Left-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Open sky
Root, fifth, then a high third: open and airy, the sound of a big sky. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10.
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How Open sky 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.
Open arpeggio: The left hand rolls up through the chord and back, like a wave.
Songs with Open sky
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Open sky, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Open sky
What is Open sky on piano?
Root, fifth, then a high third: open and airy, the sound of a big sky. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10, one of the open arpeggio patterns: the left hand rolls up through the chord and back, like a wave.
How do I play open arpeggio 1-5-10 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then G3 (2), then E4 (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 Open sky?
It is heard in 918 songs of the library, as the main groove of 98 songs, such as All I Ask Of You, Let It Go, Here Comes The Sun, Deck The Hall.
Is Open sky easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.