Left-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Trampoline bounce
Root, a jump up, a dip down, a jump up: a country-style bounce. Musicians call it broken chord 8-12-5-12.
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How Trampoline 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 Trampoline bounce
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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All patternsQuestions about Trampoline bounce
What is Trampoline bounce on piano?
Root, a jump up, a dip down, a jump up: a country-style bounce. Musicians call it broken chord 8-12-5-12, one of the broken chord patterns: the chord, one note at a time, close together.
How do I play broken chord 8-12-5-12 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C4 (2), then G4 (1), then G3 (5), then G4 (1); 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 Trampoline bounce?
It is heard in 257 songs of the library, as the main groove of 81 songs, such as Maria, They All Laughed, Gimme Gimme, Young At Heart (arr. Phillip Keveren).
Is Trampoline bounce easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.