'Super Mario Bros.' Theme Gets Played on Ancient Chinese Musical Instrument, Sounds Like Steel Drums and History (Video)

Great. Now that's stuck in our heads.

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This ancient Chinese instrument is called a sheng.

It's a woodwind instrument made of bamboo that sounds deceptively similar to steel drums. It's actually been around since 1100 BCE and sounds like it was built for no other purpose than to play the original Super Mario Bros. theme song.

We just checked, a sheng will cost you around $4,000, so good luck with that.

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