Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Push-and-land chords
A push just before beat 3, then two calm landings. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2&, 3, 4.
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How Push-and-land 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 Push-and-land chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Push-and-land chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Push-and-land chords
What is Push-and-land chords on piano?
A push just before beat 3, then two calm landings. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 2&, 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 · 4 with the right hand?
Over C major it is G4 (1) + C5 (3) + E5 (5), then G4 (1) + C5 (3) + E5 (5), then G4 (1) + C5 (3) + E5 (5), then G4 (1) + C5 (3) + E5 (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 Push-and-land chords?
It is heard in 393 songs of the library, as the main groove of 22 songs, such as Think Of Me, Feliz Navidad, Alfie, Eight Days A Week.
Is Push-and-land chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 110 beats a minute.