Oh Shenandoah

One of my favorite melodies, thanks for posting this! I've added a bridge to your verses:

Gypsy Scale for exotic-sounding improvisation

This is a very exotic sounding scale that sounds great on the ocarina. It has a lot of chromatics, so make sure you're in Zeldarian mode. I guess you could describe it as an ionian mode (major third, major seventh) crossed with a phrygian mode (minor second, minor sixth), hence, a modal mixture.

I've tabbed out an ascending and descending scale on the first two lines. You can play it on piano as:

E F G# A B C D# E

E D# C B A G# F E (for variety you can use D natural instead of D#)

and then a short tune using the scale, reminiscent of 'Tradition' from Fiddler on the Roof. Assume each block is an eigth note and you'll get the rhythm right.

Scarborough Fair

You almost had it StevarinOcarina. The song is actually in D dorian and best played in that key. The only difference is the sixth scale degree, B -- in D aeolian it's B-flat and in D dorian it's B-natural. If you play the melody, when you get to the last syllable of "rosemaRY" you can hear that the correct note is B natural, so it should be in dorian.

I tweaked two notes and changed the mode:

Gerudo Valley theme

Key: A minor

Fingering: D dorian

Difficulty: Medium

This is a transcription based on docjazz4's playing in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeSki8_j9_Q, from [0:21] up to [0:54]. It does not include his intro (can't bend notes on the iphone anyway...yet) or the harmony parts that he plays. I did tab out the ornamentation, so you may need to watch the video to get the rhythm right.

The original song from the game is in F# minor. To play along with it, set your ocarina to B Dorian.

Enjoy!

Take Five

This is the A section, including the piano vamp intro. The B section will require more work (and, I think will only work in B lydian).

Obviously, this is in 5/4 meter:

The rhythm is here: http://www.jazzguitar.be/take_five.html