Super Mario World - Air Platform Level (Music Notation)

[ChappaGaming]

When you hear this playing, you know the level is going to be an asshole

[aska221]

It's called "Athletic Theme" just so you know :)

[letschat6]

And you expect me to learn this how? xD

[calamityjames]

@letschat6 One chord at a time, sweetie. Very slowly and evenly. But you're practicing and recording many decent songs! You're well on your way to playing much more challenging stuff than this little ragtime. =) Good luck!

[letschat6]

@calamityjames Is there any way you could link me to the sheet music you used? I would LOVE to share this with my fans :)

[ChromaAurora]

The Cheese Bridge secret goal was devilishly difficult to find

[Flores98g]

AWESOME

[doCtOrHx]

when you heard this song, you knew the level was going to be hard as f*ck.

[AnotherSchmoe]

Proof that video games are art.

[crowntotheundergroud]

This is a great transcription

[IDWIA]

ROKASniper89 Lol

[ROKASniper89]

J.S. Bach can play this with his wig

[dacarnix]

@belbo501 Tee wai :D

[szymek19995]

Zagraj to na linijce.

[valemasquenada]

Vale madre!!! me falta el iconito de aplausos junto al me gusta!

[alexlavsyou]

Uh, you said in the description that you "had no idea how to do this whole 'record your screen' thing". How`d you do it? I`ve been dying to know

; ~ ;

[alejandro9865]

¿será que me puedes pasar la partitura?

can you give me the score?

gracias!

thank you!

[Mattamster]

What's the part called from part 19 to 49 (0:22 to 0:47)? That's the part I recognise most, but what's the name of the song at that part called in general if you know what I mean?

[calamityjames]

@Mattamster That is the basic melodic theme of the entire Super Mario World game.

[BlueThing360]

@Mattamster its called the ariplatform theme

[Alignn]

Seeing the notes for near-legendary music like this and being musically inclined enough to appreciate how much effort went into making it and having it flow and fit...

I have to wonder how the video game industry attracted so many musical geniuses.

[my508server]

@belbo501

Just Practice..It's not that hard, Just practice!

[mynor0825]

Omg this song is awsome

[gmorr12345]

there is something called cut time...it save you the trouble of goign real fast

[calamityjames]

@gmorr12345 I could, but Noteworthy doesn't seem to like the idea of Halfnote = 158.5 :)

[8747800]

i trascribed it too but the tempo is not 317...its 160...

[dinosuary]

Great! Did you use Finale?

[calamityjames]

@dinosuary All the details are in my video details. • Notation processor: Noteworthy Composer 1.75c

[dinosuary]

@calamityjames Thanks for telling me! I am using this video to put it on Finale to print so i can learn it.

[Dustin2010james]

@belbo501 Then look up on keeper1st. He posts alot of videos of him doing video game music on piano.

[mariosunshinefaan]

the song is called "Athletic". Air Platform Level sounds so noobish -.-

[DrNTropy808]

@mariosunshinefaan Exactly! It's the Athletic Theme!

[mariosunshinefaan]

@DrNTropy808 what? what about the Athletic Theme?

[DrNTropy808]

@mariosunshinefaan You said Air Platform sounded noobish, which it does, because it's called the "Athletic Theme"..............I was agreeing with you!

[mariosunshinefaan]

@DrNTropy808 oh, then ;)

[amavideogamepianist]

I always wake up listening to this theme every morning^^

[orangebhuddy29]

quarter note= 317

thats hell to music players

[Astromchaser]

Beautiful. Could you upload Super Mario World Castle Theme music notation?

[calamityjames]

@Astromchaser I have the music, but it doesn't neatly fit on two staves like this one. I could condense it from 8 staves down to maybe 3, but it would lose quite a bit of the integrity of the transcription in the process (e.g. panning of parts, probably instrumentation, too.)  Or I could write the parts and "sync" it to an mp3 of my transcription in its original 8-staff form. I think I'd find that a bit too "lip-synchy" for my tastes.

[nintendo53322]

GOOD!!

[Thefreestylefever]

GOOD!!!! :D

[MrEumelDigga]

•Is your sheet music available?

- No. For a few reasons. One: This transcription of the song is not actually playable by one person. If you look at :45 into the video, there's no way that can be played honestly, by one pair of hands'

are you sure???

[Orion4442]

@MrEumelDigga He obviously hasn't seen Tom Brier play this piece. He played it perfectly and embellished upon it on his SIGHT-READ; never seen or heard the piece before.

[Sveccha93]

@MrEumelDigga You're right, of course you could play that! Virtually any piece by Scriabin would be unplayable if actual simultaneity were the only "honest" articulation.

[PowerfulDragon]

for someone who can't read sheet music, could someone post the right hand part from :22 - :45 seconds written out like C E G etc etc.?!?!  plox?

[Mario647382]

Hmm, i've got a gold-colored Classic Controller Pro for my Wii, all I need now is this game on it.. ><

[sailentshadow]

HA HA HA HA

Nowadays, this song just reminds me of a black in white rendition of a political comic of the 21st century....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I can just imagine it.. LOL

[justybocky321]

i don't even think my metronome can go up to 317

[RubenZCrazy89]

10 people have no life ONLY playing COD 24/7

[tacos830]

dang you good

[WilltheTowelie]

"•Is your sheet music available?

- No. For a few reasons. One: This transcription of the song is not actually playable by one person. If you look at :45 into the video, there's no way that can be played honestly, by one pair of hands."

Ha. You're funny.

[LampCord99]

measures 49-66 look impossible

[mcgyvr2009i]

@LampCord99 They're not if you do them right.

[AskariNari]

Have you thought about letting people download the video so they could watch it on their computer, slow it down, loop certain parts, so they could learn how to play, beacuse that wouldn't require going through learning to make a pdf, or any of that stuff, just upload it to MediaFire and add the link the description.

[lukoutube]

i want that music sheet!

[SuperMayu1]

Can anyone tell me where can by this piano book or paper print give me a website please

[btz2005]

This is awesome! I think this is the best Super Mario song. Way cooler than the original one,

[abzertgah]

Chuck Norris can play this with his balls.

[neemanjones]

@abzertgah lol

[noobylight]

@abzertgah hahahaha

[Freezure]

@abzertgah LMFAO that made my day

[Lufttygger306]

@abzertgah Arnold Schwarzenegger can play this with the hair on his balls.

[Tornadofreak2]

@abzertgah No The Piano Plays Itself because its scared of Chuck Norris

[NebulaOrbit]

tnx man now i can totally play this! nah just kidding i aint alien or something

[MrRomeroStyle]

This song game always fun to play Mario style lol.

[ClassicalHands]

shame there's no sheet music available, this is an easily manageable piano duet.

[madpistol]

Honkey Tonk Mario FTW!!!!

[justybocky321]

in the beginning it says quarter note equals 317. WOAH

[TacoOnABoat]

@justybocky321 yep. and if you pay attention, youll notice the left hand part is just playing quarter notes through most of it...that are pretty dog-gone fast for quarter notes. and the half notes are almost 16th notes. imagine trying to play actual 16th notes at that tempo, knowing how fast quart and half notes are. youd deff be beast if you could pull it off

[Minebot]

just one more hand and I could play that too... :D

[joeywomer]

To me, this  sounds better on the piano.

[Estudiado]

@Kampfhanz Yes you are wright, actually I just saw a video here in youtube(tittle: Super Mario Athlete's Rag Air Platform sight-read; Tom Brier) where this guy play it without any help.But as you imagine he is a professional. Watch him!

[Kampfhanz]

@pokenaruto54

The right hand is not the problem. This Part is easy. The hard thing is that you have to jump with your left hand every time :D

[pokenaruto54]

i could totally be the bottom hand, but not the top! :D

[TacoOnABoat]

@pokenaruto54 i could do one hand or the other. i could master both. now playing both at the same time? god id shoot myself if i had to...would be fucking amazing if i did it tho. thatd be my accomplishment for my piano-playing skills (which currently arent that great) tho i agree w/ kampfhanz...you are jumping octaves like a mofo w/ that left hand man...pretty crazy

[MysticLeviathan]

someone's gotta do this on a Honky Tonk piano. That would be Epic x96

[k0ptelefoon]

Need mp3 of this :P, sorry for the much reactions, I'm not schizophrenic of something, only all the time I get something new to say :P

[k0ptelefoon]

Do you've got the music on a sheet for me?

[k0ptelefoon]

I'm for some weeks wondering how you can display the notes on such way, can somebody plz give me a link or explain me how this works?

[k0ptelefoon]

@k0ptelefoon btw, WOW, never heard this theme so accurate

[calamityjames]

@k0ptelefoon Thanks for saying so. I don't have this music on a sheet. If you read my caption it explains my process somewhat, via the software I used. Noteworthy Software will play and display the notes that are written, and Screen Capture software will record the footage and make a video file that can be paired with the audio in a movie maker program, which can be uploaded to YouTube.

[JokucFromBFME]

Can I get this notes for piano on the internet for free?

[ChrisBclips]

@JokucFromBFME

you just did

[JokucFromBFME]

@ChrisBclips

I mean, like get a pic I can print

[calamityjames]

@JokucFromBFME I haven't created any JPGs or PDFs files for my songs.

[JokucFromBFME]

@calamityjames

sad :(

But nice anyways :D

[8747800]

is this noteworthy composer 2? and i wrote it in 160 bpm

[calamityjames]

@8747800 Noteworthy Composer 1.75c. The actual exact tempo is 318.10848BPM, but the first few measures are a bit slower, so I just averaged it out to 317. So if you wanted a perfect tempo, you would use 159BPM instead, and maybe 155 for the first two measures (as I wrote it).

[8747800]

@calamityjames ah that explains to why u have it in real time. cuz i have it in 16th notes lol. and the bass staff its all staccato in exept bar 10, 18, 47, 48, and the 1st note on bar 49.

[ProductionsHead]

@calamityjames

Could you make a version for the recorder? i want to show my teacher.

[calamityjames]

@ProductionsHead Yes, it can be played by a recorder quintet if you wanted.

[kommunikator60]

ragtiiimeeeeee!!!!

[ChopinGimly]

This Fricken rules! Love it!

[HarryPotter4300]

that looks so hard ! -_-

[lmc6506]

that looks easy

[mcgyvr2009i]

OMG! I CAN'T STOP PLAYING THIS VIDEO! IT'S TOO ADDICTING!

[RevengeofMatt]

you made it double timed in the music. For example, the quater notes on the bottom should actually be 8th notes, just for ease of music reading and tempo tracking. Great transcription.

[MrSalsaSpice]

Nise. :D

(Sorry for my english im from japan)

[TheDuskMar]

This song at 1/2 half speed sounds relaxing!

This is my favorite version of the air platform theme on youtube :p

[ivalice1980]

That's a brilliant transcription. I agree though, there's no way you could play this with one pair of hands. Nonetheless, it sounds fantastic!

[MrPandaDork]

My mind is too full of bullshit too learn something beautiful like this, left hand right hand, it's still a struggle for me.

[Ackerland2]

Reading your comments on this I see you haven't watched w3sp's interpretation of this song on piano yet.

[darkmallician]

cuales son las notas que estan entre las rallas 22 y 23

[Syluxrox]

Hey, Ive been wanting to play this song for quite a while and the version I printed is way too difficult and doesn't even sound remotely right when I play it. And I know I'm playing all the right notes. But this one looks much simpler. Is :45 the only time where it is impossible because if so, I will just not play the bottommost note. If you could e-mail me the sheet music I would love to try to play it. My e-mail is syluxrox@yahoo.com

Thx

[Riggedmuffin]

This is the athletic theme, as far as I know.

[darkmallician]

gracias por el aporte

he estado buscando las partituras en todos lados

[Frozime]

THIS MADE MY DAY! :D

I couldn't stop smiling while watching/listening.

THUMBS UP

[Mads875]

Some one please please please tell me where I can download this in MIDI format.. I have been looking EVERWHERE :'(

[calamityjames]

@Mads875 You could always ask whoever submitted the video. *wink*

I did write it after all, and exporting to MIDI is not complicated. =)

[Mads875]

@calamityjames You mean that I should send an E-mail to this presumably really awesome guy? *wink* *wink*

[nightmoves17]

This is just great. You played it so well!

[davidovich00]

I love sheets with no armor... I wonder if I can play this *thoughtful*. At least it's all fortissimo... shit, that should be tiresome. Imma go for it, though.

[maleficentdiva]

this music sounds like ragtime style of music! LOL! I always loved the music for the Mario games, its great music!

[SmashTaper]

If only this was possible on piano :S

[dn196906]

would you mine sending me your finale file? I would like to transcribe it for a trombone choir. Thanks

dn5963@hotmail.com

[shawdowprincess1]

one word epic!

[devil2bDK]

great arrangement =)

[FrankRobinsonIV]

I believe those notes should be g# in the second measure.

[calamityjames]

@FrankRobinsonIV Those notes are G# in the second measure, both in sound and in writing. The sharp is written on the first beat, the G two ledger lines below the staff. The sharp carries through the entire measure to all G notes on that staff.

[shallyshallow08]

is that even possible!?

[Gonzohatt123]

The 7 persons hwo don't like this should die...

[amartin3138]

Have you heard the blindfolded pianist?

[billyshears24]

Killed it son.

[partyboycjg54]

now thats just plain crazy...

[Nintendomasterong]

The repeat sign at the end needs to repeat, lol

[xontix627]

My head right now thinking: " Oh shi-"

[mcgyvr2009i]

Which program is being used?

[supermariofaan]

You had WAY too much time on your hands. are you over 18 or someting???? no high schooler could have done it

[calamityjames]

@supermariofaan Hehe, yes, I'm over 18. But for what it's worth, I wrote this transcription before I was 18. I just hadn't thought to commit it to video or the internets until much more recently. =)

[currymuttonpizza]

@supermariofaan Hah, BS that no highschooler could have done it. One of my favorite hobbies in eighth grade was making midis of stuff I knew, and once I got to high school I'd arrange songs for choir and band.

This is a fantastic transcription. <3

[supermariofaan]

@currymuttonpizza I thought all high schoolers were like my bro. He is SO lazy and all he does is play xbox like it was an artifact blessed from God or something.

[brieforlife]

0.0

[Siphon15]

OMg YESSSSSS finally ive found it!!

Thank you for this wonderfull song :D

i missed it and just had to play it 3 times :)

[kjlkjlkjl1]

now this is exactly the style of this piece i've been looking for. thanks

[pacificmaker]

thanks gooooood I luuuv you sooo muuuuuuuuuchhh!!!

[calamityjames]

I love you too? =)

[bubbaXzone]

@calamityjames I LOVE YOU TO!!! I WANT YOUR BABIES INSIDE OF ME!

[zitoran]

i was playing my recorder with this on it sounds good il mayby make recoder tut on this song

[calamityjames]

It certainly does work! I'd love to see it. I also play recorder, and I was playing the background harmonies with my tenor recorder and the occasional lead harmony with my alto. The lead is on soprano of course.

[shifatkhan]

Thnxx alot for the notes!!

[Brick508]

It actually is possible, i've heard it done

[Olimar8338]

Does anyone here have sheet music for this song for any version of air platform theme? I just take away the super low notes to make impossible chords possible, so that's not a problem.

[isambo400]

search for tom brier's playing of this, there is a really good score in the description.

[InkStudiosVideo]

You have no idea what your talking about,

dont say stuff you dont know, this song is possible to play with 2 hands you jump your hand from one chord to another

[AsianPianistDude]

At 0:44 2 hands cannot play that chord. But yes most of this arrangement is playable by 2 hands.

[Olimar8338]

There's at least 10 of those chords through the piece >_>

[AsianPianistDude]

sorry let me be more exact, at 0:45-0:46 lol

[AsianPianistDude]

measure 47. however i guess you could play that bar if you used your nose or something.

[lukoutube]

@AsianPianistDude Also.. measure 10, is almost impossible if you try to play it

[Dephyr]

Obvious piano newbie

[OrbiliusMagister]

Musical writing can be sometimes deceptive: many experienced pianists can play chords like that with a smart use of the right pedal and a hardly audible "acciaccatura". Pianists with little hands are very clever in these moves; not to mention that a tricky pianist with large hands could play that lower G an octave higher and many listeners wouldn't perceive the cheating ;-)

[spiritsofwisdom]

Oh my, I love this! Thanks for an excellent work, nice!

I've almost finished every Super Mario (SNES) game except for SMF... xD... and this one (Air Platform) was my most favorite!

[UltraMegaboss]

Cool music, but I like the music of Super Mario 64

[hylianarcher]

I slowed this down by 100%, smoked weed, and tripped out on it. Sounds neat when slowed down.

[Annie0o0o]

Coooool~  xD

[kereberus]

i must thank you, i find it alot easier to listen to music when i can see it at the same time. one question though, when playing the melody parts on the higher notes why do you kill the sound between each part, i feel like it'd sound better if each segment flowed right into the next with a trail (forgive my description if it doesnt make sense, i dont know the jargon for music really).

[ErrgletheComposer]

I know what he's trying to say, The original song did have rests between, but he'd rather see the notes held for the full value of its self and its rest. I personally like the more staccatto notes, Though i think some of the eighths should be quarter notes.

[kereberus]

yeah i know the original had rests but thats a midi tune, what works for that doesnt always transfer to piano, i feel that the higher pitched melody parts need to forsake accuracy to the original in favour of making the piano piece flow better. dont you think? ^^

[calamityjames]

@kereberus My intention was not a better arrangement. Only a better transcription. As an arranger, piano is not really my forte; I'd rather write a brass quintet or a big band jazz score. But your opinion about how this melody could be written is agreeable, and I'm sure it has been utilized by many arrangers.

[em2894]

Hey man awesome job.

I use the same program as you and I'm wondering how you put more than one note on the same staff to play at the same time

[calamityjames]

@em2894 Ctrl+Enter is the keystroke, but perfecting the variations is better achieved via experimentation than explanation.

[asdfasdfasdf786]

Awesome transcription! :D Can someone with the sheet music please upload it. Thanks

[cwjakesteel]

I'm copying this out on a music sheet, not hand written with a music publisher (free). Is this in C major?

[calamityjames]

Sure is.

[LiberLucis]

Fantastic work, Jamie! Out of the many transcriptions I've seen, this one is the most accurate. Even the accidentals (including m. 46) make sense, and the rhythm is exact. As a pianist, I find this transcription very insightful.

[calamityjames]

Wow. Now that is a comment! Thanks, buddy! Makes me want to make another video. I should take requests. =D

[fightme135]

wow this is pro i'm posting myself playing this soon

[cbgirardo]

Commenting on two notes I have read here:

The part at 0:16 does not require large, but rather flexible hands.

The part at 0:45 is reminiscent of many, many, many classical pieces and actually can be played quite accurately, it would just be rolled(playing the bottom note with the center or right pedal pressed down and then playing the other two, also in the left hand). This is very playable as written.

[Lavenderinscence]

MY toddlers love this song ... lol everytime i play it they jump up and start dancing ... hopefully they enjoy looking at sheet music because I have plans for them .....  :)

[calamityjames]

@Lavenderinscence I hope you are still playing them this song. =)

[fr1x]

@Lavenderinscence

over working your kids and taking away their childhood

BITCH!

[Acep33]

0:16 is neary impossible to play in real, you need really big hands for it. but the arragement song sounds good.

[Quirrelq7]

MMLeung - Super Mario Medley. Crazy.

[pwnedTAS]

Wow, that was pretty ridiculous. The version I made by ear (I can't really write sheet music that well) focused more on the right hand as melody and harmony, while the left hand provided base octaves, and because I did it entirely by ear it's not 100% faithful. If I manage to capture it on video without my hands cramping up I'll post it.

[WinCamXP]

I think someone should arrange this as a twenty-minute loop and offer a download ^.^

[BloodSkull56]

me and my friend played this as a sax duet and we got it perfect

its SOOOOO FUN!!!

[pineappleskin]

to all you people who said he's such a pro at the piano, this is obviously a recording, probably done on some composition software...

If you read the details on this video, Calamityjames says outright: "This transcription of the song is not actually playable by one person. If you look at :45 into the video, there's no way that can be played honestly, by o