 Right, so this is a lesson for piano on say something by a great big world It's a it's a fairly pop progression in the sense you have The use of the one five six four in this case It's a six four one five so it starts on the minor and they are playing the song on the D major scale So the six of D major as I've marked out is B minor right B minor is the sixth So it'll be B minor then the four which is G major then the one Which is the D major and lastly the five which is a major so the entire song is pretty much on that however the pianist does some interesting variations here and there and I can also give you some more variations of my own which you can try and check out over the song the first thing to realize is To try and have a triplet feel while while you go about learning the song So even though you're playing something as simple as this One way to count it could be you know one two three four one Two but a nice way to count could be with triplets one two three one two three one So you could land on some of the additional notes here and there one two three one two and so on So you need a triplet feel while you're playing the song So during the verse and the chorus the chords are identical. They've chosen the exact same chord progression, right? So When you start the intro as you know in the song, it'll just be single D two four and And so so you need to do three D's one two three two two three three two three four and So the last D is played twice gently at the end of the bar. So So that's pretty much the intro So what he tries to do and what a lot of pop songs tend to try and do is to keep the root of the scale in this case D major Ringing throughout the progression like literally throughout the song if you think about it. So you'll do D and Even though it's B minor you're trying to highlight the D on top So how he plays it is B minor in the left hand probably with the root and the fifth And the root and the fifth of the scale Which is D and a will be played on top and you try to showcase the high D. So you go D But sorry B in the left hand And G and Then a So I'm just gonna play you in one way This is the first chord B minor you could have also played it You know, like how we normally play B minor, but that won't sound as cool. So he plays Like this and you can even play D there if you wish But I think this is good. This is a good way to play chord number one And then the second chord which is a G major he plays probably like this as Gd Gb G and Then the third chord you can move your hand or your thumb here And if you want to add the F sharp you can do it here Or you can do it like this or if you want a deep D you can play it like this and the last chord will be an A So what I heard in the recording is he also sneaks in the seventh, which is the C sharp One reason why it's nice to have it here is because when you played in the left hand It sounds too muddy in in my opinion. So a lot of pop songs have the C sharp on top It's quite a nice sound So let's do the whole thing So I think this is how I'll be playing it and I'm trying to sound like the original but you have guys have to understand that it's a little difficult to hear Exactly what he's doing, you know Which chord which inversion which hand is playing which note? So this is just to give you an overall feel of the song I hope it's pretty much right and I hope you are happy with it But this is pretty much the feel you play this is the first chord again B minor So I I wouldn't play B minor normally I would play it in that way then you do G major like this nice and deep and then D major very deep and lastly a major With that C sharp on the top Creates a very very interesting pop folk kind of sound So let's do it with the track And remember that triplet feel one two three one two three right you can keep bringing out that feel Slightly softly with your with your two thumbs in the right hand and left hand right you have two thumbs so you go Five six can also add to that rhythm Five six So you spread out the chords a little more you'll be needing your pedal while you do that so So on all you could keep it simple Sounds really nice There's one more section In the song where they do a duet right where the duet first enters So there we have an interesting chord which is D major first. He starts with D major Then he plays the same D major with an F sharp bass So the same D major you just keep the chord fixed in the right and then you add the F sharp here And then D with a and then a major so these are what we call slash chords in music So you'll have a chord with a Different bass so you can just go over those chords where I've written in the pre-chorus Where you have D major? F sharp D with F sharp bass Then G you can voice it like this And you have D with a bass And then a let me play that for you again F sharp D with F sharp And G major with that a sticking on top And D with a and then a with that added C sharp try to follow it once more, please the D with F sharp Major with the added a on the top D with a bass And then a with a normal major Okay, so that's between your verse and the chorus you have that really interesting pre-chorus section so most Most songs which you'd ever learn, you know when you hear it or when you Google the chords It'll generally tell you something like you know B minor G D major and a major And you may play them on the guitar or the piano, but it may not sound exactly like the original That's because the artist is doing something unique with the chords and there are a lot of other bands who do it and all of these are Songwriters who play the piano and sing or play the guitar and sing An example of a guitarist who does something really cool with chords could be John Mayer So whenever he plays a B minor, it's never going to sound the way Anyone on earth plays a B minor, you know or Elton John for piano Or this band, which we are learning right now, right? Lady Gaga is also an incredible, you know piano player Freddie Mercury from Queen So whenever you listen to songs and try to learn the chords Don't just play the chords as what we call a block a block shape is this B minor B D F sharp Yes, we all know that but You you want to also try to sound as much as the original as possible. So That's where artists who are more experienced at playing their instruments Tend to go beyond a block shape and try to explore some other ways Like I showed you playing the root and the fifth in one hand and then playing the bass note so you sort of have to watch the video and just Write down what I played from bottom to top or top to bottom as you see fit and play So, yeah, I hope you had some fun learning this song and now it's time for you to find a nice singer or a friend who sings or maybe you can sing play the song and Release it and you know, send it to us. That'll be a lot of fun to hear. 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