Song of Soaring on a real ocarina
On a 12-hole it is six notes: F, B, high D, F, B, high D. The short phrase from Majora's Mask, and easy to play.
Goes up to high D, so it does not fit a 4-hole.
Song of Soaring
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What is the tricky spot in Song of Soaring?
The drop from high D down to F as the phrase starts again. It is the widest move in the song, and the air has to come down with it, or the F goes sharp. On a 12-hole, Song of Soaring goes from high D to F: you cover the left ring, left middle, left index, right index and left thumb. On a 6-hole, you cover the left middle, left index and right thumb.
How do you hold and breathe for Song of Soaring?
Start the F softly, give the B a little more and the high D the most, then let the air drop right away for the second F. A quick breath between the two halves keeps the repeat as clean as the first. To check your breath, hold each note of Song of Soaring in turn and watch it on a tuner such as our free ocarina tuner.
Which ocarina can play Song of Soaring?
Song of Soaring goes from F up to high D. A 4-hole ocarina cannot reach high D, so play it on a 12-hole or 6-hole ocarina in C.
What are the notes for Song of Soaring?
The notes are F, B, high D, F, B, high D. In Majora's Mask the Nintendo 64 buttons are C-down, C-left, C-up, C-down, C-left, C-up, and each button plays one note.
In Majora's Mask 3D, Song of Soaring is R, X, A button, R, X, A button, as Zelda Wiki draws the buttons.
The 3 notes here, on a 12-holeHoles in words, with a picture
| Note | Holes to cover | Picture |
|---|---|---|
| F | Cover every main hole but the right middle, right ring and right pinky | |
| B | Cover the left pinky, left index, left thumb and right thumb | |
| high D | Cover the left pinky and right thumb |
Drawn as you see it while playing: mouthpiece towards you, left hand on the left.
| Note | Holes to cover | Picture |
|---|---|---|
| F | Cover every hole but the right middle and right index | |
| B | Cover the right middle, left thumb and right thumb | |
| high D | Cover the left thumb |
Drawn as you see it while playing: mouthpiece towards you, left hand on the left.
What does the Song of Soaring do?
The song allows Link to warp "to all the different Owl Statues throughout Termina", but "he can only warp to an Owl Statue he has activated". Played inside a dungeon, it takes him to the dungeon's entrance.
Where do you learn Song of Soaring in Majora's Mask?
Link learns it from a stone monument at the end of the Woodfall Temple Pathway, next to the entrance to Woodfall. In Majora's Mask 3D, Zelda Wiki says, he learns it at the entrance of the Southern Swamp instead.