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Sliding twins
Two notes together step down beat by beat, like a hymn closing. Musicians call it left-hand power fifths (3/4).
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How Sliding twins 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.
Left-hand chords: Small left-hand chords pushing the beat.
Songs with Sliding twins
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Sliding twins, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Sliding twins
What is Sliding twins on piano?
Two notes together step down beat by beat, like a hymn closing. Musicians call it left-hand power fifths (3/4), one of the left-hand chords patterns: small left-hand chords pushing the beat.
How do I play lh power fifths (3/4) with the left hand?
Over C major it is E3 (3) + G3 (1), then D3 (4) + F3 (2), then C3 (5) + E3 (3); 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 Sliding twins?
It is heard in 258 songs of the library, as the main groove of 29 songs, such as Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring, Jerusalem, Here I Go Again, The Holly And The Ivy.
Is Sliding twins easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 3/4, usually around 105 beats a minute.