Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Mouse-run chords
Skips beat 1, scurries through four quick chords, then hides. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1&, 2, 2&, 3.
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How Mouse-run 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 Mouse-run chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Mouse-run chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Mouse-run chords
What is Mouse-run chords on piano?
Skips beat 1, scurries through four quick chords, then hides. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1&, 2, 2&, 3, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1& · 2 · 2& · 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 Mouse-run chords?
It is heard in 130 songs of the library, as the main groove of 10 songs, such as Great Balls Of Fire, The Best Of Times, Shut Up And Dance, Great Is The Lord.
Is Mouse-run chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 115 beats a minute.