Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Hide-and-seek chords
Hides on beat 1, pops up on 2, sneaks in before beat 4, then lands on it. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 2, 3&, 4.
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How Hide-and-seek 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 Hide-and-seek chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Hide-and-seek chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Hide-and-seek chords
What is Hide-and-seek chords on piano?
Hides on beat 1, pops up on 2, sneaks in before beat 4, then lands on it. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 2, 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& · 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 Hide-and-seek chords?
It is heard in 147 songs of the library, as the main groove of 9 songs, such as Stand By Me, Cabaret, Ho Hey, That’s All Right.
Is Hide-and-seek chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 128 beats a minute.