Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Somersault chords
Evenly spaced chords roll across the beats, then flip into the next bar. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1a, 2&, 3e, 4, 4&.
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How Somersault 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 Somersault chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Somersault chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Somersault chords
What is Somersault chords on piano?
Evenly spaced chords roll across the beats, then flip into the next bar. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1a, 2&, 3e, 4, 4&, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1 · 1a · 2& · 3e · 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 Somersault chords?
It is heard in 52 songs of the library, as the main groove of 15 songs, such as We Found Love, Hold My Hand, Don’t Wanna Know, Give Us Clean Hands.
Is Somersault chords easy?
It is a medium pattern, in 4/4, usually around 106 beats a minute.