Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Catch-up chords
Two chords, a late one after beat 3, then a dash to catch up. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 3&, 4, 4&.
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How Catch-up 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 Catch-up chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Catch-up chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Catch-up chords
What is Catch-up chords on piano?
Two chords, a late one after beat 3, then a dash to catch up. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 3&, 4, 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& · 4 · 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 Catch-up chords?
It is heard in 138 songs of the library, as the main groove of 10 songs, such as Linus And Lucy, Try, Let Me Entertain You, One Way Or Another.
Is Catch-up chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.