Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Gospel-clap chords
Skips beat 1, then soulful chords that bounce off the “ands”. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 2, 3, 3&, 4&.
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How Gospel-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 Gospel-clap chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Gospel-clap chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Gospel-clap chords
What is Gospel-clap chords on piano?
Skips beat 1, then soulful chords that bounce off the “ands”. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 2, 3, 3&, 4&, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4& with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1) + B4 (4) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + B4 (4) + C5 (5), then F4 (2) + Bb4 (3) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + Bb4 (3) + C5 (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 Gospel-clap chords?
It is heard in 269 songs of the library, as the main groove of 17 songs, such as What’d I Say?, Walk On By, Got To Get You Into My Life, Unchain My Heart.
Is Gospel-clap chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.