Waterfall
Down from the top and splashing between two notes, over and over. One of the right-hand arpeggio patterns.
How to play it
Find the notes
Put your right hand over a C chord. You need E (thumb, 1), G (index finger, 2) and C (little finger, 5).
Count and play
Count "1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &" (say "and" for &). Play C on 1, then E on 1&, then G on 2, then E on 2&, then C on 3, then E on 3&, then G on 4, then E on 4&.
Move it with the chords
When the chord changes to G, the same rhythm moves to the notes of G: B, D and G. Play it slowly over the chord loop above, at 60% speed first, then faster.
Songs that use it
Questions
What is Waterfall on piano?
Down from the top and splashing between two notes, over and over. A right-hand arpeggio falling through the chord. Musicians call it falling arpeggio 8-3-5-3.
Is Waterfall hard to play?
It is an intermediate pattern. Learn it with your right hand alone at 60% speed first, then play it over a chord loop.
Which songs use Waterfall?
Tell Him by Celine Dion, Eres Tú/touch The Wind by Mocedades and Sixty Years On by Elton John use Waterfall. The songs on this page all use it in the right hand, the most played first.