Right-hand pattern · Pop heartbeat
Wake-and-run chords
One long chord, then three quick ones running into the next bar. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 3&, 4, 4&.
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How Wake-and-run 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 Wake-and-run chords
Each one opens with this pattern in its player.
Often comes next
The patterns songs move to after Wake-and-run chords, from verse to chorus.
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All patternsQuestions about Wake-and-run chords
What is Wake-and-run chords on piano?
One long chord, then three quick ones running into the next bar. Musicians call it syncopated chords on beats 1, 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 · 3& · 4 · 4& 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 Wake-and-run chords?
It is heard in 220 songs of the library, as the main groove of 9 songs, such as Do It Again, I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For, Hound Dog, A Hard Day's Night.
Is Wake-and-run chords easy?
It is an easy pattern, in 4/4, usually around 110 beats a minute.