Games - Castlevania Symphony Of The Night - Wandering Hosts guitar tab
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Guitar tablature of:
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - "Wandering Ghosts" (hikyou?)
Original Composition and Arrangement by ??? (Konami music team)
Unofficial Tablature done on April 6th, 1999 by
Chen Liang (cliang78@yahoo.com | http://cliang.cjb.net)
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TAB NOTATION used in this piece:
h = hammer on
p = pull off
= slide down
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Playing Suggestions
* Using 1st finger bars makes this piece easier.
* Damp some notes to prevent bleeding since this piece is pretty
clean throughout
* Other suggestions listed later as needed.
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Intro - Organ, Percussion
(Guitar w/ distortion might be nice in place of organ)
Intro Continued - Harpsichord
Main Theme - Guitar
e|--------------------------------------------| T
B|--------------------------------------------| W
G|--------------------------------------------| I
D|--------------------------------------------| C
A|--------------------------13----------------| E
E|-13-15-16-15-16-----13-13----16-15-16-15-16-|
e|--------------------| T
B|--------------------| W
G|--------------------| I
D|--------------------| C
A|--------------------| E
E|-13-13-----13-13-13-|
Mini Solo - Guitar
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------8----------------------------|
G|----------------------------8-----8-8---10---8---------------------|
D|--------------------8h10-11--------------------10--8---------------|
A|-------------8h10-11---------------------------------11-9----------|
E|-8-11-8-9-11-------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------8----8-10-|
D|---10--------10-------10-------|
A|-8----8----8-------------------|
E|--------11---------------------|
Transition - "Haunted" Organ
REPEAT Main Theme & Mini Solo
Second Theme - Harpsichord - tabbed for Acoustic Guitar (Spanish Style?)
(I'm kinda guessing on this part ^_~)
e|---------------------------------------1-1-------------------------|
B|---------------------------4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-------------------------|
G|---5-5-5-3-3-3-6-6-5-------5-5-5-3-3-3-----------5-5-5-3-3-3-6-6-5-|
D|---6-6-6-5-5-5-8-8-6-----3-----------------------6-6-6-5-5-5-8-8-6-|
A|-8---------------------------------------------8-------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Try to play the initial single notes close to the two note chords.
You can even blend them a little.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------11----------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-12-13-12----13-12-10-9-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------11-10-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Second Solo - Guitar
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----13-13-13-12-13-15-13-12----12h13p12----12----------------------|
D|----------------------------15----------15-------------------------|
A|-15----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-6-8-9-8-6---6h8p6---6---------------------------------------------|
G|-----------8-------8-----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------14-15-17-15-14----14h15p14--------------|
A|------------------------------------------17----------16-15--------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----8-8-8-6-6-09-09-----6-6-6-4-4-8-8-----4-4-4-3-6p4p3---3--------|
B|----9-9-9-8-8-11-11-----8-8-8-6-6-9-9-----6-6-6---------6----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
PLAY RETURN once and go back to the top. Do this only once.
Transition 2.1 - Harpsichord - tabbed for Acoustic Guitar
(More estimating here... =P)
e|-3---3-4-64-3h4---3-----1-1-1-3-1-0h1p0---------------------------|
B|-5-6---6-86-5---6-5-----3-3-3-5-3-------1-------------------------|
G|-5-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Transition 2.2 - Harpsichord - tabbed for Acoustic Guitar
(continuation of 2.1, only played once)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-8-6-5-----5-5-5-5-5-----*6-6-6-6-6-6*-----------------------|
D|-6-6-6-8-6-5-------------------*5-5-5-5-5-5*-----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
**Rapid alternate strumming for these notes**
REPEAT Second Solo, but skip Transitions 2.x before going to Return
Return - Violins, Guitar
e|-------------------!
B|-------------6-6-5-!
G|---------5-5-------!
D|-----5-5-----------!
A|-3-3---------------!
E|-------------------!
Played with energy.
BACK TO BEGINNING
REPEAT as desired
END
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Whew. Done, finally, my first attempt at interpretive
tablature. Hope you all enjoyed playing/studying it. Please send
your comments to me at cliang78@yahoo.com. Hopefully, I'll have more
tablatures and a webpage to stick them on in the near future.
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NOTES
* This tablature was made by a beginner guitarist (me), so
don't expect too much out of it.
* Feedback is highly appreciated. If you think a particular
passage could be tabbed better or maybe I have a wrong note, or
you have interesting amp settings or anything else, then let me
know. (Amp settings especially, since my amp sucks and I don't
have any pedals and stuff)
* As with all tablature, view this with a FIXED-WIDTH font.
* I interpreted this tab from a MIDI file downloaded
from The Castlevania Dungeon:
http://www.classicgaming.com/castlevania/
A great website containing information about a
videogame masterpiece that includes a truly inspired
and evocative soundtrack. Further revisions interpreted
from the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night game CD
using XAPlay v0.8.
* If you've played Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, then
you'll recognize this piece from the Colloseum.
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REVISIONS
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April 15th, 1999 - fixed first passage of second solo
April 18th, 1999 - added missing note in first passage, minor editing
April 25th, 1999 - minor editing, added this section
June 1st, 1999 - this tab and maybe others can now be found at
http://cliang.cjb.net
June 7th, 1999 - minor editing
Sep. 8th, 1999 - major editing (too many words)
Dec. 11th, 1999 - minor editing
Dec. 12th, 1999 - added slide to the end of Mini Solo
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LEGAL STUFF
1) This tablature is only my interpretation and may or may not be an
accurate translation of the original, as is the case with most
tabs on the Internet and elsewhere.
2) This document is to be used for academic/scholarly purposes only
and may be freely distributed.
3) Feel free to edit or add to this tab, just make sure you indicate
any edits or adds.
