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Clock-tower chimes
A ringing chord, then two notes chiming steadily like a clock tower. Musicians call it broken-chord ostinato 10-8.
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How Clock-tower chimes 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 figure: A right-hand figure circling the chord.
Songs with Clock-tower chimes
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Clock-tower chimes, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Clock-tower chimes
What is Clock-tower chimes on piano?
A ringing chord, then two notes chiming steadily like a clock tower. Musicians call it broken-chord ostinato 10-8, one of the broken-chord figure patterns: a right-hand figure circling the chord.
How do I play broken-chord ostinato 10-8 with the right hand?
Over C major it is G4 (1) + E5 (5), then C5 (3), then G4 (1), then C5 (3), then G4 (1), then C5 (3), 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 Clock-tower chimes?
It is heard in 18 songs of the library, such as Barely Legal, Hard To Love, It Is Time, Keep My Heart.
Is Clock-tower chimes easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 116 beats a minute.