"House of the Rising Sun" Interlude

The Animals

  • Lesson Type

    song

  • Instructor

    Jon MacLennan

  • Time to Finish

    2:53

The first interlude on “House of the Rising Sun” uses the same progression and arpeggio pattern as the intro, but it also features some strumming toward the end to build to the solo.

We’ll show you how to play this section in this lesson.

  • Am, C, D, F and E chords
  • Arpeggio picking
  • Sweep picking
  • Alternate strumming
  • Accented strumming
  • Eighth note strumming