Left-hand pattern · Film & wonder
Mountain leap
Three notes from very low to very high, leaping across the keyboard. Musicians call it wide arpeggio 1-5-15.
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How Mountain leap 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.
Wide arpeggio: A big sweep over two octaves: the film-score sound.
Songs with Mountain leap
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Mountain leap, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Mountain leap
What is Mountain leap on piano?
Three notes from very low to very high, leaping across the keyboard. Musicians call it wide arpeggio 1-5-15, one of the wide arpeggio patterns: a big sweep over two octaves: the film-score sound.
How do I play wide arpeggio 1-5-15 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then G3 (1), then C5 (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 Mountain leap?
It is heard in 83 songs of the library, as the main groove of 6 songs, such as Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea, How About Me?, The Echo Of A Serenade.
Is Mountain leap easy?
It is a tricky pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.