Left-hand pattern · Waltz garden
Boom-chick-boom
Bass, chord, then a second bass note: a country waltz in three. Musicians call it boom-chick (3/4).
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How Boom-chick-boom 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.
Stride & boom-chick: A deep bass note, then a chord. The left hand jumps.
Songs with Boom-chick-boom
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Boom-chick-boom, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Boom-chick-boom
What is Boom-chick-boom on piano?
Bass, chord, then a second bass note: a country waltz in three. Musicians call it boom-chick (3/4), one of the stride & boom-chick patterns: a deep bass note, then a chord. the left hand jumps.
How do I play boom-chick (3/4) with the left hand?
Over C major it is C4 (3), then E4 (2) + G4 (1), then G3 (5); 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 Boom-chick-boom?
It is heard in 141 songs of the library, as the main groove of 16 songs, such as My Favorite Things (from The Sound Of Music), And So It Goes, Granada, Epilogue.
Is Boom-chick-boom easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 3/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.