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Jogging footsteps
A calm start, then quick jogging notes through the middle of the bar. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 2, 2&, 3, 3&, 4.
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How Jogging footsteps 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 Jogging footsteps
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Jogging footsteps, from verse to chorus.
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What is Jogging footsteps on piano?
A calm start, then quick jogging notes through the middle of the bar. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 2, 2&, 3, 3&, 4, 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 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then C4 (1), then C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C4 (1); 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 Jogging footsteps?
It is heard in 159 songs of the library, as the main groove of 31 songs, such as Proud Mary, Lady, 8 Letters, Come Back Home.
Is Jogging footsteps easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 105 beats a minute.