Right-hand pattern · Rock drive
Push chords
Two quick chords and a push just before beat 3, then space. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1&, 2&.
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How Push 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 chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Push chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Push chords
What is Push chords on piano?
Two quick chords and a push just before beat 3, then space. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1&, 2&, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1 · 1& · 2& 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); 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 chords?
It is heard in 907 songs of the library, as the main groove of 45 songs, such as Summertime (from Porgy And Bess), Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours, Sweet Child O’ Mine, The Way You Look Tonight.
Is Push chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.