Right-hand pattern · Lullaby boat
Hammock chords
Long-short, long-short: soft chords sway like a hammock. Musicians call it syncopated chords, 6/8 lilt.
Want to mix it with other hands?
How Hammock 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 Hammock chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Hammock chords, from verse to chorus.
More pushing chords
All patternsQuestions about Hammock chords
What is Hammock chords on piano?
Long-short, long-short: soft chords sway like a hammock. Musicians call it syncopated chords, 6/8 lilt, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 6/8 lilt 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); 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 Hammock chords?
It is heard in 134 songs of the library, as the main groove of 36 songs, such as Hallelujah, Stairway To Heaven, Come Sail Away, I Put A Spell On You.
Is Hammock chords easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 6/8, usually around 105 beats a minute.