Right-hand pattern · Lullaby boat
Rowing-boat chords
Six even chords per bar, rolling along like oars on water. Musicians call it syncopated chords in 6/8 8ths.
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How Rowing-boat 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 Rowing-boat chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Rowing-boat chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Rowing-boat chords
What is Rowing-boat chords on piano?
Six even chords per bar, rolling along like oars on water. Musicians call it syncopated chords in 6/8 8ths, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 6/8 8ths with the right hand?
Over C major it is C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (5), then C4 (1) + E4 (3) + G4 (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 Rowing-boat chords?
It is heard in 162 songs of the library, as the main groove of 53 songs, such as A Summer Place, When A Man Loves A Woman, Let’s Go Fly A Kite, How Can I Keep From Singing.
Is Rowing-boat chords easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 6/8, usually around 90 beats a minute.