Learn to play When You Say Nothing At All by Ronan Keating on JustinGuitar!
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Hi Justin - I can’t find this song on your app. Any suggestions/
The video lesson is on the website. You can access it using the link in the first post above. If you subscribe to the TABS service, you can access the tab by clicking on “TAB” on the video lesson page. See picture below:
In the USA, most people would know the Alison Krauss recording of this song from 1995.
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Thanks Fast Eddie. I’ve watched the video, and I have the tab option, but Justin refers to this song on his app (which I have) at 9:02 , but I can’t find it.
Agreed APM_Steven: I have the Lessons and Songs app and Justin mentions this song is on there at 9:02. I can’t find it. I contacted his assistant and was told to suggest it as a song for the future. I couldn’t seem to explain that it should already be a song. I would LOVE this song on the app. Don’t know who to ask.
The intro of this song - picking out individual notes - is quite famous and instantly recognisable. I would normally play constant eight-note picking patterns using alternate picking throughout because that’s generally calmer (much less arm movement). However in the video Justin suggests all down strums. That’s got me wondering why - does it sound different? It shouldn’t make too much of a difference, as that’s what is practised - to make alternate picking sound as evenly as possible, although some difference always remains. Do you hear the track as down-picked only? Or is it because it is a pop-version of the song?
I’ve just started learning this song. Definitely go with the alternate picking, I think Justin was suggesting for beginners it might be easier to do all downs. But it makes sense to me that alternate picking keeps the hand movement going at a consistent tempo. Or at least it feels more natural to me, I’m sure others might find another approach easier which would be fine too.
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Hi Chris, yes, I also went with alternate picking after all because I wanted to play the song as calmly as possible. And that’s why in the end I changed it to fingerpicking. I’ve uploaded my version to the student performances on JustinGuitar if you want to have a look.
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@jvlynch @LorinY and @Richard_close2u I didn’t realise you had left a comment on my student performance … maybe it doesn’t send out a message from there to me when someone leaves a comment there? So I post my thanks to you here where I know you will receive a message! Thank you so much for stopping by the student performances page and leaving a kind comment!
Richard, you have asked if I have used a pinky anchor before, yes I have but I find it puts extra strain on my hand and so I have stopped the anchoring a while ago now and my hand is floating by choice. The fingers just have to find the right strings on their own, which they do most of the time. The guitar is a dreadnought, so yes it is large, but it looks much larger in the video than it is in real life (relative to me) - I’m standing quite close to the camera and that distorts it. Even so, you’ve touched on a point: when I bought the guitar I had meant to buy a smaller-bodied Martin and I tried out many different ones in the shop, but this one just sounded best (with me playing) and in the end I couldn’t argue with that.
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Oh I just discovered your performance. For some reason I can’t post a comment there, could just be my complete lack of tech literacy. Great job on that Molly and I can see the fingerstyle method is also a great option. I’ll post my effort some time, but don’t expect that anytime soon.
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Thank you so much Chris! 
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