Right-hand pattern · Waltz garden
Waltz chords
A chord on each of the three beats: a simple waltz. Musicians call it block chords in 3/4 quarters.
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How Waltz 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 Waltz chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Waltz chords, from verse to chorus.
More chords on the beat
All patternsQuestions about Waltz chords
What is Waltz chords on piano?
A chord on each of the three beats: a simple waltz. Musicians call it block chords in 3/4 quarters, one of the block chords patterns: all the notes of the chord together, right on the beat.
How do I play block chords · 3/4 quarters 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); 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 Waltz chords?
It is heard in 850 songs of the library, as the main groove of 200 songs, such as Amazing Grace, Piano Man, Moon River, A Thousand Years.
Is Waltz chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 3/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.