Right-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Dreamy flicker
Two notes flicker with a soft, dreamy, slightly bluesy colour. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 5-7.
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How Dreamy flicker 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 Dreamy flicker
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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All patternsQuestions about Dreamy flicker
What is Dreamy flicker on piano?
Two notes flicker with a soft, dreamy, slightly bluesy colour. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 5-7, one of the two-note ostinato patterns: two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
How do I play two-note ostinato 5-7 with the right hand?
Over C major it is G4 (1), then B4 (3), then G4 (1), then B4 (3), then G4 (1), then B4 (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 Dreamy flicker?
It is heard in 25 songs of the library, such as Get Back (arr. Mona Rejino), Fishin' In The Dark, Here Comes My Girl, I See You.
Is Dreamy flicker easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 118 beats a minute.