Left-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Dancing heartbeat
Notes dance around the beats, pushing ahead on the “ands”. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 2&, 3, 3&, 4&.
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How Dancing 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 Dancing heartbeat
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Dancing heartbeat, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Dancing heartbeat
What is Dancing heartbeat on piano?
Notes dance around the beats, pushing ahead on the “ands”. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 2&, 3, 3&, 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 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 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 Dancing heartbeat?
It is heard in 245 songs of the library, as the main groove of 36 songs, such as Beast Of Burden, Home, (New Wave) Polly, Django.
Is Dancing heartbeat easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.