Right-hand pattern · Waltz garden
Waltz push chords
Chord, a push before beat 3, then the landing: a waltz with a nudge. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2&, 3 (3/4).
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How Waltz push 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 Waltz push chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Waltz push chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Waltz push chords
What is Waltz push chords on piano?
Chord, a push before beat 3, then the landing: a waltz with a nudge. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2&, 3 (3/4), one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1 · 2& · 3 (3/4) with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1) + G4 (4), then F4 (2) + A4 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (4); 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 push chords?
It is heard in 180 songs of the library, as the main groove of 10 songs, such as Silent Night, Greensleeves, Mack The Knife, What Child Is This?.
Is Waltz push chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 3/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.