Song breakdown

“Game of Thrones - Main Theme” on kalimba

Difficulty
Key
D Minor
Tempo
84 BPM
Duration
1:39
Range
G3 – D5
Notes total
317
17 tines (C)76% of notes playable
21 tines (C)87% of notes playable

The Game of Thrones main theme by Ramin Djawadi is a cello motif that repeats and grows variations. There are a lot of notes — over three hundred — but almost all of them are single: the challenge is not chords but steady rhythm and thumb stamina.

The original is in D minor, so some notes fall outside the standard C major tuning: the player draws them dashed and skips them in Learn mode, while the banner suggests the transposition with the best coverage. To play the theme with nothing missing, you can retune your kalimba — see the guide on changing the key.