Gwyn, Lord of Cinder - Dark Souls on Guitar
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2015
- Dark Souls: Gwyn, Lord of Cinder Fingerstyle Guitar arrangement.
Tab / sheet: www.dropbox.com/s/tzzenw2o7ge...
Tab / sheet (let ring on measure 15 & 16): www.dropbox.com/s/0x005mx2oxk...
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Composed by: Motoi Sakuraba
Arranged by: Isac Saleh
This theme has everything, a beautiful melody combined with increasing and decreasing tempo, a stressful haunting part, a more quiet part to catch your breath and a hypnotic ending that leads right back to the beginning, starting it all over again.
I heard this game and especially this boss is really hard to beat. Well, ironically this is probably one of my hardest arrangement so far. But I don't want to discourage. With practice, it can be learned! In total it took me about 17 days of practice, one hour per day (approx).
To get this tuning, start with standard tuning (EADGBE) and tune the A bass (5th string) up two semitones to B and tune the B (2nd string) up one semitone to C, lastly put capo on 5th fret!
Tip: Make sure to remove the capo each time after you've practiced, to avoid unnecessary tension on the strings. Also, avoid having the guitar in direct sunlight with this tuning since changes in temperature make the strings expand and retract (snaps easier).
Tempo: ~105 bpm (OST: ~120 bpm)
Difficulty: Hard
Open Cmaj9/E tuning: EBDGCE (capo 5th fret)
Guitar: Alhambra Maestro Series 200
Camera: Logitech Pro HD C920 (1080p)
Microphone 1: Selectronics sE 5
Microphone 2: Selectronics sE x1
External sound card: Steinberg UR22
I know this video is very old by now, and because of that tha chances of you seeing this comment are low. But anyway, I'd just like to thank you for all the work you've done, I started playing guitar because of your arrengement of gwyn, dreaming that one day I could play this music too. So you were my first inspiration, the one that actually led me to learn how to play, and three years later I'm already able to play this song well, and many others that you so kindly made tha tabs completely available. It got me months to learn it, being my first fingerstyle song, and I'd just like to thank you for introducing me in the art. From time to time I go to your channel to watch this video for the 200th time, the finest perfection. Hope you continue with the marvelous work you done it so far :)
^^^ 11 year old me wasn't on UA-cam at this time but she woulda liked all this great stuff he has, I find myself enjoying guitar more watching his old archival videos of Skyrim, actually loving the instrument cause I can make stuff I like, your comment is so inspirational also its so beautiful :'''''(( I really wanna work hard now seeing as I can actually become good enough to play stuff like in this video, also content creator, please continue ur stuff is brilliant
To hitch off of this comment, I decided to take up classical guitar at my uni after I saw his video of Priscilla’s Song from The Witcher a couple years ago. I come from a jazz guitar background so I didn’t go in completely blind, I’ve been playing guitar since I was 12 (10 years) and this guy managed to rejuvenate my entire skill set on guitar after stagnating with jazz. Classical guitar is absolutely ridiculous in a great way when it comes to right hand technique and displaying the synergy between harmony/melody.
@@deanveni638 The Wolven Storm is great too. Kaer Morhen is my favorite.
fingerstyle? more like *B A S S.*
Same happens to me with piano, same feeling with some songs, but it's a whole new universe and idk how to start, how did you begin with guitar? I would love to listen to some tricks or tips, or just how to start with that
*screen goes black and red text appears*
“YOU CRIED”
Item: purging stone
...
Enough to make a man hollow
The song gets too sad at new game+7 I just can't
Lmao
@Thiago Oliveira Oliveira You’re Laughing. Gwyn, Great Lord of Cinder has fallen and you’re laughing.
This requires 99 DEX
😂😂😭😭
but don't ever tell anyone you leveled it
DONT YU TELL NOBDY BOUT THAT SON
Don't tell anyone you leveled that up tho
Filthy casuls
Piano: Plin Plin Plon
Guitar: Dlin Dlin Dlon
Dio: wryy
shers menly tear while reading comends.
Yare yare daze
Bass: Blin Blin Blon
Violin: Tlin Tlin Tlon
You better parry those feels to make it to the end of this song :´)
Isac Saleh hahahahahahahahaha nice! congrats, man! nice play, nice touch
Hi Isac, your videos inspired me to buy a guitar and start learning it. Which kind of guitar would be good for a beginner who wants to play songs like Gwyn, Lord of Cinder, Souls of Fire and Dearly Beloved - Kingdom Hearts II.
And how longs does it take to play one of these songs?
First off, amazing job. These tabs sound great and just like the originals.
Maybe not today, or maybe next week but someday I will master this song. I mean I beat Midir(after 11 attempts XD), at the very least I could learn a quarter of this song.
Even if I rage quit, Dark Souls has gotten me used to getting over walls like these. No matter how many times a boss or a tab kicks my ass, I'll learn from my mistakes and keep moving forward.
I still can't thank you enough though for making this tab. Your good at what you do and I hope you keep it up.
All the songs you mentioned are finger stretching and pinkie beating. The easiest would be to start with Souls of Fire (if you know artificial harmonics), then Dearly Beloved and when you've really built up your stamina and flexibility, this song.
Isac Saleh Thanks for the recommendation man. I hope you had merry Christmas and have a great year.
Divine Guitar of The Gods +10
*This Guitar was created by a god of music, but his name is lost to the annals of history.
One cannot even imagine the powers locked within. A masterpiece in it's own right.
DEX:50 FTH:50 INT:50
Brian Garner *DEX:99 FTH:99 INT:99
Trent Akerlund fixed
*This Guitar was created by a god of music, but his name is lost to the annals of history.
One cannot even imagine the powers locked within. A masterpiece in it's own right.
DEX:9000 FTH:9000 INT:9000
but you also need to build up calluses. so that would also be like. Vit: 12
Also Guitar +15 imbued with Sunlight Blade.
[sheds a manly tear]
lol
[crys like a bitch]
*Shreds a manly tear
*Shreds a manly tear
*shreds a manly bear
When I first entered that boss fog, it was after a long run of jolly cooperation with the friend that introduced me. Despite this, I felt it was the right thing to face him alone. In the end, it was just me and the Lord of Cinder. And this song. This song threw me off. It wasn’t some epic fanfare with a choir, brass, drums, and the entire orchestra. It was one... one piano. One sad piano, one sad husk of a once great man, and one undead warrior come to pry the flame from his hands. It was... unsettling.
I feel you bro. When I was playing for the first time somehow I managed to make op character with Havels shield and when I faced Gwyn, seeing him hopelessly trying to hurt me while this song was playing, torn me apart. Puting down the flame after felt only right decision.
I feel that.. The fight wasn't anything like I expected it to be... After killing him I didn't feel satisfaction unlike all the other bosses... I felt kind of sad and empty inside
It's actually 2 pianos, one for gwyn and the other one for you, fighting to be the main character in the song, with different styles, one of them being calm and steady and the other one going crazy.
The theory is amazing check it out
Me and solaire just kick him out of his misery
Actually two pianos. At least one of which requires an extended range.
and after this, his guitar turned into ashes
Are you not showing your face here because you are crying?
The Vengeful Executioner damn... you found out my long hidden secret
Dark souls: prepare to cry edition
no, its because he cant parry
@@dage9911 whoooosh
im crying right now :C
Wow!! My first video over 1 million views! This is amazing thank you all! More Dark Souls coming :)
U are very welcome keep it coming
I just watched it for the first time now
Damn late youtube recommendation
Great work m8
Pontiff sulyvahn Theme!!
You deserve it mate!
Well deserved my man
I can parry Gwyn...
But i can't parry the *_feels_*
PatBoy. *_nice stolen meme_*
Olex The Arcstrider *_i never said it was mine m8.mp3_*
@@almeidinha171 he isnt you m8, bro
@@soumaiseu2470 lol what
plin plin plon
Wow that must've been a real pain to arrange into a solo guitar piece. Impressive work, seriously.
@105898770674426205457 When I was arranging this I was wondering if the composer deliberately made it to be as impractical as possible for guitar :P I tried simplifying it as far as I could but it still ended up very hard to play. I'm sure the tab / sheet will cause frustration for many. It will require a lot of patience and persistence. It took me a total of 16-17 days practice!
***** Just played it through, you werent kidding. Truly a fitting difficulty for a dark souls tab xD
ze0r05 Don't break the guitar from rage quit ;D
+Isac Saleh Actually I have buy a classical guitar only to learn this song, 3 days of practice and I can already play the first minute, but I think that's because I started learning fingerstyle with this song, so maybe my fingers get used for the first time with this pattern.. I got a lot more trouble with the "far horizon" track you made -__-
Anyway thx a lot for your work !!
+Kevan Vries Hassel Well done, impressive! That means you have flexible fingers, or maybe long fingers? This song is much harder than Far Horizons, or for me it was. The styles of the arrangements are a bit different. Far Horizons was originally made by Harry Murrell, I've just modified some parts of it to replicate the OST, but the majority of that arrangement is Harry Murrell's style. He often uses arpeggios and a lot of switches, while I try to keep all notes close and switching to a minimum for a smooth transition, which is also why I transpose more often and use strange tuning, as the one in this song. It's fun to learn new styles though! Keep going strong!
Guitar of the First Flame +10
requires 100 dexterity
Its so hard to use its impossible LuL
Impossible we can only reach 99.
Nameless King that’s the joke silly
@@namelessking8914 hoonter/dex ring
@@mud4309 he actualy forget the two handed, it only needs 50 of dex and scale S in dex
This plins my plon so hard right now.
Includes tabs/sheet music in the description
THIS IS THE TYPE OF CHAD WE NEED IN THE UA-cam MUSIC COMMUNITY. TAKE NOTES
My man
I don’t mind if I need to pay for the music score(Not more than $15 at least).I appreciate the hard work that the guitarists had put in and their talent in music.This song was really well composed,beautiful!
Gwyn would have been proud my friend. masterpiece
Now he can finally rest in peace, as there is someone who mourns him.
i imagine this being played in some tavern as an easter egg in some medieval game
Holy shit that'll be awesome. And then the composer mentions the events of Dark Souls one, going along the lines of saying that he barely escaped the final area before he heard the singing of blades clashing together, but he dared not peek inside and continued on to a new life.
I would sit there and cry 😭
@@Presto5L that's taking the reference a bit too far lmao
Sounds like a good mod for the witcher 3
@@SE_Lin was about to say
Should've increased resistance and worn heavier armor, because this song slashed straight through my soul.
Darth Revan This is dark souls 1, resistance was terrible
Just roll you scrub
Just use smough armor with Havels ring :)
Begging for likes you are
The darkness and beauty of dark souls helped me through some dark times of my own.
Praise the Sun!👌
Indeed brother
I'm here 3 years late for this! But praise the Sun🌞
More effective than a therapist. Praise the sun \[T]/
Isac, I'm not really a UA-cam-commenting type, but I would like you to know how much I love and appreciate your arrangements and performances, and how much you've helped me to grow as a guitarist by posting all of your arrangements publicly, and for free no less. You are a huge inspiration to me.
Incidentally, this specific arrangement is my absolute favorite piece for the classical-style guitar, period. Thank you very much!
xTYCHOx Thanks for a nice comment! This is the reason I do it for free. Bringing joy and happiness to others and making you progress in fingerstyle guitar just like I did (and still do). It's such a great fun and the variation within the style is probably endless! I still have a lot left to learn and improve myself.. If I can inspire some people with my current skill I'm honored :)
+Isac Saleh you are jesus wielding a guitar XD
aahh undead one you so gentle
wagner cesar gonçalves de freitas ashen one, be sure to bring me more souls
You know you've done something big to bring an innocent person down here to the pits of hell known better as the youtube comment section
Tearous guitar +10
99 DEX required
50 in faith and INT
has highest DMG output
Special: force cry, stuns enemy and sets them up for a ripost
No ripost. Like and repost
As a visually impaired gamer and guitarist this was beautiful and reminds me of my many playthroughs of this beautiful game. Thank you.
*Shows his face*-*Mask of the Father*
“Well, what is it?!”
"Are you Pro Yet?"
THE LEGEND NEVER DIES
The fact that this is currently only at 3 thousand views is a crime. Keep it up man! This is great!
KroxxTV 2 years later and only 367k? Not satisfied
KroxxTV
Almost 400k now.. but this deserves way more. The whole world needs to see it!
880.934 right now! Keep it rising
A million views, now.
1.4 Million.
1.4 Million people have now been touched by the Plins and Plons of sadness. Are you happy now?
Wow, this is amazing. The fact that you offer us tabs as well is so nice of you. Thanks mate, and good job!
I died whilst watching this. Will listen again in NG+
When i played dark souls for the first time and got into this bossfight,
that music hit different just like the piano was telling you, that you have reached the end, after that fight its finally over.
What an impressive piece of art
For about a decade now I’ve dealt with depression. But throughout a majority of it this one rendition of Gwyn’s theme has always calmed me down and soothed my terrible emotions. Thank you for playing this piece, it means so much to me.
I NEED PLAY DARK SOULS 1 20X TIMES AGAIN
This arrangement, like many others, has stood against the test of time with excellency. There's little that can provoke such an emotional response. You've done an incredible job, and continue to do so. To Gwyn, and good intentions
Dude, let me just say it for everyone that we are so incredibly grateful that you provide the tabs for free. A good human at work.
What a magnificent piece! If only my playing could be so grossly incandescent.
suena perfecto, me ha puesto los pelos de punta, y muchas gracias por dejar la tablatura en varios formatos, se agradece muchisimo
Thank you so much for keeping the tabs free, you are a huge motivation boost with every cover you make! And thank you for staying in touch with your fans and being honest about guitar being a pain in the ass, it helps when we can relate to a marvelous player such as you! :)
Love this can’t wait to play this
So beautiful. Tears almost rolled down me cheeks. RIP in peace Lord Gwyn ;-;
I got this recommended. Now I feel the need to replay the game :(
Man, I just found this and wanted to thank you very much for the video and the tabs. You are awesome!
This is my favorite thing I would have never thought existed. You got skills, brother. Gave me chills.
Been replaying Souls 3 already thinking of playing through the first two again.
Never played Dark Souls, but this song is right up my alley.
Oh and beautiful arrangement! I'm not sure what instrument this was on before, but I am biased when it comes to classical guitar.
It was on piano :)
It was originally a piano piece that plays during the final boss fight. Beautiful piece
Better get your ass on that game system boi
that's an acoustic..
@@رجلاً-مجهول classical is the same
Wow you have helped me so in learning finger style. I just started out on guitar about 5 months ago and I didn't have any trainer or any knowledge so I just looked up some guitar videos and found you and wow that was the best choice in my life because now I can play this! Thank you for teaching me how to play guitar.
Maxwell Eley That's nice to hear and also impressive you learned it so fast! Keep going strong!
thanks!
This was wonderful to hear. Thanks for this video
thanks so much for sharing the arrangement
I've been playing guitar for about 5 years now but never considered myself that good at it, until I spent an hour or so on this song and actually managed a decent portion of it. This is my first time really being proud of my guitar playing and you can bet I'm gonna practice this until I nail it. I can't believe that just one video and tab of a song from a game I love was all I needed to get so inspired and motivated to keep learning. Looking over all the videos you've made, it's safe to say I'm gonna learn a lot from you, and this is the most excited about learning guitar I've been since I started. Can't thank you enough man :)
Brend0nkin my pleasure and good luck on your journey. This song is a frustrating yet fun challenge!
Turned Gwyn’s theme on a fireplace music
I love that you include tabs and sheet music, you're like the everyday hero for the classical guitarist. I hope you keep it up! You made me wanna play classical again
This perfectly captures the ambience of the original track. Well done
Listening to your rendition of Gwyn's theme and reading all the positive comments, I can't help but wonder if it isn't similar to the game of Dark Souls itself: time is convoluted. Heroic deeds made in the past, echoes through time inspiring the generations ahead. You may have just tried to do a cover justice, but instead you made yourself somewhat "immortal" through time. That's really an undead thing, y'know? :D well done!
1:53 - 2:00 Wow... sounds amazing but wow those are some hand straining chords
you get used to it to be honest
I was afraid to try playing this and fail. Then I understood how easy it actually was. I advice anyone who'd like to do it to first try "To Zanarkand", which I consider "harder" on the left hand
You just gotta git gud
Basically gitgud
This is the content I needed today, thank you
This is great dude! Keep up the good work!
fuckin casul he leveld dex to do this
Smacky Mack Don't tell anyone about that stat..... shhhhh
This was recommended after Midna’s Lament and it makes a lot of sense
Thank you for making this available.
This was great! Good job!
Amazing. Could you do shadow of the colossus?
Quem nunca enrolou pra finalizar o Gwyn só pra ficar ouvindo essa melodia?...🧡
Enjoyed this, this afternoon. Very nice!
Don't know how I've gone so long without hearing this arrangement... it's truly superb. Well done and that guitar has such a beautiful tone.
Playing this song like this must have been harder than beating Ornstein and Smough with a broken sword!
i modded my dark souls 1 and made this the main menu music fucking beast mate
But now you have to cry every time you start the game 😂
well damn thats was way better than i expected great job!
This song is enough to make a man teary eyed... Amazing cover
This song was composed for to be played with 2 pianos, the 1st one making the harmony (In reference to Gwyn, Hollow and demented).
The other part is the chosen undead, making the melody.
Could you do a "Separated" version of the song? :)
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*Sorry, my english is trash*
Can you make more dark souls related songs?!
+Rocses Enget Most of them are orchestral so I don't know how well that would work.
+Tyler McKee idc, i want more.
***** There was a guy who covered Sif's theme donno what happened, his videos vanished.
It sounded really great on acoustic guitar, you should try it
lovely! this song make me happy... Thank you Isac Saleh
Legendary stuff
this is awesome, me just starting guitar how many years do you believe it will be till I'm capable of this?
Thank you! It's hard to say how much practice you need... If you are a beginner, as in just started learning basic chords and single note melodies, this might take at least 4 years to master. It all depends on your learning ability, determination and the flexibility of your hand / fingers. If you try this as a beginner with finger style I suspect that your left hand is not so flexible yet, which means you would literally need to detach your fingers to reach some notes :P
I recommend practicing on my easier arrangements to build your way up slowly. As your fingers get more flexible, you will be able to play the Medium difficulty and then Hard. Until you're ready for this one. If I added another difficulty to my arrangements, this would have "Nightmare" or "Hell" hehe...
Playlist by difficulty can be found in my channel!
***** Oh It looks really difficult I told my friend I'd have to break my hand for this. how long do believe it would take to learn Souls of Fire? I'm a huge Dark souls fan, and I love the classical guitar so I cant wait to play it, I'm prepared to wait a while though... Also I only have a steel string as of now, what classical guitar would you recommend? I've heard Hohner guitars are great for the price.
As a beginner it's best to start with a guitar that has a low saddle, meaning the strings would be closer to the frets, making it easier to play on and light to medium tension strings. I wouldn't buy anything below 150 dollars but instead aim for the 200-300 dollar class.The Alhambra 100 is pretty nice! Souls of Fire is a bit easier and as a beginner I think you can learn it within a year. You would need to learn some techniques first though
***** Thanks for the advice!
hi man i just thought I'd say i've been playing for about 1 year 3 months now, I started learning isaacs easier zelda songs to begin with cos I am a huge fan of the series, now I think I can play about 6 of isaacs arrangements decently off by heart and I've learnt about the first half of gwyn lord of cinder using the same techniques. Hoping to finish learning it by the end of september lol ;). Altho I may have an advantage since i'm left handed so I probably find the left hand aspect easier than I should, hope this helps
Try listening at x1.25
It sounds perfect
sounds more like the original
this is why nightcore was born. i have to say i prefer it slow for once though
Ichtyornis Crétacé Yes, it sounds better like this on classical guitar. Plus, playing it faster would be even more difficult.
Louie Vinet I can't do that on a phone
My absolute favourite guitar cover
Wow Isac! Very nice!
Fun fact: this song was only played using white strings to represent that it was Gwyn, the White Lord! Pretty smart of Hideo Kojima to hide hat reference there eh?
Didn't know this was Hideo Kojimboni's work.
Hideo Kojimbo? Lmao
He was afraid of the dark
farewell and be safe
very generous of you to share the sheet music, thank you so much
Oh man, amazing performance!
UA-cam algorithm:
2015: No.
2016: Nope.
2017: Nah
2018: Nuh-uh
2019: Definitely not
2020:
Same 😂😂😂
bruh
Yes
Literally but worth tho, this plin plin plon is better than prising the sun
Deadass
isac if possible. take a listen to the dark souls 3 main menu theme . if u could cover that , that would be amazing. the dark souls series has always had some of the best game music ever (imo) thanks.
Holy s***! ...and I thought this theme was hard.. I can't promise anything. But I will look into it :P
+Isac Saleh thanks ive been a fan of your videos for a while now great talent. at the moment im trying to learn malagueña but fell inlove with the ds3 theme
+Isac Saleh pls do it sir! I have subbed!
And thy wish was granted.
this was surely beautifully written and played
This song always gets me so fucking emotional. I’m not crying, you are.
Difficulty: Hard
So fitting
Scale of 1-10, how difficult is this to perform? Considering attempting to learn
Difficulty always depends on your prior experience and skills in finger-style and the amount of hours you put into practicing the specific song. In other words, difficulty is always relative. For me this song was outside the difficulty scale I use in my video descriptions, so if I had a difficulty above "Hard", this was "Nightmare" to me. Especially finger straining / hand cramping wise :P
This guy is extremely underated in the guitar community, I love all the songs you play and I rrally appreciate that you're still making videos
Great work man, awsome cover
I'm a strength build, but I still dont meet the requirements to sustain these feels
Nobody: How long can you stretch your pinky sir?
This guy: YES
4 years ago tho, imagine his pinky level now
Got this in my recommendation after 5 years, I'm glad I found it. Amazing rendition!
enchanting, dark, beautiful, beyond words. thank you so much for this.
I bet HE DIED - like a dozen of times to learn this song
Once he achieved it , he made a video on it and now he is playing the guitar on NG+
When you kill gwyn but refuse to light the fire, instead stand at the kiln and leave your xbox on for a day as the new guardian of the flame......then realize you're dumb and put fallout 3 on.
Wow, the guitar has a perfect timbre for this piece. You arranged it beautifully. Those semitones dissonances just hit the soul.
Great job i adored this.
Fantastic, thank you for this!!!
Amazing arrangement. Thank you for the tab.
thank you for the tab and performance now i get to learn an aweseome song
Absolutely awesome
This is really amazing!
Chills man. Absolutely spot on and beautiful.
Superb arrangement!
This is insane! Crazy good playing my friend