Learn to play Imagine [2023] by John Lennon on JustinGuitar!
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Beautiful and timeless song 
Thank you for another great tutorial! Playing this tune surely brings a lot of happiness.
And I had to smile at 5:20 … “Imagine there’s no F-chord” 
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Thank you for your thoughtful community email this morning. With so much strife and sorrow brewing around the world, you have given me an uplifting way to celebrate the day by learning “Imagine.” I imagine there is nary a student among us who doesn’t know these lyrics by heart.
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The tab is not showing up
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Justin, not sure whether you’ve had vocal lessons, but your voice in the demo at the start sounds full and rich. Excellent rendition and lesson.
Neil
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TAB for newly released song lessons usually follows along after a while. It will arrive. It is available on the old lesson.
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Looking for songs to add to my repertoire and it has gone on the list.
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Really like the changes you made in this updated lesson.
Someday I hope to play this amazing song all the way through without my voice cracking or tears welling up. If only…
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I’ve always love this song. I play it on my piano with the embellishments that you mention. Now I’ll do it on guitar, did not think about playing it on my guitar because I don’t have an acoustic guitar,BUT… I do have a BOSS ME-80 where I can make my Strat sound like an acoustic guitar.
Thanks Justin!!!
have a Happy New Years
John
Boy
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Ok, thanks for the reply sir!
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Thank you
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This just came up on my Spotify feed. Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins playing Imagine. Worth a listen to hear what is possible (but maybe not in this life time for me). The level of control and feeling between the two is sublime.
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A question about the new tab for the 2023 update:
There are vertical lines above and below some chord tabs.
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What do these vertical lines mean?
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Those represent quarter notes. You’ll see that they are joined together for eight notes.
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Thanks, Jeff. So, there is no relevance to whether the lines are on top or bottom of the chord?
I just noticed that Ultimate Guitar is switching to this style of notation. Once I saw the 8th and 16th notes it was more obvious. It does provide for better clues as to rhythm, but it sure adds to the congestion on the page.
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It doesn’t make a difference. I’m not sure why some chords have them on top and others on bottom, it’s usually one or the other for the entire tab.
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Justin, I can tell that you feel this song in your heart. It comes through in your vocal performance.
Kudos.
Just find out that there is a lesson for this song. This song its so special for me. It was my dad favorite song. He died last Saturday. So I will be learning it and playing it, hope he can hear it 
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Justin, I have to tell how much pleasure I’ve had going through the beginner courses. I’ve been playing the guitar for a long time and this has just filled a lot of holes for me. But what I really want to thank you for is how you teach songs like Imagine. You provide the basics to play, add the optional embellishments and then ENCOURAGE US AND SHOW US how to make the song our own. It really is a masterful how you model this process for us. For example, how you explained that you’d put the little riff in at the beginning so people know it’s Imagine, but then leave it until the final verses to make the accompaniment more interesting. I’m gaining such insight and skill. Thank you so much for the thought and energy you have put into all of this. I so look forward to carving out time to play. Especially such a beautiful and powerful song like Imagine.
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