Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Running-late chords
Misses beat 1, then hurries in with busy chords around the beats. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1&, 2, 2&, 3&, 4, 4&.
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How Running-late 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 Running-late chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Running-late chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Running-late chords
What is Running-late chords on piano?
Misses beat 1, then hurries in with busy chords around the beats. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1&, 2, 2&, 3&, 4, 4&, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1& · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 · 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), 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 Running-late chords?
It is heard in 186 songs of the library, as the main groove of 19 songs, such as Every Breath You Take, Time After Time, Closer, Christmas Time.
Is Running-late chords easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.