Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Cartwheel chords
Five evenly spaced chords roll across the beats, then land on 4. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1a, 2&, 3e, 4.
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How Cartwheel 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 Cartwheel chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Cartwheel chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Cartwheel chords
What is Cartwheel chords on piano?
Five evenly spaced chords roll across the beats, then land on 4. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1a, 2&, 3e, 4, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3e · 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), 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 Cartwheel chords?
It is heard in 117 songs of the library, as the main groove of 35 songs, such as For The First Time In Forever (from Frozen), These Days, Magic, Dreams.
Is Cartwheel chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.