Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Dawdling chords
Two chords, then a lazy late one after beat 3 that catches up on 4. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 3&, 4.
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How Dawdling chords 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 Dawdling chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Dawdling chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Dawdling chords
What is Dawdling chords on piano?
Two chords, then a lazy late one after beat 3 that catches up on 4. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 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 · 3& · 4 with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5); 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 Dawdling chords?
It is heard in 100 songs of the library, as the main groove of 10 songs, such as Let's Stay Together, Gonna Fly Now, Bo Diddley, Creeque Alley.
Is Dawdling chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.