Songs for a 6-hole ocarina
A 6-hole pendant in C plays from C to high E (STL lists its 6-hole tenor at C5 to E6, as we checked on 27 October 2026), so it plays any song that stays in that range. 44 of the 54 songs on our site do: 31 folk songs, hymns, carols and classics you can hear before you play, 12 of the Ocarina of Time songs and the Song of Healing from Majora's Mask. The list starts with the 24 that stay on the four holes on top, from C to high C, then the 20 that lift a thumb for the notes above.
Range: D to A. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: C to G. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: C to A. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: C to G. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: D to B. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: C to A. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: C to A. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: D to A. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: C to high C. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: F to B. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: D to B. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: F to B. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: D to A. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: C to A. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: easy.
Range: C to high C. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: medium.
Range: D to high C. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high C. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high C. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high C. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high C. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to B. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high C. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high C. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high C. Uses: top holes only. Difficulty: medium.
Range: D to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: easy.
Range: C to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: easy.
Range: C to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: easy.
Range: A to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: easy.
Range: D to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: easy.
Range: A to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: easy.
Range: F to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: easy.
Range: A to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: easy.
Range: D to high E. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high E. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: medium.
Range: D to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: medium.
Range: D to high E. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: medium.
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Range: D to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: medium.
Range: D to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high E. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: medium.
Range: D to high D. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high E. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: medium.
Range: C to high E. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: hard.
Range: D to high E. Uses: thumb holes. Difficulty: hard.
Which songs use the thumb holes on a 6-hole ocarina?
Arirang (up to high D), Auld Lang Syne (up to high D), Drunken Sailor (up to high D), Epona's Song (up to high D), Frère Jacques (up to high E), Für Elise (up to high E), Hallelujah Chorus (up to high E), Happy Birthday (up to high D), Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (up to high E), In the Hall of the Mountain King (up to high D), Minuet of Forest (up to high D), New World Symphony Largo (up to high E), O Christmas Tree (up to high D), Ode to Joy (up to high D), Prelude of Light (up to high D), Song of Storms (up to high D), Sun's Song (up to high D), The Entertainer (up to high E), The Irish Washerwoman (up to high E) and Zelda's Lullaby (up to high D). Everything up to high C is played on the four holes on top with both thumbs down. Past it, the thumbs take over: the right thumb lifts for high C♯ and D, and both thumbs lift for high D♯ and E, as the 6-hole chart shows.
Which songs need a half-holed note on a 6-hole ocarina?
In the Hall of the Mountain King (D♯) and The Entertainer (D♯). A 6-hole plays its lower C♯ and D♯ by covering half of one hole, as the 6-hole chart shows, which takes practice to land in tune; play them slowly against a tuner such as our free ocarina tuner until your finger finds the spot. Every other song in the list needs no half-holes at all.
Which songs don't fit a 6-hole ocarina?
The ones that leave the C to high E range. Canon in D (down to low A), Danny Boy (down to low A), Greensleeves (down to low A), Gymnopédie No. 1 (down to low A), Minuet in G (down to low B) and Sakura Sakura (down to low B) go below C, and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (up to high F), Pomp and Circumstance (up to high F), Silent Night (up to high F) and Yankee Doodle (up to high F) climb past high E. A 12-hole plays them all.