Erica’s Ocarina Experience: Serenade of Water

Another week, another Erica’s Ocarina Experience! I decided to go ahead and play the song that tied for first last week in requests, which is the Serenade of Water from Ocarina of Time. The Serenade of Water is the shortest ocarina melody to play in both Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. It’s a beautiful song, but I think my favorite version of it in any Zelda game is with Queen Rutela in Twilight Princess. Sadly, I don’t have any accompaniment for my videos. It’s still a pretty song to play on the ocarina without another instrument.

I find it very ironic that they decided to go with a serenade for the Water Temple. As usual, Sheik’s quote before teaching the tune shows a different look at time. “Time passes, people move… Like a river’s flow, it never ends… A childish mind will turn to noble ambition… Young love will become deep affection… The clear water’s surface reflects growth… Now listen to the Serenade of Water to reflect upon yourself….”

What I find ironic is that Ruto’s childish crush on Link has grown immensely in the years he was gone. A serenade is a musical greeting performed most often for a lover. It is played for friends as well, but the calm and light music was most often performed outdoors in the evening. It makes me think of a romantic date.

Be warned. I had the sniffles a bit when I was recording this. I’ve been taking care of my mom all weekend, and her cold seems to have rubbed off on me a little. Here are the tabs for the song.

Once again, please comment and make a request. I have been getting many requests for more difficult tunes like Ballad of the Windfish or Makar’s Prayer. I would love to play those for you, but it will be more time consuming to both write out and practice for recording. If you want songs like these I need more than a handful of votes. So my suggestion for you all is to MAKE A REQUEST or support one already made by responding to it.