"Self Esteem" Intro

The Offspring

  • Lesson Type

    song

  • Instructor

    Ozzy Carmona

  • Time to Finish

    3:15

In this lesson, we’ll show you how to play the intro to The Offspring’s “Self Esteem.” This heavily distorted guitar part includes a lot of power chords and some fundamental techniques.

By the end of this lesson you will have played:

  • Chords: A5, F5, F5 (II), G5 and C5
  • Alternate strumming
  • Palm muting
  • 16th note strumming
  • 8th note strumming
  • Syncopated strumming
  • Chord anticipations