Left-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Peek-up stairs
Three steps up, then back home, ready to start again. Musicians call it walk-up 1-2-3-1.
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How Peek-up stairs 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.
Walk-up: Step by step up into the next chord.
Songs with Peek-up stairs
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Peek-up stairs, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Peek-up stairs
What is Peek-up stairs on piano?
Three steps up, then back home, ready to start again. Musicians call it walk-up 1-2-3-1, one of the walk-up patterns: step by step up into the next chord.
How do I play walk-up 1-2-3-1 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then D3 (4), then E3 (1), then C3 (5); 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 Peek-up stairs?
It is heard in 239 songs of the library, as the main groove of 13 songs, such as Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words), Uptown Girl, Linus And Lucy, Silver Bells.
Is Peek-up stairs easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.