Learn to play One by U2 on JustinGuitar!
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Hi
I am a bit confused.
I can play along the song here on the website, both chords and the strumming pattern. But when I use the JustinGuitar app for this song, it seems that I cannot apply the strumming pattern, just because the song seems to be much faster in the app. When I try to keep up in the app, this specific strumming pattern sounds not good, because the pauses are missing.
Am I right or do I make a mistake here ?
I do not have the app but i think you must play twice as fast if you are taking the pattern taught from website and applying it to app as it is a 16th pattern split into 2 * 8th.
What happened to this song in the App? Itās gone.
Hi Tim, see this post:
In the meantime you can view the lesson on the main site:
Hi @JustinGuitar, I decided to have a go at this for Paddyās Day 
Cheers for the lesson. I know you only give the strumming pattern as a guide and we need to āfeel the grooveā, making it personal, but from what I can see, in the play-through at the beginning, you strum the ā4 andā of the second bar of eight every timie, if that makes sense? (as in thereās an extra up/down before the first bar). Might be a bit confusing for beginners, as it sounds less clunky.
Hi Brian, had a quick look into the Beginners Songbook, here itās noted as a Zweitaktiges Achtelpattern (English?? 2 bars in 8)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D. D. U. DUD. D. (typed on mobile, doesnāt work, position gets lost)
First part, down on 1 and 3, up on the and after 4, second part down on one, up on the and after one, down on 2, down on 3.
Justin says, normally itās a 16th notes pattern and with more confidence, light additional strums could be added.
Hope that helps!
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Cheers Andrea,
Yes, thatās how he teaches it in the lesson as well. I was just pointing out that when he plays the song at the beginning of the lesson, he adds in the last 4 + every time.
It might make more sense just to include it as the suggested strumming pattern? Itās no big deal 
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Hi Brian, Justinās patterns in the song books are suggested patterns as you say, or sometimes simplified, in most cases they could/should be adapted to your needs or you are supposed to build them up with growing skills. Sometimes the patterns in his books are not the same as in the lessons. Just wanted to give you a small hint, what he suggests on this one in the songbook. He emphasizes several times, that additional strums should be added with more confidenceā¦Up to you 
Hi
Is the tab available for this song ?
I dont want to pay to discover that its been removed 
( since the song has been removed from the app ā¦ maybe the tab too ? )
Hi Deborah @GrumpyMac, I just confirmed the tab is indeed there. FWIW, I havenāt found any songs missing tabs (though it can take a few days for the tabs to appear in new song lessons). I havenāt seen Tabs disappear when songs disappear from the app. The āwhyā of that is far beyond my understanding of music licensing!
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Ok thanks a lot for the answer 
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Just having another look at this lesson after @rmking60 shared his version.
I noticed the hammer-on embellishments Justin plays on the intro are consistently different ones to those he teaches in the lesson 
YOU CANāT CONFUSE ME, BUDDY! 
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Hi Brian
Hopefully you have now discovered that he is first teaching to learn this easily hammers from the 10:40 time point firstā¦
of course you first watched the whole lesson before your comment 
, but I am typing it for the readers who might otherwise be sligehtly confused 
Greetings
Hi Brian, just looking to explore and get better by understanding. You typed a declaritve something like: you canāt confuse me buddy. Could you explain more? Anyway it goes, Iām not the expert; accomplished guitarists probably think of me as a low rat hack.
This is a msg of ask. Lmk your thoughts.
Iād like to know what I can do to get better, enjoy playing and encourage others, who dream a bit, to also enjoy this amazing journey of playing guitarā¦even just alone at home in a bedroom. Did I do something wrong?!
btw Warren Haynes just released the same song just him singing with guitar. LOUDER.com Great artist. ā¦but not so good I think. Check it out
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Hehe, I was just being facetious
(one of my friends here has a Dutch word for calling me āpickyā )
I donāt follow many of Justinās lessons anymore, but this one has a lot in it, and demonstrates many different levels you can play it at.
My point was that on the initial play through, when he adds the embellishments, on the Am chord he hammers on the B string, 3rd fret with his pinky (D), but in the ālessonā part he teaches hammering the same string, 1st fret with his index finger (C).
There are other embellishments that he uses different notes on, but thatās the whole point heās trying to get across, I guess. There are lots of different ways to play the song.
The only thing thatās not really up for ānegotiationā is keeping the groove going
I need to thank you again, though, as Iāve been learning this for the past couple of days. I might post a progress video, if I can get a reasonable phrasingā¦
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I had this on my list of songs to learn anyway, Iāve bumped it up the list of priorities, as itās ideal for the chord embellishments that Lieven discussed in the last club session.
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