Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen Lesson

Song Lessons Grade 3 Songs
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Learn to play Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen on JustinGuitar!


View the full lesson at Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen | JustinGuitar

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You can sing Justin keep up the good work :slight_smile:

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Justin, can you please provide the strumming pattern for this (the one you go over starting at 7:15)? Thank you!

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Hi @robweede and welcome to the community.

Justin half-contradicts himself.
He says there’s not really a particular pattern though when he gets a groove on he does feel it is a good fit and counts it out for you. Use the cog wheel of settings to slow down the play back speed.

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How does one do half a bar in fingerstyle?

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You could do T, 1, 2 on F and then T, 1, 2 on G.

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Hi!

When I slow down the video it looks like he is hitting “open strings” on the 6th beat when he changes chords, at least when he changes to F chord or is it just me who sees that?

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I cant seem to find that E with a G# base chord on the website, would it be possible to illustrate the fingering for it?

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Welcome to the forum Thomas. Can you play a D shaped E chord? That’s what Justin is playing with the G# in the bass. He’s muting the A string and thin e string.

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Hi Thomas @Tarregaguitar, welcome to the community! If you’re inclined, consider introducing yourself over here.

Justin describes how he formed that E/G# in the text on the web page for the song:

If you want to play Hallelujah as I do, use this grip for E/G#: 4X2450. I use finger 1 for 4:2, finger 2 on 6:4, finger 3 for 3:4, and finger 4 on 2:5. This isn’t the kind of thing I’d typically show beginners, but if you’re up for a challenge – this is a great one! If it’s too tricky, just play a regular E open chord (022100).

I didn’t see a chord box on the website, but the first example on this page reflects Justin’s description (except that Justin does not mute that high E).

Hope that helps!

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can someone explain the transition that Justin’s doing in the intro (the C to Am)? it looks like he’s fretting a B on the fifth string, but I can’t tell what else is going on.