Play the five ocarina notes with the arrow keys and Space, or tap the keys below the ocarina. Play a song correctly and the simulator recognises it. On the Switch 2 remake you can also hum, sing or play a real instrument into the console microphone; Blow mode here is only a browser practice tool.
Fan-made tool. No game audio or artwork is used. The default ocarina model is our own; the other 3D scans and the instrument recordings are shared under CC BY or CC0 and credited below the ocarina. Open source on GitHub
Hold a note and blow at your microphone. Blow harder for a louder, slightly higher note, like a real ocarina. The sound from your microphone stays in your browser and is never recorded or sent.
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The ocarina as most people know it was developed around 1853 by Giuseppe Donati in Budrio, Italy; the name means "little goose". This celadon-glazed version has eight finger holes on top and two thumb holes underneath.
Plain fired clay, still the most common ocarina material. Like the one in the game, you hold it sideways and blow into the mouthpiece. The more holes you uncover, the higher the note.
A black clay ocarina from Chile, decorated with a white geometric band. Black pottery with white designs is a craft tradition in parts of Chile, such as Quinchamalí. Under the decoration it is a classic sideways-held ocarina with a full row of finger holes.
Sound: synthesized in your browser to resemble a clay whistle
One of China's oldest instruments: clay xun about 7,000 years old have been found at Hemudu culture sites. It has no whistle mouthpiece; you blow across the hole on top, like blowing across a bottle.
Clay whistles and ocarinas shaped like birds and animals were made by many peoples, including in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. This one is blown through the tail and has just four finger holes: each note is a combination of covered holes (gold dots) and open ones (glowing rings). The more holes open, the higher the note.
Sound: synthesized in your browser to resemble a clay whistle
A replica of a pre-Columbian turtle-shaped ceramic ocarina from Colombia, 16 cm long, scanned by photogrammetry. Like many ancient ocarinas it has only four finger holes on its shell. Four holes are enough for a whole scale: each note is a combination of covered holes (gold dots) and open ones (glowing rings).
Yes. Each song uses the same notes as in Ocarina of Time. Play them in order, in free play or practice mode, and the simulator names the song.
Which buttons should I press?
Use the arrow keys and Space, like the C buttons and A on the Nintendo 64. Hold Shift for a half step up or Z for a half step down. On a phone or tablet, tap or slide across the keys drawn below the ocarina.
Does it use sounds from the game?
No. Each style has its own sound. Three play recordings: the FluidR3 soundfont ocarina, real clay ocarinas from Freesound (an octave up, like a small soprano ocarina) and a xun from Freesound. The other three are synthesized in your browser, each with its own tone. They use the same five notes as the game; the terracotta and bird ocarinas sound an octave higher. The 3D ocarinas are our own model or real ocarinas scanned and shared by their makers, so nothing is taken from Nintendo's game.
Can the Switch 2 remake play songs from a microphone?
Yes. Nintendo confirmed you can hum, sing or play a real instrument into the Switch 2 microphone, and Link plays the matching song. The N64 and 3DS versions do not have this. Blow mode on this page only uses your browser microphone for volume while you hold a note; it does not send audio to the game or recognise songs for the remake.