Gerudo Valley on acoustic guitar sounds like it was always supposed to be played this way. This 2010 collection arranges decades of Zelda music for solo guitar, spanning NES through Wii, and the instrument fits these melodies like it was waiting for them.
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Saria's Song becomes this warm fingerpicking piece that trades the ocarina's brightness for something more intimate. The Great Sea from Wind Waker translates into this rolling, expansive strumming that still captures open water.
Even the original NES title theme works, stripped down to pure melody and rhythm. "Midna Full of Wounds" from Twilight Princess in this format is genuinely heartbreaking. One guitar, no production tricks. If you play guitar and haven't learned at least one Zelda song, what are you even doing.