Leaving On A Jet Plane by John Denver Lesson

Song Lessons Grade 2 Songs
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Learn to play Leaving On A Jet Plane by John Denver on JustinGuitar!


View the full lesson at Leaving On A Jet Plane by John Denver | JustinGuitar

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I noticed that in the lesson on how to play Leaving on a Jet Plane, Justin uses C, D and G chords, including how to play finger style, However, the Song App uses A, D and E chords. I was hoping to pop over and use the app to practice the song. Why are the two not consistent?

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@Flying_V This situation has occurred in several song lesson vs app songs.
Justin will have taught a song lesson accessible to beginners at a certain point in the courses, using chords learned by that point. Sometimes that is not in the original key.

Chords G, C and D are the I, IV and V chords in the key of G.
Chords A, D and E are the I, IV and V chords in the key of A - two semitones higher.

You can put a capo on fret 2 and play the G, C and D shapes to match exactly chords A, D and E.
Or, you can place a capo at fret 10 and play the A, D and E shapes to match the chords G, C and D. Note - a capo at fret 10 makes this all a tight squeeze on the fingers.

Hope that makes sense.

Cheers :smiley:
| Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Moderator

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Thanks for the explanation. That makes sense - so much for this newbie to learn!

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@MusopiaApps
Isn’t there a way to transpose to the key of G in the App.
If there isn’t there should be

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@stitch Thank you for the feedback and request. Adding transpose in the app is on our roadmap.

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I think the tab notes may be incorrect. It indicates that the thumb plucks the open D string when playing the C chord. However, the D string in the C chord is pressed at the second fret. Did I miss something here?

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@woodteacher you are correct, the 3rd plucked note in the C chord is an E (2nd fret of 4th string), but it is shown as a D (4th string open). I listened through, and played the tab, to make sure it’s not simply a chord variation, but it’s not.

@Richard_close2u @LievenDV @DavidP Could one of the mods let Justin know, so that the tab can be updated? Thanks.

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Thanks @Mari63 and @woodteacher. I will ensure this is picked up.

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Hello @woodteacher and welcome to the Community.
Many thanks for alerting us to this, it has now been reported.
Cheers :smiley:
| Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide

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Thank you, everyone! :slight_smile:

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I looked for Leaving on a Jet Plane on the app but could not find it. I tried searching by title and artist. When I search by artist (John Denver) I get John Denver, Johnny Cash, John Mellencamp and others, what am I doing wrong?

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the song must have been removed from the app
they dont own the license anymore

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Thanks for your response Grumpy. Strange that they would not have the license for this song anymore when it is one of the songs in the learning module 2. That’s why I purchased the App so that I could have the ability to play a simplified version of a song at a slow pace with chords and strum pattern included.

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sometimes a song is removed but there are plenty of other songs to learn in the app ^^
If you really want to lean this song in particular , then you can use the lesson on the website

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Thanks again for the info Grumpy. I did try using the Tab and Autoscroll on the website. I played the Autoscroll at the slowest speed and it played the song over one minute faster than the actual version of the song on Youtube, which I had playing at the same time. Maybe that’s why they developed the App. LOL