Piano For Singer/Songwriters 2: Pop/Rock Rhythm Immersion

Master rhythmic subdivision by dividing beats into eighth and sixteenth notes. Learn how bass and drums guide piano rhythms and how left and right hands align on beat and offbeat.

Practice alternating between straight and swing eighth notes with a metronome at about 66 ppm to lock in the difference on notes C, D, and G.

Practice eighth note feel by alternating straight and swing with both hands, using a c chord inversion and a metronome at 66 bpm to build double-hand coordination.

Explore an eight-note rhythm pattern for Annie Waits by Ben Folds, featuring two measures with C, G, and F chords, voice-leading voicings, and metronome practice from 60 to 100 bpm.

Learn a swing rhythm pattern for many the miles, with a G bass octave and a right-hand C minor 7 to E-flat over G, emphasizing beat 4 anticipation and texture.

Practice an easy rhythm pattern exercise inspired by the Commodores to develop pop/rock rhythm skills for singer-songwriters.

Practice anticipation in a C major rhythm, using offbeat eighth notes for a syncopated feel, and switch from basic to advanced patterns with E and bass line moving in fifths.

Master brick verse rhythm pattern from Ben Folds using D and G with extension notes (9 and 13), and develop hand independence through arpeggiated right-hand patterns against motion left-hand rhythm.

Learn the brick chorus rhythm with g and g major 7 drop voicings, left-hand eighth notes, and eight-beat practice to lock in the d major 7 changes and syncopation.

Play the verse rhythm for this is the last time by Keane, with left-hand octaves below middle C and a right-hand drop voicing from G major seven to F sharp. Follow a forward motion rhythm in two, with an eighth note before beat four, while the right hand carries the rhythm and the left hand holds whole notes.

Explore the rhythm pattern for this love by Maroon 5, with a four-chord progression and B bass, played as steady eighth notes; advanced version adds chromatic bass line.