Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Steady chords
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. Musicians call it block chords in quarters.
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How Steady 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.
Block chords: All the notes of the chord together, right on the beat.
Songs with Steady chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Steady chords, from verse to chorus.
More chords on the beat
All patternsQuestions about Steady chords
What is Steady chords on piano?
A full chord on every beat, steady and simple. Musicians call it block chords in quarters, one of the block chords patterns: all the notes of the chord together, right on the beat.
How do I play block chords · quarters 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 Steady chords?
It is heard in thousands of songs of the library, as the main groove of 712 songs, such as Imagine, Happy, Let It Be, I Will Always Love You.
Is Steady chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 105 beats a minute.