In the Nintendo Switch 2 remake, Link plays the ocarina with five buttons: L, R, A, Y and X. Here are the 12 songs of the game, the buttons to press in order, where you learn each one and what it does. The melodies are the same as in the original game; only the buttons changed.
Press: Y, X, A, Y, X, A
Impa teaches it to young Link after he meets Princess Zelda at Hyrule Castle. It proves you are a messenger of the royal family: it opens the waterfall that leads to Zora's Domain and answers the Triforce symbols found in several dungeons.
Press: X, Y, A, X, Y, A
Malon sings it at Lon Lon Ranch; play along with her as a child to learn it. As an adult, it calls your horse Epona in Hyrule Field, and cows give you milk when you play it to them.
Press: R, A, Y, R, A, Y
Saria plays it for you in the Sacred Forest Meadow. It lets you talk to her from anywhere through the ocarina, and it cheers up Darunia, the Goron chief, in Goron City.
Press: A, R, X, A, R, X
You learn it in the Royal Family's Tomb, under the Kakariko graveyard. It turns day into night and night into day, and it freezes the ReDeads for a moment.
Press: A, L, R, A, L, R
Zelda leaves it to you along with the Ocarina of Time, near Hyrule Castle Town. It opens the Door of Time in the Temple of Time and moves the blue time blocks in dungeons.
Press: L, R, X, L, R, X
The man in the windmill of Kakariko Village teaches it to you. It brings rain, opens hidden holes and drains the water from the Kakariko well.
Press: L, X, Y, A, Y, A
Sheik teaches it to adult Link in the Sacred Forest Meadow. It warps you straight to the meadow, in front of the Forest Temple.
Press: R, L, R, L, A, R, A, R
Sheik teaches it in Death Mountain Crater. It warps you to the crater, near the Fire Temple.
Press: L, R, A, A, Y
Sheik teaches it at the end of the Ice Cavern. It warps you to Lake Hylia, near the Water Temple.
Press: Y, A, A, L, Y, A, R
Sheik teaches it in Kakariko Village. It warps you to the graveyard, near the Shadow Temple.
Press: L, R, L, A, R, L
Sheik teaches it at the Desert Colossus. It warps you back to the Colossus, in front of the Spirit Temple.
Press: X, A, X, A, Y, X
Sheik teaches it in the Temple of Time. It warps you back to the Temple of Time from anywhere.
Players compose their own songs in Zelda Notes and share them as QR codes. Scan one and play it in the game.
Share an Ocarina song QR Ocarina songs (Zelda Notes) →
Yes. On the Nintendo 64, the ocarina was played with the A button and the four yellow C buttons. On Switch 2, it uses L, R, A, Y and X. The melodies themselves are the same as in 1998.
Yes. The remake can also listen through the Nintendo Switch 2 microphone: hum the melody or play it on a real instrument. The buttons keep working at any time.
In Zelda Notes, the free app in the Nintendo Switch App, you can compose your own songs and share them as a QR code. This site collects them.
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