Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Double-clap chords
Quick double claps on beats 2 and 4, leaving beats 1 and 3 empty. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 2, 2&, 4, 4&.
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How Double-clap 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 Double-clap chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Double-clap chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Double-clap chords
What is Double-clap chords on piano?
Quick double claps on beats 2 and 4, leaving beats 1 and 3 empty. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 2, 2&, 4, 4&, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 2 · 2& · 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); 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 Double-clap chords?
It is heard in 255 songs of the library, as the main groove of 24 songs, such as Don’t Know Why, Killer Queen, I Will, Sunny.
Is Double-clap chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.