Right-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Rising chords
Up the chord and back in quick notes, gently lifting the song. Musicians call it rising arpeggio 1-5-8-5.
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How Rising chords 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.
Rising arpeggio: The right hand climbs the chord again and again.
Songs with Rising chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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All patternsQuestions about Rising chords
What is Rising chords on piano?
Up the chord and back in quick notes, gently lifting the song. Musicians call it rising arpeggio 1-5-8-5, one of the rising arpeggio patterns: the right hand climbs the chord again and again.
How do I play rising arpeggio 1-5-8-5 with the right hand?
Over C major it is C4 (1), then G4 (2), then C5 (5), then G4 (2), then C4 (1), then G4 (2), 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 Rising chords?
It is heard in 15 songs of the library, as the main groove of 2 songs, such as Atlas, Closer, Extraordinary Thing, Here Comes Your Man.
Is Rising chords easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.