Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Double-skip chords
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 2&, 3, 4, 4&.
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How Double-skip 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-skip chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Double-skip chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Double-skip chords
What is Double-skip chords on piano?
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 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 · 2& · 3 · 4 · 4& with the right hand?
Over C major it is C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (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-skip chords?
It is heard in 312 songs of the library, as the main groove of 14 songs, such as The Little Drummer Boy, Burning Love, Dark Horse, Whip It.
Is Double-skip chords easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.