Right-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Leaping sparkle
A note and a much higher one leap back and forth, bright and playful. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 5-10.
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How Leaping sparkle 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 Leaping sparkle
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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What is Leaping sparkle on piano?
A note and a much higher one leap back and forth, bright and playful. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 5-10, one of the two-note ostinato patterns: two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
How do I play two-note ostinato 5-10 with the right hand?
Over C major it is G4 (1), then E5 (5), then G4 (1), then E5 (5), then G4 (1), 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 Leaping sparkle?
It is heard in 18 songs of the library, as the main groove of 1 song, such as Au Revoir, Gracefully Broken, Lady, Sparrow.
Is Leaping sparkle easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.