Right-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Dewdrop twinkle
Two low, close notes twinkling up and back like morning dew. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 1-3.
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How Dewdrop twinkle 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 Dewdrop twinkle
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Dewdrop twinkle, from verse to chorus.
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What is Dewdrop twinkle on piano?
Two low, close notes twinkling up and back like morning dew. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 1-3, one of the two-note ostinato patterns: two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
How do I play two-note ostinato 1-3 with the right hand?
Over C major it is C4 (1), then E4 (3), then C4 (1), then E4 (3), then C4 (1), then E4 (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 Dewdrop twinkle?
It is heard in 71 songs of the library, as the main groove of 8 songs, such as The Second Star To The Right, Run, All You Had To Do Was Stay, Come On-A My House.
Is Dewdrop twinkle easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 110 beats a minute.