Yeah. Because power chords are a bitch.

*promote because playing guitar on stage with a band you love has got to be one of the greatest feelings in the world.

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Upvote for "We want it loud."

As someone said already to the OP on Reddit that used basically the same title. This kid isn't playing lead guitar. It's rhythm guitar.

Well, that probably made the kid's day.

whats the difference in a band with traditionally one guitarist then.. white stripes guy is rhythm and lead depending on what part he's playing... but isnt this kid the Lead Rhythm Guitar in this situation! tee hee

Even if his guitar was not actually plugged and the song was backed up by another rythm guitarist backstage, it doesn't matter. This is awesome in all respects.

This song to me sounds almost like that "yeah those were the best days of my life" one, except for a few chord changes.

Also, how long have you been playing guitar shuac? Longer than him? And unless he's in drop D then i imagine it's harder to stretch your fingers across the fret to the EAD strings at that age. Especially with a million gigawatts of adrenaline flowing through him at being on stage with them.

I'm new to learning guitar, but i'm pretty happy when i can string a simple song together even just in power chords. Most people can't.

I'd get spanked by my guitar teacher for not alternate picking if that was me (that unschooled punk down-down-down don't fly) but Upvote for the sheer awesomeness of getting invited onstage! That was a risky sitch. Kid's got a rock-n-roll soul.

I'm gonna bet Billie Joe Armstrong was an English teacher for kids overseas of the most awesome kind.

But lost his teacher edge with "Now go fucking hang out with your fuckin' friends out there."

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I'd get spanked by my guitar teacher for not alternate picking if that was me (that unschooled punk down-down-down don't fly) but Upvote for the sheer awesomeness of getting invited onstage! That was a risky sitch. Kid's got a rock-n-roll soul.


Then you guitar teacher is wrong. Down-picking is the correct (i.e. how it was written) way to play it.

No room for artist interpretation?

The thing with down-picking is it limits the speed at which one can play and it's very fatiguing in the long run. It's easier for a beginner to down-pick, and it looks cool, but it's a bad habit to cultivate if one wants to develop real technical proficiency. >> ^ChaosEngine:

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I'd get spanked by my guitar teacher for not alternate picking if that was me (that unschooled punk down-down-down don't fly) but Upvote for the sheer awesomeness of getting invited onstage! That was a risky sitch. Kid's got a rock-n-roll soul.

Then you guitar teacher is wrong. Down-picking is the correct (i.e. how it was written) way to play it.

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No room for artist interpretation?
The thing with down-picking is it limits the speed at which one can play and it's very fatiguing in the long run. It's easier for a beginner to down-pick, and it looks cool, but it's a bad habit to cultivate if one wants to develop real technical proficiency.
Don't get me wrong, good alternate picking is important, but you seem to think that people down-pick because it's easier than alternate picking. It's actually not, especially if you want to play a fast song. Down-picking is a valid technique that produces a distinctly different sound than alternate picking. It's especially common in metal and punk. Master of Puppets by Metallica is a really good example of this. Almost the entire rhythm section of the song is down picked. Try playing along to it one day (or worse, a live version where it's even faster). I guarantee your picking forearm will ache by the time you get to the acoustic bit!

As for artist interpretation, if you don't like that kinda music, or even the down picking sound, that's fine, but the people doing it are not doing through lack of technical proficiency.
Full disclosure: I've been playing guitar for nearly 20 years. I don't claim to be a virtuoso, but I started out playing a lot of metal, so I know this stuff.

Cheers!