Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Late-hop chords
Steady chords with one quick extra hop after beat 3. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 3, 3&, 4.
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How Late-hop 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 Late-hop chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Late-hop chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Late-hop chords
What is Late-hop chords on piano?
Steady chords with one quick extra hop after beat 3. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2, 3, 3&, 4, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1 · 2 · 3 · 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), 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 Late-hop chords?
It is heard in 291 songs of the library, as the main groove of 13 songs, such as Candle In The Wind 1997, A Song For You, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, A Marshmallow World.
Is Late-hop chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.