Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Freeze-tag chords
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 2&.
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How Freeze-tag 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 Freeze-tag chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Freeze-tag chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Freeze-tag chords
What is Freeze-tag chords on piano?
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 2&, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1 · 2 · 2& 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); 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 Freeze-tag chords?
It is heard in 908 songs of the library, as the main groove of 25 songs, such as Lean On Me, Jingle Bell Rock, A Whole New World, Don’t Stop Believin’.
Is Freeze-tag chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.