Good highlighting of Miyamoto's bluegrass roots. I've been screaming that fact at everyone who would listen for the last handful of years! Also, I did Baby Shark (guitar player here), complete with the lack of resolution and B part, at our local jam once, and every few jams they ask me to do it again... I've only done it 'again' once... but the seed has been planted. Lol!
So glad im not the only one who noticed this! If there’s any debate, I’d recommend listening to the Horse Race theme from Ocarina of Time. Furthermore, I’d recommend listening to the horse race mashup posted by SiIvagunner that’s around 11 minutes long. It really shows how fiddle tune-y some of our favorite Melodie’s are.
The other nyan cat tune is an Irish fiddle tune called the Finnish Polka and it does get played at sessions frequently as it was popularized by Kevin Burke of the Bothy Band
Not necessarily bluegrass, but sort of still related to this video. The over-world theme to Super Mario Bros 2 is straight up rag! It sounds like something Scott Joplin could write and you would hear on some saloon piano back in the 1900s!
Did you know that September 13 is not only the birthday for Super Mario Brothers in Japan, but also for bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe (1911-1996)? We all know Shigeru Miyamoto loves bluegrass!
This video is awesome! I bet if you gave Nyan cat some fiddle tune name like "Cat's on the Rainbow" or "The Calico Reel" it would catch on. I've been trying to find old Japanese Shamisen songs that can be turned into fiddle tunes or bluegrass tunes. Check out the song called Bad Apples. Its Japanese but sure has a fiddle tune feel to it.
Is that why A Child Born off of Tony Rice’s Backwaters always reminded me of a Zelda tune?? Or probably Zelda’s Lullaby is a spin-off of A Child Born. Check it out, you’ll hear it too, guarantee it.
What about fiddle tunes that sound like they should be video game music? There's one called 'Blind Man's Reel' that I've been playing recently that sounds like it would fit right in as backing to to Super Mario level!
I wonder how this kind of music could be done using the five essential bluegrass instruments, as defined by Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys circa 1945: 1. Mandolin (by Bill Monroe) 2. Acoustic guitar (by Lester Flatt) 3. Banjo (by Earl Scruggs) 4. Upright bass (by Cedric Rainwater) 5. Fiddle (by Robert "Chubby" Wise) And on the side... 6. Dobro (resonator guitar) 7. Harmonica 8. Accordion
