What Green Day song you play on the guitar?

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wilhelmstekel
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August 18th, 2007 at 07:40am
I can play pretty much any of their stuff. It's all just powerchords. Even the early stuff is easy, all you have to do is get your pentatonic scales down really good. All those early solos are based around the blues pentatonic scale.
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August 30th, 2007 at 04:37am
what green day song can't I play on guitar. lol thats the question. even if i don't kno, give me 5 minutes with tabs and I got it. I think the hardest green day song for me to learn was Good Riddance. idk i had to get used to picking semi-fast
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September 5th, 2007 at 10:33pm
Just Good Riddance and Church On Sunday.
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September 7th, 2007 at 12:22pm
WMUWSE was the song I learnt how to read tabs on. I still haven't perfected it. XD

Holiday
Letterbomb
American Idiot
Jesus of Suburbia [except for the last section... that needs works]
BOBD
Whatsername
Hitchin A Ride
Are We the Waiting
She's A Rebel
Give Me Novacaine
Macy's Day Parade
Blood, Sex and Booze
Favourite Son

Favourite Son's probably one of my favourite to play. So simple... but so catchy.

The reason I play so many AI songs is that I have the book - and so its just always there.
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September 8th, 2007 at 04:31pm
blister blue.:
Church On Sunday
Therefore you can also play St. Jimmy, Blitzkreig Bop, and a shit load of other songs. Up Yay power chords!
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September 9th, 2007 at 08:09pm
Or any green day song for that matter. almost every GD song is power chords Laughing
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September 12th, 2007 at 02:55am
Yes, but Church on Sunday has the exact same riff that makes up most of St. Jimmy and Blitzkreig. Con Good shit.
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September 12th, 2007 at 03:10am
What I love about GD's riff: SO MANY POWER CHORDS AND BARRE CHORDS! I love Billie for that. It makes everything easy. Cool I can play At The Library, When I Come Around, Brain Stew, Basket Case, The Simpsons Theme...
lmfao
I take lessons still (I've been taking them for a while so yes I'm real good) so I learn a new song like every week. Cool
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September 12th, 2007 at 03:12am
Damn almost forgot: Minority.
And I can play two MCR songs.
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September 12th, 2007 at 04:05am
Green Day uses barre chords?
Meh, I wouldn't call them easy, compared to power chords. I mean, they're not hard, but power chords are one of the first things you learn.

Though barre chords are impossible to learn on finger-pick acoustic guitars, I'll tell you that much. Especially when you have small hands. Molly
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September 13th, 2007 at 02:30am
^^ I totally agree. XD Accoustics are annoying when it comes to trying to play barre chords on them. I can only play barre chords on electric. And yeah you can play Brain Stew with barre chords OR power chords, whichever, I personally like using barre chords for that song better.
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September 13th, 2007 at 05:36am
I can do barre chords on acoustics, as long as they have the standard steel-string necks, which are a lot smaller than the nylon classical ones.

I'd imagine barre chords would just sound too high for Brain Stew.. *shrug*
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September 17th, 2007 at 02:37am
Well they sound cool for Brain Stew...they sound higher than they're supposed to for me but that's cause I'm not the best at barre chords. Laughing Yeah...I think I like power chords better...haha...XD I changed my mind. Very Happy
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September 17th, 2007 at 04:45am
But.. thats the point of a barre chord.
How do they sound higher for you? Do you move your hands up the fretboard? :x It's not like you can accidentally press down strings, they're all meant to be pressed down..
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September 18th, 2007 at 12:27am
Brain Stew. thats it
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September 19th, 2007 at 04:22am
I don't know, I don't know why I said that, I must have been tired, but I think it's because you have to tune your guitar a half step down to make it sound normal, and Billie plays it with barre chords in BIAB.
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September 20th, 2007 at 12:48am
If it's usually half-step down, you'd have to play it lower, not higher.
*shrug* It all comes down to preference, I guess.
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September 20th, 2007 at 03:52am
Very Happy Yes I was right, it was a half step down. Hehe you made my day by confirming that.
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September 20th, 2007 at 06:21am
I wasn't confirming, I really have no idea, to be honest. XD
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September 21st, 2007 at 02:58am
lmfao
wow
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I'm pretty sure I was right...but assuming is wrong...cause ASSUMING makes an ass out of you and me...i.e. - ASS|U|ME lmfao
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