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Town tune

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The layout of a town tune, as seen in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Given its simplistic nature, there are no sharps or flats on normal notes.

The town tune (formatted as Town Tune in Animal Crossing and known as the island tune in New Horizons) is a melody that plays in the player's town. It is customizable and can contain one to sixteen notes.

Creation and usage [edit]

A town tune is represented by frog icons for each eighth note. They can be set to the natural pitches between G3 and E5 (almost two octaves), a question mark representing a random sharp note, a dash which sustains the previous note, and a sleeping frog representing a rest.

Town tunes are played in the following situations:

When the player talks to a villager or special character for the first time in a certain amount of time, the town tune plays. Each character plays a unique variation of the town tune with instruments and timing that reflect their personality.
At the beginning of each hour, the town hall's bells chime to the melody of the town tune.
When someone enters or exits a building with a door, bells will jingle to the melody of the town tune, sped up.
In games prior to New Leaf, when the player interacts with an instrument, the tune will be played at the same speed as any music playing in the room.
When a villager is happy, they will sing the town tune.

Appearances [edit]

In Animal Crossing [edit]

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The Town Tune editing interface in Animal Crossing, featuring the default Town Tune

In Doubutsu no Mori, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+, the Town Tune is customized via a board outside the post office. On the board, the player has the option to scan a Town Tune e-Reader card, which will produce a tune based on the one on the K.K. Slider song on the scanned card. Villagers may ask the player to change the Town Tune, with some complaining about its quality.

The default Town Tune differs between Animal Crossing and Doubutsu no Mori e+.

In Wild World and City Folk [edit]

The town tune editing interface in Animal Crossing: City Folk, featuring the default town tune

In Animal Crossing: Wild World and Animal Crossing: City Folk, the town tune is customized in Town Hall by speaking to Pelly or Phyllis at the civic center. The default town tune differs between the two games.

In New Leaf [edit]

The town tune editing interface in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, featuring one of the default town tunes

In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the town tune is customized in Town Hall by speaking to Isabelle. Once the player creates a tune, Isabelle will preview it by singing it.

There are four possible default town tunes in New Leaf.

In New Horizons [edit]

Isabelle previewing the island tune in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the island tune does not play until Resident Services is upgraded to a building. Once the upgrade occurs, the tune can be customized by speaking to Isabelle. Like in New Leaf, she will sing the chosen tune upon its creation.

Gallery [edit]

Default town tunes [edit]

These are the default melodies for the town tune throughout the series. Each game features a variation of the same basic tune.

One of the four default town tunes in New Leaf
One of the four default town tunes in New Leaf

e-Card town tunes [edit]

These tunes can be found on the back of music cards in each Animal Crossing-e series. Each one is based on a song by K.K. Slider.

Gameplay elements

Player	Player • Mayor (approval rating) • Catalog • Catch quotes • Hairstyle • Passport • Pockets • Photo • Reaction • Resident Representative • Skin tone • Tool • Town Pass Card
Town	Town/Island • Hemisphere • Amenities • Animal tracks • Rebuild the town • Acres • Town fund • Town initiative • Town ordinance • Lost and found • Group
Life	House • Happy Home Academy • Balloon • Event • Fashion Check • Fêng shui • Home loan • Insurance • Letter • Luck • Moving • NookPhone • Savings • Visit
Activities	Badges • Bug Catching • Constellation • Fishing • Mystery Island Tour • Part-time job • Stalk Market • Swimming • Island Tour (Tortimer Island)
Character AI	Villager • Starting villagers • Special character • Catchphrase • Compatibility • Conversation • Episode • Friendship • Hobbies • Scrapbook Memory • Nickname • Personality • Petition • Sickness • Star sign
Quests	Ball • Favor • Hide-and-seek • Lost item • Time Capsule
Minigames	NES games • Doubutsu no Mori e+: Doubutsu-tachi to Asobou! • Desert Island Escape • Animal Crossing Puzzle League
Currencies	Bells • Leaf Tickets • Medals • MEOW Coupons • Nook Miles • Play Coins • Poki • Vouchers
Vehicles	Bus • Camper • RV • Taxi • Train
Connectivity	Multiplayer • Dream • DS Suitcase • Friend Code • Happy Home Network (Design Contest) • Nintendo Network • Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection • NookLink • Tag Mode • Transfer • WiiConnect24
Cheating	Cheating device • Glitch • Hacking • Hacked villager • Seeds • Time travel • Villager modifier
Fourth Wall • Reset • Secret code • Category

Music

Notable Songs

Kapp'n's Song • Secret songs • "Totaka's Song" • Town Tune

Music players

Music Box • Stereo

Soundtracks

Totakeke Myūjikku • Totakeke Myūjikku 2 • Gekijōban Doubutsu no Mori: OST • Keke Choice! Mix • Mori no Ongakkai • Your Favourite Songs • Atsumare Doubutsu no Mori: OST

Composers

Atsuko Asahi • Sayako Doi • Shiho Fujii • Asuka Hayazaki • Yasuaki Iwata • Manaka Kataoka • Toru Minegishi • Kenta Nagata • Shinobu Nagata • Masato Ohashi • Yumi Takahashi • Kazumi Totaka

Songs by K.K Slider