Right-hand pattern · Waltz garden
Waltz flicker
Two low chord notes flicker back and forth in a gentle waltz. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 3-1 (3/4).
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How Waltz flicker 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 Waltz flicker
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Waltz flicker, from verse to chorus.
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What is Waltz flicker on piano?
Two low chord notes flicker back and forth in a gentle waltz. Musicians call it two-note ostinato 3-1 (3/4), one of the two-note ostinato patterns: two notes rocking back and forth in the right hand.
How do I play two-note ostinato 3-1 (3/4) with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (3), then C4 (1), then E4 (3), then C4 (1), then E4 (3), then C4 (1); 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 flicker?
It is heard in 16 songs of the library, as the main groove of 1 song, such as Army Dreamers.
Is Waltz flicker easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 3/4, usually around 136 beats a minute.