Left-hand pattern · Waltz garden
Moonlit climb
Three notes rising to a soft, jazzy top note in three, left to ring. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-7 (3/4).
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How Moonlit 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 Moonlit climb
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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All patternsQuestions about Moonlit climb
What is Moonlit climb on piano?
Three notes rising to a soft, jazzy top note in three, left to ring. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-7 (3/4), one of the broken chord patterns: the chord, one note at a time, close together.
How do I play broken chord 1-5-7 (3/4) 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 Moonlit climb?
It is heard in 211 songs of the library, as the main groove of 18 songs, such as Silver Bells, Pure Imagination, Caroling, Caroling, Ukrainian Bell Carol (in the style of Haydn).
Is Moonlit climb easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 3/4, usually around 115 beats a minute.