Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Sleep-in chords
Quiet for half the bar, then three chords wake up near the end. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 3, 3&, 4&.
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How Sleep-in 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 Sleep-in chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Sleep-in chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Sleep-in chords
What is Sleep-in chords on piano?
Quiet for half the bar, then three chords wake up near the end. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 3, 3&, 4&, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 3 · 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 A4 (1) + D5 (3) + F#5 (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 Sleep-in chords?
It is heard in 326 songs of the library, as the main groove of 11 songs, such as The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema), I Just Called To Say I Love You, Blue Christmas, Killing Me Softly With His Song.
Is Sleep-in chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 120 beats a minute.