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Video Games => Mario Chat => Topic started by: Lizard Dude on December 28, 2010, 01:41:51 AM
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Syncopation in the Super Mario Bros. theme (http://cruiseelroy.net/2010/03/smb-syncopation/)
An interesting little look at the evolution of SMB Overworld. Note the part at the end about how he plays it live now.
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After listening to the new arrangement, and then going back and listening to the original, it was really hard for me to un-hear the syncopation. The original sounded wrong to me. Like Kondo, the syncopation feels a lot more natural to me.
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When I'm listening to it, I prefer the original, but when I'm messing around on guitar, I usually throw in the syncopation.
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Cool! I listened to those differences; I just love analyses of music like this. The second one, because of the extra syncopation, makes me feel like dancing is going on, but it's like one needs to be held up or they'll slip around. But it has a more personal touch, like you can move the way you want.
The first, however, does seem more straightforward, almost a balance, like its purpose is to keep someone jumping on all the platforms of Super Mario. The rhythm has enough syncopation to free movement, but the lack of it almost makes for a secret pattern to follow. My thoughts are way off, but it really gives me that feeling!
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I dunno if this is an evolution of the theme so much as a specific quirk in the piano renditions of the song.