How To Play Drivers License On Piano Easy

How to Play "Drivers License" (Olivia Rodrigo) on Pianoforte

Lisa Witt / Song Tutorials / Jul 9

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"Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo is a smash hit this summertime. This vocal is Ballsy, and you may be surprised to learn that information technology's actually quite straightforward. All you take to larn is a few basic chords and yous're practically practiced to become!

Nosotros've too provided the full canvass music for those of you who want to play something closer to the original.

And remember, just because a song is straightforward doesn't mean it will be slow to play. Olivia Rodrigo adds a lot of drama in her performance and I encourage yous to go dramatic too!

So hop in and join me for the ride!

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The Verse

For the poesy, you simply demand to know three chords: B Flat Major, Grand Minor, and E Apartment Major. Play these with your left paw. Meanwhile, on your right hand, play a steady serial of B flats an octave apart.

We utilize a slightly dissimilar chord shape with the Eastward Flat Major chord in this song. Instead of a triad, attempt playing a power chord shape. This is the root (Eb), fifth (Bb), and another root note (Eb).

If this shape is too challenging, it's totally okay to play a standard E Flat Major triad instead (Eb-G-Bb) or a smaller power chord that's merely the fifth (Eb-Bb).

The Chorus

We've written out individual notes of the chorus an octave higher and then they're easier to read. You tin can play them in this octave or play them i octave down to audio closer to the original.

For beginners all the same learning how to read notes, in that location's no shame in writing in the note names if that helps 🙂

Sheet music for verse of "Driver's License" by Olivia Rodrigo with mark-ups showing notes and highlighting 8vb.

As always, don't exist afraid to slow down the tempo when yous practice. Then gradually ramp it up.

Chorus Chords

Chords to the chorus of "Driver's License" by Olivia Rodrigo on grand staff. — The chords written on the one thousand staff. Retrieve: y'all tin can play these in any octave you prefer!

If you prefer to play chords instead of individual notes, or desire to build something unique on top of the chords, hither are the notes of the chorus chords:

Ebmaj7
Eb-G-Bb-D

Bb
Bb-D-F

Gm
G-Bb-D

F
F-A-C

Dm
D-F-A

Cm
C-Eb-G

Bb5
Bb-F

The Bridge

The bridge is total-on pop mode. Nosotros play chords on our right mitt that you lot know by now: Gm, Ebmaj7, Bb, F, Gm etc. On the left mitt, we'll play a dotted rhythm with the bass annotation.

Analogous the right and left hand rhythms can be a little trickier, so hither's the rhythm written out:

Counting mark-up of the bridge to "Driver's License" by Olivia Rodrigo.

An easier way to play this (that's totally adequate!) is to but concur the bass note 😎

Do Tips for "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo

Prepare for an adventure? To get the nigh out of this song, here are a few tips.

Get dramatic with dynamics! The chorus riff on the right manus is absolutely GORGEOUS and you tin go far even more epic past expressing it with dynamics. Try alternate some crescendos and decrescendos to round out the riff.

Crescendo and decrescendo markings on the chorus.

If octaves are as well wide apart for you, play fifths. There is admittedly no shame. Some of us just have smaller hands. That beingness said, getting comfortable at playing octaves is a useful skill. Here are some handy tips on how to conquer pianoforte with small hands.

…And that's "Drivers License"! Happy practicing and bask the bulldoze! 🚗

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Lisa Witt has been educational activity pianoforte for xix years and in that time has helped hundreds of students learn to play the songs they love. Lisa received classical pianoforte training through the Royal Conservatory of Music, but she has since embraced popular music and playing by ear in gild to back-trail herself and others.