Super Mario Brothers Main Theme

Original Handwritten Chart

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Online Videos for Super Mario Brothers

YouTube Videos. These are some of the best of the online videos

• James Hill
• Aldrine Guerrero - Super Mario Medley
• Mario - Ukulele

YouTube Super Mario 1, 2, and 3 Medley. This seem to be the video with the most themes from the games and one of the best online. (I'll have to learn some more of these themes.)

Super Mario 1, 2, and 3 Medley

• Super Mario 1, 2, and 3 Medley
• SMB - Overworld
• SMB - Underworld
• SMB - Waterworld
• SMB - Star Theme
• SMB - Flag Theme
• SMB 2 - Character Select
• SMB 2 - Level 1
• SMB 2 - Boss
• SMB 2 - Beat Boss
• SMB 3 - Grassland
• SMB 3 - Overworld
• SMB 3 - Toad's House
• SMB 3 - Island World
• SMB - Gameover (less)

YouTube Videos

• Super Mario Medley - Aldrine Guerrero
• 11 String Bass
• Zack Kim - Super Mario Theme - Two guitars, one player (Zack Kim)

Super Mario Brothers Main Theme

Inspired by the James Hill recording from his CD Playing It Like It Isn't...

My Arrangement for uke tuned G C E A (low G). James plays in in the key C but in D tuning. To play this with a standard g C E A tuning don't play string 4 when the melody is on string 2 or 3.

WidipediA

Koji Kondo wrote the musical score for Super Mario Bros.[19] There are four main themes used in the original game:

• Overworld - The famous main theme; a Latin jazz score that matches the bright, cheery and fast-paced nature of the majority of the game's levels.
• Underworld - A simple, minimalist jazz theme used in the underground levels. The Underworld theme has been used, in one form or another, in almost every Mario platformer.
• Underwater - A slower, waltz theme used in the underwater levels. The same melody has been reused in the title screen of Super Mario Bros. 2, as well as the title screen of most Mario remakes.
• Fortress - A fast-paced theme used in the castle levels.

WidipediA: Super Mario Brothers

PDF File of Song

ASCII TAB version

ASCII TAB version
FILE: SMB(MainTheme)(uke).tab

MIDI

MIDI - Here is a MIDI file for reference (melody, harmony & rhythm). This is not an actual recording of Ukulele, but a MIDI file from the Sibelius notation program used to create the chart.

Scan of my Original Handwritten Chart

Here is a scan of page one my original hand written chart.

Other Super Mario Themes

• Underworld Theme
• Underwater Theme