Left-hand pattern · Dreamy ballad
Knocking drop
Three pushes on the same note, then a drop on beat 4. Musicians call it broken chord 8-8-8-5.
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How Knocking drop 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.
Broken chord: The chord, one note at a time, close together.
Songs with Knocking drop
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Knocking drop, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Knocking drop
What is Knocking drop on piano?
Three pushes on the same note, then a drop on beat 4. Musicians call it broken chord 8-8-8-5, one of the broken chord patterns: the chord, one note at a time, close together.
How do I play broken chord 8-8-8-5 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C4 (2), then C4 (2), then C4 (2), then G3 (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 Knocking drop?
It is heard in 210 songs of the library, as the main groove of 18 songs, such as Hair, Say Goodbye To Hollywood, Young Americans, Es Mentiroso.
Is Knocking drop easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.