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"World 1-1" from Super Mario Bros.

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The Drop to Chord Violation of the World One One Theme

The Super Mario Brothers theme is moving in descending differently inverted C major triads. Koji Kondo takes those chord voicings and he converts them into what's called a drop to chord voicing. This gives you a much bigger sound for basic triad just by taking that middle note and dropping it down the octave.

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