"House of the Rising Sun" Organ Solo

For this lesson, we’ll show you how to play the guitar part on “House of the Rising Sun” that accompanies the organ solo played by The Animals’ Alan Price on the original recording. During this section, the guitar uses an accented strumming pattern and plays a longer chord progression.

You’ll be playing:

• Am, C, D, F, E and F7/C chords
• Alternate strumming
• Accented strumming
• Eighth note strumming
• 16th note strumming
• Arpeggio picking
• Sweep picking