Left-hand pattern · Rock drive
Rock hop
Low, high, a quick double, then high again: a hopping rock bass. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 2, 2&, 3, 4.
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How Rock hop 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.
Root bass rhythm: Just the lowest note, played in a rhythm you can dance to.
Songs with Rock hop
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
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The patterns songs move to after Rock hop, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Rock hop
What is Rock hop on piano?
Low, high, a quick double, then high again: a hopping rock bass. Musicians call it root bass on beats 1, 2, 2&, 3, 4, one of the root bass rhythm patterns: just the lowest note, played in a rhythm you can dance to.
How do I play root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 with the left hand?
Over C major it is C3 (5), then C4 (1), then C3 (5), then C3 (5), then C4 (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 Rock hop?
It is heard in 809 songs of the library, as the main groove of 443 songs, such as Wildest Dreams, Girls Just Want To Have Fun, You Are My King (Amazing Love), Kiss.
Is Rock hop easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 100 beats a minute.