A 4-hole pendant ocarina plays one octave, from C to the C above, so a song has to stay within eight scale notes to be playable. That rules out a lot of music, but far less than you might expect. Melodies written for people to sing, like nursery songs, hymns and carols, often stay inside an octave. So do the songs Link plays in Ocarina of Time, which use five notes within one octave.
This page lists every tab in the library that fits: 96 of the 253 curated tabs, plus user tabs that other players have favourited. Choose your pendant below and each one opens moved into the 4-hole's range, with a 4-hole fingering chart under every note. When a song had to be shifted to fit, the tab shows by how much, so you can still play along with a recording in the original key on another instrument.
Each group is sorted easiest first. Fewer half-holes come first, because the C sharp and D sharp are the hardest notes on a 4-hole, followed by a smaller range and fewer big jumps.
Red River Valley. Intermediate: 38 notes, C4 to C5, 3 sharps or flats, 1 big leap. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
Oh My Darling, Clementine. Intermediate: 60 notes, C4 to C5, 6 sharps or flats, 2 big leaps. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
London Bridge. Intermediate: 24 notes, Eb4 to C5, 15 sharps or flats. Moved 4 semitones down to fit.
The Wild Rover. Challenging: 69 notes, C4 to C5, 6 sharps or flats, 6 big leaps. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
Home on the Range. Challenging: 76 notes, C4 to C5, 15 sharps or flats, 4 big leaps. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
The Wellerman. Challenging: 60 notes, C4 to C5, 14 sharps or flats, 1 big leap. Moved 3 semitones up to fit.
Korobeiniki (Tetris Theme). Challenging: 37 notes, C4 to C5, 13 sharps or flats. Moved 3 semitones up to fit.
My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean. Challenging: 60 notes, C4 to C5, 33 sharps or flats, 4 big leaps. Moved 3 semitones up to fit.
Hymns and carols
Kumbaya. Easy: 30 notes, C4 to A4, no sharps or flats.
Amazing Grace by John Newton. Easy: 32 notes, C4 to C5, no sharps or flats. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
Holy, Holy, Holy by Tune: Nicaea (John B. Dykes) / Words: Reginald Heber. Easy: 45 notes, C4 to C5, no sharps or flats.
Jesus Loves Me by William B. Bradbury. Easy: 49 notes, C4 to C5, no sharps or flats. Moved 5 semitones down to fit.
The First Noel. Easy: 72 notes, C4 to C5, no sharps or flats.
Joy to the World by Lowell Mason (after George Frideric Handel). Easy: 57 notes, C4 to C5, no sharps or flats, 2 big leaps.
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing by Tune: Nettleton (Traditional American) / Words: Robert Robinson. Easy: 63 notes, C4 to C5, no sharps or flats, 1 big leap. Moved 5 semitones down to fit.
Abide with Me by Tune: Eventide (William H. Monk) / Words: Henry F. Lyte. Intermediate: 40 notes, C4 to A4, 1 sharp or flat.
We Three Kings by John Henry Hopkins Jr.. Intermediate: 62 notes, C4 to C5, 2 sharps or flats.
Doxology (Old 100th) by Louis Bourgeois. Intermediate: 32 notes, C4 to C5, 2 sharps or flats. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
I Saw Three Ships. Intermediate: 32 notes, C4 to C5, 2 sharps or flats. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
Simple Gifts. Intermediate: 82 notes, C4 to C5, 6 sharps or flats. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
Away in a Manger by James Ramsey Murray. Intermediate: 44 notes, C4 to C5, 3 sharps or flats, 1 big leap.
O Come, All Ye Faithful by John Francis Wade. Intermediate: 62 notes, C4 to C5, 6 sharps or flats, 3 big leaps. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
The Holly and the Ivy. Challenging: 69 notes, C4 to C5, 10 sharps or flats. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
It Is Well with My Soul by Tune: Ville du Havre (Philip P. Bliss) / Words: Horatio G. Spafford. Challenging: 55 notes, C4 to C5, 17 sharps or flats. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas. Challenging: 48 notes, Eb4 to C5, 27 sharps or flats. Moved 4 semitones down to fit.
Up on the Housetop by Benjamin Hanby. Challenging: 66 notes, Eb4 to C5, 38 sharps or flats. Moved 4 semitones down to fit.
In the Bleak Midwinter by Gustav Holst. Challenging: 47 notes, C4 to C5, 18 sharps or flats. Moved 3 semitones up to fit.
Rock of Ages by Thomas Hastings. Challenging: 42 notes, C4 to C5, 28 sharps or flats, 2 big leaps. Moved 4 semitones down to fit.
The Huron Carol. Challenging: 62 notes, C4 to C5, 20 sharps or flats, 1 big leap. Moved 4 semitones down to fit.
Happy Birthday. Challenging: 25 notes, C4 to C5, 2 sharps or flats, 2 big leaps. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
Ave Maria (Schubert) by Franz Schubert. Challenging: 95 notes, C4 to C5, 11 sharps or flats, 1 big leap. Moved 7 semitones down to fit.
Hornpipe (Water Music) by George Frideric Handel. Challenging: 55 notes, C4 to C5, 13 sharps or flats, 1 big leap. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
Ode to Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven. Challenging: 62 notes, C4 to C5, 8 sharps or flats, 1 big leap. Moved 2 semitones down to fit.
Sadness and Sorrow by Toshio Masuda. Challenging: 52 notes, C4 to C5, 24 sharps or flats, 1 big leap. Moved 4 semitones down to fit.
Misty Mountains (The Hobbit) by Plan 9 (David Donaldson, David Long, Stephen Roche, Janet Roddick). Challenging: 57 notes, C4 to C5, 25 sharps or flats. Moved 3 semitones up to fit.
O God, Our Help in Ages Past by William Croft. Intermediate: 28 notes, C4 to Bb4, 16 sharps or flats. Moved 3 semitones up to fit.