MARIO 2 on CLASSICAL GUITAR - Basically the hardest thing I've ever played
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- Super Mario Bros. 2 acoustic classical guitar cover of Overworld by Sam Griffin.
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This cover of the Mario 2 overworld theme took me a lot longer to arrange and prepare than I expected. It was also WAY harder than I thought it was gonna be. Good luck trying to learn it. Actually I change my mind, don't go to my patreon page and try to learn this. Unless you like pain and suffering ...
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guitar!
PERFECT FOR BEGINNERS.
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😂👍🏻👌🏻
@@legatomodi3522 This is much harder than that.
Yeah it's pretty basic. LOL
@@legatomodi3522 OMG that is some of the funniest stuff I've seen in a long time.
ARE YOU A BEGINNER GUITARIST? WANNA LEARN A QUICK EASY SONG THAT ONLY REQUIRES 3 ARMS, 4 HANDS, AND 18 FINGERS? DOES SAM HAVE THE LITTLEST TUNE FOR YOU!
@ArwenMeow Holy shit, good question!!
Blake Irvin Havnt you guys heard of “time travel”?
Brendon small from home movies spells out everything here for you m.czcams.com/video/MSUz5GtZyko/video.html
@@SamGriffinGuitar I've been playing the crap out of Chrono Trigger again lately lol
Psh..... Are YOU a beginner guitarist? Psh.....
I've heard TONS of guitar in my life, this is the single most phenomenal thing I've ever witnessed. AMAZING.
The guy's got skills! 😊
@@amazonfire8145 Absolutely!!!
Well you missed quite alot of the good ones, if not all...
Pretty awesome, maybe check out Tommy Emmanuel’s Classical Gas, not much can beat that
If you listen to the radio you miss out on talent
Just listening to that steady bass through the whole playthrough. Insane
When this man files his taxes his hands claim him as a dependent
kbaygorman Lmao. Excellent comments like this are why I come down to the comments section. That and a habitual compulsion.
Hades the God same bro, same
@GuinnessandPizza dude it's not that serious....
This might be one of the best CZcams comments I've ever read 😂
Thanks for making me spitting out my drink. Take your upvote and leave.
At what point does your left hand become sentient and file for emancipation from your arm
When your left hand is getting more gigs than you and has to file its taxes separately.
Hexit is real and I'm fighting hard to stop it
presumably after it threatens you with those talons
@@chiboro wrong hand lol
Its the gift of being right-handed lmao. i can't comprehend my right hand doing what my left can do on the fret-board while playing guitar
I'm 40, been playing for 28 years now, and I'm still in awe over this video every time I watch it. I just keep cycling the repeat every time imagining how much practice this took. Especially the first riff. Good god. Just amazing.
Yeah absolutely! Same here. This performance should be in some kind of hall of fame. Or record book.
People who don’t play have no idea how difficult this is. Amazing!
This piece was not designed for it to be possible to play the bass notes and melody on a single guitar. That he manages to do this without sacrificing the accuracy of either is really amazing.
Agreed
Me too.
I have that bass line memorized because of having the game on pause and I couldn’t believe I was hearing it.
It’s a dead simple bass line... but to play it on a guitar along with the melody? Amazing!
pretty standard actually, have you ever listened to classical guitar music?
@@larrote6467 Classical guitar music is composed specifically for all notes to be played on one guitar. The above comment does not refer to the basic concept of playing bass and melody on a guitar.
@@royce.carroll you're still not getting it: transposition! It's not as amazing as you think. And most of classical guitar was first written for piano, that's why i gave that example.
I tried learning this and now I’m in the hospital.
no doubt!
Haha rip 🪦
Let me guess... stroke?
If you require legal representation as you were injured reach out to me immediately! These tabs should come with a warning label.
Because you mastered it and are now playing it for sick children !!!!!
You know as kids playing this game most of us never considered how complex the arrangements were on a lot of the nes games! Well played 👏
Let's be honest, the music written by Koji Kondo is some of the greatest video game music of all time. It was complex while also having just a few voices available.
@@shadoninja Athletic Theme in Yoshi's Island 😍
They really did make some awesome music for a ton of those games.. absolutely love hearing people cover these tunes
I don't think it's complexity so much as it was never intended to played on a real instrument being a digitally composed and played back piece, so translating it to a real guitar results in something near impossible to play accurately.
@@cryptidproductions3160 That's not always the case
It blows my mind that it’s even physically possible for one person to play this alone.
This is the result of what is allowed to pass as "music" for the last 15 years. Attend a ragtime concert sometime and see people who can do this level of musicianship all night, some of them on 3-4 different instruments. What a kick!
@@pamelah6431 That first sentence is elitist garbage though
@@isetmfriendsofire uh, no. Lol It's a commentary on the decline of our culture, which is evident without hardly opening your eyes.
@@pamelah6431 That doesn't mean that there has been some great fuckin music to come out during the past 15 years (great music always being subjective). Music is there to make you feel something. It doesn't need to be in the form of someone with 20 fingers. And it has little to do with our culture's modern problems.
@@pamelah6431 sure thing boomer
.... not sure if I'm more inspired to learn this piece or simply never pick up a guitar again.
I feel like ,pick up a guitar again and trow it to the ground and never touch it again haha
Bahaha takes a masterful mucisianship FR
I loved it thank you so much man
just start playing every day until you get this good, and even if you never wind up being able to play this you'll still be really fucking good.
Check out John Butler, only person thats made me just throw up my hands, fuck it i quit.
No wonder this game has won game of the year every single year, ever.
Mightyimmortls Nah you’re thinking of Knack 2
@@nicholasdickman5923 not even close baybeeee
BONAFIDE MASTAPIECE
Still the king after all these years.
Good game requires moar than good sound design
write that down
"Basically the hardest thing I've ever played"
also
"Hey man if you wanna learn this beginners guitar song....."
0:15 I cant even comprehend where these bass notes are coming from. 😂 Absolutely incredible.
ABSURD
It’s crazy to think almost 30 years ago I was playing this game, that song is forever tattooed in my brain
Yes permanently Scott just like me, forever!!!!!!
I havent played Mario in 10 years...I knew note for note what came next in the song
I was but a wee lad at my friend’s house, and her mom busted out an NES and fired this bad boy up. This song has been cemented in my memory ever since.
I remember as a kid being scared of that face that would try to attack you. The whole game had a weird vibe to it. But yep, the music is burned into my brain too.
I absently mindedly hum this song all the time. Like when you're doing something on autopilot and your brain goes into sleep mode, this song is my brain's soundtrack for those times. Lmao.
"Click here for tabs"
Yea, okay. I"ll just play the game and drink scotch.
HILARIOUS
what kind? I'm an Islay guy myself. like that smokey peat
What an answer. 🤣
lol ikr
@@LevitatorMusic Monkey Shoulder.
Sam: "If you would like to learn this beginners guitar song..."
Me: "Aw screw you man, screw you!!!" 😆
it's certainly not advanced, but I wouldn't call this beginners either. He's bein' saracastic!
@@Fahmbo This may not be the most difficult piece of music ever written or arranged for classical guitar, but this is pretty damn advanced.
@@phintze Yeah I just tried it. Yes it's hard.
@@Fahmbo not sure what you're on about because that piece is super difficult.
It's definetly a absolut highskill piece.
This is like the 6th time this has shown up on my youtube front page and I will never not enjoy listening to this. Absolute masterpiece
incredible, it's like he has 10 fingers.
People often forget we only have 8 fingers. Thumbs aren't fingers people... Yeah it's like he has some extra digits handy on the left hand specifically though, some of those stretches are phenomenal
@@Koan__ enjoy your reddit karma I guarantee that will get loads of upvotes
bruh
This thread is neat.
While we may only have 8 fingers and two thumbs a good guitarist has no issues playing with all 10 digits.
took me 2 hours to memorize, practice and eventually perform without mistakes. Not really sure what the big deal is....I'd post a video of me playing it, but I'm obviously a liar
day 2: still waiting for you to upload
@@DynaZor Read his comment again
@@DynaZor 🙄
You sir have made me laugh. Thank you for that.
Neil MacDonald “ngl they had us in the first”
I think this is the most impressive thing I’ve seen on a guitar. My heavens.
the little finger squeak as you change chords at 00:50 scratches my brain in a pleasant way
This song sounds like pure laughter and happiness
playing it, however, sounds like pure pain and agony
"Hey, man. If you would like to learn this beginner's guitar song"
bruh
Kills me every time
He won a new fan just from that line lmao.
😂😂😂
When you have natural skills like Sam Griffin a song like this is a beginner song! 😁
Yeah, no shit. I was thinking about it, but after further thought, I decided to stick with twinkle, twinkle little star lol.
Played that game so much at around 10 years old.. Forever in grained in my head till I die. Smh😌... To hear this stuff just brings back some good old days of much simpler times.
Ok, so this song has randomly popped into my head, refusing to leave for a day or two, at least twice a year since I first played this game. So like, 30 years. Thanks for helping scratch the itch with this rendition. Crazy impressive.
That is exactly how I got here. I wondered what it was like on guitar, and Ho. Ly. Shit.
Hey man. Just a heads up, I think your left hand is actually an alien face hugger. Stay safe.
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@Adrian metzler-holden Stay frosty, man.
🤣😂
Headcrab
@@BlackDuke235 I know that
I tried many years ago to arrange this for classical guitar myself and failed miserably. This is exactly what I imagined it would sound like.
I spent like a year doing so 😭 his is still better lol
I don't know how many times I've listened to and watched this song, but it will never get old. Thank you so very much for putting all the time and effort into making this!
Out of all your other material (which is still amazing btw) I always come back to this video and it blows my fucking mind every time.
0:30 The face of man that's focus, terrific playing
0:18 that little flourish with the walk-down bass line is so great.
The amount of rhythm in this man’s veins is toxic.
KOJI KONDO - I'm glad more people are learning this song because composers like Koji Kondo don't get enough recognition for their fantastic musical arrangements - this is probably due to a negative stigma towards video-games - regardless of that, this music is beautiful & memorable to so many millions of us who grew up listening & playing to this music.
Negative stigma? I can't relate though. The compositions remain awesome though
The look on his face after he pulls it off like "holy shit I can't believe it"
The density of your arrangements is absolutely insane. You're a beast.
This is literally how the song goes.
@@daltonrandall4348 They're talking about how this is a song "played" (it's midi) on 3 different instruments, he's playing two of them at the same time and not missing any piece of the melody or bass. It would be accurate to say that this has density because all of the pieces are assembled at the same time, neither being played before or after, but together. There's a lot of notes and he's playing just under the original tempo. (Which is quite fast for this type of playing) For guitar, this is a dense arrangement.
Quen Loust there's no question it is both impressive and dense. But it's not HIS arrangement. That is note for note how the original song is written.
@@daltonrandall4348 This would classify as an arrangement due to it being a reconceptualization of the original. In this case, it was composed onto a guitar when it wasn't originally intended. The original sheet music for Mario 2 was written on piano/keyboard and REQUIRING a rearrangement to even be feasible on guitar. Further making its case is tempo change.
For example, it's called arrangement when you have a Cello specific piece of music and you arrange it to play on a Viola. Even if the only thing to change in the outcome is pitch, it's still called an arrangement. The music would sound exactly the same, but just higher.
Arrangement is a very vague term that can be fit into a LOT of music.
Quen Loust No, those are called transcriptions. An "E" is an "E" whether you play it on a piano or a cello. Simply writing down the notes of the original song and then playing them on a different instrument is not "arranging." It's just transcribing. An arrangement is when you add parts, make modifications to the original tune that didn't exist, or some other kind of reconceptualization. This is just verbatim regurgitation.
0:00 is where I'd give up trying to learn it.
LMAO
Honestly, I have 7 years playing the guitar on my belt, and that intro would take me weeks if not a month to play as flawlessly as Sam did
Hahaha! As soon as I saw “Mario 2” is was like “yeah I’m not…” 🤣
0:24 the descending chords there are INSANE
“Basically the hardest thing I’ve ever played” - mad respect (great rendition, and exceedingly difficult)
I never thought it'd be possible for a single person to play this tune! #Respect
It wasn't written for a single originally, just absolute true talent bringing enough of the whole tune together to blow our minds
Check out Pete Davis' version. Single guitar, but tapping instead of fingerpicking.
@@DJMasterWillyB less skill in tapping
@@AussieCleetus What makes you say that?
@@DJMasterWillyB 26 years of classical guitar and about 16 teaching it
OH!!! SONG OF THE YEAR, YEAR AFTER YEAR!!!! STILL THE KING! Ho HOO!!! MASTAPEECE!
I see what you did there ;)
@@flexprog3374 Knack Level Mastapeeeece
@@MrZozue Well, let's not get ahead of ourselves now
@@COREYTOWNS pssht! It's donkey ya donsley
I'M A FUCKING MILLIONAIRE!
00:24 just makes me feel right.
One of the best versions I've ever heard on the internet! Nice work! 🤘🎸👍
"click here for tabs"
Naaah... I think I'm good.
“So then I said this was a beginners song.”
“You know, like a *liar* ”
Most random Mulaney reference drop lol.
This is the most honest comment on the internet.
He killed Princess Diana y’know
You pee 11 times a day?
@@gabelogan56 *muted applause*
this is so great, thanks Sam!
Every single time.... I watch this every single time it pops into my recommended feed. So much fun
I've been playing this one for a long time, and I am amazed to see you playing both the bass and melody at the same time. That's just obnoxious and awesome.
bass, harmony and melody same time to be correct.
Him: “Hardest Thing I’ve ever played.”
Also him: “If you’d like to learn this BEGINNERS song...”
Me: Puts guitar away.
He was reffering to the video thumbnail at the end of guiles theme...welcome to the youtubes.
Well yeah. If it's a beginner's song then he must be a beginner and so it's probably the hardest song he's ever played. Logic.
Lmaooo
@@andrewhunter9119 he was? How did u deduce that
@@andrewhunter9119 ... The sentence was that if they want to learn to play the beginners song, they should head over to his patreon to get the Super Mario 2 Overworld tabs. He is obviously not referring to the linked video on the left.
I love music and have listened to tons of guitar solos, drum solos, bass, piano, violen, etc. But this is one of those things that is so technical that it's mind-blowing to watch. It's not just a cool riff... this is a pure showcase of talent.
Keep it up, bruh.
Spot on mate! Love how you effortlessly translated that trill to the fretboard.
The moment you played this, Koji Kondo probably crapped his pants and had no idea why.
Every time someone plays the video, he craps them again
Omg your comment made me laugh hard, just now. 😂 😂 😂 😂
Yeah but it makes you wonder if Koji Kondo can play it on guitar, or Miyamoto-san for that matter.
I’m not going to lie MarcusKyo, that move does exist, but you are not ready for it.
This comment... I can't help remembering the "brown note" episode of South Park 😂😂😂
*gets tabs*
*tries playing*
*gains +1 carpal tunnel*
Dont forget the -5 dexterity penalty from the carpal tunnel!
I was alone for 3 weeks in a room practicing this piece. No contact with any other humans. Got coronavirus in my fingertips only
Sir, would you be so kind as to share the tab with me?
@@teep3049 remember to stretch man I hurt my wrist by playing with bad posture on my couch and now can't play for a couple months, stretch every time before you play and if you feel any tension take a break in theory everyone wants to play 8 hours a day to become great but alot of people don't mention how important pacing yourself is
@@xxassassimxx $5 tier on his Patreon page and you get access to every tab he's ever done. You could pay it, download them all then cancel if you want, but the dude deserves the support
absolutely fantastic interpretation and the nostalgia value put it over the top
The bass line is just perfect, it never stops. Great!
That face when you're playing the bass line at the same time as the melody.
After hearing this awesome piece, I decided to practice, 5 minutes later I was yanking all the vegetables out of my neighbors garden looking for a magic potion to be able to play this song!
Awesome reference
Neighbor: wtf?!
@@dannygjk
Me: **Throws turnip**
😂😂😂😂😂😂 so awesome
That's effing HILARIOUS!!! I literally busted up laughing🤣🤣
10/10.👏👏🏆🥇 How does this comment NOT have more likes!?
Sounds fantastic and effortless!
I can't tell you how many times I've hummed and sung this song while walking out around town. It's just so joyous and uplifting. Though I can only imagine how hard it is to play due to the complexity of the rhythm alone. It's hard to get the bouncy, effervescent whimsy of one part of the song let alone all of it's various other layers bouncy, effervescent and whimsical tempo. It digs so deep and even has a hard breakdown in it. To say the least, this song slaps!
The Effervescent Elephant
@@koDaffi hello fellow Floydian 😊
@@85geoffm Everyone always goes for Wall and Dark Side but Piper at the Gates is where it's at.
@@koDaffi I listen to all of them, as well as the solo albums
Dark Souls of Mario songs
Nice to see you here! :)
Perfect analogy lol
What is the Mario of Dark Souls songs?! Comment below!!
@@samgriffin4039 probably Majula. Its like the simplest song i can think of
Sekiro is more accurate
I could listen to this piece in a loop for eternity. Life would turn into a mario2 level.
ugh you gave me a salvia flashback..
I'm imagining walking around throwing vegetables at people
@@seamusmcboon558 And giant eggs!
@@seamusmcboon558 best comment I have seen in a long time
Put it as your phone ringtone
This is insanely skillful. This song is hard enough to play on the piano and I would have guessed basically impossible on the guitar.
This brings back a lot of memories. Thanks for the share.
I got arthritis just by watching you play it.
Flawlessly done 👏😂
Directly after that the video is over:
"Are you a beginner guitarist?" - LMFAO xD Sure bro, I couldn't even play this song if I had a gun to my head.
I couldn't even do it if the gun were loaded with talent!
Lol
If I ate talent and shat excellence, I'd still have a hard time with this one lol.
This is incredible! Nicely done!
That changeover near the end was incredible, I heard zero string scrape down the neck.
You are extremely talented brother, kudos.
"Basically the hardest thing I've ever played."
Well, that's what happens when you decide to do a complete note accurate cover including bassline of a song originally composed on and arranged for keyboard with competent complexity.
Salty?
@@davemarleymusic9153 Only jokingly. I wanted to say it in such a way that it's something only a fellow musician would say while realistically portraying exactly how much work this takes and how impressive it really is.
@@jackcoleman1784 Ok nice haha
Ikr? That cover is nuts!
@@davemarleymusic9153 Seriously though dude thanks for this. I don't think my sanity would survive the amount of effort it takes to give a piece like this the amount of justice you gave it.
I just watched this four times in a row. The gamer child in me was filled with joy and the internediate guitarist in me was filled with envy.
I keep sliding back to hear it again. On number 7 or 8, I think. It’s so good!
This is really good man!
Sounds so good!
Love how he looked uncomfortable after playing it.
"Damn... That kind of hurt and not just my hand but that shit was hard to remember too."
I remember when I first picked up a guitar and bought my first beginners guitar book; opened it up to lesson 1 Mario Bros 2 finger style, good times.
Absolutely loved it! Amazing skill!
This has always been my favorite song from a mario game and hearing you play it so well has made me aggressively happy.
It’s amazing how these video game composers came up with such technical music
Its based on ragtime piano
@@mikeleigh506 Wow I can hear the ragtime as soon as I read that
Koji Kondo
Koji Kondo is a monster
@@IndohNintendo why a monster?
Sadly i can only like this once
I gotchu fam
@@LeahLuciB nice to know im not alone lol
@@migueldeanda6077 I also gotchu fams
Here, have a like to go with your like and see what a difference we can make lol
Most underrated comment
Video game soundtracks have been consistently pushing boundaries for decades
Love that you nail the details so good. 90% of people playing game music makes some notes off or missing them, but you don't!!!
The early Mario Bros songs are all seriously underrated
They’re just Rag from the 1890’s, that everyone forgot about, on MIDI
They arent the youth just dont listen to them.b
Nah... everyone knows and loves the original mario theme....
And there’s “underrated” guy....
I've been playing professionally for over 50 years and all I can say is *WOW!!!*
I have been actually waiting for years for someone to make such a perfect guitar version of this song, thank you for making it !!
I think I spontaneously said "YOW!" in my house by myself after watching this. Excellent stuff.
This is one of the most glorious things I've seen/heard in quite a while
Dude, that was incredible! The most accurate version of that song on guitar I’ve ever heard.
That was awesome in every aspect! Fantastic!
Amazing rendition, love it!
Beautiful!
@Shoot non mask wearers on sight Word
@Shoot non mask wearers on sight bro i hope ur getting paid.otherwise wtff is wrong with u. Obvious troll is obv
I see you eVeRyWhErE lol
Its crazy how amazingly beautiful some of this music was without us realizing when we were young
¡qué genial verte aquí, tu arte es fantástico! 😁
Beginners piece? LOL You have got to be kidding damn bro - you killed it!
Love how the title says hardest song he's ever played but yeah, called it a beginner's song in the end haha
A BEGINNER PIECE?! THIS IS A FINISHER PIECE
Very nice arrangement!
This is recommended to me often and I watch it every time.
I seriously watched this video way over 100 times and I'm still amazed everytime
everytime i see sam bust out something like this im so tempted to buy a nylon string and actually learn how to play guitar correctly. im an ambient guitarist. i play pedals. even though thats whats fun for me to play, i gotta take my hats off to the talent, discipline and poise of a real guitarist. bravo sir.
When I realized he was playing two separate melodies with one hand 😳
@AWellHungDaddy _ Or Stu Hamm playing Moonlight Sonata on bass.
@@bigboredthing This is harder.
@@fernandoblengio Look up victor Wooten the lesson by emg tv
@@bobking7347 I did, this is harder.
@@fiestec87 I disagree, it's equally as hard, but in a different way.
Amazing job! Flawless!
Whoo!!! This was amazing! Bravo!!
This always reminded me of a Chet Atkins number. I like how the music for Mario games is either west indian music or old timey saloon music
i really does have a chet atkins feel
Yeeeees!
so you won't believe this but there's an instrument called "piano" that.....
"Sounds like spit" -Segovia
Can't tell if this is ironic
It's still pretty hard on piano
@@ThyWonderer not really.
Thy Wonderer this guy plays the guitar almost like he is playing a piano. Playing the piano is way easier than playing the guitar the way he does.
How you didn't have an aneurysm learning and playing this song is beyond comprehension. Phenomenal work.
This brings me joy like no other.