Right-hand pattern · Old-time stride
Hopscotch chords
Chord, chord, skip beat 3, chord: hopping over a square. Musicians call it block chords on beats 1, 2, 4.
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How Hopscotch 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.
Block chords: All the notes of the chord together, right on the beat.
Songs with Hopscotch chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Hopscotch chords, from verse to chorus.
More chords on the beat
All patternsQuestions about Hopscotch chords
What is Hopscotch chords on piano?
Chord, chord, skip beat 3, chord: hopping over a square. Musicians call it block chords on beats 1, 2, 4, one of the block chords patterns: all the notes of the chord together, right on the beat.
How do I play block chords · 1 · 2 · 4 with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2), then E4 (1) + G4 (2); 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 Hopscotch chords?
It is heard in thousands of songs of the library, as the main groove of 128 songs, such as White Christmas, My Heart Will Go On, September, Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes).
Is Hopscotch chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.