Left-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Bump-and-slide down
A quick double on the root, then three steps sliding down. Musicians call it walk-down 8-8-7-6-5.
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How Bump-and-slide down 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.
Walk-down: Step by step down into the next chord.
Songs with Bump-and-slide down
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Bump-and-slide down, from verse to chorus.
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What is Bump-and-slide down on piano?
A quick double on the root, then three steps sliding down. Musicians call it walk-down 8-8-7-6-5, one of the walk-down patterns: step by step down into the next chord.
How do I play walk-down 8-8-7-6-5 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C4 (1), then C4 (1), then B3 (2), then A3 (4), 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 Bump-and-slide down?
It is heard in 60 songs of the library, as the main groove of 1 song, such as The Pink Panther, Basin Street Blues, Can't Buy Me Love, Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat (from Walt Disney's The Aristocats).
Is Bump-and-slide down easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 126 beats a minute.