Right-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Fairy lights
A chord, then two bright notes blinking like fairy lights. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 8-10.
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How Fairy lights 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 Fairy lights
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Fairy lights, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Fairy lights
What is Fairy lights on piano?
A chord, then two bright notes blinking like fairy lights. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 8-10, one of the two-note ostinato patterns: two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
How do I play two-note ostinato 8-10 with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1) + F#4 (2) + C5 (4), then E5 (5), then C5 (4), then E5 (5), then C5 (4), then E5 (5), 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 Fairy lights?
It is heard in 47 songs of the library, such as Why, Every Rose Has Its Thorn, America Town, Fingers Of Love.
Is Fairy lights easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.