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Sunset stairs down
From the root, three steps sinking down: a bittersweet slide. Musicians call it walk-down 1-7-6-5.
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How Sunset stairs down 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-down: Step by step down into the next chord.
Songs with Sunset stairs down
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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What is Sunset stairs down on piano?
From the root, three steps sinking down: a bittersweet slide. Musicians call it walk-down 1-7-6-5, one of the walk-down patterns: step by step down into the next chord.
How do I play walk-down 1-7-6-5 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then B3 (1), then A3 (2), then G3 (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 Sunset stairs down?
It is heard in 119 songs of the library, as the main groove of 2 songs, such as Unchained Melody, Georgia On My Mind, With A Little Help From My Friends, Lullaby Of Broadway.
Is Sunset stairs down easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.