Left-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Waterslide
Four steps sliding down from up high, through the root. Musicians call it walk-down 10-9-8-7.
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How Waterslide 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 Waterslide
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Waterslide, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Waterslide
What is Waterslide on piano?
Four steps sliding down from up high, through the root. Musicians call it walk-down 10-9-8-7, one of the walk-down patterns: step by step down into the next chord.
How do I play walk-down 10-9-8-7 with the left hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1), then D4 (2), then C4 (3), then Bb3 (4); 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 Waterslide?
It is heard in 38 songs of the library, as the main groove of 1 song, such as Any Dream Will Do, When I Fall In Love, Losing My Mind, Let’s Do It.
Is Waterslide easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.