YYZ - Rush

Medium: Focus on finger placement for the four notes. Verses and chorus feature slower three-note runs. The bass and drum solos (everything up to the solo) involve both fast and slow chords. The solo is challenging due to faster pick-up notes that can be hammered-on and pulled-off. Be careful of the Outro's fast B-Y-R-G sequence, which almost requires a pull-off.

Hard: The verse line is B-Y-B-Y-R-G and O-B-O-B-Y-R, with Y-B-Y and B-O-B being faster. Consider the pattern as B, Y-B-Y, R-G. There are two verses to learn. The bass and drum solos feature chords played on and off the beat, identical to Expert. The guitar solo's end has many sets of threes (GTR SOLO D).

Expert: The song starts with off-beat notes. The first melody, B-B-Y-B-Y-R-R-G, requires strumming the first two B's and the last R, with pull-offs for the rest. The pattern shifts but remains simple. The line O-B-Y-B-O-B-O should use hammer-ons/pull-offs (HO/PO) and frequently has star power. The bass and drum solos have fills identical to Hard. Pay attention to the G-G-G-G-GY-GY section, which needs strumming up and down. The guitar solo requires saved star power for the end, recognizable by multiple three-note patterns and a G. The solo concludes with easy sustains. The song finishes with a reprise of the B-B-Y-B-Y-R-R-G lines and the opening sequence.