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Excited heartbeat
Lots of quick notes with a tiny skip before beat 3: full of energy. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 1&, 2, 2a, 3, 3&, 4.
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How Excited 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 Excited heartbeat
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Excited heartbeat, from verse to chorus.
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What is Excited heartbeat on piano?
Lots of quick notes with a tiny skip before beat 3: full of energy. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 1&, 2, 2a, 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 · 1& · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C4 (1), then C4 (1), then C3 (5), then C3 (5), and so on; 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 Excited heartbeat?
It is heard in 81 songs of the library, as the main groove of 32 songs, such as Carry On, Paranoid Android, Starlight Express, Your Great Name.
Is Excited heartbeat easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 90 beats a minute.