If you are familiar with a piece, it will be easier to play and make it sound like a song, rather than just a collection of notes. Some tabs use traditional music notation for the durations of the notes, creating a hybrid system of ocarina tablature and traditional staff notation.Ĭhoose a simple very familiar piece of music to start with and commence playing the notes as shown in the tab. Imagine a scroll being cranked in front of you, with the notes appearing in the order they are to be played, with the distance between them marking the time it takes for the scroll to advance to the next note. This is similar to how notes would appear on a piano scroll for a player piano. The farther the space between the tabs, the longer the note is played. Some ocarina tabs use distance between tabs to denote rhythm. Its simplicity and warmth of tone evokes feelings of nostalgia and reminiscence that is unique to the instrument. The ocarina is also used to play songs from the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, such as Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold. ![]() The ocarina is a relatively rare musical instrument that has a growing fan base, mostly as a result of its use in the Legend of Zelda video games, and specifically the game that uses the ocarina as a magical device to unlock puzzles, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This makes playing ocarina tablature similar to playing a game of Guitar Hero or Dance Dance Revolution. You don't need to translate in your head which note corresponds to which finger position, you just do exactly what you see. ![]() Ocarina tabs make playing songs on the Ocarina easy, with icons that represent which fingers to use.
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