How Nintendo Makes Music Sound Japanese

I always love in Mario games when there's a level themed around feudal Japan, and in this video I wanted to take a look and see what techniques these games use to make their music feel Japanese. 0:00 - Japanese Mario Levels 1:14 - Percussion Propulsion 3:24 - 4th Based Harmony 5:07 - SM3DW - Hands-On Hall 7:16 - Princess Peach: Showtime - Ninja Village 8:55 - Pentatonic Scales 9:36 - Hirajoshi Scale 10:57 - Paper Mario: The Origami King - Shogun Studios Entrance 11:44 - Super Mario Odyssey - Bowser's Castle Courtyard 12:26 - Pentatonic Melodies in Paper Mario: The Origami King 13:59 - Mario Party 7 - Pagoda Peak 14:42 - Mario Kart 8 - Dragon Driftway 15:21 - Shamisen Shredding 16:04 - Outro PATREON:   / 8bitmusictheory   Check out my album: https://8bitmt.bandcamp.com/album/let... DISCORD:   / discord   TWITTER:   / 8bitmusictheory   #Mario #gamemusic #8bitMusicTheory