---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TAB NOTATION used in this piece: h = hammer on p = pull off \ = slide down ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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---3-4-6\4-3h4---3-----1-1-1-3-1-0h1p0---------------------------| B|-5-6---6-8\6-5---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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REVISIONS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ====================================================================== 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.