Left-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Dreamy wave
Rolls up through a soft extra note: a dreamy, open, modern sound. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-9-10.
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How Dreamy wave 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.
Open arpeggio: The left hand rolls up through the chord and back, like a wave.
Songs with Dreamy wave
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Dreamy wave, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Dreamy wave
What is Dreamy wave on piano?
Rolls up through a soft extra note: a dreamy, open, modern sound. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-9-10, one of the open arpeggio patterns: the left hand rolls up through the chord and back, like a wave.
How do I play open arpeggio 1-5-9-10 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then G3 (1), then D4 (3), then E4 (2); 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 wave?
It is heard in 129 songs of the library, as the main groove of 18 songs, such as Killing Me Softly With His Song, If, How Great Is Our God, Valentine.
Is Dreamy wave easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 92 beats a minute.