Another great resource is the video with tabs from Koji Kondo, note that you can set the speed to 0.5 for a slower walkthrough. Looking at the tabs from TJ on Ultimate Guitar, Lost Woods feels reminiscent of guitar practice scales, as do some of the other songs on the page including Song of Storms and Epona’s Song.Īll of them are fun to play and practice with, and are relatively easy to memorize in their simpler arrangements. One example of this is Lost Woods from Ocarina of Time.
#GUI TAR TABS FOR ZELDA SONGS SERIES#
The Legend of Zelda series has a wealth of fantastic songs to learn on guitar, with many of them being relatively simple for beginners. Video Tutorial: Koji Kondo (Simple), Jone Ruiz (Intermediate).2) Lost Woods – The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Not just with Time’s Scar, you can even incorporate both techniques in your scales when you’re practicing and warming up. The rest of the song is more “Intermediate” in nature to be certain, but can also be felt out fairly well by beginners as you take things slowly, one note at a time.įor the sections with hammer on and pull offs, I recommend checking out example videos on YouTube to see how they’re done (like this one for hammer on, and this one for pull off) and then taking time to practice each technique regularly. You’re basically just switching between chords with your fingers and strumming through each note slowly, one string at a time.Įven as you’re adjusting and making mistakes and getting the hang of everything, it’ll still sound good. Well, you’re ultimately doing the same with the opening rhythm guitar section of Time’s Scar. When you’re first learning finger spacing with chords, you’ll often pluck each individual string to hear if any are blocked, thereby creating a buzz or messy sounding note.
It’s simple, and it’s not hard to make that portion of the song sound good even as a beginner. I found that other tracks from both games were as easy to understand as Time’s Scar, but there was something a bit more special about Time’s Scar for me where I kept coming back to it. Time’s Scar clicked with me a lot faster, largely because of the rhythm guitar section. Guitar Tab: Toshiro (the easier rhythm guitar section found towards the bottom of the tab)Ĭhrono Trigger and Chrono Cross are incredible games, and I knew when I was first learning guitar that I wanted to know at least one track from each game, so I went digging.7 Beginner and Intermediate Video Game Songs to Cover on Guitar Note that all guitar tabs/songs below are played in Standard (EADGBE) tuning. I’ll also be including video tutorial links in this feature to make things even easier, hopefully.
#GUI TAR TABS FOR ZELDA SONGS HOW TO#
Tabs are a great way to start learning and practicing a song and getting a general feel for it, though I strongly recommend learning how to read sheet music as well. I’ll be using guitar tabs sourced online as opposed to sheet music ( here’s a great video on how to read guitar tabs). With that knowledge relegated to floating aimlessly around my brain lately, I thought it’d be fun to share a few video game songs that beginners and intermediate players should be able to learn to cover on guitar without too much difficulty. I also remember some of the easier video game songs I helped teach other people on both guitar and ukulele (Legend of Zelda songs in particular sound fantastic on the ukulele). Even though I don’t play guitar all that often anymore given what my current job is, I still remember some of the very first video game songs I learned how to cover on guitar with fondness. I used to work for a variety of music stores while also doing a little guitar teaching and repair on the side because I was living in California at the time and, as Jimmy McMillan once said, “The rent is too damn high!”īeyond that, I’ve actually been playing guitar since I was 13, so I’ve been playing off and on for a solid 16 years now.
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