kelley, an American songwriting pair who wanted a simple number children could act out, tipping to one side to pour like a spout. Unlike most rhymes here, it has a known author and a copyright history rather than a foggy folk past.\n","title":"I'm a Little Teapot","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About If You\u0026rsquo;re Happy and You Know It\r#\rIf You\u0026rsquo;re Happy and You Know It is an action song: it names a small motion and then leaves a gap for everyone to do it before the line finishes. Clapping and stomping in those gaps is what makes it such a reliable way to settle a restless group of children.\nIts exact origins are murky, and no single author can be reliably named. Part of the fun is the way the verses stack, with the final round asking you to do every motion at once.\nOn the six-hole ocarina the melody stays within an easy range from C to B, and the built-in pauses for the actions give you natural spots to breathe between phrases.\nIf You\u0026rsquo;re Happy and You Know It Lyrics\r#\rIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, clap your hands.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, clap your hands.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, clap your hands.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, stomp your feet.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, stomp your feet.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, stomp your feet.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, shout \u0026ldquo;Hurray!\u0026rdquo;\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, shout \u0026ldquo;Hurray!\u0026rdquo;\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, shout \u0026ldquo;Hurray!\u0026rdquo;\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, do all three.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, do all three.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it.\nIf you\u0026rsquo;re happy and you know it, do all three.\nIf You\u0026rsquo;re Happy and You Know It Ocarina Tab\r#\rC C F F F F F F E F G C C G G G G G G F G A A A B B B B D D B B A A A G F F A A G G G F E E D E F ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/if-youre-happy-and-you-know-it/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About If You’re Happy and You Know It\r#\rIf You’re Happy and You Know It is an action song: it names a small motion and then leaves a gap for everyone to do it before the line finishes. Clapping and stomping in those gaps is what makes it such a reliable way to settle a restless group of children.\n","title":"If You're Happy and You Know It","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About the Imperial March\r#\rJohn Williams introduced the Imperial March in The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 as the theme for Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire. It replaced the looser villain music of the first film with something colder and more mechanical, a stiff march in a minor key that has since become shorthand for menace almost anywhere it plays.\nThis is one of the wider tunes on the site: it spans a full octave, from a low E flat up to the E flat above, with several flats along the way. On a 6-hole ocarina that means moving confidently between the bottom and top of the range, so it rewards a player who already has the higher notes under control.\nImperial March (Star Wars) Ocarina Tab\r#\rG G G Eb Bb G Eb Bb G D D D Eb Bb Gb Eb Bb G ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/movies/imperial-march-star-wars/","section":"Movies","summary":" About the Imperial March\r#\rJohn Williams introduced the Imperial March in The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 as the theme for Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire. It replaced the looser villain music of the first film with something colder and more mechanical, a stiff march in a minor key that has since become shorthand for menace almost anywhere it plays.\n","title":"Imperial March (Star Wars)","type":"movies"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/irish-songs/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Irish Songs","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/irish-songs/","section":"Irish-Songs","summary":"","title":"Irish-Songs","type":"irish-songs"},{"content":" About Itsy Bitsy Spider\r#\rThe Itsy Bitsy Spider is really a fingerplay with a tune attached. The whole point is the hand motions, fingers climbing the waterspout and then the rain washing the spider back down. It is traditional, known in Britain as the Incy Wincy Spider, and the earliest printed versions turn up in the first years of the twentieth century. The little cycle of climbing, falling and trying again is a big part of why it lands so well with small children.\nOn the six-hole ocarina, watch for the B flat in the rain line: it is the one spot that calls for an accidental fingering. Everything else sits between C and high C on the natural notes.\nItsy Bitsy Spider Ocarina Tab\r#\rCThe FIt- Fsy Fbit- Gsy Aspid- Aer Awent Gup Fthe Gwa- Ater Fspout ADown Acame Bbthe Crain Cand Bbwashed Athe Bbspid- Cer Aout. FOut Fcame Gthe Asun Aand Gdried Fup Gall Athe Frain. CThe Fit- Fsy Fbit- Gsy Aspid- Aer Acame Gout Fto Gplay Aa- Fgain ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/itsy-bitsy-spider/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Itsy Bitsy Spider\r#\rThe Itsy Bitsy Spider is really a fingerplay with a tune attached. The whole point is the hand motions, fingers climbing the waterspout and then the rain washing the spider back down. It is traditional, known in Britain as the Incy Wincy Spider, and the earliest printed versions turn up in the first years of the twentieth century. The little cycle of climbing, falling and trying again is a big part of why it lands so well with small children.\n","title":"Itsy Bitsy Spider","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About Jesus Loves Me\r#\rAnna Warner wrote these words in 1860, first as a poem inside a novel, where they were spoken as comfort to a dying child. William Bradbury set them to music soon after and added the familiar \u0026ldquo;Yes, Jesus loves me\u0026rdquo; refrain. It has been one of the most widely taught children\u0026rsquo;s hymns ever since.\nThis version sits in a sharp key on the 6-hole ocarina, using notes like F sharp and G sharp, and it reaches a high E. The sharps are the part to get cleanly in tune. The melody itself is simple and mostly stepwise, so once the fingering for those notes is steady it plays smoothly.\nJesus Loves Me! Lyrics\r#\rJesus loves me, this I know,\nFor the Bible tells me so.\nLittle ones to Him belong;\nThey are weak, but He is strong.\nYes, Jesus loves me,\nYes, Jesus loves me,\nYes, Jesus loves me,\nThe Bible tells me so.\nJesus Loves Me! Ocarina Tab\r#\rB G# G# F# G# B B C# D# E C# C# B B B G# G# F# G# B B C# C# B E G# F# E B G# B C# E B G# E G# F# B G# B C# E C# B E G# F# E ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/jesus-loves-me/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About Jesus Loves Me\r#\rAnna Warner wrote these words in 1860, first as a poem inside a novel, where they were spoken as comfort to a dying child. William Bradbury set them to music soon after and added the familiar “Yes, Jesus loves me” refrain. It has been one of the most widely taught children’s hymns ever since.\n","title":"Jesus Loves Me!","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/kid-songs/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Kid Songs","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":"","title":"Kid-Songs","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About Kumbayah\r#\rKumbayah is an African American spiritual, most often traced to the Gullah communities of the South Carolina and Georgia coast in the early twentieth century. The title is thought to be a dialect rendering of \u0026ldquo;come by here,\u0026rdquo; a plea for help. It traveled north with song collectors and later became a campfire and civil-rights-era standard, which is how most people first meet it.\nThe melody is built on a plain major chord and stays within a sixth, from C to A, so it fits a 6-hole ocarina with room to spare. It is a good song for practicing smooth, connected notes rather than technical reaches.\nKumbayah Lyrics\r#\rKumbayah, my Lord, kumbayah,\nKumbayah, my Lord, kumbayah,\nKumbayah, my Lord, kumbayah,\nOh Lord, kumbayah.\nSomeone\u0026rsquo;s singing, Lord, kumbayah,\nSomeone\u0026rsquo;s singing, Lord, kumbayah,\nSomeone\u0026rsquo;s singing, Lord, kumbayah,\nOh Lord, kumbayah.\nSomeone\u0026rsquo;s crying, Lord, kumbayah,\nSomeone\u0026rsquo;s crying, Lord, kumbayah,\nSomeone\u0026rsquo;s crying, Lord, kumbayah,\nOh Lord, kumbayah.\nSomeone\u0026rsquo;s praying, Lord, kumbayah,\nSomeone\u0026rsquo;s praying, Lord, kumbayah,\nSomeone\u0026rsquo;s praying, Lord, kumbayah,\nOh Lord, kumbayah.\nKumbayah Ocarina Tab\r#\rC E G G G A A G C E G G G F E D C E G G G A A G F F E D D C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/kumbayah/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Kumbayah\r#\rKumbayah is an African American spiritual, most often traced to the Gullah communities of the South Carolina and Georgia coast in the early twentieth century. The title is thought to be a dialect rendering of “come by here,” a plea for help. It traveled north with song collectors and later became a campfire and civil-rights-era standard, which is how most people first meet it.\n","title":"Kumbayah","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About the Adventure of Link battle theme\r#\rThis is the battle music from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, the 1987 follow-up to the original NES game and the odd one out in the series for its side-scrolling combat. The cue kicks in when Link meets enemies on the overworld, a short burst of tension rather than a tune you hum.\nOn a six-hole ocarina it earns the harder label. The line is full of half-steps, with F sharp, G sharp and A sharp all crowded together, and it wants to move quickly. Tonguing the notes in short puffs helps far more here than trying to slur across them.\nLegend of Zelda Battle Music Adventure of Link Ocarina Tab\r#\rF A# A G# G E F E D A A# E A G# G F E C A# A G# G C E F G G# F# G G# A A# C A# G A C A# G E E C E F G G# G A# A A# A A# A A# A A# A A# A E E E E E C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-sheet-music/battle-music-adventure-of-link/","section":"Zelda-Sheet-Musics","summary":" About the Adventure of Link battle theme\r#\rThis is the battle music from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, the 1987 follow-up to the original NES game and the odd one out in the series for its side-scrolling combat. The cue kicks in when Link meets enemies on the overworld, a short burst of tension rather than a tune you hum.\n","title":"Legend of Zelda Battle Music Adventure of Link","type":"zelda-sheet-music"},{"content":" About the Serenade of Water\r#\rThe Serenade of Water is one of the ocarina melodies Link actually learns in Ocarina of Time, taught by Sheik at the edge of Lake Hylia in the 1998 game. Played back, it warps him to the water temple, so it is a working song rather than background music. Koji Kondo wrote it.\nOf the Zelda pieces here it is among the friendliest for a real ocarina. It is short, sits in a narrow band from D up to B, and repeats its opening figure, which makes it a sound choice for a first Zelda tune.\nLegend of Zelda Serenade of Water Ocarina Tab\r#\rD F A A B D F A A B A D F G F E G F# ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-sheet-music/legend-of-zelda-serenade-of-water/","section":"Zelda-Sheet-Musics","summary":" About the Serenade of Water\r#\rThe Serenade of Water is one of the ocarina melodies Link actually learns in Ocarina of Time, taught by Sheik at the edge of Lake Hylia in the 1998 game. Played back, it warps him to the water temple, so it is a working song rather than background music. Koji Kondo wrote it.\n","title":"Legend of Zelda Serenade of Water","type":"zelda-sheet-music"},{"content":" I\u0026rsquo;ll comment on these when I get a chance, for now they are just links used for making ocarina songs.\nfree-notes.net: Oh My! Awesome sheet music source and songs for the ocarina! One of my favorite sites to help find materials for songs! funnysongsforkids.com rhymes.org.uk: The history of many nursery rhymes is fascinating. wordsforlife.org.uk/songs: A compilation of nursery rhymes. schristiancollins.com: I couldn\u0026rsquo;t get midi files to play, so installed the sound font from this site. Midis are used sometimes for finding the notes, and hearing the melodies. I also prefer them to actual music when programming. ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/links/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":" I’ll comment on these when I get a chance, for now they are just links used for making ocarina songs.\n","title":"Links","type":"page"},{"content":" About Lullaby of Takeda\r#\rThis is a Japanese cradle song, \u0026ldquo;Takeda no Komoriuta,\u0026rdquo; from the Takeda district of Kyoto. It is sung in the voice of a young girl sent away to mind another family\u0026rsquo;s baby, and its sorrow is not decorative: the song is tied to the history of Japan\u0026rsquo;s burakumin outcast communities. That weight is why it sounds mournful even before you know the words.\nThe melody is spare and slow, which suits the 6-hole ocarina well. It spans a full octave from C to high C, so the reach is modest, and the long held notes give you room to shape each breath.\nLullaby of Takeda Ocarina Tab\r#\rC D F G A G F D D F G A G G C D F G C A G F D F F D D C D F G C A G F D F F D D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/lullaby-of-takeda/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Lullaby of Takeda\r#\rThis is a Japanese cradle song, “Takeda no Komoriuta,” from the Takeda district of Kyoto. It is sung in the voice of a young girl sent away to mind another family’s baby, and its sorrow is not decorative: the song is tied to the history of Japan’s burakumin outcast communities. That weight is why it sounds mournful even before you know the words.\n","title":"Lullaby of Takeda","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About Mary Had a Little Lamb (ABG)\r#\rThe words to Mary Had a Little Lamb were written by Sarah Josepha Hale and published in 1830 as a poem called Mary\u0026rsquo;s Lamb. Hale was an influential American editor, and this gentle story of a lamb trailing a girl to school may be her most quoted writing by far, even though few people know her name today.\nThis arrangement, labeled ABG for its main notes, keeps the opening phrase inside a three-note span from G to B on the six-hole ocarina. That tight range makes it one of the simplest melodies here to pick out by ear.\nMary Had a Little Lamb (ABG) Ocarina Tab\r#\rB A G A B B B A A A B B B B A G A B B B B A A B A G ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/mary-had-a-little-lamb-abg/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Mary Had a Little Lamb (ABG)\r#\rThe words to Mary Had a Little Lamb were written by Sarah Josepha Hale and published in 1830 as a poem called Mary’s Lamb. Hale was an influential American editor, and this gentle story of a lamb trailing a girl to school may be her most quoted writing by far, even though few people know her name today.\n","title":"Mary Had a Little Lamb (ABG)","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About Mary Had a Little Lamb (CDE)\r#\rMary Had a Little Lamb holds a small place in the history of recorded sound. When Thomas Edison tested his new phonograph in 1877, the lines he spoke into it were the opening of this very rhyme, which makes it one of the first things ever captured on a recording. The lyric itself comes from a poem written decades before that and has stayed a schoolroom fixture ever since.\nThis version is pitched lower than the ABG arrangement, using C, D and E at the bottom of the six-hole ocarina. Those three neighboring notes make it a good place to practice clean, quiet playing in the low register.\nMary Had a Little Lamb (CDE) Ocarina Tab\r#\rE D C D E E E D D D E E E E D C D E E E D D E D C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/mary-had-a-little-lamb-cde/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Mary Had a Little Lamb (CDE)\r#\rMary Had a Little Lamb holds a small place in the history of recorded sound. When Thomas Edison tested his new phonograph in 1877, the lines he spoke into it were the opening of this very rhyme, which makes it one of the first things ever captured on a recording. The lyric itself comes from a poem written decades before that and has stayed a schoolroom fixture ever since.\n","title":"Mary Had a Little Lamb (CDE)","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About the Middle Eastern Scale\r#\rThe exotic sound of this scale comes from one wide step, the augmented second between F and G sharp, sitting near the bottom of the run. That leap conjures the snake-charmer, bazaar-at-dusk flavor the name promises. Starting on E, the pattern climbs to C and comes back down, staying in the middle of the 6-hole ocarina\u0026rsquo;s range. The stretch across that augmented second is the bit to drill, since neighbouring fingers have to jump a hole and still land in tune. It is a fun one to warm up with, and it trains your ear on an interval that Western major and minor scales never use.\nMiddle Eastern Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rE F G# A B C B A G# F E ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scales/middle-eastern-scale/","section":"Scales","summary":" About the Middle Eastern Scale\r#\rThe exotic sound of this scale comes from one wide step, the augmented second between F and G sharp, sitting near the bottom of the run. That leap conjures the snake-charmer, bazaar-at-dusk flavor the name promises. Starting on E, the pattern climbs to C and comes back down, staying in the middle of the 6-hole ocarina’s range. The stretch across that augmented second is the bit to drill, since neighbouring fingers have to jump a hole and still land in tune. It is a fun one to warm up with, and it trains your ear on an interval that Western major and minor scales never use.\n","title":"Middle Eastern Scale","type":"scales"},{"content":" About Molly Malone\r#\rMolly Malone, also called Cockles and Mussels, is Dublin\u0026rsquo;s unofficial anthem, set in the old city where a young fishmonger hawks her wares before dying young. There is no record of a real Molly, and the ghost wheeling her barrow through the streets is folklore, not history. The earliest known printing dates to 1884 and is credited to the Scottish songwriter James Yorkston, though the tune is widely treated as traditional and its true beginnings stay unclear.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina the melody keeps to a comfortable octave, from low C up to high C, so it never strains the top of the range. The one snag is the Bb, written here as A#, a cross-fingered note that catches out newcomers; once that speaks cleanly the rest of the song is gentle going.\nMolly Malone Lyrics\r#\rIn Dublin\u0026rsquo;s fair city, Where the girls are so pretty, I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone, As she wheeled her wheelbarrow, Through streets broad and narrow, Crying, \u0026ldquo;Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!\u0026rdquo;\nAlive, alive, oh, Alive, alive, oh, Crying, \u0026ldquo;Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!\u0026rdquo;\nMolly Malone Ocarina Tab\r#\rCIn FDub Flin's Ffair Fcit Ay FWhere Ggirls Gare Gso Gpret A#ty A#I Afirst Gset Fmy Ceyes Bbon Asweet AMol Gly FMa- Glone CAs Cshe Fwheeled Fher Fwheel Fbar Arow FThrough Gstreets Gbroad Gand Gnar A#row GCry Ging ACock Cles A#and Amuss Cels A#a Alive Fa Glive Foh ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/irish-songs/molly-malone/","section":"Irish-Songs","summary":" About Molly Malone\r#\rMolly Malone, also called Cockles and Mussels, is Dublin’s unofficial anthem, set in the old city where a young fishmonger hawks her wares before dying young. There is no record of a real Molly, and the ghost wheeling her barrow through the streets is folklore, not history. The earliest known printing dates to 1884 and is credited to the Scottish songwriter James Yorkston, though the tune is widely treated as traditional and its true beginnings stay unclear.\n","title":"Molly Malone","type":"irish-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/movies/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Movies","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/movies/","section":"Movies","summary":"","title":"Movies","type":"movies"},{"content":" About My Dreidel\r#\rMy Dreidel, sometimes called I Have a Little Dreidel, is one of the best known Hanukkah songs sung in English. It has been part of American Hanukkah celebrations since the early twentieth century, and a Yiddish version of the same idea circulated alongside it. Its exact composer is not settled, so it tends to be treated simply as a traditional holiday tune.\nThe cheerful, bouncing rhythm suits a spinning top. On the six-hole ocarina the melody keeps to a small, friendly range from D up to G, and its steady back-and-forth pattern is quick to memorize once you have played through it a couple of times.\nMy Dreidel Lyrics\r#\rI have a little dreidel,\nI made it out of clay,\nAnd when it\u0026rsquo;s dry and ready,\nThen dreidel I shall play.\nOh, dreidel, dreidel, dreidel,\nI made it out of clay,\nAnd when it\u0026rsquo;s dry and ready,\nThen dreidel I shall play.\nIt has a lovely body,\nWith legs so short and thin,\nAnd when it gets all tired,\nIt drops and then I win.\nMy dreidel\u0026rsquo;s always playful,\nIt loves to dance and spin,\nA happy game of dreidel,\nCome play, now let\u0026rsquo;s begin.\nMy Dreidel Ocarina Tab\r#\rG E G E G E E G G F E D F D F D F D D G F E D C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/my-dreidel/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About My Dreidel\r#\rMy Dreidel, sometimes called I Have a Little Dreidel, is one of the best known Hanukkah songs sung in English. It has been part of American Hanukkah celebrations since the early twentieth century, and a Yiddish version of the same idea circulated alongside it. Its exact composer is not settled, so it tends to be treated simply as a traditional holiday tune.\n","title":"My Dreidel","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About the Native American Scale\r#\rDespite the name, this is a minor pentatonic scale built on D: five notes, D, F, G, A and C, with none of the semitone steps that make a full scale sound tense. That open, gap-toothed spacing is why it carries the calm, flute-like mood people associate with Native American melodies, and why almost anything you play on it sounds settled. It runs from low D up to a high C and back on the 6-hole ocarina, sitting nicely in the instrument\u0026rsquo;s range. Because nothing clashes, it is a forgiving place to work on tone and expression, adding trills or fading breath, rather than fighting to hit the right note.\nNative American Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rD F G A C A G F D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scales/native-american-scale/","section":"Scales","summary":" About the Native American Scale\r#\rDespite the name, this is a minor pentatonic scale built on D: five notes, D, F, G, A and C, with none of the semitone steps that make a full scale sound tense. That open, gap-toothed spacing is why it carries the calm, flute-like mood people associate with Native American melodies, and why almost anything you play on it sounds settled. It runs from low D up to a high C and back on the 6-hole ocarina, sitting nicely in the instrument’s range. Because nothing clashes, it is a forgiving place to work on tone and expression, adding trills or fading breath, rather than fighting to hit the right note.\n","title":"Native American Scale","type":"scales"},{"content":" Where Nobody Knows the Trouble I\u0026rsquo;ve Seen comes from\r#\rThis is an African American spiritual, sung by enslaved people in the American South and carried into the wider world after the Civil War. It was among the songs printed in the 1867 collection Slave Songs of the United States. Like most spirituals, it has no single named author and exists in many slightly different versions.\nIts call-and-response shape and small range make it approachable on a 6-hole ocarina, staying within an octave from C to C. The feeling lives in the phrasing more than the notes, so it suits a slow, expressive tempo where you can lean into the long, sorrowful lines.\nNobody Knows the Trouble I\u0026rsquo;ve Seen Ocarina Tab\r#\rA C D F G A A A A A C D F F D C A C D F G A A A A C A G A F F F C C C A C C A C A A G A C C C A C C C A G F A G F ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/nobody-knows-the-trouble-ive-seen/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" Where Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen comes from\r#\rThis is an African American spiritual, sung by enslaved people in the American South and carried into the wider world after the Civil War. It was among the songs printed in the 1867 collection Slave Songs of the United States. Like most spirituals, it has no single named author and exists in many slightly different versions.\n","title":"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/ocarina-techniques/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Ocarina Techniques","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-lessons/","section":"Ocarina-Lessons","summary":"","title":"Ocarina-Lessons","type":"ocarina-lessons"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-techniques/","section":"Ocarina-Techniques","summary":"","title":"Ocarina-Techniques","type":"ocarina-techniques"},{"content":" About Ode to Joy\r#\rThe tune comes from the choral finale of Beethoven\u0026rsquo;s Symphony No. 9, which he completed in 1824, late in his life and after he had lost most of his hearing. He set it to words from Friedrich Schiller\u0026rsquo;s poem \u0026ldquo;An die Freude,\u0026rdquo; a hymn to human brotherhood, and handed the theme first to the low strings before the chorus takes it up. Simple as the melody is, it carries the weight of the whole symphony.\nReduced to that bare tune, it is one of the kindest first songs on a 6-hole ocarina. It moves mostly by step and stays within an octave, from C up to the C above, with no wide leaps and no high notes that force an overblow. Plenty of players get through it in a single sitting.\nOde to Joy Lyrics\r#\rJoyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love; Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, Opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness; Drive the dark of doubt away; Giver of immortal gladness, Fill us with the light of day!\nOde to Joy Ocarina Tab\r#\rA A A# C C Bb A G F F G A A G G A A A# C C A# A G F F A A G F F G G A F G A A# A F G A A# A G F G C A A A# C C A# A G F F G A G F F ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/classical-music/ode-to-joy/","section":"Classical-Musics","summary":" About Ode to Joy\r#\rThe tune comes from the choral finale of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, which he completed in 1824, late in his life and after he had lost most of his hearing. He set it to words from Friedrich Schiller’s poem “An die Freude,” a hymn to human brotherhood, and handed the theme first to the low strings before the chorus takes it up. Simple as the melody is, it carries the weight of the whole symphony.\n","title":"Ode to Joy","type":"classical-music"},{"content":" About Oh Christmas Tree\r#\rBehind the English title stands \u0026ldquo;O Tannenbaum,\u0026rdquo; a German song whose melody is an old folk tune. The best-known words were written by Ernst Anschutz in 1824, building on an earlier verse, and at first the song was not about Christmas at all but about the fir tree as a faithful, evergreen symbol. Only later did it settle into the holiday.\nIt moves in a gentle waltz and sits mostly in the middle of the ocarina\u0026rsquo;s range, climbing to a high D at its peak. The steps between notes are small and singable, so it rewards a steady, even breath more than quick fingers.\nOh Christmas Tree Ocarina Tab\r#\rC F F F G A A A A G A B E G F C F F F G A A A A G A B E G F C C A D C C B B B B G C B B A A C F F F G A A A A G A B E G F ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/oh-christmas-tree/","section":"Christmas","summary":" About Oh Christmas Tree\r#\rBehind the English title stands “O Tannenbaum,” a German song whose melody is an old folk tune. The best-known words were written by Ernst Anschutz in 1824, building on an earlier verse, and at first the song was not about Christmas at all but about the fir tree as a faithful, evergreen symbol. Only later did it settle into the holiday.\n","title":"Oh Christmas Tree","type":"christmas"},{"content":" About Oh My Darlin, Clementine!\r#\rClementine is an American western ballad from the 1880s, a mock-mournful tune about a miner\u0026rsquo;s daughter who drowns. It is usually credited to Percy Montrose around 1884, though earlier versions were already circulating and the real author is disputed, so it often gets filed as simply traditional. The gold-rush setting and its easy chorus made it a campfire and singalong standard, where the sad story is really half the joke.\nFor the ocarina, this one asks a bit more than the average round. The melody covers a full octave, from a low D up to the D above it, and the reach into the high C and D in the second line is where beginners tend to trip. Take those top notes slowly at first. The rest of the tune sits in comfortable middle range.\nOh My Darlin, Clementine! Lyrics\r#\rIn a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine, Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, And his daughter Clementine.\nOh my darling, oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine, You are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine.\nLight she was and like a fairy, And her shoes were number nine, Herring boxes without topses, Sandals were for Clementine.\nDrove she ducklings to the water, Every morning just at nine, Hit her foot against a splinter, Fell into the foaming brine.\nRuby lips above the water, Blowing bubbles soft and fine, But, alas, I was no swimmer, So I lost my Clementine.\nThen the miner, forty-niner, Soon began to peak and pine, Thought he ought to join his daughter, Now he\u0026rsquo;s with his Clementine.\nIn my dreams she still does haunt me, Robed in garments soaked in brine, Though in life I used to hug her, Now in death I draw the line.\nHow I missed her, how I missed her, How I missed my Clementine, So I kissed her little sister, And forgot my Clementine.\nOh My Darlin, Clementine! Ocarina Tab\r#\rG G G D B B B G G B D D C B A A B C C B A B G G B A D F A G ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scout-songs/oh-my-darlin-clementine/","section":"Scout-Songs","summary":" About Oh My Darlin, Clementine!\r#\rClementine is an American western ballad from the 1880s, a mock-mournful tune about a miner’s daughter who drowns. It is usually credited to Percy Montrose around 1884, though earlier versions were already circulating and the real author is disputed, so it often gets filed as simply traditional. The gold-rush setting and its easy chorus made it a campfire and singalong standard, where the sad story is really half the joke.\n","title":"Oh My Darlin' Clementine","type":"scout-songs"},{"content":" About On Top of Ol Smokey\r#\rOn Top of Old Smokey is an American folk ballad with roots in the southern Appalachian mountains. Beneath the familiar tune is a rueful little story about losing a sweetheart through hesitation, and the song has drifted through countless versions over the years, including a well-loved playground parody about a meatball. It reached a wide audience in 1951, when The Weavers recorded it and carried it onto the pop charts.\nThe melody swings along in a slow waltz feel and covers a full octave on the six-hole ocarina, from low C up to high C. The wide leaps between phrases make it good practice for jumping cleanly across the range.\nOn Top of Ol Smokey Ocarina Tab\r#\rCOn CTop EOf GOld CSmo- Akey AAll FCov Gered AIn GSnow CI CLost EMy GTrue GLov- Der EFor FCour- Eting DToo CSlow ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/on-top-of-ol-smokey/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About On Top of Ol Smokey\r#\rOn Top of Old Smokey is an American folk ballad with roots in the southern Appalachian mountains. Beneath the familiar tune is a rueful little story about losing a sweetheart through hesitation, and the song has drifted through countless versions over the years, including a well-loved playground parody about a meatball. It reached a wide audience in 1951, when The Weavers recorded it and carried it onto the pop charts.\n","title":"On Top of Ol Smokey","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" To make a sound like the hoot of an owl, you bring a finger completely off the hole and then put it back on.\nIt helps to alter the breath so you burst out a little then slow down your exhale too.\nThe Native American Scale benefits from adding hoots into it, especially slow hoots.\nAbout this exercise\r#\rThe owl hoot is an ornament, not a melody note. You lift a finger clear of its hole and drop it straight back, and the pitch dips and returns in a soft, rounded swoop that really does sound like a hoot. The breath does half the work here: push a small burst as the finger leaves, then ease off as it settles back. Start slow. A lazy, drawn-out hoot carries the effect far better than a quick one, and it sits especially well inside the Native American scale, where the open, breathy mood gives each hoot room to land.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/ocarina-techniques/owl-hoots-on-ocarina/","section":"Ocarina-Techniques","summary":" To make a sound like the hoot of an owl, you bring a finger completely off the hole and then put it back on.\n","title":"Owl Hoots on Ocarina","type":"ocarina-techniques"},{"content":" About Pop Goes the Weasel\r#\rPop Goes the Weasel began as an English dance and singing game in the 1850s, then quickly picked up lyrics that no one has ever fully explained. It mentions a cobbler\u0026rsquo;s bench, a monkey and the mysterious weasel, and people still argue over whether the words hide Cockney slang or are simply nonsense. Either way, the whole song is a setup for the one sudden pop everyone waits for.\nOn the six-hole ocarina that pop is a genuine jump. The line springs up to a high E right on the word, so the tune doubles as practice for reaching a distant note cleanly after a run of lower ones.\nPop Goes the Weasel Ocarina Tab\r#\rD G G A A B D B G D G G A A B G D G G A A B D B G E A C B G ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/pop-goes-the-weasel/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Pop Goes the Weasel\r#\rPop Goes the Weasel began as an English dance and singing game in the 1850s, then quickly picked up lyrics that no one has ever fully explained. It mentions a cobbler’s bench, a monkey and the mysterious weasel, and people still argue over whether the words hide Cockney slang or are simply nonsense. Either way, the whole song is a setup for the one sudden pop everyone waits for.\n","title":"Pop Goes the Weasel","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" About Popeye the Sailor Man\r#\rSammy Lerner wrote \u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m Popeye the Sailor Man\u0026rdquo; in 1933, and the sailor has whistled some version of it ever since. It was made for the Fleischer Studios cartoon shorts, then followed Popeye through decades of theatrical reels and later television reruns. The melody is short, bouncy, and built to be recognized in a second or two, which is a good part of why it has stuck around.\nOn the 6-hole ocarina it stays inside a single octave, from low C up to high C, so nothing forces an awkward stretch. The jump up to that top C is the one spot worth practicing slowly. The rest of the phrasing is forgiving, which makes this a friendly tune to learn early on.\nPopeye the Sailor Man Ocarina Tab\r#\rE G G G F E G G A F A C A G G A F A C B A G A G E C E G G G A B C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tv-theme-songs/popeye-the-sailor-man/","section":"Tv-Theme-Songs","summary":" About Popeye the Sailor Man\r#\rSammy Lerner wrote “I’m Popeye the Sailor Man” in 1933, and the sailor has whistled some version of it ever since. It was made for the Fleischer Studios cartoon shorts, then followed Popeye through decades of theatrical reels and later television reruns. The melody is short, bouncy, and built to be recognized in a second or two, which is a good part of why it has stuck around.\n","title":"Popeye the Sailor Man","type":"tv-theme-songs"},{"content":" Basically: I track which IP comes and what search term they come from. I track the path you take through my site, and when you leave or timeout. I destroy this information if I don’t have an immediate use for it, mostly for aggregate metrics so I know how to get more people interested in Ocarinas. If you give me your email, I might respond – GASP!. I don’t sell or rent your information. I won’t add you to an autoresponder without your explicit permission. I might change this policy at any time, and reserve the right to do so. See… that was easy\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/privacy/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":" Basically: I track which IP comes and what search term they come from. I track the path you take through my site, and when you leave or timeout. I destroy this information if I don’t have an immediate use for it, mostly for aggregate metrics so I know how to get more people interested in Ocarinas. If you give me your email, I might respond – GASP!. I don’t sell or rent your information. I won’t add you to an autoresponder without your explicit permission. I might change this policy at any time, and reserve the right to do so. See… that was easy\n","title":"Privacy","type":"page"},{"content":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs is a static website. It has no user accounts, no login, no comment system, and no server-side code. We do not track you or sell your information. The only personal data we ever receive is what you choose to send us through the contact form.\nNo accounts or browsing profile. Simply reading the site is not tied to any identity. No tracking cookies. Your browser may store a local light/dark theme preference; it never leaves your device. See the Cookie Policy. Contact form. If you use the contact form, the name, email, and message you submit are sent to our form host so we can read and reply. We use them only to respond to you; we do not sell them or add you to any mailing list. Hosting. The site is served as static files by a content delivery network, whose standard server logs (e.g. IP address, request time) are handled under that provider\u0026rsquo;s own privacy policy. ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/privacy-policy/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs is a static website. It has no user accounts, no login, no comment system, and no server-side code. We do not track you or sell your information. The only personal data we ever receive is what you choose to send us through the contact form.\n","title":"Privacy Policy","type":"page"},{"content":" About Rain Rain Go Away\r#\rRain Rain Go Away is about as simple as a nursery rhyme gets, just a child\u0026rsquo;s plea for the weather to clear so play can move back outside. It is an old English rhyme, and while people have attached various origin stories to it, none can really be pinned down, so it is safest to call it plainly traditional. Its short, chant-like shape is exactly what makes it stick in a young memory.\nOn the six-hole ocarina the tune barely moves, staying in a narrow range from D to G. That makes it one of the easiest pieces here to get right on the very first try.\nRain Rain Go Away Ocarina Tab\r#\rFRain DRain Fgo Fa Dway FCome Fa Dgain Gsome Foth Fer Dday FWe Fwant Dto Dgo Foutside Fand Dplay FCome Fa Dgain Gsome Foth Fer Dday ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/rain-rain-go-away/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Rain Rain Go Away\r#\rRain Rain Go Away is about as simple as a nursery rhyme gets, just a child’s plea for the weather to clear so play can move back outside. It is an old English rhyme, and while people have attached various origin stories to it, none can really be pinned down, so it is safest to call it plainly traditional. Its short, chant-like shape is exactly what makes it stick in a young memory.\n","title":"Rain Rain Go Away","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" New Tablature Schedule\r#\rThis site is about Ocarinas. I am posting new melodies in sheet music and tablature form every day. (Well, not every day. I currently have about 100 tabs I’ve created but haven’t had time to add them, formally).\nRequests\r#\rLet me know if there is a special request that you’d like me to tab out and I’ll do my best! I cannot read music, and I’m tone deaf (really). So I need to see the actual sheet music to transcribe it. It’s helpful to have a youtube link so I can hear the melody, but without the sheet music, not much I can do.\nWhat Songs Can be Played?\r#\rFor the most part, any song that you can sing, hum or whistle, you can play on an ocarina. Nearly all church hymns fit the vocal range that matches an ocarina. And sheet music for them is easily searchable (that is why you might see more in that category on this site). If it has deep base or high tweets in it, the normal ocarina probably can’t do it.\nYour Comments Encourage Me\r#\rPlease comment on the melodies/pages and feel free to use the tablature editor. Basically just click the notes and then click preview. When it’s perfect, save that string, or send it to me so I can add it. Blind adding is not available at this time, and if I don’t know the song I won’t add it. I’ve lost quite a bit of motivation, had some life changes, and it really encouraged me to see people commenting on the site.\n4 hole, 6 hole, 12 hole, etc\r#\rMany of the songs that you can play on a 12, 6 and a 4 hole ocarina are the same. Anything you can play on a lower hole ocarina will play on a higher hole ocarina. More holes = More range. Less holes = less range. Not all songs that play on a higher hole will play on a lower hole ocarina. I’m more apt to transcribe a 6 hole song because it will also fit on my sister site: 12holeOcarina.com\nIn Danger of Closing Down!!\r#\rIn the 6 years I’ve ran this site, only 1 person 2 people have donated (a very generous $25 and 1 subscriber at $10 a month). I greatly appreciate that gesture! My costs are about $15 a month for the server and I’ve paid about $800 out of pocket for themes and people to work on the site. $15 a month x 6 years = $360. In addition I’ve spent roughly $500~ in testing ocarinas, buying books related to sheet music/tablature. I wrote all of the code for the tablature editor and am not counting that labor, but I’ve put in probably 175 hours or more in tweaking the site, managing, coding, etc. A good coder (not me), might make $100 an hour for development.\nHow to Keep the Site Going\r#\rIf you like the tabs and want me to work on the site, please encourage me with words or dollars. I like both. You can donate via paypal if you’d like, or leave a comment below.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/uncategorized/requests/","section":"Uncategorizeds","summary":" New Tablature Schedule\r#\rThis site is about Ocarinas. I am posting new melodies in sheet music and tablature form every day. (Well, not every day. I currently have about 100 tabs I’ve created but haven’t had time to add them, formally).\n","title":"Requests","type":"uncategorized"},{"content":" About Ring Around the Rosy\r#\rThis English singing game has been sung in playgrounds for well over a century, and the action of a ring of children who all fall down is part of the song itself. The popular claim that it encodes a coded memory of the plague is folklore about folklore: historians have found no real evidence for it, and the rhyme is far younger than the Black Death.\nThe tune could hardly be simpler on a 6-hole ocarina. It uses only a handful of notes between C and A, all in the middle of the range, which makes it one of the first melodies a new player can pick out by ear.\nRing Around the Rosy Lyrics\r#\rRing around the rosy,\nA pocketful of posies,\nAshes, ashes,\nWe all fall down.\nRing Around the Rosy Ocarina Tab\r#\rG G E A G E F G G E A G E G E G E E G G C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/ring-around-the-rosy/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Ring Around the Rosy\r#\rThis English singing game has been sung in playgrounds for well over a century, and the action of a ring of children who all fall down is part of the song itself. The popular claim that it encodes a coded memory of the plague is folklore about folklore: historians have found no real evidence for it, and the rhyme is far younger than the Black Death.\n","title":"Ring Around the Rosy","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/rock/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Rock","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/rock/","section":"Rocks","summary":"","title":"Rocks","type":"rock"},{"content":" About Row Row Row Your Boat\r#\rRow Row Row Your Boat is an American round that first appeared in print in the middle of the nineteenth century, around 1852, with no composer\u0026rsquo;s name attached. Sung as a canon, with voices entering one after another, it is often how children first discover that a single simple line can stack up into harmony. The gentle rowing image and the closing thought that life is but a dream have kept it popular well beyond the nursery.\nOn the six-hole ocarina the tune sits in G, which means it leans on F sharp rather than F natural. Getting that one accidental under your fingers is the main task; after that the melody flows in an easy stepwise line up to high D.\nRow Row Row Your Boat Lyrics\r#\rRow, row, row your boat,\nGently down the stream.\nMerrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,\nLife is but a dream.\nRow, row, row your boat,\nGently up the creek.\nIf you see a little mouse,\nDon\u0026rsquo;t forget to squeak!\nRow, row, row your boat,\nGently down the stream.\nIf you see a crocodile,\nDon\u0026rsquo;t forget to scream!\nRow, row, row your boat,\nGently to the shore.\nIf you see a lion,\nDon\u0026rsquo;t forget to roar!\nRow Row Row Your Boat Ocarina Tab\r#\rD D D E F# F# E F# G A D D D A A A F# F# F# D D D A G F# E D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/row-row-row-your-boat/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Row Row Row Your Boat\r#\rRow Row Row Your Boat is an American round that first appeared in print in the middle of the nineteenth century, around 1852, with no composer’s name attached. Sung as a canon, with voices entering one after another, it is often how children first discover that a single simple line can stack up into harmony. The gentle rowing image and the closing thought that life is but a dream have kept it popular well beyond the nursery.\n","title":"Row Row Row Your Boat","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scales/","section":"Scales","summary":"","title":"Scales","type":"scales"},{"content":" About Scarborough Fair\r#\rScarborough Fair is an old English ballad with medieval roots, part of a family of songs about impossible tasks set between former lovers. It shares ancestry with \u0026ldquo;The Elfin Knight,\u0026rdquo; and the herb refrain of parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme has carried through many versions. Its fame today owes a great deal to Simon and Garfunkel\u0026rsquo;s 1966 recording, though the song is centuries older than that.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina it spans from low C up to high D, using most of the instrument\u0026rsquo;s range. The melody is modal and a little melancholy, and its stepwise motion makes the wider reaches easier to hit than the range alone suggests.\nScarborough Fair Ocarina Tab\r#\rDAre Dyou Ago- Aing Eto FScar Eborough Dfair? APars Cley, DSage CRose Amar By Gand Athyme. ARe- Dmem Dber Cme Ato Aone Gwho Fdoes Elive Cthere CShe Donce Awas Ga Ftrue Elove Dof C- Dmine ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/scarborough-fair/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Scarborough Fair\r#\rScarborough Fair is an old English ballad with medieval roots, part of a family of songs about impossible tasks set between former lovers. It shares ancestry with “The Elfin Knight,” and the herb refrain of parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme has carried through many versions. Its fame today owes a great deal to Simon and Garfunkel’s 1966 recording, though the song is centuries older than that.\n","title":"Scarborough Fair","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/scottish-songs/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Scottish Songs","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scottish-songs/","section":"Scottish-Songs","summary":"","title":"Scottish-Songs","type":"scottish-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/scout-songs/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Scout Songs","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scout-songs/","section":"Scout-Songs","summary":"","title":"Scout-Songs","type":"scout-songs"},{"content":" About Smoke on the Water\r#\r\u0026ldquo;Smoke on the Water\u0026rdquo; is the work of Deep Purple, recorded in 1972 for the album Machine Head. Its four-note riff is one of the most recognized figures in rock, and for a lot of guitarists it is the first thing they ever pick out. The lyrics recount something that actually happened to the band: a fire that burned down the casino in Montreux, Switzerland, during a Frank Zappa concert, which they watched from across Lake Geneva.\nOn the 6-hole ocarina the riff stays in a tight span from D up to A flat, all near the top of the instrument. There are no wide jumps to chase, so the shape falls under the fingers quickly. The A flat is the highest note here and the one worth getting comfortable with first.\nSmoke on the Water Ocarina Tab\r#\rD F G D F Ab G D F G F D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/rock/smoke-on-the-water/","section":"Rocks","summary":" About Smoke on the Water\r#\r“Smoke on the Water” is the work of Deep Purple, recorded in 1972 for the album Machine Head. Its four-note riff is one of the most recognized figures in rock, and for a lot of guitarists it is the first thing they ever pick out. The lyrics recount something that actually happened to the band: a fire that burned down the casino in Montreux, Switzerland, during a Frank Zappa concert, which they watched from across Lake Geneva.\n","title":"Smoke on the Water","type":"rock"},{"content":" About Snake Charmer\r#\rYou have heard this tune your whole life, usually as musical shorthand for something exotic or mysterious, from a snake charmer\u0026rsquo;s basket to a desert scene in an old cartoon. It is properly titled The Streets of Cairo, and it spread through the United States after the 1893 World\u0026rsquo;s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where a version of it accompanied a Middle Eastern sideshow. Similar melodies existed earlier, so its true authorship is tangled and much argued over.\nOn the six-hole ocarina it stays in a snug range from D to A. Its slinky, repeating shape is more about even timing than tricky fingering, which makes it a fun one to shape with a bit of expression.\nSnake Charmer Ocarina Tab\r#\rD E F E D D E F A E F D F G A A A A G E F G G G G F D E F E D D E F A E F D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/snake-charmer/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Snake Charmer\r#\rYou have heard this tune your whole life, usually as musical shorthand for something exotic or mysterious, from a snake charmer’s basket to a desert scene in an old cartoon. It is properly titled The Streets of Cairo, and it spread through the United States after the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where a version of it accompanied a Middle Eastern sideshow. Similar melodies existed earlier, so its true authorship is tangled and much argued over.\n","title":"Snake Charmer","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":" Where the Song of Time comes from\r#\rThe Song of Time is one of the central ocarina tunes in Ocarina of Time, composed by Koji Kondo for the 1998 game. Link uses it to open the Door of Time, and it returns in Majora\u0026rsquo;s Mask as the melody that rewinds the three-day clock. Few game themes are this bound up with an ocarina.\nThe melody is stately and unhurried, built from a handful of notes between a low D and a high C with a couple of rests for breath. That slower pace and small range make it kind to newer players.\nSong of Time LOZ Ocarina Tab\r#\rA D F A D F A C B G F G A D C E D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-sheet-music/song-of-time/","section":"Zelda-Sheet-Musics","summary":" Where the Song of Time comes from\r#\rThe Song of Time is one of the central ocarina tunes in Ocarina of Time, composed by Koji Kondo for the 1998 game. Link uses it to open the Door of Time, and it returns in Majora’s Mask as the melody that rewinds the three-day clock. Few game themes are this bound up with an ocarina.\n","title":"Song of Time","type":"zelda-sheet-music"},{"content":" About the Star Wars Theme\r#\rThe main title from Star Wars is John Williams\u0026rsquo;s fanfare for the 1977 film, the brass blast that arrives with the opening crawl. Williams wrote it in the grand style of old Hollywood adventure scores, and it did as much as anything on screen to sell the sense of a vast galaxy overhead. Few themes announce a film so instantly.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina the melody sits neatly within a single octave, from low C to high C, so it stays inside comfortable range. The character lives in those bold opening leaps; give them room and play them proudly rather than rushed.\nStar Wars Theme Ocarina Tab\r#\rC G F E D C G F E D C G F E F D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/movies/star-wars-theme/","section":"Movies","summary":" About the Star Wars Theme\r#\rThe main title from Star Wars is John Williams’s fanfare for the 1977 film, the brass blast that arrives with the opening crawl. Williams wrote it in the grand style of old Hollywood adventure scores, and it did as much as anything on screen to sell the sense of a vast galaxy overhead. Few themes announce a film so instantly.\n","title":"Star Wars Theme","type":"movies"},{"content":" The story behind Taps\r#\rTaps is the bugle call the United States military plays to signal lights out and to honor the dead at funerals. General Daniel Butterfield reworked it in 1862, during the Civil War, from an older call, with help from his brigade bugler Oliver Norton. The familiar words that open with \u0026ldquo;Day is done\u0026rdquo; were added later and exist in several versions, including the Scout verses printed here.\nBecause it began life as a bugle call, the melody uses only a handful of notes and no sharps or flats, which makes it a gentle first piece on a 6-hole ocarina. The tune stays inside one comfortable octave; the single stretch is the reach up to high C near the end of each line.\nTaps Lyrics\r#\rDay is done, gone the sun, From the lake, from the hills, from the sky. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.\nTaps Ocarina Tab\r#\rCDay Cis Fdone, Cgone Fthe Asun, CFrom Fthe Alake, Cfrom Fthe Ahills, Cfrom Fthe Asky; FAll Ais Cwell, Asafe F-ly Crest, CGod Cis Fnigh ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/civil-war/taps-for-the-6-hole-ocarina/","section":"Civil-Wars","summary":" The story behind Taps\r#\rTaps is the bugle call the United States military plays to signal lights out and to honor the dead at funerals. General Daniel Butterfield reworked it in 1862, during the Civil War, from an older call, with help from his brigade bugler Oliver Norton. The familiar words that open with “Day is done” were added later and exist in several versions, including the Scout verses printed here.\n","title":"Taps","type":"civil-war"},{"content":"By using 6 Hole Ocarina Tabs you agree to these terms.\nThe tablature and tools are provided free, \u0026ldquo;as is,\u0026rdquo; with no warranty of accuracy or fitness for any purpose. Content is for personal, non-commercial use. Song titles and lyrics remain the property of their respective owners. We may update or remove content at any time. This is a starter document; have it reviewed before launch.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/terms-of-service/","section":"6 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"By using 6 Hole Ocarina Tabs you agree to these terms.\nThe tablature and tools are provided free, “as is,” with no warranty of accuracy or fitness for any purpose. Content is for personal, non-commercial use. Song titles and lyrics remain the property of their respective owners. We may update or remove content at any time. This is a starter document; have it reviewed before launch.\n","title":"Terms of Service","type":"page"},{"content":" About Terra\u0026rsquo;s Theme Final Fantasy VI\r#\rTerra\u0026rsquo;s Theme is the music that carries you across the world map in Final Fantasy VI, the 1994 Super Nintendo game by Squaresoft. Nobuo Uematsu wrote it for Terra Branford, whose uncertain, searching character it mirrors, and the melody became one of his most loved. Its lilting, waltz-like sway has since turned up in concert arrangements played by full orchestras.\nThe tune spans a full octave, from a low C up to the high C it touches in the third line. A 6-hole player wants that top note secure and in tune before running the piece at speed, though the rest of the melody moves by comfortable steps.\nTerra\u0026rsquo;s Theme Final Fantasy VI Ocarina Tab\r#\rD E F G F E D E C D E F G F E D E A F G A C A G F G D F E D F E D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/video-game-songs/terras-theme-final-fantasy-vi/","section":"Video-Game-Songs","summary":" About Terra’s Theme Final Fantasy VI\r#\rTerra’s Theme is the music that carries you across the world map in Final Fantasy VI, the 1994 Super Nintendo game by Squaresoft. Nobuo Uematsu wrote it for Terra Branford, whose uncertain, searching character it mirrors, and the melody became one of his most loved. Its lilting, waltz-like sway has since turned up in concert arrangements played by full orchestras.\n","title":"Terra's Theme Final Fantasy VI","type":"video-game-songs"},{"content":" About The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly\r#\rEnnio Morricone wrote this theme for Sergio Leone\u0026rsquo;s 1966 Western \u0026ldquo;The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,\u0026rdquo; the last film in the Dollars trilogy. The main title is known for its two-note, coyote-like call, answered by whistles, voices, and a twanging guitar. It is really film music rather than a television theme, though it has scored countless showdowns and parodies in the years since.\nOn the 6-hole ocarina the melody runs from low C up to a high D, a little past a full octave. That top D is the note to watch, since it sits right at the upper edge of the instrument. The rest of the line is spare and repeats often, so it reads clearly even at a slow first pass.\nThe Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Ocarina Tab\r#\rA D A D A F G D A D A D A F G C A D A D A F E D C A D A D A C D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/movies/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/","section":"Movies","summary":" About The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly\r#\rEnnio Morricone wrote this theme for Sergio Leone’s 1966 Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” the last film in the Dollars trilogy. The main title is known for its two-note, coyote-like call, answered by whistles, voices, and a twanging guitar. It is really film music rather than a television theme, though it has scored countless showdowns and parodies in the years since.\n","title":"The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly","type":"movies"},{"content":" The story behind The Lion Sleeps Tonight\r#\rThe Lion Sleeps Tonight grew out of Mbube, a song recorded in 1939 by the South African musician Solomon Linda. The familiar English version, with its \u0026ldquo;in the jungle\u0026rdquo; verse, was written in 1961 by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore and became a hit for the Tokens. Disney later brought it into The Lion King, which is how a lot of players first meet it.\nIt is one of the easier tunes here for a 6-hole ocarina. The whole melody stays inside a narrow span, roughly F up to a high C, with no large leaps, so it is a good early song for settling into steady breath and clean note changes.\nThe Lion Sleeps Tonight Ocarina Tab\r#\rFIn Gthe Ajun G-gle Athe A#migh A-ty Gjun F-gle GThe Ali G-on Fsleeps Ato G-night CIn Athe Gjun A-gle Cthe A#qui A-et Gjun F-gle GThe Ali G-on Fsleeps Ato G-night ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/disney-songs/the-lion-sleeps-tonight/","section":"Disney-Songs","summary":" The story behind The Lion Sleeps Tonight\r#\rThe Lion Sleeps Tonight grew out of Mbube, a song recorded in 1939 by the South African musician Solomon Linda. The familiar English version, with its “in the jungle” verse, was written in 1961 by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore and became a hit for the Tokens. Disney later brought it into The Lion King, which is how a lot of players first meet it.\n","title":"The Lion Sleeps Tonight","type":"disney-songs"},{"content":" About The Misty Mountains Cold\r#\rThis song comes from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 2012, where Thorin\u0026rsquo;s company of dwarves sings it quietly at Bilbo\u0026rsquo;s table before the adventure begins. Howard Shore set the music; the words are lifted almost directly from the poem in Tolkien\u0026rsquo;s original novel, which gives the scene its weight of old grief and buried gold. It is meant to sound less like a performance than a shared memory.\nThe melody keeps to a modest span on the ocarina, from low C up to B, never reaching for the very top of the instrument. That, together with its slow and even pace, makes it a forgiving piece to learn.\nThe Misty Mountains Cold (LOTR) Ocarina Tab\r#\rC D E G A B A G F# E C E F# F# G A G F# E G A F# B G A E F# C D F# G G F# D E C C D E E G A G F# D E C E F# F# F# G A G F# E F# G A F# B G A E F# C D F# G G F# D E ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/movies/the-misty-mountains-cold/","section":"Movies","summary":" About The Misty Mountains Cold\r#\rThis song comes from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in 2012, where Thorin’s company of dwarves sings it quietly at Bilbo’s table before the adventure begins. Howard Shore set the music; the words are lifted almost directly from the poem in Tolkien’s original novel, which gives the scene its weight of old grief and buried gold. It is meant to sound less like a performance than a shared memory.\n","title":"The Misty Mountains Cold (LOTR)","type":"movies"},{"content":" About the Shire theme\r#\rThe Shire\u0026rsquo;s music was written by Howard Shore for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001, and it plays under the green hills and round doors of Hobbiton. Its concert-hall title is Concerning Hobbits. The tune is deliberately homely and pastoral, a small, contented melody that stands for a peaceful place worth protecting before the long journey east.\nIn the films the lead is often carried by a tin whistle, which makes it a natural fit for the ocarina\u0026rsquo;s breathy tone. It sits inside an easy octave from low C to high C and moves gently, so it makes a good early piece to learn.\nThe Shire Song (LOTR) Ocarina Tab\r#\rC D E G E D C E G A C B G E F E D C D E G E D C E G A G E D E D C D C ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/movies/the-shire-song-lotr/","section":"Movies","summary":" About the Shire theme\r#\rThe Shire’s music was written by Howard Shore for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001, and it plays under the green hills and round doors of Hobbiton. Its concert-hall title is Concerning Hobbits. The tune is deliberately homely and pastoral, a small, contented melody that stands for a peaceful place worth protecting before the long journey east.\n","title":"The Shire Song (LOTR)","type":"movies"},{"content":" About The Thirteenth Article of Faith\r#\rThe words come from the thirteenth of the Latter-day Saint Articles of Faith, a short statement written by Joseph Smith in 1842 that lists qualities like honesty, kindness, and seeking after things that are good. Set to music, it is taught to children as a way to memorize the text.\nBecause it was made for young singers, the melody is direct and mostly stepwise, with a range of just over an octave on the 6-hole ocarina. One B flat is the only note outside a plain scale, so aside from that the fingering stays simple. It is a good piece for practicing clear phrasing across a longer line of words.\nThe Thirteenth Article of Faith Lyrics\r#\rWe believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul: We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.\nThe Thirteenth Article of Faith Ocarina Tab\r#\rD E F D C A AWe Cbe- Alieve Gin Fbe- Eing Dhon- Dest Etrue, Fchaste Fbe- Gnev- Fo- Glent, Avir- Bbtu Cous, Aand Gin Fdo- Eing Fgood Ato Call Amen; Fin- Ddeed, Dwe Fmay Esay Fthat Gwe Gfol- Flow Fthe Aad- Fmo- Dni- Etion Fof GPaul CWe Cbe- Dlieve Dall Dthings, Dwe Ehope Eall Ethings, Ewe Ehave Een- Fdured Fman- Fy Fthings, Fand Dhope Dto Dbe Cab- Cle Ato Aen- Gdure Aall Dthings. EIf Fthere Gis Aan- Cy- Athing Avir- Gtu- Fous, Dlove- Dly, Eor Eof Fgood Fre- Gport Gor Apraise- Bbwor- Cthy, Awe Gseek Faf- Fter Athese Fthings. ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/the-thirteenth-article-of-faith/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About The Thirteenth Article of Faith\r#\rThe words come from the thirteenth of the Latter-day Saint Articles of Faith, a short statement written by Joseph Smith in 1842 that lists qualities like honesty, kindness, and seeking after things that are good. Set to music, it is taught to children as a way to memorize the text.\n","title":"The Thirteenth Article of Faith","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About This Little Light of Mine\r#\rThis gospel children\u0026rsquo;s song dates from the early twentieth century. Its authorship is not firmly settled, and it is often treated as a traditional piece. It later became one of the anthems of the American civil rights movement, sung at marches and meetings, and that double life of Sunday school and protest line is part of its staying power.\nIt has one of the smallest ranges here, spanning only from C up to A, so it never nears the top of the 6-hole ocarina. That, along with its short repeating phrases, makes it one of the easiest tunes on the site to pick up as a first song.\nThis Little Light of Mine Lyrics\r#\rThis little light of mine,\nI\u0026rsquo;m gonna let it shine.\nThis little light of mine,\nI\u0026rsquo;m gonna let it shine.\nThis little light of mine,\nI\u0026rsquo;m gonna let it shine.\nLet it shine, let it shine, let it shine.\nThis Little Light of Mine Ocarina Tab\r#\rCThis CLit Ctle Clight Dof Fmine AI'm Agon Ana Alet Git Fshine DThis DLit Dtle Dlight Eof Fmine FI'm Fgon Fna Flet Dit Cshine CThis CLit Ctle Clight Dof Fmine AI'm ALit Atle Alight Gof Fmine FLet Git Ashine ALet Ait Gshine ALet Git Fshine ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/this-little-light-of-mine/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" About This Little Light of Mine\r#\rThis gospel children’s song dates from the early twentieth century. Its authorship is not firmly settled, and it is often treated as a traditional piece. It later became one of the anthems of the American civil rights movement, sung at marches and meetings, and that double life of Sunday school and protest line is part of its staying power.\n","title":"This Little Light of Mine","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About Tom Dooley\r#\rTom Dooley is an Appalachian murder ballad drawn from a real case: Tom Dula, a North Carolina man hanged in 1868 for the killing of Laura Foster. Mountain singers kept his story alive for decades, and in 1958 the Kingston Trio\u0026rsquo;s recording turned the old ballad into a national hit that helped set off the folk revival.\nThe tune is compact and steady, a good match for a 6-hole ocarina beginner. It stays within a sixth from C to A, uses no sharps or flats, and repeats its opening line, so it settles into the hand quickly.\nTom Dooley Ocarina Tab\r#\rCHang Cdown Cyour Dhead FTom ADool- Aey CHang Cdown Cyour Dhead Fand Gcry. CHang Cdown Cyour Dhead FTom GDool- Gey GPoor Gboy Gyou're Fbound Dto Fdie ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/tom-dooley/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Tom Dooley\r#\rTom Dooley is an Appalachian murder ballad drawn from a real case: Tom Dula, a North Carolina man hanged in 1868 for the killing of Laura Foster. Mountain singers kept his story alive for decades, and in 1958 the Kingston Trio’s recording turned the old ballad into a national hit that helped set off the folk revival.\n","title":"Tom Dooley","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/traditional/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Traditional","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/traditional/","section":"Traditionals","summary":"","title":"Traditionals","type":"traditional"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/tv-theme-songs/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"TV Theme Songs","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tv-theme-songs/","section":"Tv-Theme-Songs","summary":"","title":"Tv-Theme-Songs","type":"tv-theme-songs"},{"content":" About Twinkle Twinkle Little Star\r#\rThe words to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star come from a poem called The Star, written by the English author Jane Taylor and published in 1806. The tune is older still and French in origin, and Mozart had already written a set of keyboard variations on it years before Taylor\u0026rsquo;s verse was ever attached. That shared source is why the same melody also carries the alphabet song and Baa Baa Black Sheep.\nOn the six-hole ocarina it is a dependable early piece. The notes run from low C up to A with no sharps or flats, and the clear, symmetrical phrases make it easy to hear when a note has landed in the wrong place.\nTwinkle Twinkle Little Star Ocarina Tab\r#\rCTwin Ckle GTwin Gkle ALit Atle Gstar. FHow FI Ewon- Eder Dwhat Dyou Care. GUp Ga- Fbove Fthe Esky Eso Dbright. GLike Ga Fdia Fmond Ein Ethe Dsky CTwin Ckle GTwin Gkle ALit Atle Gstar. FHow FI Ewon- Eder Dwhat Dyou Care. ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/twinkle-twinkle-little-star/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About Twinkle Twinkle Little Star\r#\rThe words to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star come from a poem called The Star, written by the English author Jane Taylor and published in 1806. The tune is older still and French in origin, and Mozart had already written a set of keyboard variations on it years before Taylor’s verse was ever attached. That shared source is why the same melody also carries the alphabet song and Baa Baa Black Sheep.\n","title":"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/uncategorized/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Uncategorized","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/uncategorized/","section":"Uncategorizeds","summary":"","title":"Uncategorizeds","type":"uncategorized"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/video-game-songs/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Video Game Songs","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/video-game-songs/","section":"Video-Game-Songs","summary":"","title":"Video-Game-Songs","type":"video-game-songs"},{"content":" About We Three Kings of Orient Are\r#\rUnlike many carols, this one has a clear author. John Henry Hopkins Jr., an American clergyman, wrote both words and music around 1857 for a family Christmas pageant. It follows the Magi and their gifts, and it is one of the few widely sung carols centered on Epiphany rather than the manger.\nIts minor key gives the tune a darker, marching color that stands out among cheerier carols. On a 6-hole ocarina the refrain reaches up to a high D and then steps back down, so it is worth shaping that rise and fall smoothly. Keep an eye on the F sharp, which is the note that colors the minor sound.\nWe Three Kings of Orient Are Lyrics\r#\rWe three kings of Orient are, Bearing gifts we traverse afar, Field and fountain, moor and mountain, Following yonder star.\nO star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.\nBorn a King on Bethlehem\u0026rsquo;s plain, Gold I bring to crown Him again, King forever, ceasing never, Over us all to reign.\nFrankincense to offer have I, Incense owns a Deity nigh, Prayer and praising, all men raising, Worship Him, God most high.\nMyrrh is mine, its bitter perfume Breathes a life of gathering gloom, Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying, Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.\nGlorious now behold Him arise, King and God and Sacrifice, Alleluia, Alleluia, Heaven to earth replies.\nWe Three Kings of Orient Are Ocarina Tab\r#\rB A G E Gb G Gb E B A G E Gb G Gb E G G A A B B D C B A B A G Gb E ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas/we-three-kings-of-orient-are/","section":"Christmas","summary":" About We Three Kings of Orient Are\r#\rUnlike many carols, this one has a clear author. John Henry Hopkins Jr., an American clergyman, wrote both words and music around 1857 for a family Christmas pageant. It follows the Magi and their gifts, and it is one of the few widely sung carols centered on Epiphany rather than the manger.\n","title":"We Three Kings of Orient Are","type":"christmas"},{"content":" About When Johnny Comes Marching Home\r#\rThis is one of the best known songs of the American Civil War. The bandmaster Patrick Gilmore published it in 1863 under the pen name Louis Lambert, and people on both sides took it up as a hopeful picture of soldiers returning. The melody is usually played in a minor key, and it has long been tied to the older Irish tune \u0026ldquo;Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye,\u0026rdquo; though which one came first is still argued.\nOn a 6-hole ocarina this is a good workout rather than a first song. The line climbs into the upper register and touches a high E, so the tricky part is keeping those top notes clean and in tune as the melody rises.\nWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home Lyrics\r#\rWhen Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We\u0026rsquo;ll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah! The men will cheer and the boys will shout, The ladies they will all turn out, And we\u0026rsquo;ll all feel gay When Johnny comes marching home.\nWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home Ocarina Tab\r#\rEWhen EJohn- Any Acomes Amarch- Bing Chome Ba- Cgain Ahoo- Grah Ehoo- Grah AWe'll Egive Ahim Aa Aheart- By Cwel- Bcome Cthen Dhoo- Erah Choo- Erah CThe Emen Ewill Eall Echeer Dand Cthe Dboys Dwill Dall Bshout CThe Clad- Cies Bthey Awill Ball Bturn Bout Cand Dwe'll Eall Dfeel Cgay BWhen EJohn- Any Acomes Amarch- Ging Ahome ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/civil-war/when-johnny-comes-marching-home/","section":"Civil-Wars","summary":" About When Johnny Comes Marching Home\r#\rThis is one of the best known songs of the American Civil War. The bandmaster Patrick Gilmore published it in 1863 under the pen name Louis Lambert, and people on both sides took it up as a hopeful picture of soldiers returning. The melody is usually played in a minor key, and it has long been tied to the older Irish tune “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye,” though which one came first is still argued.\n","title":"When Johnny Comes Marching Home","type":"civil-war"},{"content":" The story behind Will the Circle Be Unbroken\r#\rThe original hymn dates to 1907, with words by Ada Habershon and music by Charles Gabriel, on the hope of a family reunited in heaven. In 1935 the Carter Family reworked it into \u0026ldquo;Can the Circle Be Unbroken,\u0026rdquo; and that country and gospel version is the one most people recognize today.\nThe tune stays within a single octave, C to C, and moves in short, repeating phrases, so it is quick to learn on a 6-hole ocarina. Its steady, swinging rhythm makes it a good piece for keeping even time while you play, and it sounds full even at a relaxed pace.\nWill the Circle Be Unbroken Lyrics\r#\rWill the circle be unbroken\nBy and by, Lord, by and by?\nIn a better home awaiting\nIn the sky, Lord, in the sky.\nWill the Circle Be Unbroken Ocarina Tab\r#\rCWill Dthe Fcir Fcle Abe Gun Fbroke An ABy Gand Fby FLord Fby Dand Cby CIn Da Fbet Fter Ahome Ca Cwait Aing FIn Gthe Asky FLord Gin Athe G- Fsky ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-songs/will-the-circle-be-unbroken/","section":"Christian-Songs","summary":" The story behind Will the Circle Be Unbroken\r#\rThe original hymn dates to 1907, with words by Ada Habershon and music by Charles Gabriel, on the hope of a family reunited in heaven. In 1935 the Carter Family reworked it into “Can the Circle Be Unbroken,” and that country and gospel version is the one most people recognize today.\n","title":"Will the Circle Be Unbroken","type":"christian-songs"},{"content":" About Yo Ho A Pirate\u0026rsquo;s Life For Me\r#\rYo Ho (A Pirate\u0026rsquo;s Life for Me) was written for Disneyland\u0026rsquo;s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, which opened in 1967. George Bruns composed the music and Xavier Atencio wrote the lyrics, and the tune played through the attraction for decades before the film series carried it to a wider audience. This tab follows the ride version.\nThe melody has a rolling, sea-shanty swing and sits mostly in the upper-middle range of a 6-hole ocarina, from F up to a high D. Several phrases hold a single repeated note under the words, so the challenge is less about finger jumps and more about keeping an even rhythm while the melody stays put.\nYo Ho A Pirate\u0026rsquo;s Life For Me Ocarina Tab\r#\rAYo CHo DYo CHo Bba Api- Arate's Glife Gfor Fme. FWe Apil A. Aage Aplun A. Ader Awe Ari- Afle Aand Aloot. ADrink Dup Ame F'eart Fies, Gyo Aho. AWe Bbkid Bbnap Bband Grav- Gage Gand Adon't Agive Aa Fhoot. FDrink Gup Gme G'eart Aties, Byo Cho. ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/disney-songs/yo-ho-a-pirates-life-for-me/","section":"Disney-Songs","summary":" About Yo Ho A Pirate’s Life For Me\r#\rYo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me) was written for Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, which opened in 1967. George Bruns composed the music and Xavier Atencio wrote the lyrics, and the tune played through the attraction for decades before the film series carried it to a wider audience. This tab follows the ride version.\n","title":"Yo Ho A Pirate's Life For Me","type":"disney-songs"},{"content":" About You are my Sunshine\r#\rYou Are My Sunshine was published in 1939 and became a hit for Jimmie Davis, a country singer who later served two terms as governor of Louisiana. His is the name most tied to it, though who actually wrote the song has been argued about for decades. It is now one of the official state songs of Louisiana.\nFor all its sunny title, the later verses turn quietly heartbroken, which is easy to miss when only the first lines get sung.\nOn the six-hole ocarina the melody covers a wide stretch and jumps up to a high E on its brightest lines. Those leaps make it a rewarding step up once the simpler tunes feel comfortable.\nYou are my Sunshine Ocarina Tab\r#\rDYou Gare Amy Bsun Bshine BMy BbOn- Bly Gsun Gshine GYou Amake Bme Chap- Epy Ewhen Dskies Care Bgrey GYou'll Anev- Ber Cknow Edear Ehow Dmuch CI Blove Gyou GPlease Adon't Btake Cmy Asun Ashine Ba- Gway ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kid-songs/you-are-my-sunshine/","section":"Kid-Songs","summary":" About You are my Sunshine\r#\rYou Are My Sunshine was published in 1939 and became a hit for Jimmie Davis, a country singer who later served two terms as governor of Louisiana. His is the name most tied to it, though who actually wrote the song has been argued about for decades. It is now one of the official state songs of Louisiana.\n","title":"You are my Sunshine","type":"kid-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/zelda-sheet-music/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Zelda Sheet Music","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-sheet-music/","section":"Zelda-Sheet-Musics","summary":"","title":"Zelda-Sheet-Musics","type":"zelda-sheet-music"},{"content":" About Zelda\u0026rsquo;s Lullaby\r#\rZelda\u0026rsquo;s Lullaby is the princess\u0026rsquo;s own theme, first heard in A Link to the Past and later one of the ocarina songs Link learns from Impa in Ocarina of Time. Koji Kondo wrote it as a gentle, rocking melody, and across the games it opens royal doors and settles restless spirits.\nIt is a genuinely easy one to begin with. The line moves in small steps between a low C and a high D, keeps to the natural notes, and its second half simply lifts the opening phrase higher, so your fingers learn the pattern once and reuse it.\nZelda\u0026rsquo;s Lullaby for 6 Hole Ocarina Ocarina Tab\r#\rE G D C D E G D E G D C G F E D ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-sheet-music/zeldas-lullaby/","section":"Zelda-Sheet-Musics","summary":" About Zelda’s Lullaby\r#\rZelda’s Lullaby is the princess’s own theme, first heard in A Link to the Past and later one of the ocarina songs Link learns from Impa in Ocarina of Time. Koji Kondo wrote it as a gentle, rocking melody, and across the games it opens royal doors and settles restless spirits.\n","title":"Zelda's Lullaby","type":"zelda-sheet-music"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tags/","section":"Tags","summary":"","title":"Tags","type":"tags"}]