Right-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Slipping taps
A chord, a few taps on the top note, then a slip one step down. Musicians call it repeated octave → 7th, 8-8-8-7-7-7.
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How Slipping taps 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.
Two-note ostinato: Two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
Songs with Slipping taps
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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All patternsQuestions about Slipping taps
What is Slipping taps on piano?
A chord, a few taps on the top note, then a slip one step down. Musicians call it repeated octave → 7th, 8-8-8-7-7-7, one of the two-note ostinato patterns: two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
How do I play repeated octave → 7th · 8-8-8-7-7-7 with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then C5 (5), then C5 (5), then Bb4 (4), then Bb4 (4), then Bb4 (4); 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 Slipping taps?
It is heard in 22 songs of the library, such as Kiss Me Deadly, I Need You More, El Perdón, Jingle Bell Rock.
Is Slipping taps easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 124 beats a minute.