Left-hand pattern · Lullaby boat
Hammock heartbeat
Long-short, long-short: the low notes sway like a hammock. Musicians call it root bass, 6/8 lilt.
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How Hammock 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 Hammock heartbeat
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Hammock heartbeat, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Hammock heartbeat
What is Hammock heartbeat on piano?
Long-short, long-short: the low notes sway like a hammock. Musicians call it root bass, 6/8 lilt, 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 · 6/8 lilt with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C3 (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 heartbeat?
It is heard in 128 songs of the library, as the main groove of 48 songs, such as I Put A Spell On You, Let’s Go Fly A Kite, Famous One, Funiculi, Funicula.
Is Hammock heartbeat easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 6/8, usually around 93 beats a minute.