Right-hand pattern · Slow dance ’50s
Slow-dance chords
Four slow chords per bar under a swaying fifties ballad. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 3, 4 (12/8).
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How Slow-dance 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 Slow-dance chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Slow-dance chords, from verse to chorus.
More pushing chords
All patternsQuestions about Slow-dance chords
What is Slow-dance chords on piano?
Four slow chords per bar under a swaying fifties ballad. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 3, 4 (12/8), 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 (12/8) with the right hand?
Over C major it is C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (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 Slow-dance chords?
It is heard in 78 songs of the library, as the main groove of 26 songs, such as Memory, Purpose, A Secretary Is Not A Toy, At The End Of The Day.
Is Slow-dance chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 12/8, usually around 113 beats a minute.