Green Day

Advanced Riff Writing – Compound Intervals

August 28, 2011 3 Comments

Compound intervals are a great shape used by bands like The Strokes, Incubus, and Green Day to create riffs. Because they are fairly stripped down, they work great as 2nd guitar parts!

Create Killer Progressions With Dominant Resolution

August 18, 2011 No Comments

Creating great progressions is the foundation for an awesome song. Today we’ll show you a technique to naturally flow and lead to the next chord.

Green Day Style Palm Muting Riff

July 4, 2011 1 Comment

Green Day helped bring punk to a new audience in the 90′s and continue to be influential today. And they couldn’t have done it without palm muting!

Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams (lead)

June 30, 2011 12 Comments

Here we’ll be learning the lead part to Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” In a future lesson, we’ll be looking at the chords, but for now, just have fun with this cool little solo!