Building Chords - Ch. 3 | Part 3 (Song Study - "Best Part")

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The next song study will be Best Part by Daniel Caesar. We have discussed this tune before but we are revisiting it specifically to practice Pretend Chords using all of our recent practice strategies. This is because the tune is entirely 7th chords, and using triads as very simple pretend chords is without a doubt the easiest way to create and play 7th chords. Song: Solo, Intro (0:00) 1 - This song is 7 chords (1:08) 1 - Focusing on Pretend Chords (6:57) 1 - Chord Progression Analysis (10:11) 1 - "1 something 4 something Progression" (20:31) 2 - Actual Chords, Practice Strats (27:30) 2 - Actual Chords, 7th voicings with 1 bass (37:48) 2 - Actual Chords, 7th voicings with 3 bass (51:35) 2 - Actual Chords, 7th voicings with 5 bass (1:00:21) 2 - Actual Chords, Custom Triads (1:10:47) 3 - Pretend on 3rd, yields a 7 chord (1:15:19) 3 - Pretend on 3rd, Easiest Maj 7 chords (1:19:39) 3 - Pretend on 3rd, Easiest Min 7 chords (1:23:57) 3 - Pretend on 3rd, Examples, Full chords (1:30:37) 3 - Pretend on 3rd, Examples, Pretend Only (1:32:24) 4 - Pretend on 5th, yields a 9 chord (1:42:45) 4 - Pretend on 5th, Examples (1:53:45) 5 - Changing the Progression with Pretends (1:56:19) 5 - Playing Only Minor (1:58:10) 5 - Playing Only Major (2:00:05) 5 - Minimizing Roots (2:02:12) 5 - Simpler Root Movements (2:06:07) Final Thoughts (2:08:29)