Pop heartbeat
Pop piano: the bounce under a thousand radio hits.
Chords: C, G, Am, F, C, G, Am, F
How to play it
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs.
Right hand: Pop stabs
Chord stabs in the 3-3-2 pop rhythm.
Both hands
Play them together over the Happy chord loop, in 4/4 at about 100 beats a minute. Start at 60% speed.
Songs in this style
Questions
What does the left hand play in pop piano?
Patterns like Pop heartbeat, Island pulse and Push and land. The first is the one you hear on this page.
What does the right hand play?
Patterns like Pop stabs, Steady chords and Rocking thirds, over the chords of the loop.
Which songs are played in this style?
Yellow by Coldplay, Test Drive (From "How To Train Your Dragon") by John Powell and Salvatore by Lana Del Rey use the Pop heartbeat style. The songs on this page all are played in this style, the most played first.