Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Trotting-sleigh chords
Three quick chords on every beat: a rolling, joyful gallop. Musicians call it syncopated chords in triplets.
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How Trotting-sleigh 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 Trotting-sleigh chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Trotting-sleigh chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Trotting-sleigh chords
What is Trotting-sleigh chords on piano?
Three quick chords on every beat: a rolling, joyful gallop. Musicians call it syncopated chords in triplets, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · triplets 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), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), and so on; 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 Trotting-sleigh chords?
It is heard in 83 songs of the library, as the main groove of 15 songs, such as All I Want For Christmas Is You, At Last, 77 Sunset Strip, Reeling In The Years.
Is Trotting-sleigh chords easy?
It is a tricky pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.