Artist: Koji Kondo
Song Facts: The “Super Mario Bros. theme”, officially known as the “Ground Theme” is a musical theme originally heard in the first stage of the Nintendo Entertainment Systemvideo game Super Mario Bros. It was one of six themes composed for Super Mario Bros. by acclaimed Mario and The Legend of Zelda series composer Koji Kondo, who found it to be the game’s most difficult track to compose. The theme has a calypso rhythm and usually receives a corresponding orchestration in games whose sound synthesizers can imitate steel drums.
Numbered Notes
Numbered Super Mario Bros. theme Harmonica Notes
5 -5 6 -6 5 6 6 -6
5 -5 6 -6 -7 -7 -6 6
-4 5 -5 6 -4 5 5 -5
-4 5 -5 6 -6 -6 6 -5
5 -5 6 -6 5 6 6 -6
5 -5 6 -6 -7 -6
6 -6 -7 7 -8 -6 -7 7 -8 7
-8 8 8 7 6 -7, -7 -6
6 -6 -7 7 -8 -6 -7 7 -8 8 7
Western Notes
Western Super Mario Bros. theme Harmonica Notes
E F G A E G G A
E F G A B B A G
D E F G D E E F
D E F G A A G F
E F G A E G G A
E F G A B A
G A B C D A B C D C
D E E C G B, B A
G A B C D A B C D E C
Indian Notes
Indian Super Mario Bros. theme Harmonica Notes
Ga Ma Pa Dha Ga Pa Pa Dha
Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Ni Dha Pa
Re Ga Ma Pa Re Ga Ga Ma
Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Dha Pa Ma
Ga Ma Pa Dha Ga Pa Pa Dha
Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Dha
Pa Dha Ni Sa Re Dha Ni Sa Re Sa
Re Ga Ga Sa Pa Ni, Ni Dha
Pa Dha Ni Sa Re Dha Ni Sa Re Ga Sa