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Mario Cadence

When a song uses bVI-bVII-I; with the name popularized by the Flagpole Fanfare from the Super Mario Bros video game. It is used to build up tension to the tonic.
Hallucinate by Dua Lipa, Gangnam Style by Psy, Hero by Nickelback, The Peanuts Theme by Vince Guaraldi, The Star Spangled Banner by Whitney Houston, SOS by ABBA, All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow & Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) by Steely Dan all contain the Mario Cadence.
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Mario Cadence

When a song uses bVI-bVII-I; with the name popularized by the Flagpole Fanfare from the Super Mario Bros video game. It is used to build up tension to the tonic.
Hallucinate by Dua Lipa, Gangnam Style by Psy, Hero by Nickelback, The Peanuts Theme by Vince Guaraldi, The Star Spangled Banner by Whitney Houston, SOS by ABBA, All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow & Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) by Steely Dan all contain the Mario Cadence.
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