Super Mario Bros. on Marimba (with 4 Mallets) by Aaron Grooves
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ค. 2015
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Koji Kondo is my hero! He composed the music for Super Mario Brothers and Zelda, which are two of my all-time favorite NES soundtracks.
I transcribed the "Overworld" and "Underworld" theme music, note for note, from the original Nintendo game. It took hours upon days upon weeks to learn to play on marimba with four mallets. View my transcription here: www.aarongrooves.com/sheet-mus...
Fun fact: The Nintendo Entertainment System was capable of producing only 4 sounds at a time: 3 tone channels + 1 noise channel (plus an optional sample channel, which was not used in SMB). It’s amazing how much these composers were able to do with only 3 pitches at a time. Due to this limitation, the composers truly had to rely on great melodies and tasteful chord progressions in order to make the music enjoyable. Some of my other favorite NES OSTs are “Megaman 3,” “Castlevania 3,” “Double Dragon,” “Shinobi,” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”
For this video, I recorded the audio and video separately to get a good marimba sound.
Marimba: Saito 4 1/3 Octave
Mics used: Rode NT2A (stereo pair)
Mallets used: Malletech LS17Z
Camera used: Canon T3i
Thanks so much for watching!
This video is protected under US and International Copyright Law. For licensing inquiries, please email aarongrooves (at) gmail (dot) com, or direct message me on Instagram @aarongrooves. Thanks! - เพลง
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You spin, i subscribe. Simple
Pinned wowowowowow
Legendary TH-cam anthem
Hey another black mage
So true
followed your lead and subbed as well. this was fun and marimba is so pleasant
Why would anyone thumbs down, HE DID A SPIN
IKR
That spin was legit awesome
Because of the spin they got dizzy and missed the like button
That spin was hype!
*A F R I C K I N G S P I N D U D E*
A boy with afro hair, playing a Guatemalan instrument of African origin, about an Italian plumber who looks like a Mexican and speak english, created by a Japanese. Respect. 👌🏿🎵 ❤
Defry Ventura It’s beautiful, America in a nut shell. Right down to your use of the term “Afro-American”
@@MeanMustard650 It was the autocorrector, I only speak of beautiful diversity. Be Happy.
Mr. wOrLdWiDe
Not a guatemalan instrument
Shut up bro He plays that because he like this music not because of respect.
Every now and again the algorithm delivers 🙌
Absolutely
Yup. Clicked on it right away.
Lol right??
😂😂😂
Brightening the world four mallets at a time.
This sounds more original than the original
I agree
How can it sound more original than the original? That doesn't even make any sense at all.
So because the quality sounds better, it then sounds more original?
You are aware that the original played on a very limited gaming console right? Which could only play in 8 bit sound and later 16 etc.
There are piano recordings of these songs from Japan from a long time ago, they release the music in high bit rate formats with real instruments a lot. It's known as game music and you can buy the CD's of it, they do it for Final Fantasy and Zelda as well.
@JC Denton I will walk you through why it's illogical honey. The original is the original, period. Nothing can sound more like it sounds than itself, no different than no person can look more like you than you look like yourself. This really isn't rocket science.
If you actually believe that something can sound more like the original than the original sounds like itself, you clearly lack even kindergarten level logic skills. Because what you are trying to argue for doesn't make any rational sense.
@Drive-By Troll It is, isn't it. But these kids clearly don't understand that the early consoles didn't have the memory space to store songs (thus it was played via 8 bit midi sounds and created by the computer).
Of course Koji Kondo played this piece many times on his piano, but for the game it couldn't store a real sound recording because of the limitations at the time. Though CD's of proper recordings on CD's were released in 1985 (only a few years after the game's release) in Japan. This is because Toshitada Doi invented the CD and it was released in Japan around the time the first Mario game came out.
This is when game music started to be released, video game makers would record professional pieces for CD's and release them to the public to buy. Of course eventually as time went on the video game industry went over to CD and DVD type technology and could include the high quality music right in the game itself.
There are only two originals of this song, the original midi as part of the original game and then the original first ever piano recording by Koji Kondo.
@Drive-By Troll xdddd😂😂
0:37
The 360° turn just made my day👍
:7 Anaskm
That’s pretty cringe bro
VenomFrogPwned no
that 360 cured my erectile disfunction
Bal
As someone who has played marimba with four mallets for over seven years I can appreciate the level of time and effort he put in to learn the song so flawlessly.
And he not only learned it, but mastered it so it looked completely effortless.
The syncopation required to pull it off is insane!
The marimba is such a satisfying instrument. Like you could be having the absolute saddest day in your life but once you hear the marimba your mood just goes up almost immediately!!
Add a banjo and 😁
I know, it’s like it only makes happy music. 🥰
@@quickgirl80 great comment 🙂
You know stuff is about to get real when the dude's shadow looks like toad.
racist
@@toms8812 huh???
@@toms8812 No one said anything about race.
@@toms8812 Sorry good ol' neighbourino, I didn't mean to cause any verbal harm with this TH-cam comment. I deeply apologize for this inconvenience, when we meet paths in the near future I, Georgio Giovanni, shall be more careful when picking words since these can apparently heat snowflakes to a degree that makes them utterly indistinguishable from room temperature water. I am unable to comprehend how this was racist yet I'll try my hardest to thrive and be a good human being. Thank you for your comment.
@@animos6032 Make this a copy + paste in twitter lol.
The perfect hair doesn’t exi-..
looks like that guy from boney m
Okay can we just have a moment to talk about your profile picture?
Jotaro Kujo Look It’s a Jojo
Looks like a microphone
Just makes you want to sleep inside of it!!
Came across this video randomly and was about to drop a like, and realised I'd already done that years ago. Never ceases to impress!
Samesies 😂
Same!
That made my day better. 8 years later and still randomly giving smiles. Ty man
*I'm so glad you left the Jackson 5 to do your own thing*
LMAOO
Wtf!!!
I was just thinking about the similarity
XD LOOL
IM SO DEAD
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING‼️😂
Just Looking at that
little spin @ 0:36 is worth
my time.
On lyfe
On jah
no doubt
Word
Legendary spin
This is the most perfect song for this instrument!
In a world of war, suffering and uncertainty, this video shines a little ray of sunshine on my soul. May the powers that be bless you Sir.
lol, he didn't heart your'e comment
Popped up on recommenced and I’ll say ... I’m not disappointed
Lil peeps death was such an untimely event. To bad it couldn't have happened sooner🤣
@@spazkitty100 can you not exist for a few minutes?
Thats not even english
Same
Ditto!
The note accuracy man so good
D E L T A Ashkrafte why must you go against such perfection
Cinnamon what?
The notes are fixed he can’t play a note inaccurate. Or do you mean he made no faults while playing it
@@nika5318 like he hit the notes very accurately? haha I'm just impressed he had no misfires
Dr Thunder they mean there were no missed notes, he hit everything right and didn’t mess up. Should be obvious
Great rendition of some of the most iconic melodies ever created. Soothing and happy. Love it!
The world needs more of this
*when we talk about talent, we look at this type of person*
Honest Chicken Talk Show these*
hunter whitaker no...I’m right. Does “this type” or “these type” sound better? I’m a grammar expert, so don’t think I’m wrong.
Honest Chicken Talk Show “these type” sounds better
Maybe you should have said this type of person.
Sarah Lahoda just because it sounds better doesn’t mean it’s correct. But I’ll change it so i can end this argument
My dude using four mallets....thats a one man band. Mad respect from me.
@MrMcCoGo it was annoying when I first started using 4 lol
Vibesxp in the beginning it hurt a lot for me
@@joesaban5690 For me I just had to get faster with it, the extra 2 slowed me down in the beginning lol
Arkulous stevens all the way my guy
@MrMcCoGo i personally wasn't in band or anything except chorus in school for 4yrs so I honestly didn't know. But that's interesting to know!! You learn something new everyday 😊.
Seeing you enjoy yourself while playing makes this video even better. Brightened up my day.
8 years later am still watching this 12 times a day
0:36 this twirl was absolutely essential
Yeahhh
It kind of was in that it helped him make the abrupt rest he did.
Absolutely
I'm disappointed it's not notated in the score...
Welcome back to episode number 45 of why is this on my recommended but I'm not disappointed
Yep. Same.
how to be unoriginal in 3 different ways
@@joeytmog8267 bruh
Emma Murchison Welcome back to episode 45 of when someone is right but you use bruh to ignore it.
@@lexonbee I'm sorry 🥺 I didn't mean to be mean
These songs are sweet to my heart because it reminds me of the good simple days.
That spin was beautiful
This is the kind of quality content I need
youtube algorithm my dude
Nik Tamere facts
your heart brought me back here again 2 months later lmao, still amazing
@@MarksterC I just hearted another. See you tomorrow! XD
the spin plus the afro, goes so well together
Bob Yung Mikey Jax vibes right there
African music
Victor armando salgado sepulveda more like disco
@@kimovoorbraak yeah
Racist!
Dude! This is an absolute bop!
This feels so yesterday. Can’t believe it’s been 8 years since this masterpiece.
Why this was reccomended to me?
I do not know.
Am I happy?
Yes, yes I am.
Hotel? Trivago
Guy, are you happy
These reccomended comments are annoying as fuck.
Mindlesscargo no, he is not
Me: Ah.. yeah.. the good stuff..
Waits for 0:37
Me: Yep, the good stuff...
0:43*
Lol I actually did that too for a indoor percussion competition
Doople doople doople.
Doople doople doople.
Doople doople doople…
Doople doople doople…
Doobleadoo doo doo doo doo dodoobleoo doo DOO do do do do do.
Cara, apenas charme
Masindi 😂😂fr
Once again, the YT algorithm delivers some random video I didn't even know I needed, just when I needed it most! 😊
I never knew the entire Mario theme song until I watched this performance to the end. Bravo.
That's because you will never hear the game over part of you never die 😅
That spin was the most wholesome thing I've ever seen
I don't think you know what wholesome means.
I would rather call it satisfying
Shut the fuck up mario
Dammm
Lmao
We all know that one god percussion player in class...
But nobody can beat this man
The percussionists in my class never bring their music folder
This is something that my local Percussion God™️ would do
@obsidianorchids even if you sucks
Our player was teaching the teacher songs.
i was that kid in high school
and yeah there's no way i could outplay this legend lol
I always come back to this video every once and a while just to hear this again 😭
It's such a good soundtrack. Iconic on every level.
When he did the spin he went into legendary mode
Edit: 37 seconds
Andrew Doris wow didn’t even see him do that, had to rewatch.
@@1014p same.
Best part of this whole video is that he genuinely looks like he's enjoying himself.
I believe he did that off camera.
The best part was his playing the marimba.
Spin
@@User0000000000000004 😂
he probably is, not gonna lie if i could to do this i would do it all day lmao
This is easily my favorite version of this song. I'm glad I searched for the smb song and found your channel. You're really awesome, sir.
This is one of the most timeless pieces of video game music.
UNREAL. Lost my mind at the spin too!
Hi
Jajajaj
Well spin = win
Ya’ll were not in band in school 🤧 the pit gotta do stuff like this all the time they are the fancy people in the front 🙌 I did not have the talent I played clarinet
@@nervousbunnygaming I was in pit but we didn’t do spins or anything crazy like that but we did a half squat every other beat. (I never felt pain like that in my life)
This has such good vibes.
It's one of the rare blessed videos on this site.
Such a coincidence that a percussion instrument is nicknamed the vibes...
@@thesevact I didn't even know that but I WANNA PLAY THE VIBES
VangelinaSkov if only this was played on vibraphones
Eargasm 🤤
@FRIENDLY JAPANESE BUSINESSMAN you are a hater.. get out of here
Always got to come back to it once in a while. Beautiful as always.
Hitting every note correctly even after That spin was so impressive.
Can we just appreciate for 2 seconds how hard this would be?
Stevie Wonder says "Bitch Please"
Not if you feel it
@@Toolmybass Gary Burton say hi
It took a lot of hard work for him to make it look so effortless.
0:14 look how smooth that part sounds
Incredible
How do I look at sound
Lars's Wig yeah i’m thinking the same thing...
It’s so good to the point where you can see how it sounds
@@larsswig912 with your nose
After 9 years this is at my YT Home really appreciate ur work my bro
I played with four mallets for three years in HS plus was a kid when SMB was released. Thank you for this. So much joy and respect 🙌🏻🙏🏻❤️
Holy sht, i cant even imagine the amount of coordination this requires
Claudio Andrei it’s not much, i was very good at percussion. At a certain point bells/xylophone/marimba can be done with little to no practice, much easier than the drums. Maybe a 1 month of an hour a day and you could do this.
@@neeruuppalapati993 r/iamverysmart
@@neeruuppalapati993 thanks for the info professor
N Habib I literally play this instrument
EhvanTea that’s exactly what I’m trying to say it’s muscle memory, it’s arguable whether that’s skill or not. I made all state band 6 years in a row lol, i am not amazing at this instrument, it’s just this piece really isn’t that hard.
Because of this video I just realized that I was born in the right generation.
Yes you never have to search and thank yourself for finding stuff anymore. Great.
Joel Alonso Me too.😉
this was made in 2015
@@shieloop yeah dude, but 4 years are not gonna change the generation I'm saying😂
@@joelalonso4925 guess your right lol
That was amazing my friend!!!!! One of the coolest things I've seen in a long time!!!!!
8 years ago and I’m just discovering this gem 🤦🏻♂️
Finally, the TH-cam recommendations are working correctly again!
When you realize he is changing the positions of each mallet pair in his hand... while playing. INSANE
It's like, i can see him doing it but at the same time idk when
@@yoshisgr8 lol same
Is just the way he holds it. Its exactly beetween the same finger the whole video
Honestly Stevens grip makes it easy to adjust the space.
its called stephens grip and its neccessary to play chord on mallets. jazz vibraphone players use a different grip called burton grip which is more rigid which allows for quicker two note trills and such.
Brings back memories as a kid!
Whenever I'm in a bad mood, I come and watch this. It makes me so happy.
There’s something so magical about the sounds this instrument produces
Nelly Doyley I know I agree
Agreed!
Not if you play it the way my percussionist do
Xylophone
It was so calm
He is truly talented! I never realized how fast the song really gets and it’s amazing how he doesn’t even make one mistake! Fantastic!
That was awesome! I'm 52 years old and grinning ear to ear. It sounds so beautiful to my ear. Thank you so so much for this video. Bravo! Cool spin too 🙌
the twirl made me subscribe
Everything made me subscribe
wow - still liking comments 5 years later
When?
Wouldn’t be AaronGrooves without Grooves.
@@diglettblue 00:37
The fact there wasn’t applause at the end felt wrong so I clapped
krystal, haha! I'm taking a bow :)
This is the first video I have watched since grade 3,
your music cannot stop inspiring me THANK you.
Amazing.
Amazing you can play it.
Amazing someone composed it.
What a marvellous piece of music, to see someone play it so faithfully, and the level of dexterity needed to do so, I’ll never hear this music the same way again.
Bravo 👏
TH-cam all the sudden just randomly decided to make my life better 5 years later
I was about to say the same...and 2 mins apart...not a coinsidence xD
Hell yeah
No worries, the algorithm worked in 2015 as well
Just coming back for old times sake
Same!
Lol...mines too!
0:37 Was that Spin really necessary.
Yes, yes it was.
Great job!!!
Gotta be one of the greatest videos on TH-cam, period.
LITERALLY One of the best videos here on TH-cam 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿! Well done sir ❤🙏🏿!!!!!!!!!!!!
His shadow looks like Toad lmao
(Good video btw, great job)
RadzYt I LOVE YUNO GASAI
Blade Mastr Yeah, she a good waifu
@@carloscastro1192 Honestly my most favorite anime other than FMA:B and Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Dass Raciss!
RadzYt 👀
The world is a better place because of this video
Yeah he resembles michael jackson hahaha
Jek Irog OMG YES I thought I was the only one who thought that😂🥰
@Phil McCrevice ha! Right!
This just proves that while extremely intelligent and talented he is still a kid at heart 😊
AMAZING! I can listen to this every morning
It's after 4 AM and I should be sleeping... but *NOPE*
3 am
3:30 am
4:20 )
Lazy Federation my Nigga Said👨🏿🎼🥁And I Felt that”
Well all of you are wasted congrats
If I wasn't lying in bed you'd get a standing ovation
Omg😂 me
Well, it is an horizontal standing ovation then.
@@MarquisDeSang no its a horizontal lying ovation no standing involved 🤣😂
@@djkened The Chinese are doing ovation upside down and nobody is complaining.
No thats not how gravity works
Amazing!👏🏼👏🏼You are incredibly talented. I never imagined one could even play Super Mario Bros songs on a marimba, let alone nail it like you did. Very cool!
That spin tho
This is singlehandedly the coolest person on the surface of the earth.
I mean there isn't really an other way to be the coolest than singlehandedly, right?
Unfortunately he was using both hands
Yes i want to play like that someday
That was AWESOME!
That...was... EXCELLENT.
You know what makes this video perfect?
It's his spin, indubitably.
The spin was so gay the wind it gave off of his body made the camera change pink
That spin is what unfortunately manifested the LGBTQ community
Indubitably is such a funny word. Indubitably
I feel like you would hear this in the elevator at Peach's castle.
right😂
there won’t be an elevator
do you even play SM64???
mario odyssey could do to
JUST MADE ME LAUGH FOR 1 MINUTE LOL
That was great! Played right out of my heartstrings from my childhood! Loved the passion that you played with as well! The spin and the look up at the camera when you did the sewer theme. Just great well done, sir.
Have always loved this song, regardless of what instrument it's played on. Great job!
He hit every beat literally exactly as it sounds. Insanely well done
and he even looks like a power up mushroom
@@MrSinister718 💀💀💀💀
@@MrSinister718 you ain’t gotta do him like that 😂😂😭💀
@@MrSinister718 bro☠️☠️
@@drmeat414 Well, I coulda said Goomba
Dosage instructions
Listen once in the morning and once in the night
Max dose 5 replays
I fully endorse this prescription. Dr. Matthew M knows his stuff!
Max doses ∞
:)
I will overdose
So..
What's the effect ?
Recommended to me 9 years later, and that spin is still everything.
Your timing is so good. You did an amazing job 👏
I came searching for copper but found gold.
Bobby Borsalino, thanks so much. That means a lot!! Not as rare as platinum, but I'll take it! hahaha
AaronGrooves actually gold is more expensive than platinum nowadays sooo
PREACH
Why has it taken TH-cam recommends algorithms so long to show me this gold!
Same, dude, just came across it today.
You, are finally ready to handle it
Wow! Perfection, Sir. Absolute perfection.
Nailed it! It’s always amazed me how marimba players can hold two sticks in one hand and slightly alter them in order to play each precise combination of two notes.
I was like "you know what would be a cherry ontop is of he did a spi-.... HE DID A SPIN!!!!"
:>
Not funny didn't laugh now stfu bitch
@@iceychill2125 wow shots fired
IceyChill gotta Chill
S🅱️inala
This video brought me a smile on my face. That's enough to give it a like. 👏👏👏👏
dIsCuS cRaZe same here
Same!
I liked before I watched, the title said Mario that's enough for me
Yup big ole smile!
Yep
ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT
AMAZING! Especially because I was here for the start of this game. You did that. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I do not regret clicking this on accident.
I do not regret reading that you don't regret clicking this on accident. Nor do I regret not regretting that I don't regret that you clicked on this by accident. But I might regret that previous sentence. 😆
AaronGrooves ok things and words are getting a little weird... at Callious house. ;)
yoyohe2006 same
AaronGrooves I'm confused
yoyohe2006 l m a o. I got that reference