Sunday, May 10, 2020

Super Mario

M needed a piece for the spring recital that was not from the Romantic era.  We agreed on Super Mario Brothers music and she learned this surprisingly hard piece of music.  The coordination of hands and rhythms were tricky.  The piece jumps around the keyboard a lot.  It has been really fun to hear her master this piece.

We couldn't find music that sounded like the actual video game.  Fortunately many fans have created websites with the Midi files and sheet music for individual levels.  We used Finale to piece together the various themes so it sounds like someone playing through the first 3 levels of the game.  She could still add themes for coin, mushroom, star and 1up themes, but what she's got is awesome.