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Cartwheel heartbeat
Five evenly spaced notes roll across the beats, then land on 4. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 1a, 2&, 3e, 4.
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How Cartwheel heartbeat 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.
Root bass rhythm: Just the lowest note, played in a rhythm you can dance to.
Songs with Cartwheel heartbeat
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Cartwheel heartbeat, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Cartwheel heartbeat
What is Cartwheel heartbeat on piano?
Five evenly spaced notes roll across the beats, then land on 4. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 1a, 2&, 3e, 4, one of the root bass rhythm patterns: just the lowest note, played in a rhythm you can dance to.
How do I play root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3e · 4 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C3 (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 heartbeat?
It is heard in 89 songs of the library, as the main groove of 32 songs, such as I Want To Know What Love Is, I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever, What About Us, Alucinado.
Is Cartwheel heartbeat easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.