About Hedwig’s Theme#
John 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.
The 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’s range. Watch the half-step neighbors; that wandering shape is what makes the theme sound the way it does.
Hedwig’s Theme Ocarina Tab#
| C | 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 |