Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Sprint-and-stop chords
Four quick chords in the first half, then a calm, empty second half. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1&, 2, 2&.
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How Sprint-and-stop 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 Sprint-and-stop chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Sprint-and-stop chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Sprint-and-stop chords
What is Sprint-and-stop chords on piano?
Four quick chords in the first half, then a calm, empty second half. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 1&, 2, 2&, one of the syncopated chords patterns: chords that land between the beats: that pop push.
How do I play syncopated chords · 1 · 1& · 2 · 2& with the right hand?
Over C major it is E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (5), then E4 (1) + G4 (2) + C5 (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 Sprint-and-stop chords?
It is heard in 405 songs of the library, as the main groove of 23 songs, such as Misty, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, I’ll Be Home For Christmas, Sir Duke.
Is Sprint-and-stop chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 112 beats a minute.