Evan Handyside | Olivia Rodrigo: Traitor | fingerstyle guitar + TAB @EvanHandyside | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
Guitar tab and blog: intellimusica.com/traitor-guitar-tab
I've taught Olivia Rodrigo's Traitor at least a dozen times to my guitar students. It's an excellent song both lyrically and melodically. The lyrical theme is brilliant. The "boyfriend dates girl that ex-girlfriend doesn't like" is an ageless conflict that no one has articulated in a song until now.
I've also been recently re-inspired by Hozier -- specifically his warm vocal tone and reverb mix. Check out his 52 second a-capella performance of The Humours of Whiskey [ youtu.be/rQ-UItNBoMw ] These two things converged in my brain this week, and I created a lower toned, and warmer version of Traitor for fingerstyle guitar. I guess I'm trying to get my guitar to sound like Hozier's voice.
Quite a few of my guitar students sing -- and I'm constantly encouraging them to write songs about what they're experiencing right now. If they identify, and sing about an adolescent or teenage problem -- other adolescents and teenagers will identify. Adults will identify. It wins all around.
#oliviarodrigo #traitor #fingerstyleguitar
Guitar tabs and blog:
intellimusica.com
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intellimusica.com/evan-handyside-music
Contact Me:
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Guitar tab and blog: intellimusica.com/traitor-guitar-tab
I've taught Olivia Rodrigo's Traitor at least a dozen times to my guitar students. It's an excellent song both lyrically and melodically. The lyrical theme is brilliant. The "boyfriend dates girl that ex-girlfriend doesn't like" is an ageless conflict that no one has articulated in a song until now.
I've also been recently re-inspired by Hozier -- specifically his warm vocal tone and reverb mix. Check out his 52 second a-capella performance of The Humours of Whiskey [ youtu.be/rQ-UItNBoMw ] These two things converged in my brain this week, and I created a lower toned, and warmer version of Traitor for fingerstyle guitar. I guess I'm trying to get my guitar to sound like Hozier's voice.
Quite a few of my guitar students sing -- and I'm constantly encouraging them to write songs about what they're experiencing right now. If they identify, and sing about an adolescent or teenage problem -- other adolescents and teenagers will identify. Adults will identify. It wins all around.
#oliviarodrigo #traitor #fingerstyleguitar
Guitar tabs and blog:
intellimusica.com
Spotify, Apple Music, and More:
intellimusica.com/evan-handyside-music
Contact Me:
intellimusica.com/contact
