Left-hand pattern · Waltz garden
Lullaby ripple
Up to the top and rocking there in quick notes: a lullaby in three. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8-5-8-5 (3/4).
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How Lullaby ripple 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 Lullaby ripple
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Lullaby ripple, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Lullaby ripple
What is Lullaby ripple on piano?
Up to the top and rocking there in quick notes: a lullaby in three. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8-5-8-5 (3/4), one of the broken chord patterns: the chord, one note at a time, close together.
How do I play broken chord 1-5-8-5-8-5 (3/4) with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then G3 (2), then C4 (1), then G3 (2), then C4 (1), then G3 (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 Lullaby ripple?
It is heard in 92 songs of the library, as the main groove of 33 songs, such as Silent Night, Greensleeves, I Giorni, O Mio Babbino Caro (from Gianni Schicchi).
Is Lullaby ripple easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 3/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.