PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake - NOKIA

How to play PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake - NOKIA by PARTYNEXTDOOR on guitar

NOKIA is a great beginner play-along because the groove is steady and the harmony stays simple enough to lock in fast. You get a cool, confident feel at about 120 BPM, and once the pattern settles in, the song feels smooth and repetitive in a good way.

You can lean on the open shapes E and F, but the harder moves are the barre shapes Fm, Gm, G#, F#m, and A#. The main change to watch is the opening back-and-forth between E and Fm, since that switch comes up right away and needs clean fretting.

Start by looping the opening progression slowly, then practice the barre shapes on their own until they feel even. After that, connect E to Fm without stopping, and only then bring it up to tempo. Once the change feels automatic, the rest should fall into place quickly.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.