Right-hand pattern · Waltz garden
Chattering waltz
After the first beat, quick chords and notes chatter to the end of the bar. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 2&, 3, 3& (3/4).
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How Chattering waltz 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.
Syncopated chords: Chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
Songs with Chattering waltz
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Chattering waltz, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Chattering waltz
What is Chattering waltz on piano?
After the first beat, quick chords and notes chatter to the end of the bar. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 2&, 3, 3& (3/4), one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& (3/4) with the right hand?
Over C major it is C5 (3) + E5 (5), then C5 (3) + E5 (5), then G4 (1), then C5 (3) + E5 (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 Chattering waltz?
It is heard in 73 songs of the library, as the main groove of 14 songs, such as From Little Things Big Things Grow, I Feel Pretty, If You Go Away, A Voice Calling Out.
Is Chattering waltz easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 3/4, usually around 125 beats a minute.