Left-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Jazz-club climb
Three slow notes rising to a soft, jazzy top, one per beat. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-7.
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How Jazz-club climb 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.
Broken chord: The chord, one note at a time, close together.
Songs with Jazz-club climb
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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What is Jazz-club climb on piano?
Three slow notes rising to a soft, jazzy top, one per beat. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-7, one of the broken chord patterns: the chord, one note at a time, close together.
How do I play broken chord 1-5-7 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then G3 (2), then B3 (1); 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 Jazz-club climb?
It is heard in 122 songs of the library, as the main groove of 4 songs, such as Come Fly With Me, The Best Things In Life Are Free, My Foolish Heart, My Shining Hour.
Is Jazz-club climb easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 112 beats a minute.