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Wind chimes
A bright chord, then two notes chiming back and forth in the breeze. Musicians call it broken-chord ostinato 10-5.
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How Wind chimes 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 figure: A right-hand figure circling the chord.
Songs with Wind chimes
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Wind chimes, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Wind chimes
What is Wind chimes on piano?
A bright chord, then two notes chiming back and forth in the breeze. Musicians call it broken-chord ostinato 10-5, one of the broken-chord figure patterns: a right-hand figure circling the chord.
How do I play broken-chord ostinato 10-5 with the right hand?
Over C major it is C5 (3) + E5 (5), then G4 (1), then C5 (3), then G4 (1), then C5 (3), then G4 (1), and so on; 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 Wind chimes?
It is heard in 26 songs of the library, as the main groove of 1 song, such as Alone, Any Other Way, Godspeed Titanic, Skywriter.
Is Wind chimes easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 110 beats a minute.