[{"content":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs has put free tablature for the 12-hole ocarina online since 2012. There are 63 songs, lessons and scales here, each laid out note by note with the finger chart drawn under it. Hover over a note, or tap it on a phone, and it plays, so you can hear a tune before your fingers have it.\nThere are no ads and nothing to sign up for. Every tab still reads as plain text with JavaScript turned off, and it prints clean on paper. When you want to write your own, the tablature editor builds a tab one click at a time and hands you a link to share it.\nThe sister site\r#\rThe 6-hole ocarina has its own home at 6holeOcarina.com. The two sites run the same player and the same editor, each fed its own instrument\u0026rsquo;s fingerings. How they are built, and why, is told once, on 6-hole\u0026rsquo;s About page and in its technical deep dive.\nWho made this\r#\rThis site is built and kept up by James, the developer behind Digital Crunch. Song requests and tab corrections are welcome on the requests page or through the contact form.\n","date":"19 October 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/about/","section":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs has put free tablature for the 12-hole ocarina online since 2012. There are 63 songs, lessons and scales here, each laid out note by note with the finger chart drawn under it. Hover over a note, or tap it on a phone, and it plays, so you can hear a tune before your fingers have it.\n","title":"About","type":"page"},{"content":"Leave your email and I will send you a short note whenever new 12-hole ocarina tabs go up, so you are not left checking back to see what is new.\nGet new tabs by email Enter your email, then click the link in the confirmation message. You will hear from me when new tabs go up.\nYour email Send me new tabs No spam. One-click unsubscribe on every email, and your address is never shared.\nSigning up needs JavaScript. With it turned off, you can ask to join through the contact page.\nWhat you get\r#\rA short email when I add new songs, with a link straight to each tab. Every tab stays free to read, play and print right here, no sign-up needed. That is the whole list. No daily drip, no filler, no reselling your inbox. No catch, and easy to leave\r#\rYou add yourself by clicking one link in a confirmation email, which is the only way onto the list, so no one can sign you up by mistake. After that, every email carries a one-click unsubscribe, and your address is never shared, sold, or handed to an advertiser. If you ever want out, one click and you are gone.\nI am James. I built this library over about thirteen years because I wanted these songs written down plainly, and I would rather send you something useful than crowd your inbox.\nSend me new tabs\n","date":"16 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/subscribe/","section":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"Leave your email and I will send you a short note whenever new 12-hole ocarina tabs go up, so you are not left checking back to see what is new.\n","title":"New Ocarina Tabs by Email","type":"page"},{"content":" Short version: I run a small ocarina-tab site, not an ad-tech operation. However, I AM a Sr Security Engineer with almost 30 years of experience and therefore I know a little bit about tech that most website owners gloss over. I\u0026rsquo;ll try to explain what and why without getting into the weeds too deep.\nI collect the minimum I need to keep the site working and to see which songs people want, I do not sell or rent your information, and I never add you to an email list without your explicit confirmation. The longer version is below.\nLast updated: 16 July 2026.\nWhat I collect, and why\r#\rSite analytics. When you visit, my analytics record things like your IP address, the search term or link that brought you, the pages you view and the path through them, and when you arrive and leave. I use this in aggregate to understand which songs and pages people want so I know what to build next. My analytics are cookieless (Google Search Console, a self-hosted Umami instance, and Cloudflare\u0026rsquo;s server-side stats, not Google Analytics), so there is no cookie-consent banner because there are no tracking cookies.\nContact form. If you use the contact page, I collect the name, email, and message you send, plus the IP address of the submission (for spam protection). It is stored in a database I control and emailed to me so I can reply. A Cloudflare Turnstile check runs to block bots; it is privacy-respecting and sets no third-party tracking cookies.\nEmail updates (newsletter). If you choose to sign up for email updates, I collect your email address and, as a record of your consent, the IP address and time of your signup and confirmation. Signup is double opt-in: you are not added until you click a confirmation link, so nobody can sign you up without access to your inbox. Every email includes a one-click unsubscribe link. Newsletter emails also include standard open and click tracking (a tiny image and measured links, handled by Amazon SES): it tells me whether emails are being opened so I can stop mailing addresses that have gone quiet. It applies only inside the emails themselves, never on the website, and unsubscribing ends it entirely.\nWho processes it\r#\rTo run the site I rely on a few service providers who handle this data on my behalf:\nCloudflare - the form and database service (Workers and D1) that stores contact and subscriber records, plus DNS, content delivery, and the Turnstile bot check. Amazon SES (AWS) - delivers the contact notifications and the newsletter email. Netlify - hosts the website itself. I do not sell, rent, or trade your information to anyone.\nYour choices\r#\rUnsubscribe anytime using the one-click link in any email; you are removed right away. Ask me to delete your information - your contact message or your subscriber record - by writing to me through the contact page. I will remove it. I keep only what I need and destroy data I have no immediate use for. Cookies\r#\rNo advertising or tracking cookies. Your browser may store a small preference locally on your device (for example, light or dark appearance); it stays on your device and is not used to track you across the web.\nContact and mailing address\r#\rQuestions about privacy, or a request to see or delete your data: use the contact page. My mailing address is 2042 Quail Run Rd, Wylie, TX 75098.\nChanges\r#\rI may update this policy from time to time; the \u0026ldquo;Last updated\u0026rdquo; date above shows when it last changed.\n","date":"15 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/privacy/","section":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":" Short version: I run a small ocarina-tab site, not an ad-tech operation. However, I AM a Sr Security Engineer with almost 30 years of experience and therefore I know a little bit about tech that most website owners gloss over. I’ll try to explain what and why without getting into the weeds too deep.\n","title":"Privacy Policy","type":"page"},{"content":"I want this site to be usable by everyone, including people who use a screen reader, navigate by keyboard only, or need low-vision support. My target is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.\nThe published song tablature is plain HTML tables. You can read every song with JavaScript turned off; the sound and hover highlighting are enhancements layered on top, never the only way to get the notes.\nKnown limitation: the interactive tablature editor needs JavaScript to compose, play, and share a snippet. That part will not work with scripting disabled. The song pages themselves do not depend on it.\nIf you hit a barrier, or something is hard to use with your assistive technology, please tell me through the contact form and I will try to fix it.\nLast reviewed: 2026-07-11\n","date":"11 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/accessibility/","section":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"I want this site to be usable by everyone, including people who use a screen reader, navigate by keyboard only, or need low-vision support. My target is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.\n","title":"Accessibility","type":"page"},{"content":"Build 12-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":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"Build 12-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":"Create Ocarina Tabs in the Editor","type":"editor"},{"content":"Free 12-hole ocarina tablature for 63 songs and melodies, each shown as a real HTML table you can read on the page and play in your browser. Browse everything below.\n12 Hole Ocarina Lessons (5) 12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 01 (C,D) 12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 02 (C,D,E) 12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 03 (D,E,F) 12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 04 (C,D,E,F,G) 12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 05 (A,B,C,D,E,F,G) 12 Hole Ocarina Scales (6) Blues Scales Hirajoshi Japanese Scale Major Scale Middle Eastern Scale Native American Scale Pentatonic Scale Christian Music (13) A Child\u0026#39;s Prayer Amazing Grace Choose the Right Follow the Prophet For thy Bounteous Blessings I am a Child of God I am Trying to Be Like Jesus I Stand All Amazed Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King Nearer, My God, to Thee Nephi\u0026#39;s Courage This Little Light of Mine We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet Christmas Songs (5) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Little Drummer Boy O Come O Come Emmanuel Silent Night We Three Kings of Orient Disney Songs (1) Yo Ho, A Pirate\u0026#39;s Life For Me Folk Songs (5) Do As I\u0026#39;m Doing For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow Molly Malone Scarborough Fair Tom Dooley Kids Songs (14) A Tisket a Tasket Alouette Bingo Brahms Lullaby Camptown Races Frere Jacques Hot Cross Buns Itsy Bitsy Spider Mary Had a Little Lamb On Top of Ol Smokey The ABC Song Three Blind Mice Twinkle Twinkle Little Star You Are My Sunshine Pokemon Music (1) Lugia\u0026#39;s Song Scout Songs (5) 99 Bottles of Beer Ghost Chickens in the Sky Kumbayah Military Taps Roadkill Stew Traditional Music (1) Happy Birthday Tv Theme Songs (3) Hedwig\u0026#39;s Theme Pirates of the Caribbean - Davy Jones The Good the Bad the Ugly Uncategorized (1) Requests Video Game Music (1) Elder Scrolls Morrowind Zelda Songs (3) Majora\u0026#39;s Mask – Song of Healing Saria\u0026#39;s Song Lost Woods Zelda\u0026#39;s Lullaby ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/","section":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"Free 12-hole ocarina tablature for 63 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":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs","type":"page"},{"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":"12 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":"12 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":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"12 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":" 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":"12 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":" 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. To send a request right now, please use the contact form.\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. That is why most songs on my sister site, 6holeOcarina.com, also fit a 12 hole ocarina.\nDonations\r#\rIn the 13 years I’ve ran this site, 4 people have donated. I greatly appreciate that gesture! My costs before moving to the new tech stack were about $15 a month (13x12 = $2340 for hosting) for the server and I’ve paid about $800 out of pocket for themes and people to work on the site. 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 200+ hours or more in tweaking the site, managing, coding, etc. A good coder (not me), might make $100 an hour for development.\nSo you may not think your $10 donation helps, but it actually helps A LOT! The new server costs are practically nothing, so I don\u0026rsquo;t have that same overhead, but new songs cost me time and money if I pay someone else to add them (the only realistic way I have time).\nCurrent Metrics\r#\rFor the last few years the site has drawn about 27k unique visitors a month, after I filter out bots and scanners, and I\u0026rsquo;m honored that many people enjoy what I built. Donations, though, are vanishingly rare: 4 in roughly 2 million visitors. Comments run a few times higher, but still tiny. I kept the site ad-free by choice, but at some point I will likely need to sell something to justify the time. The new tech stack makes keeping the existing tabs cheap; new content still costs me time and money, so please do not expect a lot of it.\nHow to Keep the Site Going\r#\rIf you like the tabs and want me to keep working on the site, please encourage me with words or dollars. I like both.\nDonate via Ko-fi Donate via PayPal Send me a private message through the contact form Or leave a public comment on the page (comments coming soon) A live comment requests page, where you can post song requests and feedback right on the site, is being built. Until it is ready, please send your requests through the contact form.\n","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/uncategorized/requests/","section":"Uncategorized","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":"By using 12 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. ","date":"7 July 2026","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/terms-of-service/","section":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"By using 12 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. ","title":"Terms of Service","type":"page"},{"content":"","date":"16 January 2020","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":"","title":"Folk-Songs","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About For He\u0026rsquo;s a Jolly Good Fellow\r#\rThe tune behind For He\u0026rsquo;s a Jolly Good Fellow is French. It is the old melody of Malbrough s\u0026rsquo;en va-t-en guerre, a song about a soldier gone to war, and English speakers took it over for the toast sung at birthdays, retirements and send-offs. The same tune also carries The Bear Went Over the Mountain.\nThis tab fits on four lines and is printable, which makes it handy to bring along to a party. On the 12-hole ocarina it is about as friendly as songs get. It stays between C and A, all natural notes, so you never touch a sub-hole or a thumb hole. Most of the work is keeping the rhythm bouncy and giving the last line its big finish.\nFor He’s a Jolly Good Fellow Ocarina Tab\r#\rC E E E D E F E E D D D C D E C C E E E D E F A A G E F E D C ","date":"16 January 2020","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/for-hes-a-jolly-good-fellow-12-hole-ocarina-tab/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow\r#\rThe tune behind For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow is French. It is the old melody of Malbrough s’en va-t-en guerre, a song about a soldier gone to war, and English speakers took it over for the toast sung at birthdays, retirements and send-offs. The same tune also carries The Bear Went Over the Mountain.\n","title":"For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":"","date":"25 December 2013","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas-songs/","section":"Christmas-Songs","summary":"","title":"Christmas-Songs","type":"christmas-songs"},{"content":" Where O Come O Come Emmanuel comes from\r#\rThis hymn began in Latin as Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, built on the old O Antiphons sung in the last days before Christmas. John Mason Neale translated it into English in the 1850s, and Thomas Helmore set it to the melody most people know, which came from a fifteenth-century French source. Strictly speaking it is an Advent hymn, a song of waiting, though it is sung all through the season. I posted this tab on Christmas Day 2013.\nThe tune has a solemn, chant-like feel. On the 12-hole ocarina it spans one octave, from D to high D, with F sharp as its only sharp. High D is the one note that opens the thumb holes. The words sit under the notes.\nO Come O Come Emmanuel Lyrics\r#\rO Come, thou wis dom from on high,\nwho or-d\u0026rsquo;rest all thing mightily;\nto us the path of know-ledge\nshow and teach us in her way to go\nRe joice Re Joice Em man uel\nshall come to the o Is ra el\nO Come O Come Emmanuel Ocarina Tab\r#\rEO Gcome, BO Bcome, BEm – Aman C– B– Au – Gel Aand Bran- Gsome Ecap- Gtive AIs F#– E– Dra Eel Athat Amourns Ein Elone- F#ly Gex- F#ile E– Dto Ghere Aun- Btil Bthe BSon Aof CGod Bap- Apear. DRe- Djoice! BRe-. Bjoice! BEm- Aman C– B– Au- Gel- Ashall Bcome Gto Ethee, GO AIs F#– E– Dra Eel! ","date":"25 December 2013","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas-songs/o-come-o-come-emmanuel/","section":"Christmas-Songs","summary":" Where O Come O Come Emmanuel comes from\r#\rThis hymn began in Latin as Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, built on the old O Antiphons sung in the last days before Christmas. John Mason Neale translated it into English in the 1850s, and Thomas Helmore set it to the melody most people know, which came from a fifteenth-century French source. Strictly speaking it is an Advent hymn, a song of waiting, though it is sung all through the season. I posted this tab on Christmas Day 2013.\n","title":"O Come O Come Emmanuel","type":"christmas-songs"},{"content":"","date":"7 January 2013","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/disney-songs/","section":"Disney-Songs","summary":"","title":"Disney-Songs","type":"disney-songs"},{"content":" About Yo Ho, A Pirate\u0026rsquo;s Life For Me\r#\rYo Ho is the song the pirates sing on Disneyland\u0026rsquo;s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, a rowdy, cheerful number that practically begs a crowd to shout along on the refrain. It is a fun one to bring out when people want something they recognize.\nHere the melody is set over five lines with the words under the notes, so you can keep your place as you go. On the 12-hole ocarina it never drops below F and climbs to high D, which opens a thumb hole. Bb is the one flat, but the tune also uses B natural, so keep track of which of the two each note calls for.\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 January 2013","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 is the song the pirates sing on Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, a rowdy, cheerful number that practically begs a crowd to shout along on the refrain. It is a fun one to bring out when people want something they recognize.\n","title":"Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life For Me","type":"disney-songs"},{"content":" About Saria\u0026rsquo;s Song Lost Woods\r#\rSaria\u0026rsquo;s Song is the tune Link learns from his friend Saria in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and it is also the music that plays in the Lost Woods. Koji Kondo composed it, and its bouncy, looping melody is easy to recognize from the first bar. Thanks go to tessfallout, who tabbed this version for the 12-hole ocarina.\nAt eleven lines it is one of the longer tabs here, and it spends real time in the upper notes. The melody climbs from C all the way to high F, so high D, high E and high F each open the thumb holes. There are no sharps or flats, which helps, since the quick repeating phrases leave little time to think.\nSaria\u0026rsquo;s Song Lost Woods Ocarina Tab\r#\rF. A. B. F. A. B. F. A. B. E. D. B. C. B. G. E. D. E. G. E. F. A. B. F. A. B. F. A. B. E. D. B. C. E. B. G. B. G. D. E. D. E. F. G. A. B. D. B. E. D. E. F. G. A. B. C. D. E. D. E. F. G. A. B. D. B. E. D. C. F. E. G. F. A. G. B. A. C. B. D. C. E. F. D. E. ","date":"3 January 2013","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-songs/sarias-song-lost-woods/","section":"Zelda-Songs","summary":" About Saria’s Song Lost Woods\r#\rSaria’s Song is the tune Link learns from his friend Saria in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and it is also the music that plays in the Lost Woods. Koji Kondo composed it, and its bouncy, looping melody is easy to recognize from the first bar. Thanks go to tessfallout, who tabbed this version for the 12-hole ocarina.\n","title":"Saria's Song Lost Woods","type":"zelda-songs"},{"content":"","date":"3 January 2013","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-songs/","section":"Zelda-Songs","summary":"","title":"Zelda-Songs","type":"zelda-songs"},{"content":" About Lugia\u0026rsquo;s Song\r#\rLugia\u0026rsquo;s Song comes from Pokemon: The Movie 2000, where it is the melody tied to the legendary Pokemon Lugia. It is a gentle, wistful tune, and it suits the ocarina\u0026rsquo;s soft voice. This tab was transcribed and sent in by tessfallout, and I am grateful for it.\nIt covers a lot of ground on the 12-hole. The melody dips to low A, which needs a small sub-hole closed and is a note a 6-hole ocarina cannot play at all. At the top it reaches high D and opens a thumb hole. Every note is natural, so the challenge is the range rather than tricky fingering, and the syllables under the notes help you keep time.\nLugia\u0026rsquo;s Song Ocarina Tab\r#\rD. F. E. C. D. A. D. F. E. C. D. F. A. D. C. A. F. G. A. G. D. C. D. A. G. C. E. F. E. D. C. D. ","date":"2 January 2013","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pokemon-music/lugias-song/","section":"Pokemon-Musics","summary":" About Lugia’s Song\r#\rLugia’s Song comes from Pokemon: The Movie 2000, where it is the melody tied to the legendary Pokemon Lugia. It is a gentle, wistful tune, and it suits the ocarina’s soft voice. This tab was transcribed and sent in by tessfallout, and I am grateful for it.\n","title":"Lugia's Song","type":"pokemon-music"},{"content":"","date":"2 January 2013","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/pokemon-music/","section":"Pokemon-Musics","summary":"","title":"Pokemon-Musics","type":"pokemon-music"},{"content":" About Do As I\u0026rsquo;m Doing\r#\rDo As I\u0026rsquo;m Doing is a follow-the-leader song, made for a room full of kids with their eyes on one person up front. It is traditional, and it lives in classrooms and at camps far more than in songbooks.\nFor the ocarina player, the interesting part is the key. The tab uses F sharp and a high C sharp, and with those two the notes form a complete D major scale, one octave of it. High C sharp and high D open the thumb holes on the 12-hole ocarina, so the top of the tune asks for a little care. The words appear under the notes, which helps if you are leading the singing yourself.\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":"30 December 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/do-as-im-doing/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Do As I’m Doing\r#\rDo As I’m Doing is a follow-the-leader song, made for a room full of kids with their eyes on one person up front. It is traditional, and it lives in classrooms and at camps far more than in songbooks.\n","title":"Do As I'm Doing","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen\r#\rThis is a traditional English carol, old enough that its author is unknown, and the title is often misread. \u0026ldquo;Rest\u0026rdquo; here means keep, so the line wishes the gentlemen to stay merry, and the comma belongs after \u0026ldquo;merry.\u0026rdquo; Charles Dickens has Scrooge chase off a boy singing it in A Christmas Carol.\nThe tune sits in a minor key and has a brisk, marching drive. This tab covers a wide stretch of the 12-hole ocarina, starting on D and climbing all the way to high F. The thumb holes come off for high D, high E and high F, so the top of the instrument gets a real workout. F# is the only accidental, and syllables are printed under the notes.\nGod Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Lyrics\r#\rIn Bethlehem, in Israel,\nThis blessed Babe was born\nAnd laid within a manger\nUpon this blessed morn\nOf which His Mother Mary\nDid nothing take in scorn\nchorus\nFrom God our Heavenly Father\nA blessed Angel came;\nAnd unto certain Shepherds\nBrought tidings of the same:\nHow that in Bethlehem was born\nThe Son of God by Name.\nchorus\n\u0026ldquo;Fear not then,\u0026rdquo; said the Angel,\n\u0026ldquo;Let nothing you affright,\nThis day is born a Saviour\nOf a pure Virgin bright,\nTo free all those who trust in Him\nFrom Satan\u0026rsquo;s power and might.\u0026rdquo;\nchorus\nThe shepherds at those tidings\nRejoiced much in mind,\nAnd left their flocks a-feeding\nIn tempest, storm and wind:\nAnd went to Bethlehem straightway\nThe Son of God to find.\nchorus\nAnd when they came to Bethlehem\nWhere our dear Saviour lay,\nThey found Him in a manger,\nWhere oxen feed on hay;\nHis Mother Mary kneeling down,\nUnto the Lord did pray.\nchorus\nNow to the Lord sing praises,\nAll you within this place,\nAnd with true love and brotherhood\nEach other now embrace;\nThis holy tide of Christmas\nAll other doth deface.\nchorus:\nO tidings of comfort and joy,\nComfort and joy\nO tidings of comfort and joy\nGod Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Ocarina Tab\r#\rEGod Erest Bye Bmer- Ary GGent F#le Emen DLet Enoth F#ing Gyou Adis Bmay ERe Emem Bber BChrist Aour GSav F#i Eor DWas Eborn F#on GChrist Amas Bday BHe Ccame Ato Bsave Cus Dall Ffrom BSatan’s Apower GWhen Ewe F#were Ggone Aastray Go Aoh Btid. Cings Bof Bcom Afort Ga- F#nd Ejoy Gcom F#fort Eand Ajoy Go- Aoh Btid Cings Dof E– Bcom Afort Gand. F#and Ejoy. ","date":"15 December 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas-songs/god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen/","section":"Christmas-Songs","summary":" About God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen\r#\rThis is a traditional English carol, old enough that its author is unknown, and the title is often misread. “Rest” here means keep, so the line wishes the gentlemen to stay merry, and the comma belongs after “merry.” Charles Dickens has Scrooge chase off a boy singing it in A Christmas Carol.\n","title":"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen","type":"christmas-songs"},{"content":" About 99 Bottles of Beer\r#\rNinety-nine verses is a long time to play anything, but this song was never about the melody. It belongs to the bus and the campfire, nobody owns it, and the same short tune carries every verse, so once you know it you know the whole thing.\nThat tune is tiny. It never climbs past G or drops below C, and the 12-hole ocarina has plenty of range it never visits: no sub-holes at the bottom and no thumb holes at the top. That makes it a good practice piece for tonguing and rhythm rather than finger stretches. The words sit under the notes. Play it through a few times and see how long you can keep the count going before your lips give out.\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":"23 November 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scout-songs/99-bottles-of-beer/","section":"Scout-Songs","summary":" About 99 Bottles of Beer\r#\rNinety-nine verses is a long time to play anything, but this song was never about the melody. It belongs to the bus and the campfire, nobody owns it, and the same short tune carries every verse, so once you know it you know the whole thing.\n","title":"99 Bottles of Beer","type":"scout-songs"},{"content":"","date":"23 November 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":"","title":"Christian-Musics","type":"christian-music"},{"content":"","date":"23 November 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scout-songs/","section":"Scout-Songs","summary":"","title":"Scout-Songs","type":"scout-songs"},{"content":" About This Little Light of Mine\r#\rThis Little Light of Mine runs on repetition. One short line comes back again and again, with only a few words changing, so by the second time through most people are already singing it without the page. That is a gift to anyone learning it on an instrument too.\nOn the 12-hole ocarina it is about as gentle as a song gets. The whole melody fits between C and A, six natural notes with no sharps or flats, and it never goes near the small sub-holes or the thumb holes. The words are printed under the notes, which makes it easy to keep your place. It is a good one to play while someone else sings.\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":"23 November 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/this-little-light-of-mine/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About This Little Light of Mine\r#\rThis Little Light of Mine runs on repetition. One short line comes back again and again, with only a few words changing, so by the second time through most people are already singing it without the page. That is a gift to anyone learning it on an instrument too.\n","title":"This Little Light of Mine","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About Tom Dooley\r#\rBehind the easy, swinging chorus of Tom Dooley sits a true crime from Reconstruction-era North Carolina. The name in the song is a mountain pronunciation of Dula, the real man at the center of the case, and the ballad carried his story in oral tradition long before records did.\nLook at the tab and you will notice it never uses E or B. The melody gets by on just five notes, C, D, F, G and A, a pentatonic set that gives it that plain, old-time sound. On the 12-hole ocarina all five sit low in the middle of the range, so you will not touch the sub-holes or the thumb holes. With only 26 notes and the words under them, it is quick to learn.\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":"22 November 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/tom-dooley/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Tom Dooley\r#\rBehind the easy, swinging chorus of Tom Dooley sits a true crime from Reconstruction-era North Carolina. The name in the song is a mountain pronunciation of Dula, the real man at the center of the case, and the ballad carried his story in oral tradition long before records did.\n","title":"Tom Dooley","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About For thy Bounteous Blessings\r#\rFor thy Bounteous Blessings was made to be sung as a round. That design keeps the melody short and plain, because each voice has to fit against the others when they come in, and the result is a catchy little tune you can memorize after a couple of passes.\nOn the 12-hole ocarina the whole thing is just two lines and 22 notes, with the syllables printed under each one. There is not a single natural B, E, A or D in it: every one of those is flatted. Eb takes one of the small sub-holes, and the top note, high Db, opens a thumb hole. Once you know it, try starting a second time while a friend plays from the top.\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":"5 November 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/for-thy-bounteous-blessings/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About For thy Bounteous Blessings\r#\rFor thy Bounteous Blessings was made to be sung as a round. That design keeps the melody short and plain, because each voice has to fit against the others when they come in, and the result is a catchy little tune you can memorize after a couple of passes.\n","title":"For thy Bounteous Blessings","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About Military Taps\r#\rTaps is the bugle call heard at the end of the day and at military funerals, arranged during the American Civil War in 1862 by Union General Daniel Butterfield with his bugler, Oliver Norton. I tabbed it when the scouts needed it for their ocarinas while practicing a flag ceremony, where it is played as the flag comes down.\nA bugle has no valves, so the call is built from only a few notes, and this tab needs just four: C, F, A and high C. That makes it easy on the fingers. The hard part is the long held notes. Keep your breath even so each one stays on pitch, and let the final note fade out slowly.\nMilitary Taps Lyrics\r#\rFading light, dims the sight,\nAnd a star gems the sky, gleaming bright.\nFrom afar, drawing nigh, falls the night.\nThanks and praise, for our days\n\u0026lsquo;Neath the sun, \u0026rsquo;neath the starts, \u0026rsquo;neath the sky;\nAs we go, this we know, God is nigh.\nSun has set, shadows come,\nTime has fled, Scouts must go to their beds\nAlways true to the promise that they made.\nWhile the light fades from sigh,\nAnd the stars gleaming rays softly send,\nTo they hands we our souls, Lord, commend\nMilitary Taps 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":"13 September 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scout-songs/taps/","section":"Scout-Songs","summary":" About Military Taps\r#\rTaps is the bugle call heard at the end of the day and at military funerals, arranged during the American Civil War in 1862 by Union General Daniel Butterfield with his bugler, Oliver Norton. I tabbed it when the scouts needed it for their ocarinas while practicing a flag ceremony, where it is played as the flag comes down.\n","title":"Military Taps","type":"scout-songs"},{"content":" About Camptown Races\r#\rDoo dah, doo dah. What does it mean? Nothing much, as far as anyone can tell. It is a nonsense refrain that Stephen Foster built into Camptown Races, published in 1850, a song about a long day of horse racing and a bet on a bobtail nag. The refrain stuck, and the tune has been a children\u0026rsquo;s favorite ever since.\nThe tab uses only six notes: C, D, E, G, A and high C. There is no F and no B anywhere in it, which gives it that open, cheerful sound. All of them are natural notes, and none needs a sub-hole or a thumb hole on the 12-hole ocarina. The leap up to high C is the one jump to practice.\nCamptown Races Lyrics\r#\rcamptown Ladies sing the song Doo Dah Doo Dah\nCamptown race track 5 miles long Oh De Doo Dah Day\nBound to run all night, bound to run all day\nBet my money on a bobtail nag\nSomebody bet on the bay\nCamptown Races Ocarina Tab\r#\rG G E G A G E E D E D G G E G A G E D D E D C C C E G C A A C A G G G E E G G A G E D D D E D D C ","date":"25 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/camptown-races-sheet-music-for-12-hole-ocarina/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About Camptown Races\r#\rDoo dah, doo dah. What does it mean? Nothing much, as far as anyone can tell. It is a nonsense refrain that Stephen Foster built into Camptown Races, published in 1850, a song about a long day of horse racing and a bet on a bobtail nag. The refrain stuck, and the tune has been a children’s favorite ever since.\n","title":"Camptown Races","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About Frere Jacques\r#\rMost children will recognize this one, in French or as Brother John. It is a traditional French nursery song and a round, so a second player can start the melody a phrase behind the first and the two lines fit together. Gustav Mahler borrowed it, slowed down into a minor key, for a funeral march in his First Symphony.\nThe tab runs four lines from C up to high C, all natural notes, with nothing that needs a sub-hole or a thumb hole on the 12-hole ocarina. Each phrase repeats once, which makes it quick to memorize. Once you have it, find a friend with another ocarina and try it as a round. Keeping your own part steady while someone else plays against you is good practice.\nFrere Jacques Ocarina Tab\r#\rC D E C C D E C E F G E F G G A G F E C G A G F E C C G C C G C ","date":"25 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/frere-jacques/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About Frere Jacques\r#\rMost children will recognize this one, in French or as Brother John. It is a traditional French nursery song and a round, so a second player can start the melody a phrase behind the first and the two lines fit together. Gustav Mahler borrowed it, slowed down into a minor key, for a funeral march in his First Symphony.\n","title":"Frere Jacques","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":"","date":"25 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":"","title":"Kids-Songs","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About The Good the Bad the Ugly\r#\rEnnio Morricone wrote this theme for Sergio Leone\u0026rsquo;s 1966 western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and its howling opening call is instantly familiar even to people who have never seen the film. To me it means tombstones and tumbleweeds, the music that plays when two cowboys face off with six shooters. You get the idea.\nThe tab is short, four lines, and stays on natural notes from C up to high D. That high D is the only note that opens a thumb hole, and nothing here needs the sub-holes. The trick is the character more than the fingering, so play the calls crisply and leave a little space between them.\nThe Good the Bad 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":"24 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tv-theme-songs/good-bad-ugly/","section":"Tv-Theme-Songs","summary":" About The Good the Bad the Ugly\r#\rEnnio Morricone wrote this theme for Sergio Leone’s 1966 western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and its howling opening call is instantly familiar even to people who have never seen the film. To me it means tombstones and tumbleweeds, the music that plays when two cowboys face off with six shooters. You get the idea.\n","title":"The Good the Bad the Ugly","type":"tv-theme-songs"},{"content":"","date":"24 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tv-theme-songs/","section":"Tv-Theme-Songs","summary":"","title":"Tv-Theme-Songs","type":"tv-theme-songs"},{"content":" About Brahms Lullaby\r#\rJohannes Brahms wrote this lullaby in 1868 for his friend Bertha Faber, to mark the birth of her son. Its German title is Wiegenlied, it was published as his Opus 49, No. 4, and it has been sung over cradles ever since. Plenty of people know the tune without knowing it is by Brahms at all.\nIt is a simple song and a peaceful one to play on the 12-hole ocarina. The tab stays on the natural notes between C and high C, with no sub-holes or thumb holes to manage. The real work is breath: hold the long notes steady and let the phrases rock rather than rush.\nBrahms Lullaby Lyrics\r#\rLullaby - and Goodnight\ngo to bed now and sleep tight\nclose your eyes, and start to yawn.\nPleasant dreams until - the dawn.\nWhen the sun, lights the sky.\nYou will wake feeling spry\nStart the day, with a smile\nLife is really - worth while\nBrahms Lullaby Ocarina Tab\r#\rE E G E E G E G C B A A G D E F D D E F D F B A G B C C C C A F G E C F G A G C C C A F G E C F E D C ","date":"23 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/brahms-lullaby/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About Brahms Lullaby\r#\rJohannes Brahms wrote this lullaby in 1868 for his friend Bertha Faber, to mark the birth of her son. Its German title is Wiegenlied, it was published as his Opus 49, No. 4, and it has been sung over cradles ever since. Plenty of people know the tune without knowing it is by Brahms at all.\n","title":"Brahms Lullaby","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About Silent Night\r#\rSilent Night was first sung on Christmas Eve in 1818, in the small church of St. Nicholas at Oberndorf, Austria. Joseph Mohr wrote the words and Franz Xaver Gruber set them to music. My wife asked me to tab this one, and it sounds beautiful on the 12-hole ocarina.\nIt is also a good example of why the extra holes matter. The melody drops to low Bb, which needs one of the small sub-holes, and a 6-hole cannot play that note without overblowing or underblowing. At the other end it rises to high Eb, opening the thumb holes, and the middle Eb takes a sub-hole too. The words sit under the notes across five lines, so it is easy to play while others sing.\nSilent Night Lyrics\r#\rSilent night, holy night, All is calm\nAll is bright. Round yon Virgin Mother and child\nHoly Infant so tender and mild\nSleep in Heavenly Peace\nSleep in Heavenly Peace\nSilent Night Holy night! Shepherds quake\nat the sight Glories stream from heaven afar\nHeav\u0026rsquo;nly hosts sing alleluia!\nChrist, the Savior is born\nChris, the Savior is born\nSilent night, holy night Son of God,\nlove\u0026rsquo;s pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face\nWith the dawn of redeeming grace\nJesus, Lord, at Thy birth\nJesus, Lord, at They birth\nSilent Night Ocarina Tab\r#\rFSi- Gi- Flent Dnight, FHo- Go- Fly Dnight, CAll Cis Acalm BbAll Bbis Fbright. GRound Gyon BbVir Ar- Ggin Fmo- Gther Fand Dchild GHo Gly Bbin Afant Gso Ften Gder Fand Dmild CSleep Cin EbHeav Cen Aly Bbpea- Dce BbSlee- Fp Din FHeav Eben Cly Bbpeace ","date":"20 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas-songs/silent-night/","section":"Christmas-Songs","summary":" About Silent Night\r#\rSilent Night was first sung on Christmas Eve in 1818, in the small church of St. Nicholas at Oberndorf, Austria. Joseph Mohr wrote the words and Franz Xaver Gruber set them to music. My wife asked me to tab this one, and it sounds beautiful on the 12-hole ocarina.\n","title":"Silent Night","type":"christmas-songs"},{"content":" About We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet\r#\rWe Thank Thee O God for a Prophet is a hymn from the hymnbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sung there as thanks for a living prophet. I am not a member of that church myself. The song came to me as a recommendation, and I tabbed it out so it would be here for anyone who wants it.\nIt is a longer piece, eight lines and 75 notes. The melody stays between D and high D and uses two sharps, F# and high C#. It never needs the small sub-holes, but the top of the tune opens the thumb holes for high C# and high D, so those two notes are the ones worth practicing on their own.\nWe Thank Thee O God For a Prophet Lyrics\r#\rW-e thank thee, O G-od, for a prophet\nT-o guide us in these latter days.\nW-e thank thee for se-nding the gospel\nTo lighten our minds with its rays.\nWe thank thee for every blessing\nB-e stowed by they bounteous hand\nWe feel it a pleasure to serve thee\nA-nd love to obey thy command\nWe Thank Thee O God For a Prophet Ocarina Tab\r#\rD E F# F# E D E F# G A F# D E F# F# E F# A F# E D E F# F# E D E F# G A B B A A B A A G F# A D D D C# B B A F# D E F# F# D F# A F# E A D D D C# B B A F# D E F# A F# E F# E D ","date":"20 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/we-thank-thee-o-god-for-a-prophet/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet\r#\rWe Thank Thee O God for a Prophet is a hymn from the hymnbook of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sung there as thanks for a living prophet. I am not a member of that church myself. The song came to me as a recommendation, and I tabbed it out so it would be here for anyone who wants it.\n","title":"We Thank Thee O God For a Prophet","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About I Stand All Amazed\r#\rMy wife requested this church song, and I like it too. The hymn comes from Charles H. Gabriel, an American gospel writer who supplied both the text and the music. It is a quiet, wondering hymn, and it asks for a steady hand.\nIt is a real workout. The key signature is full of flats, which makes it hard to play perfectly on a 6-hole, but the 12-hole can manage it if you practice. Here the tab runs from C to high Eb across nine lines. The Db and Eb near the bottom are reached by closing one of the small sub-holes, and at the top end the thumb holes open for high Db, high D and high Eb. Learn it a line at a time and do not rush the half-steps.\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.\nChorus:\nOh, it is wonderful that he should care for me Enough to\ndie for me! Oh, 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":"19 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/i-stand-all-amazed/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About I Stand All Amazed\r#\rMy wife requested this church song, and I like it too. The hymn comes from Charles H. Gabriel, an American gospel writer who supplied both the text and the music. It is a quiet, wondering hymn, and it asks for a steady hand.\n","title":"I Stand All Amazed","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About On Top of Ol Smokey\r#\rHow many funny versions of this song do you know? Kids seem to collect them, and the joke ones often get sung more than the real words. The original is an American mountain folk song, a sad little warning about a false-hearted lover, and nobody knows who first made it up.\nIt is one of the shortest tabs on the site, four lines and only twenty-two notes, so a beginner can get through the whole thing in one go. The range goes from C to high C with no sharps or flats, and nothing on the 12-hole ocarina beyond the main finger holes. Syllables sit under the notes, so it is easy to sing along, and easy to swap in whichever silly words your family prefers.\nOn Top of Ol Smokey Lyrics\r#\rOn top of Old Smokey,\nAll covered with snow,\nI lost my true lover,\nFor courting too slow.\nFor courting\u0026rsquo;s a pleasure,\nBut parting is grief,\nAnd a false-hearted lover,\nIs worse than a thief.\nA thief will just rob you,\nAnd take what you have,\nBut a false-hearted lover,\nWill lead you to your grave.\nThe grave will decay you,\nAnd turn you to dust,\nNot one girl in a hundred\nA poor boy can trust.\nThey\u0026rsquo;ll hug you and kiss you,\nAnd tell you more lies,\nThan crossties on a railroad,\nOr stars in the sky.\nSo come ye young brothers,\nAnd listen to me,\nNever place your affection\nIn a green willow tree.\nFor the leaves they will wither,\nThe roots they will die,\nAnd you\u0026rsquo;ll be forsaken,\nAnd never know why.\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":"16 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/on-top-of-ol-smokey/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About On Top of Ol Smokey\r#\rHow many funny versions of this song do you know? Kids seem to collect them, and the joke ones often get sung more than the real words. The original is an American mountain folk song, a sad little warning about a false-hearted lover, and nobody knows who first made it up.\n","title":"On Top of Ol Smokey","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About Roadkill Stew\r#\rScouts sometimes sing funny songs, and Roadkill Stew is one of the more gruesome ones. It is still funny. The tune is the same as Three Blind Mice, but the words are different, and the new words are the whole joke.\nBecause it borrows that old melody, you may already know how it goes before you read a note. On the 12-hole ocarina it uses the natural notes from C up to high C, with no sub-holes and no thumb holes, so it is easy to pick up. The words are printed under the notes, which matters here, since the fun is in the lyrics. Learn this one and you have Three Blind Mice for free.\nRoadkill Stew Ocarina Tab\r#\rERoad DKill CStew ERoad DKill CStew GIt Ftastes Fso Egood GJust Flike Fit Eshould GFirst Cyou Cgo Bdown Ato Bthe Cin Gter Gstate GYou Cwait Cfor Cthe Bcrit Ater Bto Cmeet Git’s Gfate GYou Ctake Cit Bhome Aand Byou Cmake Git Ggreat ERoad Dkill Cstew ERoad Dkill Cstew ","date":"16 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scout-songs/roadkill-stew/","section":"Scout-Songs","summary":" About Roadkill Stew\r#\rScouts sometimes sing funny songs, and Roadkill Stew is one of the more gruesome ones. It is still funny. The tune is the same as Three Blind Mice, but the words are different, and the new words are the whole joke.\n","title":"Roadkill Stew","type":"scout-songs"},{"content":" About Three Blind Mice\r#\rIt is one of the more violent nursery rhymes I know of. Three Blind Mice is also one of the oldest: a version was printed by Thomas Ravenscroft in 1609, in a book called Deuteromelia. It began as a round, and it still works as one, so two or three players can start a phrase apart and the parts fit together.\nOn the 12-hole ocarina the tune uses the natural notes from C to high C and nothing more. It never reaches the small sub-holes or the thumb holes, so it is a comfortable early song. The words are under the notes. Once you can play it alone, find a friend and try it as a round. The same tune carries the scout song Roadkill Stew.\nThree Blind Mice Lyrics\r#\rThree blind mice. Three blind mice.\nSee how they run. See how they run.\nThey all chased after the farmer\u0026rsquo;s wife.\nWho cut off their heads with a carving knife.\nHave you ever seen such a thing in your life.\nAs three blind mice.\nThree 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":"16 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/three-blind-mice/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About Three Blind Mice\r#\rIt is one of the more violent nursery rhymes I know of. Three Blind Mice is also one of the oldest: a version was printed by Thomas Ravenscroft in 1609, in a book called Deuteromelia. It began as a round, and it still works as one, so two or three players can start a phrase apart and the parts fit together.\n","title":"Three Blind Mice","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About Molly Malone\r#\rA friend taught me this Irish folk song at a scout campout, and I still get a kick out of it every time I sing it. Molly is a Dublin fishmonger pushing her barrow and calling out her wares, and the city has taken her to heart: a bronze statue of her stands in the center of town.\nThe tab keeps between C and high C, so it never reaches the thumb holes or needs the sub-holes on a 12-hole ocarina. Its one accidental shows up written two ways, as A# in some places and Bb in others, but it is the same pitch and the same fingering. The words are printed under the notes, which helps if you want to sing a verse and then play it.\nMolly Malone Lyrics\r#\rIn Dublin\u0026rsquo;s fair city,\nWhere the girls are so pretty,\nI first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone,\nAs she wheeled her wheel-barrow,\nThrough streets broad and narrow,\nCrying, \u0026ldquo;Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!\u0026rdquo;\n\u0026ldquo;Alive, alive, oh,\nAlive, alive, oh\u0026rdquo;,\nCrying \u0026ldquo;Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh\u0026rdquo;.\nShe was a fishmonger,\nBut sure \u0026rsquo;twas no wonder,\nFor so were her father and mother before,\nAnd they each wheeled their barrow,\nThrough streets broad and narrow,\nCrying, \u0026ldquo;Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!\u0026rdquo;\n(chorus)\nShe died of a fever,\nAnd no one could save her,\nAnd that was the end of sweet Molly Malone.\nNow her ghost wheels her barrow,\nThrough streets broad and narrow,\nCrying, \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":"15 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/molly-malone/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Molly Malone\r#\rA friend taught me this Irish folk song at a scout campout, and I still get a kick out of it every time I sing it. Molly is a Dublin fishmonger pushing her barrow and calling out her wares, and the city has taken her to heart: a bronze statue of her stands in the center of town.\n","title":"Molly Malone","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About Bingo\r#\rBingo is the song where a farmer\u0026rsquo;s dog gets his name spelled out, and each time through, one more letter drops away and a clap takes its place. It is simple, fun and cheery, and it is a traditional children\u0026rsquo;s song with no known author.\nOn the 12-hole ocarina the tune stays low and compact, from C up to A#. That A# is the only sharp, and nothing here needs a sub-hole or a thumb hole. With the verses written out and the words under the notes, it is easy to follow the shrinking spelling as you play. Since an ocarina player cannot clap, leave a short rest in place of each missing letter.\nBingo Lyrics\r#\rThere was a farmer had a dog\nand Bingo was his name Oh\nB I N G O, B I N G O\nB I N G O, and Bingo was his name\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":"14 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/bingo/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About Bingo\r#\rBingo is the song where a farmer’s dog gets his name spelled out, and each time through, one more letter drops away and a clap takes its place. It is simple, fun and cheery, and it is a traditional children’s song with no known author.\n","title":"Bingo","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King\r#\rJesus of Nazareth, Savior and King is a hymn with a sad, somber feel. It moves slowly, and that unhurried pace is a big part of why it is easy to play: there is time to set each finger before the next note arrives.\nThe tab is four lines and spans exactly one octave, from Eb up to high Eb. It leans on flats, with Bb and Ab alongside both Eb notes, but an F# also turns up, so watch the accidentals more than the rhythm. The low Eb is fingered by closing one of the small sub-holes, and the top two notes, high D and high Eb, open the thumb holes. Let each long note ring out rather than rushing into the next phrase.\nJesus of Nazareth, Savior and King Lyrics\r#\rJesus of Nazareth, Savior and King!\nTriumphant over death, Life thou didst bring,\nLeaving they Father\u0026rsquo;s throne, On earth to live,\nThey work to do alone, They life to give.\nWhile of this broken bread Humbly we eat,\nOur thoughts to thee are led In reverence sweet.\nBruised, broken, torn for us On Calvary\u0026rsquo;s hill\nThy suff\u0026rsquo;ring borne for us Lives with us still.\nAs to our lips the cup Gently we press\nOur hearts are lifted up; They name we bless!\nGuide us where\u0026rsquo;er we go, Till in the end\nLife evermore we\u0026rsquo;ll know Through thee, our Friend.\nJesus of Nazareth, Savior and King Ocarina Tab\r#\rBb C Bb G Eb G Ab Eb F G G C D Eb D C B A C B C F# G Bb Ab Ab Bb F Ab G G Bb G Ab Bb C Eb G G F Eb ","date":"14 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/jesus-of-nazareth-savior-and-king-for-12-hole-ocarina/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King\r#\rJesus of Nazareth, Savior and King is a hymn with a sad, somber feel. It moves slowly, and that unhurried pace is a big part of why it is easy to play: there is time to set each finger before the next note arrives.\n","title":"Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About Nearer, My God, to Thee\r#\rSarah Flower Adams, an English poet, wrote the words in 1841, taking her theme from Jacob\u0026rsquo;s dream of a ladder reaching to heaven. In the United States the hymn is usually sung to Bethany, a tune Lowell Mason wrote for it. It is also the hymn survivors of the Titanic remembered the band playing as the ship sank.\nThis is an easy church song to play, and it sounds great on the 12-hole ocarina. The four lines of tab stay in plain natural notes from C up to high D. That high D is the only spot where a thumb hole opens, so it makes a gentle first taste of the top of the instrument without asking much else of you.\nNearer, My God, to Thee Ocarina Tab\r#\rA G F A D D C F A G A G F F D D C F E G F C D C C A C C D C C A G A G F F D D C F E G F ","date":"13 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/nearer-my-god-to-thee/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About Nearer, My God, to Thee\r#\rSarah Flower Adams, an English poet, wrote the words in 1841, taking her theme from Jacob’s dream of a ladder reaching to heaven. In the United States the hymn is usually sung to Bethany, a tune Lowell Mason wrote for it. It is also the hymn survivors of the Titanic remembered the band playing as the ship sank.\n","title":"Nearer, My God, to Thee","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About Alouette\r#\rParlez-vous francais? I don\u0026rsquo;t, but your kids won\u0026rsquo;t care when you play this on the 12-hole ocarina. Alouette is a French-Canadian children\u0026rsquo;s song about a lark, with each verse naming another part of the bird, and it is widely thought to come from the fur-trade days, when a steady song could keep a canoe crew paddling in time. The French colonists ate horned larks as game birds, and the lark was the bird that woke everyone too early.\nThe tab is only three lines, running from C to high C. Its single Bb is the note to practice, and there are no sub-holes or thumb holes to worry about.\nAlouette Lyrics\r#\rFrench:\nAlouette, gentille Alouette\nAlouette, je te plumerai. Je te plum\ne rai la tête, Je te plum E Rai la tête, O-o-o-oh\nRough English translation:\nLittle skylark, lovely little skylark\nLittle lark, I\u0026rsquo;ll pluck your feathers off\nI’ll pluck the feathers off your head, O-o-o-o-oh\nAnd adding:\nOff your beak\nOff your neck\nOff your back\nOff your wings\nOff your feet\nOff your tail\nAlouette Ocarina Tab\r#\rF G A A G F G A F C F G A A G F G A F F F F G A Bb C C C C Bb A G F C ","date":"12 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/alouette/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About Alouette\r#\rParlez-vous francais? I don’t, but your kids won’t care when you play this on the 12-hole ocarina. Alouette is a French-Canadian children’s song about a lark, with each verse naming another part of the bird, and it is widely thought to come from the fur-trade days, when a steady song could keep a canoe crew paddling in time. The French colonists ate horned larks as game birds, and the lark was the bird that woke everyone too early.\n","title":"Alouette","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About A Tisket a Tasket\r#\rI always want to sing \u0026ldquo;a tisket a tasket, I think I blew a gasket,\u0026rdquo; but that is not how it goes. The real rhyme is an old, anonymous children\u0026rsquo;s verse about a basket and a letter that gets lost along the way, and its bouncing, sing-song nonsense is what keeps it in people\u0026rsquo;s heads.\nThe tab runs eight lines with the syllables written under each note, so you can check the words while you learn the tune. On a 12-hole ocarina the melody sits low and stays put: nothing below C, nothing above A, and nothing that needs a sharp or a flat. You will not need the sub-holes or the thumb holes, which leaves your attention free for the rhythm.\nA Tisket a Tasket Lyrics\r#\rA-tisket a-tasket\nA green and yellow basket\nI wrote a letter to my love\nAnd on the way I dropped it,\nI dropped it,\nI dropped it,\nAnd on the way I dropped it.\nA little boy he picked it up and put it in his pocket.\nA-tisket a-tasket\nA green and yellow basket\nI wrote a letter to my love\nAnd on the way I dropped it,\nI dropped it,\nI dropped it,\nAnd on the way I dropped it.\nA-tisket a-tasket\nA green and yellow basket\nI wrote a letter to my love\nAnd on the way I dropped it,\nI dropped it,\nI dropped it,\nAnd on the way I dropped it.\nA little dog It picked it up and put it in It\u0026rsquo;s pocket.\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":"11 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/a-tisket-a-tasket/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About A Tisket a Tasket\r#\rI always want to sing “a tisket a tasket, I think I blew a gasket,” but that is not how it goes. The real rhyme is an old, anonymous children’s verse about a basket and a letter that gets lost along the way, and its bouncing, sing-song nonsense is what keeps it in people’s heads.\n","title":"A Tisket a Tasket","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About The ABC Song\r#\rI think every nursery-age kid knows this one, and my daughter likes to sing along whenever it comes out. The ABC Song borrows its melody from Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, which comes in turn from the old French tune \u0026ldquo;Ah! vous dirai-je, maman,\u0026rdquo; so learning it hands you Twinkle as well.\nThis version is pitched to run from D up to B. That brings in one note off the plain scale, written here as Gb, the same pitch as F#. It never reaches the sub-holes or the thumb holes, so all six lines stay in the comfortable middle of the 12-hole ocarina, which makes it a relaxed song to play while a little one sings.\nThe ABC Song Ocarina Tab\r#\rD D A A B B A G G Gb Gb E E E E D A A G Gb Gb E A A A G Gb Gb E D D A A B B A G G Gb Gb E E D ","date":"11 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/the-abc-song/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About The ABC Song\r#\rI think every nursery-age kid knows this one, and my daughter likes to sing along whenever it comes out. The ABC Song borrows its melody from Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, which comes in turn from the old French tune “Ah! vous dirai-je, maman,” so learning it hands you Twinkle as well.\n","title":"The ABC Song","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About Amazing Grace\r#\rJohn Newton, an English clergyman who had once worked in the Atlantic slave trade, wrote these words, and they appeared in the Olney Hymns collection. Most American congregations now sing them to the tune known as New Britain, though Amazing Grace has a few versions, and you will hear the melody bent and ornamented differently from one church to the next.\nOn the 12-hole ocarina the tab runs from C up to high C with no sharps or flats, and nothing in it calls for the sub-holes or the thumb holes. That leaves you free to work on tone. In my experience, the more you memorize and practice this one, the better it sounds and the more soul comes out of it. Once the notes are in your fingers, try holding the long ones a little longer.\nAmazing Grace Lyrics\r#\rAmazing Grace, how sweet the sound,\nThat saved a wretch like me\u0026hellip;.\nI once was lost but now am found,\nWas blind, but now, I see.\nT\u0026rsquo;was Grace that taught\u0026hellip;\nmy heart to fear.\nAnd Grace, my fears relieved.\nHow precious did that Grace appear\u0026hellip;\nthe hour I first believed.\nThrough many dangers, toils and snares\u0026hellip;\nwe have already come.\nT\u0026rsquo;was Grace that brought us safe thus far\u0026hellip;\nand Grace will lead us home.\nThe Lord has promised good to me\u0026hellip;\nHis word my hope secures.\nHe will my shield and portion be\u0026hellip;\nas long as life endures.\nWhen we\u0026rsquo;ve been here ten thousand years\u0026hellip;\nbright shining as the sun.\nWe\u0026rsquo;ve no less days to sing God\u0026rsquo;s praise\u0026hellip;\nthen when we\u0026rsquo;ve first begun.\nAmazing Grace, how sweet the sound,\nThat saved a wretch like me\u0026hellip;.\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":"10 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/amazing-grace/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About Amazing Grace\r#\rJohn Newton, an English clergyman who had once worked in the Atlantic slave trade, wrote these words, and they appeared in the Olney Hymns collection. Most American congregations now sing them to the tune known as New Britain, though Amazing Grace has a few versions, and you will hear the melody bent and ornamented differently from one church to the next.\n","title":"Amazing Grace","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About Kumbayah\r#\rI used to make fun of this song when I was growing up, and I still do, even though I think the Boy Scouts of America are cool. It is an African American spiritual, and it has spent a long time as a campfire song, which is where most of us learned it and started teasing it.\nTeasing aside, it is a very friendly piece for a new player. The tab stays between C and A, the same six notes taught in the first five lessons on this site, with no sharps or flats and nothing that needs a sub-hole or a thumb hole on the 12-hole ocarina. Four lines, thirty notes. Play it slowly and evenly, and let each note run into the next.\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":"10 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scout-songs/kumbayah/","section":"Scout-Songs","summary":" About Kumbayah\r#\rI used to make fun of this song when I was growing up, and I still do, even though I think the Boy Scouts of America are cool. It is an African American spiritual, and it has spent a long time as a campfire song, which is where most of us learned it and started teasing it.\n","title":"Kumbayah","type":"scout-songs"},{"content":" About Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean\r#\rThere are several cool songs in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, and this is the theme for Davy Jones, the captain of the Flying Dutchman. Hans Zimmer wrote it for Dead Man\u0026rsquo;s Chest, and in the film Jones plays it himself on a huge pipe organ aboard his ship. It is a slow, brooding waltz with a lot of longing in it.\nThis tab is a good reason to own a 12-hole. It drops to low B, which needs one of the small sub-holes closed, and a 6-hole cannot play that note at all. At the other end it rises to high E, so the thumb holes open too. Along the way the F# appears, also written as Gb. Seven lines, so take your time.\nPirates of the Caribbean - Davy Jones Ocarina Tab\r#\rE F# G A B D C B B C D E C B A B C D B G A C B G E F# D B F# E E F# G A B D C B C D B G A C B G E F# D B Gb E ","date":"10 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tv-theme-songs/pirates-of-the-caribbean-davy-jones/","section":"Tv-Theme-Songs","summary":" About Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean\r#\rThere are several cool songs in the Pirates of the Caribbean films, and this is the theme for Davy Jones, the captain of the Flying Dutchman. Hans Zimmer wrote it for Dead Man’s Chest, and in the film Jones plays it himself on a huge pipe organ aboard his ship. It is a slow, brooding waltz with a lot of longing in it.\n","title":"Pirates of the Caribbean - Davy Jones","type":"tv-theme-songs"},{"content":" About We Three Kings of Orient\r#\rJohn Henry Hopkins Jr. wrote both words and music around 1857 for a Christmas pageant in New York City, and it became one of the first widely sung American carols. The verses follow the gifts the three travelers bring, and the minor-key opening gives way to a bright, swinging refrain.\nI like how the tones of this one sound on the 12-hole ocarina. The tab runs from E up to high D, so the thumb holes open only for that top note. The one accidental is a Gb, and there are no sub-holes to worry about. Four lines keep it short enough to learn in an evening.\nWe Three Kings of Orient 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":"9 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas-songs/we-three-kings-of-orient/","section":"Christmas-Songs","summary":" About We Three Kings of Orient\r#\rJohn Henry Hopkins Jr. wrote both words and music around 1857 for a Christmas pageant in New York City, and it became one of the first widely sung American carols. The verses follow the gifts the three travelers bring, and the minor-key opening gives way to a bright, swinging refrain.\n","title":"We Three Kings of Orient","type":"christmas-songs"},{"content":" About You Are My Sunshine\r#\rThis one went up by special request. The song was first recorded in 1939 and is credited to Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell. Most people only know the cheerful chorus, but the verses are sung by someone whose sweetheart has left, and they are a good deal sadder.\nOn the 12-hole ocarina the tab starts on D and climbs to high E, so the thumb holes open for high D and high E. The only accidental is a Bb, but the plain B turns up as well, so listen for the difference and make sure each one lands where the tab says. Syllables are printed under the notes for anyone who wants to sing it.\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":"9 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/you-are-my-sunshine/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About You Are My Sunshine\r#\rThis one went up by special request. The song was first recorded in 1939 and is credited to Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell. Most people only know the cheerful chorus, but the verses are sung by someone whose sweetheart has left, and they are a good deal sadder.\n","title":"You Are My Sunshine","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About Choose the Right\r#\rChoose the Right is one of the first Primary songs children learn at church, and its whole message fits inside those three words. I tabbed it so the music could be played on the 12-hole ocarina as well as sung.\nThe melody runs across eight lines and stays within a single octave, from C up to high C. Every note is natural, with no sharps or flats to keep track of, and it never drops low enough to need the sub-holes or climbs high enough to open the thumb holes. That makes it a comfortable longer piece for anyone who already knows the basic scale and wants a song with a little more length to practice on.\nChoose the Right Ocarina Tab\r#\rE F G G G A C B A G E D E F G B A G F E E F G G G A C B A G E D E E F A G F E D C A B C B A G D D E F A G F E F G A B C B A G A D E F A G F E D C ","date":"8 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/choose-the-right/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About Choose the Right\r#\rChoose the Right is one of the first Primary songs children learn at church, and its whole message fits inside those three words. I tabbed it so the music could be played on the 12-hole ocarina as well as sung.\n","title":"Choose the Right","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About I am a Child of God\r#\rI am a Child of God began as a Primary song for children, and the church\u0026rsquo;s 1985 hymnbook includes it as well, so whole congregations sing it, not only the children. If you want to hear the melody before you play it, the church\u0026rsquo;s own music player has it too.\nThe 12-hole tab uses the plain natural notes, with C at the bottom and high C at the top. Nothing here needs the small sub-holes or the thumb holes, which makes it a calm, unhurried piece to practice tone on. The words sit under the notes, so you can follow along line by line and sing it in your head as you play.\nI am a Child of God Lyrics\r#\rI am a child of God,\nAnd so my needs are great;\nHelp me to understand his words\nBefore it grows too late.\nI am a child of God.\nRich blessings are in store;\nIf I but learn to do his will\nI\u0026rsquo;ll live with him once more.\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":"8 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/i-am-a-child-of-god/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About I am a Child of God\r#\rI am a Child of God began as a Primary song for children, and the church’s 1985 hymnbook includes it as well, so whole congregations sing it, not only the children. If you want to hear the melody before you play it, the church’s own music player has it too.\n","title":"I am a Child of God","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About Itsy Bitsy Spider\r#\rNothing is more enjoyable than singing songs with your 4 year old. Well, a few things are, but playing Itsy Bitsy Spider on the ocarina while your children sing along is pretty fun. Little ones tend to want it again the moment it ends, which is a fine excuse to practice.\nThe tab is written in F, so B flat stands in for B everywhere it appears. If your fingers already know B, slow down there, because B flat sits a half step lower and needs its own fingering. Otherwise the song uses only a handful of notes between C and high C, and on the 12-hole ocarina it stays clear of both the sub-holes and the thumb holes. The words are under the notes, so a singing child and a playing parent can stay together.\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 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/itsy-bitsy-spider/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About Itsy Bitsy Spider\r#\rNothing is more enjoyable than singing songs with your 4 year old. Well, a few things are, but playing Itsy Bitsy Spider on the ocarina while your children sing along is pretty fun. Little ones tend to want it again the moment it ends, which is a fine excuse to practice.\n","title":"Itsy Bitsy Spider","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About Little Drummer Boy\r#\rThe Little Drummer Boy started out as \u0026ldquo;Carol of the Drum,\u0026rdquo; written by the American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. Later recordings gave it the title most people know today. It is one of my favorite Christmas melodies, and it sounds great on a 12-hole ocarina.\nThe tune is short, five lines in all, and sits comfortably between C and A#. That A# is the only note off the plain scale, so it is worth playing on its own a few times before you run the whole song. Nothing here asks for a sub-hole or a thumb hole, which leaves your attention free for keeping the rhythm steady, the way a drummer would.\nLittle Drummer Boy Ocarina Tab\r#\rC D E E E F E F E C C D E E E E F E F E D E F G G G A G F E D D E F G G G A A# A G F A G F E G F E D ","date":"7 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christmas-songs/little-drummer-boy/","section":"Christmas-Songs","summary":" About Little Drummer Boy\r#\rThe Little Drummer Boy started out as “Carol of the Drum,” written by the American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. Later recordings gave it the title most people know today. It is one of my favorite Christmas melodies, and it sounds great on a 12-hole ocarina.\n","title":"Little Drummer Boy","type":"christmas-songs"},{"content":" About Nephi\u0026rsquo;s Courage\r#\rNephi\u0026rsquo;s Courage is a Book of Mormon Primary song built on one steady idea, that the Lord always provides a way. It is a simple, catchy tune with a great message, and the tab includes the chorus along with the verses.\nIt is busier with accidentals than most songs here. Across eleven lines it reaches from C up to high D and uses Db, Ab and Bb, plus high Db near the top. Db is the note to watch at the bottom, since it needs one of the small sub-holes closed. At the other end, high Db and high D open the thumb holes, so the tune moves over most of the 12-hole ocarina.\nNephi\u0026rsquo;s Courage Lyrics\r#\rThe Lord commanded Nephi\nto go and get the plates\nFrom the wicked Laban inside the city gates.\nLaman and Lemuel were both afraid to try.\nNephi was courageous, This was his reply:\nChorus\nI will go; I will do the thing the Lord commands\nI know the Lord provides a way;\nHe wants me to obey\nI will go; I will do\nThe thing the Lord commands.\nI know the Lord provides a way;\nhe wants me to obey\nThe Lord commanded Nephi\nto go and build a boat\nNephi\u0026rsquo;s older brother\u0026rsquo;s believed it would not float\nLaughing and mocking, they said he should not try\nNehphi was courageous. This was his reply:\nThe Lord gives us commandments\nand asks us to obey\nSometimes I am tempted to choose another way\nWhen I\u0026rsquo;m discouraged, and think I cannot try\nI will be courageous and I will reply:\nNephi\u0026rsquo;s Courage Ocarina Tab\r#\rC C F F G A F F D G F E F C F F G Ab F F Db G F E F C Db Db C Ab Ab Bb C Bb Ab G C F F G A F D G F E F C C F C C C Bb A G A Bb G C D Bb C A Bb G A F D C Bb A G C C F C C C Bb A G A Bb G C D Bb C A Bb G A F D G F E F ","date":"7 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/nephis-courage/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About Nephi’s Courage\r#\rNephi’s Courage is a Book of Mormon Primary song built on one steady idea, that the Lord always provides a way. It is a simple, catchy tune with a great message, and the tab includes the chorus along with the verses.\n","title":"Nephi's Courage","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About A Child\u0026rsquo;s Prayer\r#\rA Child\u0026rsquo;s Prayer is a Primary song, written for children by Janice Kapp Perry. It asks whether Heavenly Father really hears a child\u0026rsquo;s prayers, then answers with a gentle reassurance, and it carries a good message about prayer that suits young singers and grown-ups alike.\nThe tab covers eight lines with the words written under the notes, so it is easy to follow along while someone sings. It reaches from C up to high Eb and uses three flats along the way: Bb, Eb and the high Eb. The middle Eb is played by closing one of the small sub-holes, and the top of the melody opens the thumb holes for high D and high Eb, so take those passages slowly the first few times.\nA Child\u0026rsquo;s Prayer Lyrics\r#\rHeavenly Father, Are you really there?\nAnd do you hear and answer every child\u0026rsquo;s prayer?\nSome say that heaven is far away\nBut I feel it close around me as I pray.\nHeavenly Father I remember now\nSomething that Jesus told his disciples long ago\nSuffer the children to come to me\nFather, in prayer I\u0026rsquo;m coming now to thee\nA Child\u0026rsquo;s Prayer Ocarina Tab\r#\rDHeav- Eben Fly GFa- Fther, Fare Dyou Dreal- Ebly Cthere? CAnd Ddo Ebyou Ghear Fand Fan- Aswer Aev- C‘ry Cchild’s D Bbprayer DSome Ebsay Fthat GHeav- Gen Gis Afar Da- Bbway GBut GI Afeel Bbit Bbclose Ca- Cround Bbme Bbas CI Cpray. DHeav- Eben- Fly GFa- Fther FI Dre- Dmem- Ebber Cnow CSome- Dthing Ebthat GJe- Fsus Ftold Adis- Aci- Cples Clong Da- Bbgo DSuf Ebfer Fthe Gchil Gdren Gto Acome Dto Bbme BbFa- Cther, Din Dprayer BbI’m Bbcom- Ging Anow Bbto Bbthee ","date":"6 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/a-childs-prayer/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About A Child’s Prayer\r#\rA Child’s Prayer is a Primary song, written for children by Janice Kapp Perry. It asks whether Heavenly Father really hears a child’s prayers, then answers with a gentle reassurance, and it carries a good message about prayer that suits young singers and grown-ups alike.\n","title":"A Child's Prayer","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About Ghost Chickens in the Sky\r#\rGhost Chickens in the Sky is a Boy Scout campfire parody of Ghost Riders in the Sky, the cowboy song Stan Jones wrote in 1948 and Johnny Cash later recorded. The scouts keep the haunting western melody and put chickens in the sky instead, which is exactly as silly as it sounds around a fire.\nThis is one of the busier tabs on the site, ten lines and 69 notes. It runs from C up to high F and is full of accidentals: C#, Eb, G#, Bb and high Eb. Two of those, C# and Eb, are played by closing the small sub-holes, and the high Eb and high F open the thumb holes. Learn the verse slowly before you try the chorus.\nGhost Chickens in the Sky Lyrics\r#\rA chicken Farmer went out on one\ndark and windy day.\nAnd by the coop he rested\nas he went along his way\nWhen all at once a rotten egg\nhit him in the eye\nIt was the sight he dreaded,\nghost chickens in the sky.\nBok Bok Bok Bok\u0026hellip;.\nBok Bok Bok Bok\u0026hellip;.\nGhost Chickens in the Sky\nThis farmer had these chickens\nsince he was twenty four,\nWorking for the Colonel for\nthirty years or more\nKilling all these chickens\nand sending them to fry\nAnd now they want revenge,\nghost chickens in the sky\nBok Bok Bok Bok\u0026hellip;.\nBok Bok Bok Bok\u0026hellip;.\nGhost Chickens in the Sky\nTheir beaks were black and shining\ntheir eyes were burning red\nThey had no meat or feathers\nthese chickens were dead\nThey picked the farmer up and\nhe died by the claw\nThey cooked him extra crispy, \u0026hellip;\nand ate him with cole slaw\nGhost Chickens in the Sky Ocarina Tab\r#\rC F F F G G# G# G# F Eb F Eb C Eb F C F F G G# G G# Bb C C C G# C C C F F F F C C C C C G# F F C# C# C# C# G# G# G# G# G# G# F F C C C Eb F F F F C C C# C# G# G# F ","date":"6 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/scout-songs/12-hole-ocarina-ghost-chickens-in-the-sky/","section":"Scout-Songs","summary":" About Ghost Chickens in the Sky\r#\rGhost Chickens in the Sky is a Boy Scout campfire parody of Ghost Riders in the Sky, the cowboy song Stan Jones wrote in 1948 and Johnny Cash later recorded. The scouts keep the haunting western melody and put chickens in the sky instead, which is exactly as silly as it sounds around a fire.\n","title":"Ghost Chickens in the Sky","type":"scout-songs"},{"content":" About Elder Scrolls Morrowind\r#\rMorrowind, the 2002 entry in Bethesda\u0026rsquo;s Elder Scrolls series, is a huge computer role-playing world, and Jeremy Soule\u0026rsquo;s score gives it an eerie, wide-open mood. Its soundtrack is not really an ocarina soundtrack, but it comes close enough in spirit. This is the main theme, Nerevar Rising, and it sounds great on the 12-hole ocarina.\nThe tab runs six lines, from D up to high F. Its only accidental is Bb. It climbs high enough that high D, high E and high F all open the thumb holes, so you will get real practice up there. It never drops low enough to need the sub-holes.\nElder Scrolls Morrowind Ocarina Tab\r#\rD E F F G A A C G A G F E D D E F F G A A C D C E D D E F E D C Bb A G F A G F A G F E D F E D F E D ","date":"4 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/video-game-music/12-hole-ocarina-sheet-music-elder-scrolls-morrowind/","section":"Video-Game-Musics","summary":" About Elder Scrolls Morrowind\r#\rMorrowind, the 2002 entry in Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls series, is a huge computer role-playing world, and Jeremy Soule’s score gives it an eerie, wide-open mood. Its soundtrack is not really an ocarina soundtrack, but it comes close enough in spirit. This is the main theme, Nerevar Rising, and it sounds great on the 12-hole ocarina.\n","title":"Elder Scrolls Morrowind","type":"video-game-music"},{"content":"","date":"4 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/video-game-music/","section":"Video-Game-Musics","summary":"","title":"Video-Game-Musics","type":"video-game-music"},{"content":" About Hedwig\u0026rsquo;s Theme\r#\rJohn Williams wrote Hedwig\u0026rsquo;s Theme for the first Harry Potter film in 2001, and its twinkling opening on the celesta became the sound of the whole series. It sounds fantastic on a 12-hole ocarina, and it is one of the cooler melodies you can play that is still fairly easy.\nThe tab is four lines long. It moves between C and high D, and the one accidental is G#, which gives the tune its slightly spooky twist. Nothing here needs the small sub-holes. The high D at the top opens a thumb hole, so it is worth practicing the reach to it a few times on its own before you play the theme straight through.\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":"3 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/tv-theme-songs/12-hole-ocarina-sheet-music-hedwigs-theme/","section":"Tv-Theme-Songs","summary":" About Hedwig’s Theme\r#\rJohn Williams wrote Hedwig’s Theme for the first Harry Potter film in 2001, and its twinkling opening on the celesta became the sound of the whole series. It sounds fantastic on a 12-hole ocarina, and it is one of the cooler melodies you can play that is still fairly easy.\n","title":"Hedwig's Theme","type":"tv-theme-songs"},{"content":" About the Song of Healing\r#\rThe Zelda series has several melodies written for the ocarina, and this is one of the best loved. In Majora\u0026rsquo;s Mask, the Happy Mask Salesman teaches Link the Song of Healing, and playing it soothes troubled spirits and leaves their memories behind in a mask. It is a slow, gentle tune that sounds sad and kind at once.\nIt is also short. The whole tab fits in two lines, eleven notes ranging from D to B, all naturals. Nothing in it needs a sub-hole or a thumb hole on the 12-hole ocarina, so it makes a good first game song. The challenge is in the feel, not the fingering: hold the notes their full length and let it breathe.\nMajora\u0026rsquo;s Mask – Song of Healing Ocarina Tab\r#\rB A F B A F B A E D E ","date":"3 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-songs/majoras-mask-song-of-healing/","section":"Zelda-Songs","summary":" About the Song of Healing\r#\rThe Zelda series has several melodies written for the ocarina, and this is one of the best loved. In Majora’s Mask, the Happy Mask Salesman teaches Link the Song of Healing, and playing it soothes troubled spirits and leaves their memories behind in a mask. It is a slow, gentle tune that sounds sad and kind at once.\n","title":"Majora's Mask – Song of Healing","type":"zelda-songs"},{"content":" About Twinkle Twinkle Little Star\r#\rMy daughter loves to sing along when I play this one. It works well for that because the words sit right under the notes in the tab, so whoever is singing and whoever is playing can stay together line by line.\nThe melody is built from very little. The last two lines are the same as the first two, and the middle pair is a single phrase played twice, so once you have learned three short phrases you have the whole song. On the 12-hole ocarina it stays between C and A with only natural notes. It never calls for the small sub-holes or the thumb holes, which makes it a relaxed piece for a new player.\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":"2 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/twinkle-twinkle-little-star/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About Twinkle Twinkle Little Star\r#\rMy daughter loves to sing along when I play this one. It works well for that because the words sit right under the notes in the tab, so whoever is singing and whoever is playing can stay together line by line.\n","title":"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About Zelda\u0026rsquo;s Lullaby\r#\rThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time made the ocarina famous with game players, and Zelda\u0026rsquo;s Lullaby is one of the songs heard in it. It is a simple melody to play, only two lines and sixteen notes in this tab.\nA curious thing about it: the tab never touches A or B. It uses C, D, E, F and G, plus high C and high D above them. That high D is where the thumb holes open on the 12-hole ocarina, so the top of the phrase is the part to practice. There are no sharps or flats and nothing low enough to need the sub-holes. Play it slowly. It is a lullaby, after all.\nZelda\u0026rsquo;s Lullaby Ocarina Tab\r#\rE G D C D E G D E G D C G F E D ","date":"2 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/zelda-songs/zeldas-lullaby/","section":"Zelda-Songs","summary":" About Zelda’s Lullaby\r#\rThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time made the ocarina famous with game players, and Zelda’s Lullaby is one of the songs heard in it. It is a simple melody to play, only two lines and sixteen notes in this tab.\n","title":"Zelda's Lullaby","type":"zelda-songs"},{"content":" About Follow the Prophet\r#\rFollow the Prophet is a Primary song from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and its verses each take up a prophet from the Old Testament. It was one of the first church songs I learned. It has a catchy tune, and I think it sounds great on the 12-hole ocarina.\nIt is not a first-week tune, though. The melody leans hard on sharps, with D sharp, F sharp and G sharp all in play, plus high D sharp. The lowest note, that D sharp, means closing one of the small sub-holes, and high D sharp and high E open the thumb holes, so the tab covers a wide stretch of the instrument. Learn the sharp fingerings on their own first, then put the song together.\nFollow the Prophet Lyrics\r#\rAd-am was a proph-et first one that we know.\nIn a place called Ed-en, he helped things to gro-w.\nAd -am served the Lord by fol-low-ing his ways.\nWe are his descendants in the lat-ter days.\nchorus:\nFol-low the proph-et, fol-low the proph-et,\nfol-low the proph-et, Fol-low the proph-et; he knows the way.\nFollow the Prophet Ocarina Tab\r#\rE D# E F# G E A G# A B C B B B C B A B A G F# G F# E D# E F# G E A G# A B C B B B C B A B A G F# E E E F# G E A A B C A B B C B A B A F# G F# E E F# G E A A B C A B B C B A B D# D# E ","date":"1 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/follow-the-prophet/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About Follow the Prophet\r#\rFollow the Prophet is a Primary song from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and its verses each take up a prophet from the Old Testament. It was one of the first church songs I learned. It has a catchy tune, and I think it sounds great on the 12-hole ocarina.\n","title":"Follow the Prophet","type":"christian-music"},{"content":" About Scarborough Fair\r#\rThis is one of my favorite ren fair, medieval-sounding songs on the 12-hole ocarina, and it may be the song that got me to like the instrument in the first place. The tone is lively, but the melody underneath is sad, and the ocarina\u0026rsquo;s soft voice brings out both at once.\nIt is a traditional English ballad with no known author. The tab sets the words under the notes across four lines, with the verses written out. It spans C to high D on natural notes only, so there are no sharps or flats to learn. That high D is the single moment a thumb hole opens, and it deserves a little practice on its own before you play the whole verse.\nScarborough Fair Lyrics\r#\rAre you going to Scarborough fair?\nParsley, sage, rosemary and thyme\nRemember me to one who lives there\nShe once was a true love of mine\nTell her to make me a cambric shirt\nParsley, sage, rosemary and thyme\nWithout no seam nor needlework\nThen she\u0026rsquo;ll be a true love of mine\nTell her to find me an acre of land\nParsley, sage, rosemary and thyme\nBetween the salt water and the sea strand\nThen she\u0026rsquo;ll be a true love of mine\nAre you going to Scarborough fair?\nParsley, sage, rosemary and thyme\nRemember me to one who lives there\nShe once was a true love of mine\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":"1 August 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/folk-songs/scarborough-fair/","section":"Folk-Songs","summary":" About Scarborough Fair\r#\rThis is one of my favorite ren fair, medieval-sounding songs on the 12-hole ocarina, and it may be the song that got me to like the instrument in the first place. The tone is lively, but the melody underneath is sad, and the ocarina’s soft voice brings out both at once.\n","title":"Scarborough Fair","type":"folk-songs"},{"content":" About I Am Trying to Be Like Jesus\r#\rThis is the song I learned to tab on. Working out I Am Trying to Be Like Jesus note by note, with the music player on lds.org for reference, taught me the method I went on to use for most of the other tabs on this site. It is also simply a good song to have running through my head. Janice Kapp Perry wrote it, and it is sung in Primary.\nOn the 12-hole ocarina it covers a wide stretch, from low Bb up to high D. Low Bb and Eb both need a small sub-hole closed, and high D opens a thumb hole, so it works nearly the whole instrument. A 6-hole ocarina has no way to reach that low Bb, which makes this one a 12-hole song.\nI am Trying to Be Like Jesus Ocarina Tab\r#\rC D Eb F F C Bb F Eb D Eb F G Eb C C D Eb F F Bb Bb Eb Eb D Eb F G G A A Bb Bb Bb A F D G F Eb F F F G G A F F F G Bb C Bb C D D D D C Bb Bb Eb G F G A Bb F Bb Bb Bb C D C C D D D D C Bb Bb A G F Eb D Bb D Eb C A Bb ","date":"31 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/christian-music/i-am-trying-to-be-like-jesus/","section":"Christian-Musics","summary":" About I Am Trying to Be Like Jesus\r#\rThis is the song I learned to tab on. Working out I Am Trying to Be Like Jesus note by note, with the music player on lds.org for reference, taught me the method I went on to use for most of the other tabs on this site. It is also simply a good song to have running through my head. Janice Kapp Perry wrote it, and it is sung in Primary.\n","title":"I am Trying to Be Like Jesus","type":"christian-music"},{"content":"","date":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-scales/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Scales","summary":"","title":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Scales","type":"12-hole-ocarina-scales"},{"content":" About the Blues Scales\r#\rA blues scale is a minor pentatonic scale with one extra note squeezed in, the flattened fifth, and that single added note is where the bluesy, slightly sour sound comes from. This page gives two of them, a D blues scale and a G blues scale, for the days you want the ocarina to sound a little lowdown.\nBoth step off the plain C scale. The D scale needs G# for its blue note, while the G scale brings in Bb and its own blue note, high C#. The upper end of the page also climbs far enough that high C#, high D and high F open the thumb holes. Take them slowly at first and lean on the blue note instead of hurrying past it.\nBlues Scales Ocarina Tab\r#\rD F G G# A C D C A G# G F D G Bb C C# D F D C# C Bb G ","date":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-scales/12-hole-ocarina-blues-scales/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Scales","summary":" About the Blues Scales\r#\rA blues scale is a minor pentatonic scale with one extra note squeezed in, the flattened fifth, and that single added note is where the bluesy, slightly sour sound comes from. This page gives two of them, a D blues scale and a G blues scale, for the days you want the ocarina to sound a little lowdown.\n","title":"Blues Scales","type":"12-hole-ocarina-scales"},{"content":" About Happy Birthday\r#\rThe melody of Happy Birthday goes back to Good Morning to All, a song for young schoolchildren by the sisters Mildred and Patty Hill, published in 1893. For decades the birthday version was the subject of a copyright claim, until a 2015 court ruling found the claim invalid. It is now treated as public domain in the United States.\nOn the 12-hole ocarina the tab spans a single octave, C to high C, and uses only the natural notes. It does not need the sub-holes or the thumb holes, and at 25 notes across four lines it is short enough to learn in an evening. It is worth learning well, since you will get asked to play it.\nHappy Birthday 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":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/traditional-music/happy-birthday/","section":"Traditional-Musics","summary":" About Happy Birthday\r#\rThe melody of Happy Birthday goes back to Good Morning to All, a song for young schoolchildren by the sisters Mildred and Patty Hill, published in 1893. For decades the birthday version was the subject of a copyright claim, until a 2015 court ruling found the claim invalid. It is now treated as public domain in the United States.\n","title":"Happy Birthday","type":"traditional-music"},{"content":" About the Hirajoshi Japanese Scale\r#\rHirajoshi is a five-note scale from Japan, best known as a tuning for the koto, the long plucked zither. Where most Western pentatonic scales avoid half steps, this one has two of them, between B and C and again between E and F. Those tight little steps are what give it the dark, faraway sound many listeners hear as Japanese.\nThis version runs ten notes, from low A all the way up to high F, so it is a real tour of the 12-hole ocarina. The two lowest notes, low A and low B, need the small sub-holes closed, and a 6-hole ocarina cannot reach them at all. At the other end, high E and high F open the thumb holes. Play it slowly and listen for those half steps.\nHirajoshi Japanese Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rA B C E F A B C E F ","date":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-scales/12-hole-ocarina-hirajoshi-japanese-scale/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Scales","summary":" About the Hirajoshi Japanese Scale\r#\rHirajoshi is a five-note scale from Japan, best known as a tuning for the koto, the long plucked zither. Where most Western pentatonic scales avoid half steps, this one has two of them, between B and C and again between E and F. Those tight little steps are what give it the dark, faraway sound many listeners hear as Japanese.\n","title":"Hirajoshi Japanese Scale","type":"12-hole-ocarina-scales"},{"content":" About Hot Cross Buns\r#\rHot Cross Buns is about as short as a song gets, two lines on this page, and it makes a fine first tune for anyone just picking up the 12-hole ocarina. It is an old English nursery rhyme, and the tab puts the words under the notes so you can sing along in your head while you play.\nThe melody uses only C, D and E, which sit at the bottom of the main range, with nothing sharp or flat and no sub-holes or thumb holes to think about. Much of it is one falling figure played again and again, so once your fingers have that, the rest follows. If you have just finished Lesson 2, this is the natural next step.\nHot Cross Buns Lyrics\r#\rHot cross buns!\nHot cross buns!\nOne ha\u0026rsquo; penny, two ha\u0026rsquo; penny,\nHot cross buns!\nIf you have no daughters,\nGive them to your sons\nOne ha\u0026rsquo; penny,\nTwo ha\u0026rsquo; penny,\nHot Cross Buns!\nHot Cross Buns Ocarina Tab\r#\rEHot Dcross Cbuns EHot Dcross Cbuns COne Cha’ Cpen- Cny Dtwo Dha’ Dpen- Dny EHot Dcross Cbuns ","date":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/hot-cross-buns/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About Hot Cross Buns\r#\rHot Cross Buns is about as short as a song gets, two lines on this page, and it makes a fine first tune for anyone just picking up the 12-hole ocarina. It is an old English nursery rhyme, and the tab puts the words under the notes so you can sing along in your head while you play.\n","title":"Hot Cross Buns","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About the Major Scale\r#\rThis scale is worth learning by heart. I like to sit on the edge of the bathtub, where the tile gives a big echo, and just play it up and down. Even on its own it sounds good, and slowing down on a few notes of it is a fine way to make something expressive without any song at all.\nThe tab runs the whole natural range of a 12-hole ocarina, thirteen notes from low A to high F with no sharps or flats. The bottom two, low A and low B, need the small sub-holes covered, and a 6-hole cannot reach them. At the top, high D, high E and high F open the thumb holes, so this one scale works every part of the instrument.\nMajor Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rA B C D E F G A B C D E F ","date":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-scales/12-hole-ocarina-major-scale/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Scales","summary":" About the Major Scale\r#\rThis scale is worth learning by heart. I like to sit on the edge of the bathtub, where the tile gives a big echo, and just play it up and down. Even on its own it sounds good, and slowing down on a few notes of it is a fine way to make something expressive without any song at all.\n","title":"Major Scale","type":"12-hole-ocarina-scales"},{"content":" About Mary Had a Little Lamb\r#\rWhen Thomas Edison tested his new phonograph in 1877, the first words he recorded were the opening of Mary Had a Little Lamb. The verse itself is credited to Sarah Josepha Hale, who published it in 1830, and it has been one of the first songs children learn ever since.\nIt is also one of the easiest things you can play on a 12-hole ocarina. The whole tab is three short lines and uses only three notes, C, D and E, right at the bottom of the main range. No sharps, no flats, no sub-holes and no thumb holes. If you have just finished the first lessons, this is a good place to put those notes to work.\nMary Had a Little Lamb 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 D E D C ","date":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/kids-songs/mary-had-a-little-lamb/","section":"Kids-Songs","summary":" About Mary Had a Little Lamb\r#\rWhen Thomas Edison tested his new phonograph in 1877, the first words he recorded were the opening of Mary Had a Little Lamb. The verse itself is credited to Sarah Josepha Hale, who published it in 1830, and it has been one of the first songs children learn ever since.\n","title":"Mary Had a Little Lamb","type":"kids-songs"},{"content":" About the Middle Eastern Scale\r#\rWestern theory calls this pattern the Phrygian dominant scale, and it is close kin to the maqam Hijaz heard in Arabic and Turkish music. What gives it away is the gap in the middle of the climb, a step of a tone and a half that the ordinary major and minor scales never take.\nThe run here starts on E and goes up as far as high C before turning around, eleven notes in a single line. G# is the only sharp, and it is the note to watch: it sits right after that wide gap, so your ear has to know where it is going. Nothing in the scale needs a sub-hole or a thumb hole on the 12-hole ocarina, which leaves you free to listen. Play it slowly and let the strange step sink in.\nMiddle Eastern Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rE F G# A B C B A G# F E ","date":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-scales/middle-eastern-scale/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Scales","summary":" About the Middle Eastern Scale\r#\rWestern theory calls this pattern the Phrygian dominant scale, and it is close kin to the maqam Hijaz heard in Arabic and Turkish music. What gives it away is the gap in the middle of the climb, a step of a tone and a half that the ordinary major and minor scales never take.\n","title":"Middle Eastern Scale","type":"12-hole-ocarina-scales"},{"content":" About the Native American Scale\r#\rI love what this scale does to the ocarina. Hold yourself to these five notes and it almost turns into a different instrument, closer in sound to a wooden flute than to the sweet little vessel you started with. The set matches the minor pentatonic tuning that most Native American style flutes are built around.\nOn the 12-hole it is one short line that starts on D and tops out at high C. Every note is natural, and none of them calls for a sub-hole or a thumb hole. The notes are easy; the feeling is the work. Add hoots and trills, let a phrase die away on the breath, and lift your fingers slowly on and off the holes to give it some soul.\nNative American Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rD F G A C A G F D ","date":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-scales/native-american-scale/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Scales","summary":" About the Native American Scale\r#\rI love what this scale does to the ocarina. Hold yourself to these five notes and it almost turns into a different instrument, closer in sound to a wooden flute than to the sweet little vessel you started with. The set matches the minor pentatonic tuning that most Native American style flutes are built around.\n","title":"Native American Scale","type":"12-hole-ocarina-scales"},{"content":" About the Pentatonic Scale\r#\rPentatonic simply means five notes. This one uses A, C, D, E and G, which is the minor pentatonic when you start on A and the major pentatonic when you start on C. It has no half steps at all, so no two notes ever rub against each other. Play the black keys of a piano and you get the same kind of scale, which is why it turns up in folk music in so many parts of the world.\nOn the 12-hole ocarina the run climbs from low A to high E, eighteen notes in a single line. Low A means closing a small sub-hole, and it is a note a 6-hole ocarina does not have. High D and high E open the thumb holes. Once it is under your fingers, try making up tunes from it.\nPentatonic Scale Ocarina Tab\r#\rA C D E G A C D E E D C A G E D C A ","date":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-scales/12-hole-ocarina-pentatonic-scale/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Scales","summary":" About the Pentatonic Scale\r#\rPentatonic simply means five notes. This one uses A, C, D, E and G, which is the minor pentatonic when you start on A and the major pentatonic when you start on C. It has no half steps at all, so no two notes ever rub against each other. Play the black keys of a piano and you get the same kind of scale, which is why it turns up in folk music in so many parts of the world.\n","title":"Pentatonic Scale","type":"12-hole-ocarina-scales"},{"content":"","date":"30 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/traditional-music/","section":"Traditional-Musics","summary":"","title":"Traditional-Musics","type":"traditional-music"},{"content":"This site is about 12 Hole Ocarinas. I am posting new melodies in sheet music and tablature form every day. Let me know if there is a special request that you\u0026rsquo;d like me to tab out and I\u0026rsquo;ll do my best! Please comment on the melodies and feel free to use the tablature editor.\n","date":"29 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina/","section":"12 Hole Ocarina Tabs","summary":"This site is about 12 Hole Ocarinas. I am posting new melodies in sheet music and tablature form every day. Let me know if there is a special request that you’d like me to tab out and I’ll do my best! Please comment on the melodies and feel free to use the tablature editor.\n","title":"12 Hole Ocarina","type":"page"},{"content":" What Lesson 5 covers\r#\rLesson 5 brings in G and A, and with them you reach a milestone: if you have followed the earlier lessons, you now know six notes, everything from C up to A. That is enough to play a fair number of simple tunes on the site.\nThe drill is longer than the ones before it, five lines and fifty-five notes, and it mixes the new pair in with the old ones so your fingers learn the bigger jumps as well as the small steps. Everything still sits in the plain middle of the 12-hole ocarina, with no sharps or flats, no sub-holes and no thumb holes to manage. Go slowly through the leaps from C to G and A, since lifting several fingers at once is where a stray half-covered hole tends to show up.\n12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 05 (A,B,C,D,E,F,G) Ocarina Tab\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":"5 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-lessons/12-hole-ocarina-lessons-lesson-05/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Lessons","summary":" What Lesson 5 covers\r#\rLesson 5 brings in G and A, and with them you reach a milestone: if you have followed the earlier lessons, you now know six notes, everything from C up to A. That is enough to play a fair number of simple tunes on the site.\n","title":"12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 05 (A,B,C,D,E,F,G)","type":"12-hole-ocarina-lessons"},{"content":"","date":"5 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-lessons/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Lessons","summary":"","title":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Lessons","type":"12-hole-ocarina-lessons"},{"content":" What Lesson 4 covers\r#\rLesson 4 is where the exercises start to sound like music. F and G join the C, D and E from the earlier lessons, and with five notes under your fingers the number of tunes you can play jumps quickly. The drill runs three lines and 36 notes, mixing the new pair in with the old ones.\nAll five notes live in the comfortable middle of the 12-hole ocarina. None of them needs the small sub-holes near the bottom, and the thumb holes stay closed the whole way, so the only work is lifting fingers in order. G is the one to watch: with more holes open it can wobble, so give it a steady, even breath and hold it a moment before moving on.\n12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 04 (C,D,E,F,G) Ocarina Tab\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":"4 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-lessons/12-hole-ocarina-lessons-lesson-04/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Lessons","summary":" What Lesson 4 covers\r#\rLesson 4 is where the exercises start to sound like music. F and G join the C, D and E from the earlier lessons, and with five notes under your fingers the number of tunes you can play jumps quickly. The drill runs three lines and 36 notes, mixing the new pair in with the old ones.\n","title":"12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 04 (C,D,E,F,G)","type":"12-hole-ocarina-lessons"},{"content":" What Lesson 3 covers\r#\rLesson 3 picks up where the last one left off. D comes back for review, and two new notes join it: E and F. That gives you three neighbors in a row, a short stretch of scale, and enough to start hearing short melodies take shape.\nThe drill runs across three lines and 36 notes, mixing the trio in different orders so your fingers cannot just coast down one pattern. All three notes sit in the lower middle of the 12-hole ocarina, well clear of the small sub-holes at the bottom and the thumb holes at the top. That leaves you free to work on the basics: sealed holes, a steady stream of air, and a clean start to every note. Take it slowly until each change lands without a squeak.\n12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 03 (D,E,F) Ocarina Tab\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":"3 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-lessons/12-hole-ocarina-lessons-lesson-03/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Lessons","summary":" What Lesson 3 covers\r#\rLesson 3 picks up where the last one left off. D comes back for review, and two new notes join it: E and F. That gives you three neighbors in a row, a short stretch of scale, and enough to start hearing short melodies take shape.\n","title":"12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 03 (D,E,F)","type":"12-hole-ocarina-lessons"},{"content":" What Lesson 2 covers\r#\rLesson 2 goes back over the C from the first lesson and then adds the two notes just above it, D and E. That sounds like a small step, but those three notes are already enough for a few basic songs, and Hot Cross Buns is a good one to try first.\nThe drill runs three short lines and moves back and forth across the trio until the changes stop needing thought. On the 12-hole ocarina all three sit at the bottom of the main range, with no sub-holes and no thumb holes involved, so the only real job is sealing each hole fully. If a note squeaks or wobbles, slow down and check the fingers that should stay put. Speed comes later.\n12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 02 (C,D,E) Ocarina Tab\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":"2 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-lessons/12-hole-ocarina-lessons-lesson-02/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Lessons","summary":" What Lesson 2 covers\r#\rLesson 2 goes back over the C from the first lesson and then adds the two notes just above it, D and E. That sounds like a small step, but those three notes are already enough for a few basic songs, and Hot Cross Buns is a good one to try first.\n","title":"12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 02 (C,D,E)","type":"12-hole-ocarina-lessons"},{"content":" What Lesson 1 covers\r#\rThis is where the series began, back in the summer of 2012. The first note to learn is C, and Lesson 1 pairs it with D so you have something to move between from the very first minute. Two short lines of tab trade the two notes back and forth, twenty notes in all, which is plenty for a first sitting.\nA 12-hole ocarina can actually play below C, but those low notes need the small sub-holes, and they can wait. Neither note here touches a sub-hole or a thumb hole, so all your attention can go to sealing each hole with the soft pad of the finger. If C sounds airy or a little high, a hole is leaking. Fix that now and every lesson after this one gets easier.\n12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 01 (C,D) Ocarina Tab\r#\rC D C D C D C D C C D D C C D D C D C D ","date":"1 July 2012","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/12-hole-ocarina-lessons/12-hole-ocarina-lessons-lesson-01/","section":"12-Hole-Ocarina-Lessons","summary":" What Lesson 1 covers\r#\rThis is where the series began, back in the summer of 2012. The first note to learn is C, and Lesson 1 pairs it with D so you have something to move between from the very first minute. Two short lines of tab trade the two notes back and forth, twenty notes in all, which is plenty for a first sitting.\n","title":"12 Hole Ocarina Lessons – Lesson 01 (C,D)","type":"12-hole-ocarina-lessons"}]