Right-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Soft chords
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. Musicians call it block chords on beats 1, 3, 4.
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How Soft 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 Soft chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Soft chords, from verse to chorus.
More chords on the beat
All patternsQuestions about Soft chords
What is Soft chords on piano?
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. Musicians call it block chords on beats 1, 3, 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 · 3 · 4 with the right hand?
Over C major it is G4 (1) + C5 (3) + E5 (5), then G4 (1) + C5 (3) + E5 (5), then G4 (1) + C5 (3) + E5 (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 Soft chords?
It is heard in thousands of songs of the library, as the main groove of 85 songs, such as Bridge Over Troubled Water, Time, Lovely Day, Ode To Joy.
Is Soft chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 110 beats a minute.