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Mozart murmur
Low, high, middle, high, over and over: the Mozart murmur. Musicians call it alberti bass 1-5-3-5.
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How Mozart murmur 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.
Alberti bass: Low, high, middle, high: the Mozart left hand.
Songs with Mozart murmur
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Mozart murmur, from verse to chorus.
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What is Mozart murmur on piano?
Low, high, middle, high, over and over: the Mozart murmur. Musicians call it alberti bass 1-5-3-5, one of the alberti bass patterns: low, high, middle, high: the mozart left hand.
How do I play alberti bass 1-5-3-5 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then G3 (1), then E3 (3), then G3 (1), then C3 (5), then G3 (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 Mozart murmur?
It is heard in 186 songs of the library, as the main groove of 50 songs, such as Comptine D'un Autre Été (from Amélie), All Creatures Of Our God And King, Mr. Tambourine Man, With One Look.
Is Mozart murmur easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 116 beats a minute.