About Abraham’s Daughter#
Arcade 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.
The 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.
Abraham’s Daughter (Hunger Games) Ocarina Tab#
| EA | 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 |