Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Funky-chicken chords
Chords dodge almost every beat in tricky quick spots: pure funk. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1&, 2e, 3, 3a, 4&.
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How Funky-chicken 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 Funky-chicken chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Funky-chicken chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Funky-chicken chords
What is Funky-chicken chords on piano?
Chords dodge almost every beat in tricky quick spots: pure funk. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1&, 2e, 3, 3a, 4&, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1& · 2e · 3 · 3a · 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); 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 Funky-chicken chords?
It is heard in 54 songs of the library, as the main groove of 14 songs, such as Get Lucky, Back In Black, Rollin, What I Did For Love.
Is Funky-chicken chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 104 beats a minute.