Prelude of Light: Difference between revisions

|image = [[File:Prelude of Light.png|280px]]

|caption = Link and Sheik playing the "Prelude of Light"

|inst = [[Ocarina of Time (Item)|Ocarina of Time]]

|powers = [[Warp]]s Link to the [[Temple of Time]]

The '''"Prelude of Light"''' is a [[Recurring Music in The Legend of Zelda Series|recurring song]] in the {{Series|The Legend of Zelda|''Zelda'' series}}, first appearing as a playable melody in {{OoT}}.

In {{OoT}}, the "Prelude of Light" is one of the six [[Warping|warp]] songs [[Link]] learns as an adult. Using the {{it|Ocarina of Time}}, it transports [[Link]] inside the [[Temple of Time]], likely because that's the entrance to the [[Sacred Realm]], which is where the [[Temple of Light]] is located. After the young hero completes the [[Forest Temple (Ocarina of Time)|Forest Temple]], Link can return to the Temple of Time to learn this song from [[Sheik]]. Strangely, this song is actually a conclude, not a prelude (the notes descend from a triumphant feel to a gloomy one).

In {{TP}}, [[Wolf Link]] can summon the [[Hero's Spirit#The Golden Wolf|Golden Wolf]] by howling this song at the [[Howling Stone]] near the entrance to the [[Sacred Grove]].

The Prelude of Light is 8 bars long in 4/4 time, and in the key of D Major. Harmonically, the first four bars give the feeling of a church setting by using only I and IV chords, a technique used frequently in Mass settings and known commonly as the "Hallelujah" cadence (or plagal cadence, more properly). The last 4 bars employ the unusual harmonic ending of ii7 - bIIma7 - Ima7 with the last arpeggiated riff in the harp part giving finality to the last I chord and resolving the 7th at the top.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://danbruno.net/2014/01/ocarina-songs/|title= Ocarina songs in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time |site= danbruno.net}}</ref>

File:3ds_learn_prelude.png|Sheik teaching the "Prelude of Light" in ''Ocarina of Time 3D''