Rose of May - Final Fantasy IX Guitar Cover | Anton Betita

I haven't uploaded anything in a while, I feel like I'm a bit rusty with the recording stuff. But I'm back with some Final Fantasy music! This one is based on the vocal cover done by Kate Covington, a.k.a katethegreat19, a.k.a. Erutan. You should check out her cover! Anyways, hope you like it. Enjoy! :D

[@andrewnelson2801]

How you don't have over Millions of views is beyond me. The way you use you picking hand is so precise. It's magical

[@doomteam2326]

I just bought an classical acoustic guitar and started to play after many years of not touching guitar. You are one of the people that inspired me to do so. You're awesome player man

[@nasphere_drew]

just finished playing ff9 god it was amazing. I’ve gotta hand it to you, this cover is really nice.

[@AntonBetita]

Thank you. :D If you're interested, I have a playlist of Final Fantasy covers on my channel, consisting mostly of ff9 tunes. In fact, I'm currently working on another ff9 piece for my next planned upload so stay tuned :3

[@brucekhalil1889]

you all probably dont care at all but does any of you know a method to get back into an instagram account? I stupidly lost the login password. I would love any assistance you can offer me!

[@hddune786]

Finaly, the algorithm makes me discover your work

[@MomijifanLowKI]

Oh my God, I have listened to so many beautiful covers of a lot Final Fantasy music, but none as glorious as this.

[@AntonBetita]

Why, thank you. I appreciate that :D

[@MomijifanLowKI]

You are so very welcome :)

[@TheVeyZ]

I started learning guitar this year. I hope I can play this song someday.

[@mitchellholcomb1561]

Don’t. Quit. Trying.

[@donalddavidking]

This cover is so supreme brother

[@MrOffspringskater]

I've listened to a lot version of this song, this is the most beautiful I've heard! I can't stop Listening to it! I love you man! You silkz are amazing!

[@Rhomagus]

I love katethegreat19's cover. Awesome that you were inspired by that cover, it's really … great.

[@surtimuryanti2990]

Her heart underneath Cries quietly This part of me I choose not to see What lives must I take For fealty's sake? How much blood must stain This warrior's blade? War leaves its trail In moonlight so pale Its shadows they flow In rivers, in rivers So put on my mask I'll go where they ask So I might once again see the Roses of May Staining my soul and stingingg my eyes The red on my hands Won't wash away, wash away No where to run from what I have done I'm no longer, no longer A Rose of May Fate holds the blade before you Mirrored in maiden's eyes Far from myself I fly Into the perilous skies And they said Follow the blade before you Fear fall and courage rise Leave all your tears behind you Far from where innocence lies Cage of the kings No need for wings So turn them to stone From roses to bone When you look at me What do you see? This costume I weave Disfiguring me... War leaves its trail In moonlight so pale Its shadows they flow In rivers, in rivers So put on my mask I'll go where they ask So I might once again see the Roses of May Staining my soul and stinging my eyes The red on my hands Won't wash away, wash away No where to run from what I have done I'm no longer, no longer A Rose of May Storm clouds are creeping closer Danger is drawing near Why am I not protecting all that I once held dear? And you said Break free from all that holds you Kings hand and maiden's tear Run now into my arms Together we'll conquer our fears Led here by fate No longer afraid So here now I lay My Roses of May

[@ffjason]

These will forever be the lyrics

[@Duhemsounds]

This is beautiful Anton, a very good guitar playing

[@summonersaisai]

why the eff this brilliant performance only gets this much of views??

[@topi2209]

The first minute is blånd. Ppl only listens the ffirst minute

[@stefanosergiozorzi3595]

This is astonishing! Great job, man!

[@Nero0392]

Omg! You deserve more views, such great art

[@mohsensoleymanee6620]

I've seen so many covers of this song, but this, I've got to say you own this song. Awesome performance!

[@lukegodfrey9391]

Masterful, played beautifully. My favourite FF and favourite song from the entire series. Loved it.

[@matronmalice9867]

Love, love, love this song.

[@fuckbollock]

Probably my favourite song from the game. Good job

[@JustinGuitarTime]

I love the way your arranged your own version, and entirely more musically inclined than what the original came from, keep it up man!

[@KatjaSavia]

Oh wow, this sounds so beautiful! I love the changes between soft and more powerful sounds :)

[@AntonBetita]

Thank you! I try to use different techniques at different parts in the song to keep it sounding fresh and dynamic and not so repetitive. In this case the contrast between the soft and strong sounds was one of them. I'm glad you like it!

[@goldendelight]

Wow, tear to the eye stuff. Amazing use of techniques to bring emotion into the piece. You and DaisukeMinamizawa2 should do a collab piece and apply to the Distant Worlds Symphony Orchestra ;)

[@paskysoul9666]

Oh my god u feel that song Nice job !!

[@alexey9619]

this has way too less views then I would imagine. this is amazing

[@GuitarFable]

Nice version ! Good job

[@beckdore1544]

Thanks so much for putting the tabs on GuitarTabs! It was through that I was able to discover what a great musician you are. Thanks for the amazing content - you really do justice to some of my favorite Final Fantasy music.

[@AntonBetita]

Hey uhh thanks, but I didn't put up the tabs anywhere - I don't HAVE tabs for this 😅 kudos to whoever took the time to tab out my arrangement and put it up there though! Would love to give them credit if I knew who it was. It just wasn't me 😆

[@beckdore1544]

@@AntonBetita oh, it wasn’t you? Well, I’m grateful to whoever it was. Your renditions of songs are so cool, it’s too bad there aren’t more tabs of them out there. I’d totally pay for access, but idk that’s probably copyright infringement or something.

[@karpeevkonstantin9564]

Man, that's awesome! And it would be even more awesome if you also played the Protecting My Devotion. :) Thanks! Really great!

[@OldHunterLight]

It has been a while, missed your videos and for some reason I cant remember that song :/ anyways thanks for uploading again :D

[@AntonBetita]

Thanks for tuning in, I appreciate it! Oh, and if you played Final Fantasy IX, this was Beatrix's theme :)

[@topi2209]

My brains enjoyed this very much

[@cyrusdefalco1155]

Splendid. Best cover of Rose of May ever listened

[@chrispage5535]

Dude, I hope and pray you are pursuing your skills on other avenues besides KZbin. You are phenomenal, and I hope to run into your stuff somewhere else!!!

[@AntonBetita]

Dude, thank you for the encouragement and for all the super thanks! I can't believe how much you've given me man, I can't thank you enough!! 🙏❤

[@zawardo1997]

Best cover of Rose of May, u worth the million view

[@terencecluttey8302]

Beautiful rendition, btw love the shirt LOL

[@Frilleon]

damn this is incredible

[@tn0wl361]

I listened to Erutan's arrangement of roses of may just now while looking for some good music to get me to sleep (common occurance lmao) and I was blown away when I realized the opening matched this one and I looked in the description and, yup! Knew it! I have never heard of Erutan to this point but WOW. She's done an amazing job with her version of Rose of May! I listened to You're Not Alone and got chills for a minute straight, no lie. Incredible covers. I liked your guitar cover but I wondered where the introductory bit came from and now I know!

[@AntonBetita]

Thank you! I've drawn a lot of inspiration from Erutan in my ff9 covers. I also love her version of "You're Not Alone", and I'm actually working on my own cover it, again drawing a lot of inspiration from her :)

[@tn0wl361]

@@AntonBetita I just died from a heart attack! You're covering You're Not Alone? Sir, you are the man.

[@AntonBetita]

Yes, I will cover "You're Not Alone" :) might not be my next video, I have a few songs lined up that I want to upload. But it's coming :D

[@tn0wl361]

@@AntonBetita I know you don't really need me to tell you this. You already know it but wow, making a guitar arrangement of her cover of you're not alone is a TOUGH task. She uses a TON of voices in that song. If you're able to faithfully reproduce that then my hat's off to you, dude. I'm excited to hear what you've got!

[@auronsoverdrive4514]

Wow that’s great 👍🏻

[@user-jm8sx8vw9j]

Шикарное исполнение!

[@Wind-Waker7272]

"Beauty will save the world!"

[@chrispage5535]

Thanks!

[@SlimGary]

That's sick :o And your T-Shirt is dope ! #TheCakeIsALie

[@mhmtftherdm01]

Awesome as always:) Hey could you play way to fall from mgs3?

[@peghill]

oh daaaaammmmnnnnnn

[@Elebrant_]

This is amazing! I just picked up guitar again and decided to try to learn Rose of May. If you don't mind asking, did you learn the song by listening to Erutan's cover, or you found a tab for inspiration? The ones I found online are nowhere like yours.

[@AntonBetita]

Thank you! I actually learned it from reading a piano sheet music (mostly just reading the chords) and transposing it to a key that I was more comfortable playing. Then I tried to apply different elements to it that were inspired by Erutan's cover, and that's how I came up with this specific arrangement 😁

[@jameshopwood]

Duude do you have a guitar lead sheet for this? This is amazing!!

[@vaiiralescar2053]

this is so beautiful i wonder ....if can i play this with nylon strings ? i love this song so much and i wanna learn it on my yamaha guitar

[@AntonBetita]

I haven't tried but I'm pretty sure you would be able to play it on a nylon string guitar. I've seen many other fingerstyle guitarists that specialize in nylon-stringed classical guitars! 👍

[@daviddeazevedo1319]

Omg, how do you do these harmonics ? Sounds so magestic

[@paranoid_5432]

Amazing cover, I was looking for a guitar arrangement and didn't expect anything this great. Do you mind if I try tabbing this out and publishing it with credit to you? I want to create one for myself in case I forget some parts.

[@AntonBetita]

Thank you and yeah absolutely, go for it. I never have the time to make tabs myself, so if you want to, have at it!

[@paranoid_5432]

@@AntonBetita thanks, I really enjoy this arrangement. I posted the tab on UltimateGuitar and it was approved today. My ear isn't the best so I had some issues figuring out if there was an extra note or not but I think it still sounds close. tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/anton-betita/rose-of-may-tabs-3797945 Also your cover of "To the Sun" is amazing. I'll check out "Dance of the Fireflies" soon.

[@ItsSauIGoodman]

I love you man...honest to god...

[@bl0dray]

Youre a god

[@CalebJusticeHarding]

you play that better than I do lol probably would help to use a capo, but the real star of the show is the hybrid picking skills you got, that's something I don't have i can only finger pick or use a guitar pick.

[@CalebJusticeHarding]

oh wait that's not hybrid picking your just that good at finger picking

[@Mejayy]

i want to learn how to play the song.. do i find it at ultimate guitar ?

[@MrOffspringskater]

Soo good😂

[@mmaas117]

Man, are there any tabs for this or anything.

[@aesthriatea5023]

Do you finger pick with your pinky? It's non-existant outside of a rest point for me 0-0

[@AntonBetita]

I rarely use my pinky for fingerpicking. The only instance I can think of doing it is when I'm doing like a "reverse rasgueado" type of thing where i pluck the same set of strings multiple times, using one finger at a time but in quick succession (like I do in some parts of the Jesters of the Moon cover). Most of the time I also just use it as a rest or anchor point, but I have a weird way of anchoring where I put both my pinky and ring finger on the 1st string until i actually need to pick that string - at which point I'll be relying on my forearm resting on the edge of the guitar's body as my anchor point lol

[@macacodasilva4558]

Do ezio's family plss

[@AntonBetita]

Check out my cover of the AC3 main theme, I used Ezio's family as an intro for it! m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWLMZXqgatCCaKM

[@MrOffspringskater]

Is there a reason you haven't done "cosmo Cayon"

[@AntonBetita]

Yes. The reason being: I just haven't gotten to it yet 😆 It's definitely on my to-do list though

[@MrOffspringskater]

Sorry, no offense

[@AntonBetita]

@@MrOffspringskater no worries! No offense taken. I really do want to cover Cosmo Canyon so you're all good 😄

[@MrOffspringskater]

No pressure, but I think your cover on that song will be the best thing anyone has ever done....ever .....

[@dranegameplay]

My party hp: 1

[@AntonBetita]

Yup. Beatrix fights in a nutshell 😆

[@nickdiamond7907]

Tabs please!!!!

[@rockndancenroll]

I could send you money in Paypal for the tabs,. Do you have an email please?

[@topi2209]

Many ppl dont watch this gem bwcause u put two adds in the beginning. Do that o öy after ppl know this song and get hooked

[@AntonBetita]

I don't control what ads or how many of them show at the beginning. I only get to decide whether or not to enable ads. Don't blame me for youtube's algorithm lol