Bolero of Fire

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Nintendo 64

4.8 avg rating
36 ratings

Tabber: archard

Composer: Koji Kondo

Style: Transcription

Instrument: Guitar

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Bolero of Fire


The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time


Composed by Koji Kondo




7/17/06


e------------------------------5---5--
B----------------------6---6-----6---6
G----------2---2---------7---7--------
D--3-0-3-0---3---3--------------------
A-------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------


e-----------------
B-----------------
G--0---0---3-0-3-0
D----2---2--------
A-----------------
E-----------------


This part needs to be played fast and steady or it won't sound right.


e------------------1---1---5-0-5-0-3---3---1--------
B----------3---3-----3---3-----------2---2----------
G--2---2-----2---2---------------------------2------
D----3---3-------------------------------------3-2-0
A---------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------

@jc 18 years ago

What if you used: D5 and D2 instead of B6 and G7 and then also G3 and D5 instead of e5 and b6? Not really sure since it's been a while since I played the game.

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@archard 18 years ago

Nope, those are the wrong notes. Notice in the first part they are the same notes played one octave higher.

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@Anonymous 17 years ago

Replying to:
@archard Nope, those are the wrong notes. Notice in the first part they are the same notes played one octave...

Actually that octave higher is just when the song kinda "responds", its like the 3 0 3 0 2 3 2 3 part, then an octave higher response after, then the second part, then the "solo".

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@Pistachio 18 years ago

sounds fine to me

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@Rock 18 years ago

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@Gren 18 years ago

It sounds alright, you just gotta time it well.

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@Dreadlock 18 years ago

The end is good once you play it at the right speed.

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@Snoggums 18 years ago

Instead of

G---2------ D-----3-2-0

at the end this sounded prettier...

B-6/5-3----- (Pluck six and slide to five... =P)

I dunno, sounds right for me.

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@Dudeman 5000 18 years ago

I think the main "song" part sounds good as

D 3-0-3-0--3-3
A --------4-4

But thats just me...

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@Aaron 18 years ago

it sounds good, i need to work on the correct speed though.

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@Aaron 18 years ago

archard may i say. you're the man

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@Colton 17 years ago

Couldn't have said it better myself. just another great TAB

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@Brandon 17 years ago

yeah :D

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@Sniper MOUS 17 years ago

Heheh, they made the ending as tough as possible for beginners, didn't they? Well, it was a very good tab (coming from a novice to guitar and a know nothing to tabbing).

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@Anonymous 17 years ago

I'm looking to transpose some of these tabs to a trumpet. Is there a certain way? I'm not familiar with guitar notes, so I'm not sure what a guitar's note would be if you asked for a B flat major note.

That, and I can't read tabs so well to even figure out what note is what XD

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@gecko2222 17 years ago

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@Anonymous I'm looking to transpose some of these tabs to a trumpet. Is there a certain way? I'm not familiar w...

This might help you transpose tabs, assuming you know at least a little bit (just the basics) of music theory:

A guitar is tuned, from lowest (thickest) string to highest (thinnest) string as follows, E A D G B e, with the high e two octaves higher than the lowest E. Frets divide the string by half-steps, i.e., 1st fret on the lowest string is F, 2nd is F#, 3rd is G, 5th is A, and so on, up to 12th which is one octave. The 5thh fret on any string is the same as the string higher than is played open, with the exception of the g string, in which case it is the 4th. Example, the 5th fret of the E string is the same as the A string played open (or 0), and the 4th fret of the g string is the same as the b string. Make sense?

Now, tabs simply tell you what fret to play on what string with each line representing a string, so...

this is e|----------1-0---| this is B|--------1-----1-| this is G|------2---------| this is D|----3-----------| this is A|--3-------------| this is E|1---------------|

This would be played as 1st fret on the thickest (E) string (an F), then the 3rd on the A string (C) then 3rd on the D string (F), then 2nd on the G string (A), then 1st on the B string (C), then 1st on the e string (f), then the e string played open (e), then 1st on the B string again, (C). These would all be played as separate notes, as opposed to all at once. which I will talk about in a second. (in case anyone is wondering, this is an F major arpeggio, with a fun ending.)

Alternately, some tabs will have things that look like this:

e|--1-------------| B|--1-------------| G|--2-------------| D|--3-------------| A|--3-------------| E|--1-------------|

This is a chord, F major, actually, where all the notes are played at one time. Obviously, you can't play a chord on a trumpet, because you can't play six notes at one time. If you needed to transcribe this for an instrument such as a trumpet, you would probably just play the root note, (F in this case.)

hope this helps!

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@Cory J Reynolds 17 years ago

it should be lik this

e------------------------------5---5-- B----------------------6---6-----6---6 G----------2---2---------7---7-------- D--3---3-----3---3-------------------- A----5---5---------------------------- E-------------------------------------

e----------------- B----------0---0-- G--0---0-----0---0 D----2---2-------- A----------------- E-----------------

This part needs to be played fast and steady or it won't sound right.

e------------------1---1---5---5---3---3---1-------- B----------3---3-----3---3---5---5---2---2---------- G--2---2-----2---2---------------------------2------ D----3---3-------------------------------------3-2-0 A--------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------

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@Burnie 17 years ago

I was just about to comment the exact same thing Cory said... It sounds better than 3-0-3-0, because it lets the notes ring, like they should. Other than that it's a sweet tab!

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@yoshistrings 17 years ago

ouch. those votes arent great... for whatever reason.

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@BDawgPHD 17 years ago

I don't like how low it goes at the end, something tells me that it should end on a higher scale. I think instead of

-1

--2 ---3-2-0

it should be something more like

-1--1-0 --------3 --2------

something like that.

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@xreaperx 17 years ago

this part sounds kind of wrong

e-3---3--------- b---2---2-------

and i think BDawgPHD is right about the higher scale thing

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@StarScarsCeiling 17 years ago

I'm not understanding where the bad ratings are coming from, it sounds great to me.

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@Zeig Elric 17 years ago

very nice! :3

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@shadowmaker 17 years ago

how did this get a bad rating? it's fine

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@nyronic 16 years ago

someone must not like archard or something for this to be voted 100's of times in order to make the average a 2.

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@Shinokamen 16 years ago

I also do not understand why this has such a bad rating.

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@Alex123456789 16 years ago

wtf is wreong with u people this is perfect!!!!!

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@archard 16 years ago

I have a feeling that someone figured out a way to bypass the one week waiting period for anonymous users, back when anonymous users were able to rate tabs on this site.

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@TrangOul 16 years ago

You mean 138 legit votes seem slightly unlikely? ;)

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@Rayha 16 years ago

this is perfect. I love this piece and it's my favourite in the game (well Sarias song is a good match but still). thank you archard for all these great tabs!!

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@geetarguy13 16 years ago

i am the notorious vote stopper.i will rate 5 no matter how sucky it is.lol but still i will.and this song of the million-and-one mistakes needs it.

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@smiley 16 years ago

Replying to:
@geetarguy13 i am the notorious vote stopper.i will rate 5 no matter how sucky it is.lol but still i will.and thi...

Thats NOT TRUE! It's a great tab!

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@LoZ_ROXORS 16 years ago

Its amazing it sounds fine i dont know why its voted a two

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@smiley 16 years ago

Thats just messed up! 2/5? What kind of messed up people are rating this tab!!!! More like a 5/5!

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@Carpaccio 15 years ago

Maybe my guitar's out of tune, because I tuned it by ear, or maybe I haven't heard the song in a while, but... G----------2---2---------7---7-------- D--3-0-3-0---3---3-------------------- I think the notes on the second fret on the G string should be a fret lower. Same applies for their counterparts on the high E.

EDIT: My guitar was way out of tune. Like, you wouldn't believe it.

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@Riley 15 years ago

I have been teleported to the fire temple,lol. Sounds great.

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@Ennea 15 years ago

e------------------------------5---5--
B----------------------6---6-----6---6
G----------2---2---------7---7--------
D--3---3-----3---3--------------------
A----5---5----------------------------
E-------------------------------------

e-----------------
B-----------------
G--0---0---3---3--
D----2---2---5---5
A-----------------
E-----------------

e------------------1---1---5---5---3---3---1-------------0-5~
B----------3---3-----3---3---5---5---2---2-------------3----
G--2---2-----2---2---------------------------2-------2------
D----3---3-------------------------------------3-2-0--------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

i think it sounds better so let the strings ring a bit, and i like the end :3

however, you did a good job with your tab

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@Ganondorfs Superior 14 years ago

THIS . . . IS . . . AWESOME!!!!!

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@iCameiSawiPwned 13 years ago

In the sheet music that (I think) Nintendo produced, the notes are the exact same as the ones in this tab.

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@Bloody_Saly 13 years ago

I agree with you all this is great ^^ I started playing guitar yesterday and i was trying to play all the songs in ocarnia of time =)

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@linkmaster99 13 years ago

couldnt play the song.

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Bolero of Fire

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

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