Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Gear-shift chords
Quick even chords that skip beat 3, like an engine changing gear. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1&, 2, 2&, 3&, 4, 4&.
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How Gear-shift 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 Gear-shift chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Gear-shift chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Gear-shift chords
What is Gear-shift chords on piano?
Quick even chords that skip beat 3, like an engine changing gear. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 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 · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 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), then G4 (1) + C5 (3) + E5 (5), then G4 (1) + C5 (3) + E5 (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 Gear-shift chords?
It is heard in 200 songs of the library, as the main groove of 14 songs, such as Open The Eyes Of My Heart, Blue Suede Shoes, What’s Up, It's Going To Take Some Time.
Is Gear-shift chords easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.