Left-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Boogie climb
Each note played twice as the line climbs: a rocking boogie bass. Musicians call it broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5.
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How Boogie climb goes
One bar over a C chord: a row for each key, a column for each step, the finger on each note. Over another chord, move the same shape to its root.
Broken chord: The chord, one note at a time, close together.
Songs with Boogie climb
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Boogie climb, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Boogie climb
What is Boogie climb on piano?
Each note played twice as the line climbs: a rocking boogie bass. Musicians call it broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5, one of the broken chord patterns: the chord, one note at a time, close together.
How do I play broken chord 1-1-3-3-5-5-6-5 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then C3 (5), then Eb3 (4), then E3 (3), then G3 (2), then G3 (2), and so on; the number after each note is the finger (1 is the thumb). Over any other chord, move the same shape to that chord's root.
What songs use Boogie climb?
It is heard in 25 songs of the library, as the main groove of 14 songs, such as For Your Love, Wig In A Box, Your Mama Don’t Dance, (It's A) Monster's Holiday.
Is Boogie climb easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.