Left-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Ping-pong bounce
High, low, high, low on every beat: a ping-pong bounce. Musicians call it broken chord 8-5.
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How Ping-pong bounce 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 Ping-pong bounce
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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All patternsQuestions about Ping-pong bounce
What is Ping-pong bounce on piano?
High, low, high, low on every beat: a ping-pong bounce. Musicians call it broken chord 8-5, one of the broken chord patterns: the chord, one note at a time, close together.
How do I play broken chord 8-5 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C4 (2), then G3 (5), then C4 (2), then G3 (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 Ping-pong bounce?
It is heard in 302 songs of the library, as the main groove of 94 songs, such as The Sound Of Silence, Yellow Submarine, A Hundred Million Miracles, Oklahoma?.
Is Ping-pong bounce easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 110 beats a minute.