Scared Of My Guitar - Olivia Rodrigo

Remember that the notation system was not intended to represent the sound of guitar music with its inflections and ringing. My piano sheet music can only show you the score within the boundaries of the twelve-note scale and a metered rhythm; alas, the pitch and rhythm have little to do with the aesthetic value of the track. Listen to the song before practicing to fully imitate the beauty of the song: its *timbre, phrasing, inflections.* Play the song, not sheet music. Sing a phrase before playing it on your keyboard.

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Imitate the vocal delivery by Olivia Rodrigo or it won't sound as the song. The vocal part is quiet but

rhythmic. The melody is built stepwise so it lacks intervalic saturation thus its artistic meaning and expression suffer. It might be not so interesting to play on piano as to sing.

There are many vowels of an indefinite pitch.

A predominant vocal style is semi-legato.

Notice fermatas (𝄐), don't rush through pauses.

"Scared Of My Guitar" is played with a straight rhythm in triple time 3/4. It will take time to memorize the rhythm. Practice slowly along with the recording.

To keep listeners attention, the chorus of "Scared Of My Guitar" was made to be the biggest part of the song. I colored it blue for your convenience: it is easier to learn a piece of music when you have a mental scheme of it. Play every part differently, as expressively as possible. If some notes are too difficult to play, omit them focusing on emotions instead of sightreading.

A single vocal line accompanied by an instrumental part constitutes the entire musical texture. "Scared Of My Guitar" has a semi-improvised, loosely organized and wandering melody and homophonic arrengement: the instrumental part provides a harmony to support the vocal but lacks its own melody.

"Scared Of My Guitar" is transcribed in the original key, D Major but the exact harmonies that Olivia Rodrigo and her co-writer used is barely could be heard. I used D D/G Dmaj7 D/F# Bm Bm/G Bm7 Em A, but you can change the progression or chord inversions.

Of course I consider filling your requests of sheet music except for not popular tracks.

Composition: Verse I — Verse II — Bridge — Outro