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Clip-clop waltz
A two-note chord and a single note trade places in quick waltz steps. Musicians call it left-hand triads (3/4).
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How Clip-clop 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.
Left-hand chords: Small left-hand chords pushing the beat.
Songs with Clip-clop waltz
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Clip-clop waltz, from verse to chorus.
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What is Clip-clop waltz on piano?
A two-note chord and a single note trade places in quick waltz steps. Musicians call it left-hand triads (3/4), one of the left-hand chords patterns: small left-hand chords pushing the beat.
How do I play lh triads (3/4) with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5) + E3 (3), then G3 (1), then C3 (5) + E3 (3), then G3 (1), then C3 (5) + E3 (3), then G3 (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 Clip-clop waltz?
It is heard in 47 songs of the library, as the main groove of 16 songs, such as Mexican Hat Dance.
Is Clip-clop waltz easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 3/4, usually around 110 beats a minute.