Learn to play Basket Case by Green Day on JustinGuitar!
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First in. Epic lesson. As a grade 3 beginner this one has a load of stretch targets in it for me but as a life long Greenday fan I’ll be happy to work it. Right now just trying to get my head into the push and the accents. At this strumming speed I’m finding if I actually try to count out the beats it’s never gunna happen. I almost have to slow it right down to where I can count it and get it right but when speeding back up it needs to be ingrained and automatic. Does that sound about right?
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Sounds right however I wouldn’t kill myself over counting in full speed, count when it’s slower to engrave the rhythm into your brain and at full speed it should become automatic you should feel it 
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What’s that slide at 22.45?
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" tune it to [E Flat Tuning]- or simply use a capo on the first fret."
That’s a bit misleading, it should reather say ‘simply use a capo on the first fret while tuning to E standard’
Isn’t that what Justin said though?
Yes, he said exactly that, but the reading text under the video made me feel simply to put a capo on the first fret for play, and I was confused
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"you’ll need to tune it to [E Flat Tuning (https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/e-tuning-tu-010) - or simply use a capo on the first fret. Eb Tuning is simply tuning every string down one semitone. "
Doesn’t a capo on the first fret move everything up one semitone to F?
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It does.
I’ve not watched the video, but I suspect it’s just the way it’s been explained.
If you fit a capo to the first fret, tune the guitar normally (i.e. to EADGBE), then remove the capo, the guitar will now be semi-tone lower and tuned to Eb.
For beginners and those without a tuner that recognises every note, it’s easier than saying tune the guitar strings to D#/Eb, G#/Ab, C#/Db, F#/Gb, A#/Bb, and D#/Eb.
It also avoids any confusion over sharps/flats, if you’ve not learnt about basic music theory yet.
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This, exactly.
I watched this one once before, just because it’s a song I like, though I’m a long way from playing it yet. That was how Justin explained the tuning: Place a capo on the first fret, tune your guitar in normal E tuning, now remove the capo and you’re in Eb.
Just watched the video quick to confirm, and it’s at the 2:12-2:40 timestamp of the video. He says you could do it that way, or, if you have a tuner that will tune to any semi-tone, you could just tune it directly to Eb. Just before that, he also says that another option would be to leave your guitar in the standard tuning and use software to raise the Green Day recording by one semi-tone. That seems like a lot more work than just re-tuning your guitar!
So, I hope that helps!
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Ahhhhh, thanks!!
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Sorry to awaken an old thread, but…
Did anyone else notice that, when Justin was slowly going through the chords, that it has almost the exact same progression as Pachelbel’s Canon in D?
Or I guess, in this case, Canon in Eb? 
Although I like Green Day I am biased, I picked this song for the palm muting exercise because of the butterfly guitar.
I am jealous too. The vanity of a rockstar girl goes beyond just what sounds good… "^ .^
@Richard_close2u Does anyone realise that the chords in the TAB are wrong?
To be more precise, when you click on chords under the tab section of the song lesson, you have D5 A5 B5 F#5
But when you click on ‘tab’ the correct labels are there, E5, B5, C#5, G#5
In the video the first chord he says is E, then follows along the tab.
why are the ‘chords’ under the tab different’ to the ‘tab’ under the tab?
BK
Have you tried using the transpose option?
Hi Bret, the tabs don’t always reflect what Justin teaches in the lessons, especially in beginner lessons. In addition to making various adjustments so songs are accessible to beginners, Justin also sometimes teaches the song in a different key. Anyway, as @socio points out, the transpose function on the tabs is our friend here! (It also helps when a song is in a key I can’t sing!)
HI guys, thanks for the answer, but I am not sure I understand.
I have been on Justins site for a long time, and understand what transpose does.
As I said before, the TAB and the CHORDS are different, there shouldn’t be any reason they are different. I did click transpose 2 times up which took the chords to the correct variations, I just would have thought it started on the right chords and then you transpose away if it is in a different key that you want to play.
All good, I guess just knowing to transpose it makes it right, a little confusing at the start when it is correct on TAB and not on CHords, but all good…
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Ah, I see! I don’t think I’ve ever paid attention to whether the chords and the TAB are in the same key on most songs. I (obviously) have no idea why they would be different. Maybe we’ve tickled this thread enough that someone will come by and explain!