Right-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Moonbeam glimmer
The top note dips to a sweet lower note and back, glimmering softly. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 8-6.
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How Moonbeam glimmer 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 Moonbeam glimmer
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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What is Moonbeam glimmer on piano?
The top note dips to a sweet lower note and back, glimmering softly. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 8-6, one of the two-note ostinato patterns: two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
How do I play two-note ostinato 8-6 with the right hand?
Over C major it is C5 (3), then A4 (1), then C5 (3), then A4 (1), then C5 (3), then A4 (1), 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 Moonbeam glimmer?
It is heard in 29 songs of the library, such as Crocodile Rock, Are We All We Are, Can He, Could He, Would He, Did He?, Female.
Is Moonbeam glimmer easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 130 beats a minute.