Old-time stride
Stride piano
A leaping left hand, ragtime style. 4/4, about 112 beats a minute. Press play, change the hands while it plays, or press “Make a song” for a whole song in the style.
Stride piano: left-hand patterns
The patterns its pianists stand on. Tap ▶ to hear one over its usual chords.
Stride piano: right-hand patterns
More patterns in this style
Songs played as stride piano
Thousands of songs in the library; the best known first.
- Bésame MuchoConsuelo Velazquez · V7–i–iv–i
- Heart And SoulHoagy Carmichael · I–vi–ii–V7
- Think Of MeAndrew Lloyd Webber · I–V–IV–V7
- Feeling GoodMichael Buble · i–IV7–i–IV7
- La Vie En Rose (Take Me To Your Heart Again)Edith Piaf · ii–V7–I–ii
- The EntertainerScott Joplin · I–IV–I–V
- Dance Of The Sugar Plum FairyPyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky · i–iv–#ivo–ivo
- Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes)Bill Evans · vii–III7–vi–III7
- Sleigh RideLeroy Anderson · V7–I–ii–V7
- Any Dream Will DoAndrew Lloyd Webber · I–V–I–IV
- Puttin' On The RitzIrving Berlin · i–ii–V7–i
- Skinny LoveWritten by Justin Vernon · vi–I–V–vi
- As If We Never Said Goodbye (from Sunset Boulevard)Andrew Lloyd Webber · I–bVII–IV–ii
- All Through The NightWelsh Folksong · I–IV–I–II
- Don't Let The Sun Go Down On MeElton John · I–IV–I–IV
- Some Enchanted EveningRodgers & Hammerstein · IV–I–ii–V7
- Another One Bites The DustQueen · vi–ii–vi–ii
- Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (from 'roberta')Jerome Kern · I–V7–I–IV
- BewitchedRodgers & Hart · iii–VI7–ii–V7
- My Funny ValentineRodgers & Hart · V7–I–Vsus–V7
- It Might As Well Be SpringRodgers & Hammerstein · I–ii–V7–I
- Time After TimeCyndi Lauper · ii–I–ii–I
- Till There Was YouMeredith Willson · I–biio–ii–iv
- Maple Leaf RagScott Joplin · V7–I–V7–I
- Tea For TwoIrving Caesar · ii–V7–ii–V7
- Ain’t Misbehavin’Thomas "Fats" Waller · IV–iv–I–bIII7
- I Got RhythmGeorge Gershwin · bVII7–bIII–iv–bVII7
- The Bare NecessitiesTerry Gilkyson · ii–VI7–ii–V7
- Younger Than SpringtimeRodgers & Hammerstein · ii–V7–I–V
- Ho HeyThe Lumineers · IV–I–IV–I
- It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy And Bess)George Gershwin · v–I–v–I
- You’ve Got A Friend In MeRandy Newman · I–III7–vi–bVI7
- Blue EyesElton John · I–V–v–vi
- The ImpossibleJames Arthur · IV–iii–V–ii
- A Spoonful Of SugarSherman Brothers · V7–I–V7–I
- All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front TeethSpike Jones and his City Slickers · I–II7–V7–I
- Love Is Here To StayGeorge Gershwin · ii–V7–bVII7–VI7
- On The Street Where You LiveLerner & Loewe · V7–I–V7–I
- Got To Get You Into My LifeThe Beatles · I7–IV7–I7–IV7
- Hello, GoodbyeThe Beatles · IV–I–V7–vi
- I Believe I Can FlyR. Kelly · iv–bIII–iv–bIII
- Lady MadonnaThe Beatles · I–IV–I–IV
- Love And MarriageFrank Sinatra · I–vi–ii–V7
- Two For The RoadHenry Mancini · ii–IV–vii–III7
- Chattanooga Choo ChooHarry Warren · I7–IV–I7–IV
- Count On MeBruno Mars · v–bVI–bVII–i
- You Make Me Feel So YoungFrank Sinatra · I–biio–ii–V7
- Luck Be A LadyFrank Loesser · I–bII7–I–bII7
- Purple RainPrince · IV–Isus–vi–V
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman) ThemeWolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- You Raise Me UpJosh Groban · I–IV–I–Vsus
- Happy HolidayIrving Berlin · I–IV7–iii–VI7
- The Nearness Of YouHoagy Carmichael · iii–bIII7–ii–V7
- Friend Like MeAlan Menken · bVI7–V7–i–bVI7
- I Only Have Eyes For YouHarry Warren · V7–ii–v–V7
- I'm Beginning To See The LightDon George · VI7–ii–V7–I
- If I Were A Rich ManBock & Harnick · iv–bVII7–bIII–bvii
- You Were Meant For MeNacio Herb Brown · VI7–ii–VI7–ii
- Let Yourself GoIrving Berlin · #IV7–IV7–#IV7–IV7
- God Rest Ye Merry, GentlemenChristmas Carol · i–ii–bIII–ii
- As Time Goes ByNilsson · ii–V7–v–V7
- Here We Come A-WassailingTraditional · I–i–I–i
- RoxanneThe Police · i–v–bVI–v
- RudeMagic! · V–I–vi–IV
- Unchain My HeartRay Charles · i–IV7–i–IV7
- Griechischer WeinUdo Jurgens · vi–IV–V–I
- If I Had YouFrank Sinatra · I–I7–IV–iv
- My Heart Belongs To DaddyCole Porter · i–iv–bVI7–V7
- Vielen Dank Für Die BlumenUdo Jurgens · I–IV–II7–V
- Memories (from 'lion')Dustin O'Halloran & Hauschka
- Honeysuckle RoseDjango Reinhardt · V7–ii–V7–ii
- If I Only Had A BrainHarold Arlen · I–IV–I–ii
- It's A Lovely Day TodayIrving Berlin · V7–I–bvio–vi
- Stompin' At The SavoyBenny Goodman · V7–I–V7–I
- The Second Star To The RightSammy Cahn · ii–V7–I–III7
- You Took Advantage Of MeRodgers & Hart · I–v–I–v
- A Marshmallow WorldPeter De Rose · ii–V7–I–II7
- Amor (Amor, Amor, Amor)Gabriel Ruiz · I–V7–ii–V7
- Close Your EyesMeghan Trainor · i–iv–i–iv
- My RomanceRodgers & Hart · bii–II–bii–II
- There Is Nothin’ Like A DameRodgers & Hammerstein · V7–I–ii–II7
- When The Roll Is Called Up YonderSteven Tedesco
- Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)Gene Autry · VI7–ii–V7–I
- Beauty And The Beast MedleyJason Lyle Black
- El ChocloAngel Villoldo · bVII7–bIII–bVII7–bIII
- Hold On To The Good Things (from Stuart Little 2)Shawn Colvin · I–II7–IV–V
Its mood in the Playground is Happy: the I–V–vi–IV progression.
Questions about stride piano
What does the left hand play in stride piano?
Stride jumps, Boom-chick and Oom-pah: Deep bass, then a chord in the middle: the left hand leaps.
What tempo and meter is stride piano?
4/4, around 112 beats a minute.
Which songs are played as stride piano?
Thousands of songs in the library, including Summertime (from Porgy And Bess), Jingle Bell Rock, Someone To Watch Over Me (from Oh, Kay!), Fix You and Bésame Mucho.