Left-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Coming-home slide
Three notes step down to the root, then rest at home. Musicians call it walk-down 3-2-1.
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How Coming-home slide 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 Coming-home slide
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Coming-home slide, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Coming-home slide
What is Coming-home slide on piano?
Three notes step down to the root, then rest at home. Musicians call it walk-down 3-2-1, one of the walk-down patterns: step by step down into the next chord.
How do I play walk-down 3-2-1 with the left hand?
Over C major it is E3 (1), then D3 (4), then C3 (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 Coming-home slide?
It is heard in 52 songs of the library, as the main groove of 2 songs, such as Do You Want To Build A Snowman?, Agnus Dei, Singin’ In The Rain, Me And My Shadow.
Is Coming-home slide easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 116 beats a minute.