"American Idiot" Verse - Rhythm Guitar

Green Day

  • Lesson Type

    song

  • Instructor

    Dan Ellis

  • Time to Finish

    4:31

Now we’ll cover how to play the rhythm guitar part for the verse in “American Idiot.” If you’ve already got the riff down, you’re more than halfway there.

By the end of this lesson you will have played:

  • Ab5, Db5, Gb5 and Em
  • Chord anticipation
  • Syncopated strumming
  • Alternate strumming
  • Eighth note strum
  • Slides