Right-hand pattern · Lullaby boat
Pirate-stomp chords
Three even chords that cut across the rocking bar, bold like pirates. Musicians call it block chords on beats 1, 1.3, 2.2 (6/8).
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How Pirate-stomp 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.
Block chords: All the notes of the chord together, right on the beat.
Songs with Pirate-stomp chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Pirate-stomp chords, from verse to chorus.
More chords on the beat
All patternsQuestions about Pirate-stomp chords
What is Pirate-stomp chords on piano?
Three even chords that cut across the rocking bar, bold like pirates. Musicians call it block chords on beats 1, 1.3, 2.2 (6/8), one of the block chords patterns: all the notes of the chord together, right on the beat.
How do I play block chords · 1 · 1.3 · 2.2 (6/8) with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1) + G4 (3), then E4 (1) + G4 (3), then E4 (1) + G4 (3); 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 Pirate-stomp chords?
It is heard in 51 songs of the library, as the main groove of 13 songs, such as Touch The Sky, Don't Make Me Over, Au Jardin Des Sans-Pourquoi, Can’t Help Falling In Love.
Is Pirate-stomp chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 6/8, usually around 108 beats a minute.