How To Play Daniel Caesar & H.E.R.‘s “Best Part” With Jacob Collier

[@BoostedComposer]

Y’all should just have a video series of Jacob breaking down popular songs. Instant hit video series.

[@maxrobinson2443]

Omg yes

[@bramvierstraete999]

Get this trending

[@croup007]

Please actually do this, no joke; I have money!

[@telli6931]

👍

[@churchescjakabdkichikken]

Big yes

[@Reyrzy]

GENIUS GETTING AN ACTUAL GENIUS ON THE CHANNEL

[@DiegoRocca]

YES!

[@rebels_united_front]

Reyrzy. Big fax

[@dezburgers6474]

THATS WHAT IM SAYIN

[@datboyrome802]

No

[@Michael.J.Cortez6060]

How is he a genius I watched other videos I agree but from this video I gOt was It’s interesting cause he added 7th

[@adammarshall978]

Always nice to see JC operating at 0.5%

[@harleyplanet6282]

Adam Marshall very true

[@samuelphilips5373]

He would go flex so much more if he had more time

[@MarcBernadCasanova]

Hahah indeed

[@DiegoRocca]

LOL.

[@VictorFrancoMusic]

LMAO

[@sambkingmusic]

Getting Jacob Collier to explain this chord progression is like getting Einstein to teach high school kids how fractions work

[@offbeatkiki]

Indeed - explained in more detail than would ever be needed by beginners. Still a fantastic video

[@donnyyario1726]

I think the great thing about Jacob is that no level of teaching is below him

[@aknopf8173]

It's nice to see he still can get excited about a simple minor 7th, though. :) Good stuff!

[@JustoAlvarez1]

Einstein was shit at math

[@sambkingmusic]

@@JustoAlvarez1 ??? Einstein was amazing at math

[@bramvierstraete999]

If I were Daniel or H.E.R. I would flip out about this. Jacob just called your song an all-time classic!

[@AndrewMinarikPhotography]

BIG praise coming from a talent like Jacob. Couldn't agree more with you.

[@bean3702]

Bram Vierstraete so true Bc Jacobs a legend djdjnd

[@Eliterenowork]

He produced the song

[@ghosty4140]

Jacob isn’t wrong though. This will be an all time classic

[@dwightChase]

Did you see the collab between them you should check it out

[@ArtbMusic]

It's probably the first time Jacob Collier is using standard tuning since the age of 3

[@DiegoRocca]

LOL. 100% Accurate

[@paulbennett4151]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Nate_Makes_Noise]

Right? I'm getting tired of drop tuned pianos/ keyboards. >:(

[@mizaelmolina6158]

Lmaoooo

[@sumojack99]

I laughed way too hard at this

[@yi382]

He made himself dumber for the sake of us, a true skinny legend

[@MatalinoMSiraj]

@Luca Bertani no need to copy paste a comment and reply it to every sarcastic comment.

[@MatalinoMSiraj]

@Luca Bertani weird flex but ok

[@juanbotero4154]

We love a skinny king

[@brturner]

Skinny legend got me quaking

[@brentkyle1535]

This made me laugh 😂

[@shrugs3608]

this is like having Stephan hawking explaining how to access your emails, not a dig on Daniel Caeser its just Collier is insane

[@shrugs3608]

@Luca Bertani sorry man, I didn't mean to say Caeser is mundane just collier is overqualified for virtually all music

[@jan279]

It's great to see a musical genius like Jacob who knows all the chords and notes in the book get so enthusiastic talking about a 4-chord song. A lotta guys with intermediate/advanced knowledge of music theory act so dismissive towards pop songs that repeat a few chords over & over.

[@jiyuandong8964]

this

[@chefpaddy]

Jacob knows it's not about the musical complexity...it's all about the vibe, the groove. He is just as good with the rhythmic aspect of music as the notes and theory.

[@PeterFnPorker]

it's cause Jacob understands the music of the world and how complex everything is, I also think he finds an appreciation for the culture that music might come from! Music history is very intresting and people of all races/backgrounds influence eachother all the time throughout history... it's a beautiful thing really

[@pogopiratepete]

it does show ..that all the theory in the world means absolutely nothing when you get down to it...music is a feeling AND ..that jacob does not appear to be a music snob...just because he is a musical freak of nature

[@jamesuMusic]

I feel like Jacob is trying so many things to see what he's good at. And he's better than everyone at all of it

[@calebwright9539]

For the most part yeah

[@SOI-wl2lo]

Haha 😅😂 reasonable comment 😅

[@herkkirk1398]

Bud Powell

[@JoeDavisMusic]

1:55 Literally my body is SHIVERING

[@mrpickle6290]

Are you ok!? Need a blanket??

[@Zoe_Langa]

@@mrpickle6290 hilarious 😂😂

[@joelmathew794]

i really hope more people discover Jacob through this

[@luableah7615]

ikr

[@vpgsalty]

yaaas chunk

[@Mara2Wild]

Never heard of him. I'll check him out.

[@qmoyer]

@@Mara2Wild Here you are eleven months later, stuck in the basement with Moon River repeating for the 1,834 time. Right here with the rest of us

[@cliffordlebern6937]

I sure did! Literally the first time I've seen or heard of him.

[@JSMallard]

This is like an anime cross over what just happened

[@chenchangpo]

Joshua Mallard same feel lol

[@adamsway6637]

Joshua Mallard 😂😂😂

[@jazzblossom4122]

HAHA yess

[@Wahabj28]

i just snorted! LOL!

[@han_duck]

why can’t i escape twoset

[@hussey7215]

I can imagine Daniel reacting like “I just searched up good chord progressions”

[@alexhoward1884]

He probably wrote the melody first and then the chords.

[@khoaprod]

i doubt he even wrote the music haha

[@shahiruperera1103]

Daniel didn't make the beat😂

[@321myself]

Million dollar idea here: get jacob collier to discuss music theory with new wave rappers. Would honestly be pure gold to watch him try to explain the chord progression of "hideaway" to lil xan or some shit.

[@gameflymc3374]

Lord Spade that is the best idea of all time. It would be absolutely hilarious

[@DnPoe]

LMFAO

[@j.antoniomartinez7301]

if xxxtentacion would be alive, shit would go like JC: so thats how a chord progression works and how you can do a lot of things with it xxxtentecion: YUH!

[@corncake29]

I would pay GOOD money to watch that.

[@thedoortree9868]

Holy shit yes!

[@kathleenreyes23]

he's exceeded just being an artist and has become the art itself imo

[@louiezar]

Jacob Collier always reminding us of how untalented we all are

[@llttrr]

Practice

[@clapzy_brg8035]

Leon sorry but you are untalented

[@KnockManJo]

*unpracticed

[@jalfredprufrock620]

This was like watching Shakespeare do a breakdown of London Bridge is Falling Down.

[@singthehajanga562]

+

[@OneLukeShow]

😂😂

[@quintonshabangu6752]

Relax bro

[@walkerl7485]

bullshit. simple and bad are not the same thing.

[@jalfredprufrock620]

@@walkerl7485 Never said it was bad. I'm a fan of both Daniel Caesar and H.E.R.'s work. But still, the topic of this 5min video is a pretty standard 4-chord loop. I understand that the intended audience are non-musicians, but the sight of Jacob explaining such bare basics feels jarring and just plain unnecessary to me, however well-executed the explanation.

[@denizozbay7172]

Wait is that the guy who was explaining harmony to 5 different people in the video of wired

[@felixf393]

Yes

[@SqChubbyNinjas]

ye

[@churchescjakabdkichikken]

Yeet

[@benbrooker]

No

[@yonatanmoritz]

Yes. He's a musical Genius. (See what I did there?)

[@mariana-vw6jl]

what a random video but i mean its jacob so

[@mariana-vw6jl]

@Iaj Namunah so i'm gonna watch it anyways because he's awesome

[@waynemorel4680]

omg right! but so interesting!

[@2FadeMusic]

@Iaj Namunah chill bruh u only just met

[@herkkirk1398]

1k

[@raianemperor]

it's just not random, it's best part dude

[@JayTowns]

glad you guys got jacob on the channel! would love to see more like this.

[@TrunxKraft3000]

Finally a real Genius on this channel! This is GOLDEN information and musical perspective!

[@MegaYoyo911]

I love the depth at which Jacob analyses a songs progression, in rhythm, melody, harmony etc. Such an affluent and inspirational musician!

[@ChopStixLoL]

This dude already has Grammy's but deserves more

[@reset01]

The Grammy has Jacob, not the other way around lmao.

[@joshuawinters6591]

He holds this song to such a high standard. It’s honestly amazing

[@Sageater]

Crazy to hear someone with perfect pitch sing the note before he actually plays it

[@Dylan-mn8fv]

I am so happy that Jacob knows Best Part 👀

[@elusivelyexclusive79]

what a beast this dude is... he is feeling music,no matter how complex or simple it is

[@singthehajanga562]

The world needs to know Jacob

[@camerons9229]

singthehajanga wait are you also singthehajanga on Instagram

[@singthehajanga562]

Cameron S yup hi :)

[@camerons9229]

singthehajanga oh hey it’s me adamneelymemes

[@georgerussell2947]

@@camerons9229 wait? Singthehajanga and adam neely memes in the same comment chain???? For some reason I both see you everywhere!

[@camerons9229]

Mixophrygian• free beats and music ok now this is epic

[@GabeWilliams]

I didn’t expect to get so much raw understanding of music theory from this, he defiantly made some things click for me in that last half

[@a.dewakinnara]

"it's just four chords being played round and round" *start using chords more than those four in 4:22

[@blackblackblackxxx]

Why not? He's Jacob Collier.

[@fsce8599]

Aldimeola Dewakinnara that’s called embellishment, it’s basically just jazz players doing fun things and adding their own touch to the song

[@jedaionthebeat1049]

Dawg dis nigga tweaking 😂

[@herkkirk1398]

He’s setting up the chords

[@respecccccc]

haha, tbh I kinda saw that coming.

[@leandermoe1615]

Make this a series!

[@nicomon.mp4]

funkiest white guy in the game

[@aisaiahcosey5130]

Arguably funkiest guy period

[@darrellrich5267]

A Isaiah Cosey Let’s not forget Tom, Jordan, Nick or FKJ

[@aisaiahcosey5130]

@@darrellrich5267 I need last names to differentiate who youre talking about lol Buuuut Tom=Tom Misch i hope?

[@darrellrich5267]

A Isaiah Cosey lol Yes Misch, but Jordan Rakei & Nick Hakim

[@supernamnam8110]

the Dirty Loops guys got mad pocket too tho

[@philamaia]

"super computer calculating 2+2"

[@lenningradgeneroso165]

Legend has it that JC was sight-reading all the music and improvised the theory knowledge on the spot

[@jasperchieng]

The idea of setting where home is, being reminded of home, and returning to home really resonate with me in how music can really give this unconscious satisfaction or closing the circle.

[@microwavememes]

2:36 possibly the one and only time Jacob Collier plays a major triad by itself

[@duderman8805]

MORE MUSIC THEORY VIDEOS, GENIUS!!!!!!!!!

[@christophersinambela]

voice so deep

[@calyxcalyxcalyx]

when i saw this on my timeline i really wanted to forget how to play this song just so i could learn it all over again from you

[@OnPaperOff]

This video taught me to play the song a while back, but it's so lovely to revisit this and hear Jacob take you through the song. Wonderful soul and wonderful explanation, as always.

[@ElCanalDeJulca]

We need more Jacob please I'm begging

[@dende_ult714]

Yaay Daniel Seizure

[@akuaakyea8566]

TrafalgarNM Lmao

[@bleau9584]

What, this is Jacob Collier?

[@KalilOlsen]

god bless no this is Patrick!

[@wertj3977]

This right here is my favourite comment and comment section

[@jack2k20]

😂

[@jacemusica]

Deconstruct the song and reconstruct it again. Dang Jacob! Never ceased to amaze me

[@_BlaXEr]

As a huge hip hop fan, I'm really impressed by Genius featuring such a mastermind like Jacob, much respect

[@tableham]

It's really cool to see an artist like Jacob who was successful before he was mainstream. He's still not mainstream, but he's definitely gaining more of a platform.

[@DiegoRocca]

Maybe JC is actually LING LING. He made this video while practicing.

[@terepanjaitan]

Jay Hokka 40 hours of F U S I O N J A S S

[@JuanEsquivel-ex8nv]

@@terepanjaitan grrrrrrrraaaaaaammmmmmmmaaaaaararrrrrrr police its jazz not jass.

[@berkeleyphan8631]

yooo

[@lukelasater1]

Jay Hokka LING LING! Practice 140hr a day

[@flwrchild]

Jay Hokka as if he’d practice with this though

[@davidmitchell1761]

Genius got a real artist, first time I’ve enjoyed one of their videos in a while

[@michaelavillanueva203]

Oh my god I just realized that I watched a guitar tutorial of “Best Part” by Jacob Collier before actually really knowing him!! This is so weird!!! Now that I know him I’m binge watching him on KZbin only to find this video of him!! Such a blissful coincidence!! I love your music Jacob!!! No understatement there💖💖💖

[@haiducvuong5259]

Holy shit just recently found out about Daniel Caesar and struggled with this song a few days ago and then there comes this MADE BY JACOB IS LIFE JUST A HUGE SIMULATION

[@moonwalkman99]

1:55 I was scared for my man here

[@lockedlov9937]

Lol I thought I was the only one that heard that. It's like he asked if the had a guitar and they were like ya and handed him some shitty hard to tune student model. He, being the God that he is, worked with what he got.

[@Gapetz]

HAHAHAHA

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

i don't get it i don't play guitar, can someone explain?

[@JaynnC]

😂 💀 😆 I know!

[@KalilOlsen]

Not a guitarist. What was the matter?

[@matthewvanness6872]

I'm a simple man. I see Jacob Collier, I click

[@ErikRK]

This is the Bob Ross of music WE NEED MORE!!!

[@mariaditachannel]

I’ve loved him for a thousand years

[@issavibe3123]

this really helps thank u very much *please do more of these*

[@ella6759]

pls bring jacob back

[@ArgoBeats]

Finally a REAL Musician on Genius!

[@TrunxKraft3000]

YES, I AGREE!

[@hiroprotagonitis]

Really, arguments for rappers/producers being musicians/visionaries aside, there are few people they can get on here that can stack up to Collier

[@yohji5650]

FACTS

[@ArgoBeats]

@@andrewmrq2417 I'm sure you are ecstatic about your sarcasm

[@KianaCatangay]

JACOB FREAKING COLLIERRRR

[@georgerussell2947]

They finally got a genius on the show!!!

[@raygun00]

I love how every single time he sings the chorus he messes up that one line its the most wholesome thing

[@jeffreyjiang4887]

why did I watch this I have no guitar talent nor can I sing

[@creathechiboi]

It happens.

[@genius]

😂😂😂

[@davisroberts744]

oh hey jeff

[@n00bie96]

Playing guitar doesn't require talent, it requires _guitar_

[@jeffreyjiang4887]

oh hey buddy@@davisroberts744

[@travis_redfern6771]

You know what I realized...He looks like young Keanu Reeves

[@fadedfrank3545]

I understood absolutely nothing. Still love this tho.

[@prod.2733]

JC singing the notes as he plucks gave me Nam flashbacks to school guitar lessons

[@vanlopes1687]

Jacob: "Well, I want to teach them how to do augmented sixths and Chromaticism in jazz improvs" Genius: "No, do this four-chord Daniel Ceasar song" Jacob: "ok but I'll 7th the hell out of it"

[@victormujat4710]

I mean, Jacob clearly loves this song, he performed it live with Daniel Caesar. And the 7th chords are in the original song too lol

[@cadenmalott2318]

Criminally underrated comment😂

[@vanlopes1687]

​@@victormujat4710 Yes, it surely does. But if we keep the 7ths apart it'll be simpler but easier to play (and assimilate). And also, Genius brough a genius to break this down. It's just hammering a nail with a piledriving crane lol

[@prodbydaamon]

Listening to this guy, hear him Play and Hearing him talk is like therapy

[@Gryffindor8]

Jacob should do a full arrangement of best part

[@meganscott6448]

This is so soothing and not condescending in any way. I've always been intimidated by music theory even though I love singing and jazz and this little snippet didn't make me feel like an idiot lol. I wonder if he's done more of these! Would love to be taught like this. Thanks Jacob!

[@yoshuahariman]

looks like they finally got a genius on genius

[@markus4013]

Lovely how that pentatonic scale over so many bright maj7 chords really mellows the overall 4 chord progression. I’ve been playing with it for hours. Simple and beautiful. 🙏

[@DanielBelloYourMexFriend]

My favorite composer covers one of the best RnB artists of the 2010's?!?! What is this, a crossover episode?

[@izzy6895]

Jacob is so outrageously talented😩😩

[@ariraphiel39]

This is like TEDX getting Albert Einstein to explain why Mentos and Coke fizz😂

[@gbg3663]

😂

[@LioraSunny]

Why though why they fizz lol

[@JoshOdom]

God I could listen to this guy talk all day. Love it.

[@Trisha-vo5zg]

I absolutely love the fact that he doesn’t know the lyrics to this song

[@janabjelica3630]

I have no idea what he was talking about the whole video but just listening to him and looking at him was beautiful 🙈

[@joseulin4547]

HE SUCH A GENIUS

[@jazzg4570]

The Kakashi of music. I swear this guy is a master at every single instrument

[@girlsgeneration6819]

Oof Jacob and Daniel Caesar, we need more videos like this!!! 🙌🏼

[@clarapereira2272]

I don’t even play an instrument I just really love watching Jacob Collier explain stuff

[@michaelcampbell2321]

break down frank ocean's blonde pls thx

[@altamashshaikh4182]

Or Pyramid from Orange

[@jonathanling6208]

Yes please

[@mercymourning3853]

Chanel orange sorry lol

[@nandadmania]

Yes

[@JC012732]

Y’all need to check out the dissect podcast on Spotify. He goes through and does a musical AND lyrical breakdown of both albums and places them in the historical context of their release.

[@rickyisicky]

this is the type of content i've been looking for with genius.

[@manemejeff99]

More of this!!! This is stuff I really want to learn!

[@TeunBuwaldaMusic]

Now this is foreshadowing.

[@rydeordie10]

That 10th stretch at 3:56

[@EdiCallier]

Daniel Taylor I JUST NOTICED THAT 👀👀👀 Sheeeeeeeeeesh, I thought I could stretch. Jacob is a MONSTER

[@ddddmegadddd]

Oh my...he has big hands 👀

[@ww8720]

@@ddddmegadddd bruuuh

[@Ivanna587msp]

DAMN I JUST NOTICED

[@usgamewolf6979]

this guy always blows my mind

[@channalbert]

3:12 Classic Jacob Collier: sneakily drops some negative harmony hints here and there. Bbmaj7 is the negative harmony conjugate chord of the tonic Dmaj7.

[@UlisesRockerHR]

Is that true?? Can you demonstrate?

[@egginator5432]

That's in Caesars original recording though

[@kindabllue4380]

Egginator lol u right idk what this dude is tryna prove

[@channalbert]

Pegaso Stiky Sure. One of the ways to access the equivalent scale but with “negative polarity” is to pair every note with its “mirrored” note across a symmetry axis. This symmetry axis lays by definition in the middle of the tonic (D, in D major scale) and the fifth (A, in our case). So basically you have to draw a line exactly between D and A and pair them. If you want to understand this well, take a piece of paper and write all twelve notes in a line like ‘C, Db, D, Eb, E, F,...’ and find the middle point between D and A. Now connect all the lines from one side to the other side of the line. Now, for the mind blowing part, write the circle of fifths and link the paired notes you just found. See how simple it is on it. So you can see that if you transform the home chord Dmaj7 (D, F#, A, C#) to its ‘negative’ conjugate (D→A, A→D, F#→F, C#→Bb) and you have Bbmaj7 (Bb, F, D, A).

[@egginator5432]

@@ShashH-nz6bf bruh just Google it. Literally a circle that goes up in fifths (often with an inner circle containing the relative minor keys as well). C G D A E B and so on til it goes from F to C.

[@garysalgado9709]

pay Jacob to do this with every song from now on 🔥🔥

[@modalmixture]

This song has such great reharmonization potential, I would have loved to hear what Jacob is thinking about in terms of extended harmony. For example, in the live version he sometimes replaces the Bbmaj7 with a C13(#11,#15) to get a luscious superlydian subtonic.

[@gerry2294]

C13(#11,#15)? Is a #15 not the same as a 16, or a 1?

[@Thedrummaman76]

THANK YOU FOR GIVING THIS GENIUS A PLATFORM!

[@jezdale]

how the heck is jacob using standard tuning

[@kevinngo5410]

I fucking love you Jacob. This needs to be a regular ass thing. I need more music theory in my life

[@tomatoflight]

"all of these notes work across all four chords" *proceeds to omit the F# when playing the Bbmaj7*

[@shubitoxX]

I could watch these all day!

[@fazlhaq3337]

1:08 sounds like my favorite clothes by RINI

[@Everything_Ju]

I scurried to the comment section to call Genius a FRIGGIN GENIUS! This is what the people need! 🙌🏾💛

[@LofiWurld]

Next time get albert einstein to teach us addition

[@kalebaguila]

Could listen to this man talk for dayssss

[@zakali4195]

You can tell this guy is pitch perfect but doesn't mention it once 😂 what a legend

[@ZacharyAghaizu]

Sharing an a capella medley for 'get you' soon