Learn to play Let Her Go by Passenger on JustinGuitar!
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Love this song and big fan of Justinās teaching in general but - as a returning guitarist who just completed Grades 1/2 as a refresher without too much difficulty - there is stuff here that I have to say doesnāt feel like Grade 2 for me, even with the āsimpleā strumming version. Not a lot of room for manoeuvre on the fretboard for some of those chord grips, the suggested strum pattern is also pretty full-on, and I feel like your mention of the little intro riff/trill (3m30s) is rather glossed over without enough explanation. Shame as I would love to learn this one properly but I didnāt find this lesson up to Justinās usual high standards of clarity. Maybe Iām just having a bad day at the office?
I learnt this song when I done the original Beginners course, and it was definitely one of the harder songs listed for the level it was at, as there was quite a bit going on.
Youāre well up the fretboard, which makes all the chord grips that bit harder.
The tempo is reasonably high, but you can stick to a pretty basic strumming pattern to begin with.
The picked sections are most definitely not beginner material.
I did learn the intro (the tab is in one of the song books, but you can get it online now), but itās been that long since Iāve played it, Iām not sure I could anymore 
Chords are different in the app.
Chords are different in the app.
of course its not. its showing the chords you get using the shapes shown in the song tutorial, but witth the capo on 7. Is that right?
I googled the tab elsewhere to try and work out whats happening, and they generally say the shapes, not the actual chords, with a note saying the capo-on-7. is that the convention?
the strumming pattern is not really 16s right? its 8th notes with two patterns alternating? im struggling to see (well hear) that justin is doing that pattern in the intro playthrough. but its definetly not 8 downstrokes per chord.
Sometimes Justin demonstrates a 16th note strumming pattern with two 8th notes strumming patterns. It is easier to count out that way. For example, look at the lesson for āOneā. Justin uses two 8th note strum patterns to form a 16th note strum pattern.
I tried to learn this again after almost finishing grade 3 and preparing to start grade 4. The left hand chording is grade 2 but the right hand techniques in the opening demo are definitely intermediate level. I am going to wait until I am well into grade.4 and also practicing grade 5 folk fingerstyle before I try to learn the version of this song as played in the intro. Everyone that is at the grade 2 level should probably stick with the simpler strumming patterns, as Justin suggests in other song tutorials. Also Justin says in the Beginner Song book 2, that you will probably struggle with the intro as a beginner and should return to it after you have finished the beginner course.
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right yes, alternating 8ths. i think i had worked that out on other songs and got reconfused here. thanks
iāve managed to end up with a simplified version of the intro bit (which i got from andy-guitar), then the fingerstyle intro like justin shows, then into the chords, with justins strumming patterns. which at least to me sounds ok, and recognisably let-her-go. what a tune.
im planning like you say on coming back and re learning the intro bit with the full pattern in the distant future when i finish grade 3.
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