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How to play Best Mistake on piano
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- B minor
- 2/2
- 144 BPM
- Medium
Learn Best Mistake in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bm – A# – Am – G
Best Mistake sits in B minor: B is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bm is B, D and F#; A# is A#, C## and E#; Am is A, C and E; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BmiA#VIIAmviiGVI- BmB · D · F#
- A#A# · C## · E#
- AmA · C · E
- GG · B · D
- 2
Left hand: Giant steps
A full chord on every beat, low and heavy, like a giant walking. Musicians call it lh chords (left-hand chords), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 144 BPM
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
- 5
Ending: G – A – Bm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GABm- AA · C# · E
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Questions about Best Mistake
What chords are in Best Mistake?
The loop is Bm – A# – Am – G (i – VII – bvii – bVI) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.
What key is Best Mistake in?
B minor, at about 144 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Best Mistake?
Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Best Mistake easy to play on piano?
It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.