Right-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Bubble pop
A note leaps up to a higher one and back, popping like bubbles. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 3-8.
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How Bubble pop 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.
Two-note ostinato: Two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
Songs with Bubble pop
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Bubble pop, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Bubble pop
What is Bubble pop on piano?
A note leaps up to a higher one and back, popping like bubbles. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 3-8, one of the two-note ostinato patterns: two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
How do I play two-note ostinato 3-8 with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1), then C5 (5), then E4 (1), then C5 (5), then E4 (1), then C5 (5), 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 Bubble pop?
It is heard in 14 songs of the library, as the main groove of 1 song, such as Mr Brightside, Oxygen, Chasing Cars, I Will Wait.
Is Bubble pop easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 113 beats a minute.