Left-hand pattern · Blues & boogie
Leap-up stairs
Root, a leap up, then two steps climbing into the next chord. Musicians call it walk-up 1-5-6-7.
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How Leap-up stairs 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.
Walk-up: Step by step up into the next chord.
Songs with Leap-up stairs
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Leap-up stairs, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Leap-up stairs
What is Leap-up stairs on piano?
Root, a leap up, then two steps climbing into the next chord. Musicians call it walk-up 1-5-6-7, one of the walk-up patterns: step by step up into the next chord.
How do I play walk-up 1-5-6-7 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then G3 (3), then A3 (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 Leap-up stairs?
It is heard in 102 songs of the library, as the main groove of 3 songs, such as Your Song, Frosty The Snow Man, My Man, Round And Round.
Is Leap-up stairs easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 112 beats a minute.