Our sheet music includes fingering positions, letter-coded notation, and song lyrics for a 4-hole ocarina. Although your ocarina has just 4 holes, this small instrument can produce 8 natural notes, the full range from C to C, and 5 flat or sharp notes: a total of 13 notes.
This songbook is suitable for a 6-hole ocarina also, in this case, 2 holes on the back side of the instrument should be always covered with thumbs.
The fingering positions are shown in the book graphically on an image of a standard-shaped ocarina with four holes. Each hole on the ocarina is represented by circles. The circles filled in black indicate which holes should be covered while playing. The open circles mean they should be uncovered. The bottom circles correspond to the holes on the ocarina which are closest to your mouth. Circles on the left are played using the left hand and are played with the index and middle fingers, while those on the right side are played with the same fingers on the right hand.
Ocarinas always have 1 hole which is never covered. This is the place where sound is released from the ocarina, which is called the whistle.
The 4-hole ocarina is a simple beginner instrument. It is cheap and portable, has a simple structure and form, and is easy to begin to play.
Ocarinas are made from a variety of materials. The most popular models are made of plastic, porcelain, ceramic, or wood.
Our sheet music is based on a 4-hole ocarina tuned in C Major.
Contents
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
A Tisket, a Tasket
Aloha Oe
Amazing Grace
Aura Lee
Au Clair de la Lune
Away in a Manger
Barbara Allen
Bingo
Blue Bells of Scotland
Bye Baby Bunting
For Elise
Good King Wenceslas
Happy Birthday to You
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Hickory Dickory Dock
Holy, Holy, Holy
Home on the Range
Hot Cross Buns
I'm a Little Teapot
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
Kumbaya
Lavender's Blue
Little Bunny Foo Foo
London Bridge
Mary Had a Little Lamb
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
My Old Dog Tray
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Ode to Joy
Oh, My Darling Clementine
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Pop Goes the Weasel
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Ring Around the Rosie
Rock-a-bye Baby
Row Row Row Your Boat
Skip To My Lou
Syahamba
Ten Little Fingers
The Bear Went Over the Mountain
The First Noel
The Muffin Man
The Skye Boat Song
The Wheels on the Bus
This Old Man
Three Blind Mice
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
When the Saints Go Marching In
99 Bottles of Beer