Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Hand-clap chords
Rests on beat 1, then clap-clap on 2 and one more clap on 4. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 2, 2&, 4.
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How Hand-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 Hand-clap chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Hand-clap chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Hand-clap chords
What is Hand-clap chords on piano?
Rests on beat 1, then clap-clap on 2 and one more clap on 4. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 2, 2&, 4, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 2 · 2& · 4 with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + 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 Hand-clap chords?
It is heard in 239 songs of the library, as the main groove of 25 songs, such as Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, Beast Of Burden, Layla, I Shot The Sheriff.
Is Hand-clap chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 121 beats a minute.