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How To Play 'The Super Mario Bros Theme' on Tres Cubano | GCE Tuning | Cuban Tres | NES

1,400 views · Published 11 November 2017 · 3:21 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: TresCubano · 2017 · Music

Now, I know I say this a lot, but here's a tutorial I've wanted to do since I started this channel four years ago: How To Play 'The Super Mario Bros Theme' on Tres Cubano. I remember back in the late 90's in Havana I saw a Tres player play this simple song for a group of tourists and everyone around my age (I'm currently 41) went nuts. For my generation it's truly the soundtrack of our childhoods. Also, I couldn't get over how correct it sounded on the Tres, almost like it was written for the instrument.

I transcribed it directly from the original game-used version in the key of C major. The song has four main parts which are all included in the tutorial, I play each part twice, however in the tune itself the order is a bit different but I didn't want to be redundant.

For the tutorial I'm tuned to standard C (GCE) and I'm playing my Sitka Spruce Baby Taylor Tres. If you'd like to see how the conversion is done click here: http://youtu.be/mv4Xx-k1Hmg

The string gauges I'm using are:
G10/24 C16/16 E11/11

I transcribe all of the songs for my tutorials myself so I don't have the tablature for any of them.

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The song at the end of the video is the classic tune ‘El Reloj De Pastora’ played by the incredible ‘Septeto Trio Los Dos’ who have graciously given me permission to use.

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How To Play 'The Super Mario Bros Theme' on Tres Cubano | GCE Tuning | Cuban Tres | NES

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