Super Mario Series for Guitar: Guitar TAB

For the price, this book is a good deal for the right person: a diehard Mario fan with advancing guitar skills. You get a lot of theme songs that span different games from different consoles.You have to a be somewhat advanced in your guitar skills to be able to tackle this book. If you're just starting out with your guitar education, this book will be beyond your skill level and may prove to be a bit frustrating. Most of the songs require a fair bit of quick chord changes and advanced picking techniques as well as the ability to move up and down the fretboard.I also think that only a diehard Super Mario fan will fully appreciate this book. I grew up with Super Mario and have fond memories of some of the games but I have to admit that I'm not completely well-versed in the Super Mario universe and so many of the themes in the book were pretty unknown to me. The themes that I do recognize were enjoyable and the others that I didn't recognize, I found on Youtube to familiarize myself. If you aren't a big fan, these theme songs will mean nothing to you and may not be particularly enjoyable because some of them are short snippets and fanfares.The book is printed on nice, glossy high-quality papers with small artwork on each page. Unfortunately, both the notation and tablature are rather small and difficult to read (I guess to keep most of the themes on a single or half page). I would have preferred that they spent their budget on more pages of decent quality with a larger font rather than less but high-quality paper with barely legible font. Also, the way the book is bound makes it difficult to keep open. Those are my only complaints. Also, nothing was included from Mario Kart Double Dash (GameCube) which was my favorite Mario game.In sum, it's great for diehard fans who really know their guitar. Casual guitar players and video game fans as well as beginning guitarists will probably have a lukewarm reaction to this guide.

This made me laugh when I saw it. My 8 year old son is in love with Mario everything. When we put him into guitar club, and he enjoyed it. I took him to a music store to find a kids beginner book. And he found a Mario book for the piano. He was so upset by this, and really wanted a book for the guitar. So when it can time for SANTA to do his thing, will let's just say that he was no longer upset. In fact it made his Christmas the best ever!! Thanks Alfred Publishing Staff for thinking if the younger players.

I was looking around for guitar books because I bought a new guitar. I wanted to take lessons, which I've started. I bought this so when I play well enough I can play these tunes from the greatest video game series of all time. I would strongly suggest buying this if you play guitar and are a huge Super Mario Bros. fan.

Great collection. Not for beginners though

My son loves Mario and playing guitar. Great gift for him.

I'm a collegiate level classical guitarist. I got this for students expecting it to be simple and some of the songs are, but I have begun using several of them as exercises for myself. Well arranged. Notation style tab (for those of you that really don't read music except rhythms). Great book.

Brutally difficult unless you've been playing for years and are very, VERY skilled.

Bought this for my Guitar Playing Brother for Christmas. BIG HIT! Contains all of the music you'd expect for the Mario Series and then some!

The arrangement s in this book are most suitable for classical guitar.many of the songs have been transposed into different keys which makes playing along with original pieces very awkward. For children and teenagers I would recommend the easy piano versions instead.I have read both books and the piano arrangements flow much better.a perfect example is the Mario kart theme.in this book it is missing its baseline. My dream would be a real book of Nintendo music complete with ring binding and lead sheets...

Item loved by the Birthday boy. Thank you. Not for the beginner but a great goal to work towards.

Enjoyable music scores, some of them are easy and some slightly difficult.Good to spend the time to play well-known tune.

The tabs were accurate to the Mario soundtrack but suits an experienced player.

A fun mix with some challenging pieces!