Chords for 5 MUST KNOW Piano Chord Rhythms For Producers

One of the fastest ways to accelerate your piano [D] skills as a producer is to learn some [Eb] next level [Gm] piano chord rhythm patterns that you can combine [Bbm] with your own chord [Eb] progressions.
And these can range from as simple [F] as this to _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
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[Gm] So all that you need is [Eb] some chords and progressions combined with these patterns and you can sound like an absolute pro quicker than you would even think.
So in this video I'm going to be breaking down my 5 [Cm] go-to piano chord rhythm [Eb] patterns that you can start plugging into your songs straight away all with just your MIDI keyboard and DAW.
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_ _ _ Hi I'm [D] Michael Emerson bringing you the [Bb] best tips, tricks and tools to accelerate [F] your keyboard skills for your music production.
Now one of the main issues that [Dm] music producers face [Bb] when they're creating music inside the DAW [Gm] is that when you're trying to drag chords into the piano [F] roll,
whether you're using a MIDI pack or [Cm] you're just penciling them in [Eb] inside the piano roll, [Gm] that is sometimes going to sound very very [F] robotic.
So you can use the piano to actually plug in [Gm] all of these different rhythm patterns and make your songs sound more dynamic, make [F] them sound more engaging, [Cm] make them sound more human.
So when [Eb] people listen to your music it's going to create [Gm] more engagement with them and it's also going to [F] sound more realistic because [Cm] you've played it in rather than penciling it [Eb] in using the piano roll.
[Gm] So let's jump straight into it.
Let's go to pattern 1 which is actually a two-handed pattern that's been used [Am] in countless hit songs and it goes a bit like this. _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ Okay so you can hear that nice pattern and the way you would play this is you would go [Am] together at the same time, right, left, right, left.
That's the rhythm.
You can do that over any chord you want whether you're playing A minor.
So together, right, left, right, left.
You can do a left chord.
[F] Together, right, left, right, left.
[C] Together, right, left, right, left.
If you know any more advanced chords you could try those of it as [Em] well.
So together, right, left, right, left.
And this is great for making piano parts that you can sing over the top of if you're a singer-songwriter or even just put a melody over if you're producing a [C] song. _
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_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] Now if you are wondering which chord [G] progressions to put with these patterns then definitely check out the free gift that I've [G] got for you below in the video description [Cm] which is the chord progression cheat sheet.
And this is basically a [Eb] suite of hit chord progressions that you [Ab] can swipe and start plugging into your own [C] songs and your music.
So definitely [Cm] check that out in the description below.
So pattern two [Dm] is also with two hands and I like to call this one [F] straight eighths.
Where you basically play out [Dm] all the eighth notes [Bb] in a bar but we're going to add some accents in [F] there as well.
So I'll give you a quick example [G] to start with. _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ Now let's break that down how you'd actually play that.
So if I was playing an [F] F chord to an A minor to [G] a G let's say.
I would basically play [F] out all the eighth notes.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 [Am] and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and like that yeah.
But [B] we want to put some accents [F] in.
So every 3 you want to put an accent.
So you can think of it like this.
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 [Am] 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 [G] 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2
And again you can combine this with any [Eb] chord.
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[F] Very suitable for like band stuff again singer songwriter stuff.
So [Dm] that's a great one to have [Bb] in your locker.
[F] Now the next one is pattern three which is right hand [D] broken chords and it's very similar to the one we [Bb] just did.
But basically you want to take a [Am] chord and you want to break it up.
Bottom middle top bottom middle top bottom middle.
So kind of similar to the accent so _
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_ _ [G] _ _ you can add your own spices to it as well.
So that's a great one because all you need [A] to do is play the bottom note of your chord.
[Am] Middle top bottom middle top and then bottom [C] middle.
So you're basically counting out all the eighth [Dm] notes of the bar 1 and [Bb] 2 and 3 and 4 and.
But you can [F] follow that in any broken chord [C] pattern that you like.
[D] This one's just a really nice one so you could reverse [Am] it. _ _ _ _ _
You could go upwards.
_ _ You might recognize the song actually that [Eb] uses this pattern.
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So guess the [Bb] song.
Yes it is Coldplay Clocks.
That's a very very [F] famous song.
So the next pattern [C] number four is [Dm] another really really cool one.
This [Bb] one's suited more for pop music.
I like [F] to call this the triplet calypso.
But to break that down a bit more I'm just going to play it for you first.
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[G] _ _ _ And the way this one works as I said is [Dm] you're playing triplet beats in the right quarter notes in the left.
But that can get a little bit confusing [F] if you're trying to combine those two rhythms over the top of each other.
So why don't [Dm] we think about it a slightly different way.
Let's [Bb] actually say we're going to play together [F] right left right.
Together right left [Am] right.
A bit like this if I show you on a loomy.
So together right left right.
Together right left right.
Then you can do that on any chord.
[F] Together right left right.
Together right left right.
[G] Together right left right.
[Am] Together right left right.
Really nice pattern that's been used in [Bb] plenty of pop songs.
So I'm sure you will [F] recognize that one.
So the next pattern I've got for [D] you here is actually a left hand pattern.
[Bb] And this one's really cool because you basically just [F] need to play the same pattern for every chord.
Especially if you're just doing white [Dm] notes.
So this one I [F] like to call the root fifth tenth.
And it sounds a bit like this.
Really nice for lots of different songs but also you can apply it in lots of different styles.
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_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ Really cool.
So the way you actually achieve this is to play the root the fifth and the tenth.
Now if I just show you [C] how to do that on the C.
So we've got C we've got G and then the tenth would actually be two past the eighth note of the scale.
So if you think about the scale of [D] C you're one two three [G] four five [C] six seven eight nine ten.
So you've got the root first note fifth is the fifth note and then the tenth is the tenth note of the scale. _ _ _ _ _
_ Like that.
Now I'm just basically playing a bottom middle top middle top middle top middle.
And you can put any chord on the top of that.
So [G] let's say I did an [F] F chord.
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A minor.
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_ [G] _ Just adding lots of different improvisations [F] and chords on the top.
So that pattern is a nice bass [Dm] layer that you can play over the top of.
And it's got a really [Bb] nice open wide sound to it.
Now I [F] have one more bonus pattern for you.
And I like [Dm] to use this one in more sort of EDM [Bb] styles pop music.
So this one I like to call the back and forth.
And there's a few ways you can play this.
We [D] just basically go back and forth left and right.
[F] So here's an example. _ _ _
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So all I was [F] doing there was I was playing [Am] left right right left right right left right right left right right left right.
Right right. _
Then you can repeat that on any chord.
[F] So if you want it to sound a little bit more EDM you could go for something like this.
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_ As you can hear [E] that would be suitable to be dropped in an [Dm] EDM track or a pop track.
Just as like a more [Bb] rhythmic part where you've got a beat going behind [F] it.
So playing rhythm patterns is one thing in itself when you're using a [Dm] piano sound.
But [Bb] you'll need more creative solutions when [F] you're recording parts into your DAW.
So to learn more about this simple [Dm] way of creating pro rhythm [Bb] patterns
by just using VSTs and [F] held chords.
Definitely check that video out now by click or tapping on the screen.
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