Left-hand pattern · Waltz garden
Spinning-top pulse
Six even low notes in a three-beat bar, spinning round and round. Musicians call it root bass in 3/4 8ths.
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How Spinning-top pulse 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.
Root bass rhythm: Just the lowest note, played in a rhythm you can dance to.
Songs with Spinning-top pulse
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Spinning-top pulse, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Spinning-top pulse
What is Spinning-top pulse on piano?
Six even low notes in a three-beat bar, spinning round and round. Musicians call it root bass in 3/4 8ths, one of the root bass rhythm patterns: just the lowest note, played in a rhythm you can dance to.
How do I play root bass · 3/4 8ths with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C3 (5), 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 Spinning-top pulse?
It is heard in 87 songs of the library, as the main groove of 34 songs, such as Before The Throne Of God Above, Children Of The Wind, Jesus Paid It All, O Church Arise.
Is Spinning-top pulse easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 3/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.