Daybreak

With virtuoso cinematography and pacing, Nosferatu, keeps you in a trance-like state of awe until the final frame of the film. The movie crescendos in an extraordinary final scene, with an accompanying piece of music entitled, “Daybreak”.

Maybe the trance never ends — as I have been fixated on Nosferatu ever since. Honestly, this is in my all-time top 5 films. To me, it’s up there with, There Will Be Blood, and The Godfather. The script is glorious — as every syllable uttered from Count Orlok is classic and eternally recitable. The sound design and score are pitch perfect. Hard to believe this is only (composer) Robin Carolan’s second film.

The piece, Daybreak, worked out beautifully for fingerstyle guitar, and this is definitely one of my most favorite arrangements.

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Nosferatu: Goodbye | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

How to play Daybreak | fingerstyle guitar

The guitar tab for this piece is beautifully written across 3 pages. I recommend this arrangement for beginner guitar players and up, as the chord shapes are relatively easy to play.

Enjoy! The guitar tab is available below:

You’ll play the guitar tab straight through, taking care to repeat the sections within the ||: repeat brackets :|| twice.

[guitar tab] **Nosferatu: Daybreak | fingerstyle guitar

This arrangement is tuned 1 whole step down. Your guitar is tuned like this, from low to high: D G C F A D. You can just as easily play it in standard tuning, but it will sound much better with the lower tonality.