Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Lub-dub chords
Two quick chords, a pause, two quick chords: just like a heartbeat. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1&, 3, 3&.
Want to mix it with other hands?
How Lub-dub 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 Lub-dub chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Lub-dub chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Lub-dub chords
What is Lub-dub chords on piano?
Two quick chords, a pause, two quick chords: just like a heartbeat. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1&, 3, 3&, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1 · 1& · 3 · 3& 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); 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 Lub-dub chords?
It is heard in 137 songs of the library, as the main groove of 13 songs, such as When I’m Sixty-Four, Sweet Home Alabama, Oklahoma, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Is Lub-dub chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.