Left-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Hopping heartbeat
Quick hops into the middle of the bar, then a rest on beat 4. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 1&, 2&, 3.
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How Hopping 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 Hopping heartbeat
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Hopping heartbeat, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Hopping heartbeat
What is Hopping heartbeat on piano?
Quick hops into the middle of the bar, then a rest on beat 4. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 1&, 2&, 3, 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 · 1 · 1& · 2& · 3 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 Hopping heartbeat?
It is heard in 143 songs of the library, as the main groove of 22 songs, such as Amazing, Shape Of My Heart, 25 Or 6 To 4, Beneath Your Beautiful.
Is Hopping heartbeat easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.