Is there a Wrong Chord in Olivia Rodrigo Drivers License?

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mDecks Music Podcast

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Music theory for musicians by musicians. From tonal harmony to songwriting and reharmonization techniques. These episodes are the audio version of our mDecks Music YouTube Channel video series.

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Music theory for musicians by musicians. From tonal harmony to songwriting and reharmonization techniques. These episodes are the audio version of our mDecks Music YouTube Channel video series.

Music Commentary

Music

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Is there a Wrong Chord in Olivia Rodrigo Drivers License? | Songwriting

mDecks Music Podcast

14 minutes 12 seconds

4 years ago

Is there a Wrong Chord in Olivia Rodrigo Drivers License? | Songwriting

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In this video we look at the songwriting techniques used in Olivia Rodrigo's song "Driver's License"
In fact, is there a wrong chord in this song? How does it still work harmonically?
There are plenty of great songwriting techniques used in this song: from the use of the Pentatonic Scale to pedal points and the lydian scale.

Music theory is essential when we write songs, but dow we need to understand all these music concepts, or can we write songs using our instincts? Let's discuss this beautiful song by Olivia Rodrigo. #chords #songwriting #musictheory

In this video we explore songwriting techniques within modern pop music

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Intro 0:21
The wrong chord? 2:09 Chords in the song 3:35 The Pentatonic Scale 6:30 Melodic Clave & Rhythm 7:19 Tonic Pedal Point 7:45 The B Section 9:02 Lydian 10:39 The iii chord 11:51 C Section (wrong chord?)