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Power fifths
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it left-hand power fifths.
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How Power fifths 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.
Left-hand chords: Small left-hand chords pushing the beat.
Songs with Power fifths
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Power fifths, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Power fifths
What is Power fifths on piano?
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it left-hand power fifths, one of the left-hand chords patterns: small left-hand chords pushing the beat.
How do I play lh power fifths with the left hand?
Over C major it is C4 (5) + G4 (1), then C4 (5) + G4 (1), then C3 (5) + G3 (1), then C3 (5) + G3 (1); 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 Power fifths?
It is heard in thousands of songs of the library, as the main groove of 481 songs, such as Circle Of Life, Tomorrow, The Way You Look Tonight, Isn't She Lovely.
Is Power fifths easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.