"American Idiot" Chorus & Solo- Rhythm Guitar

Green Day

  • Lesson Type

    song

  • Instructor

    Dan Ellis

  • Time to Finish

    6:12

This lesson teaches you how to play the rhythm guitar part for the chorus and solo of “American Idiot.” You’ll use full major chord strumming that really open up these sections of the song.

By the end of the lesson, you will have played:

  • Db, Ab, Eb and Em/G
  • Chord anticipations
  • Alternate strumming
  • Syncopated strumming
  • Eighth note strum