I saw this video a couple of years ago and it inspired me to buy a mandolin and learn to play, i came back to it and I still love it, I'm going to pick up my mandolin as soon as I finish this comment XD
Played Mandolin all my life G and D,tell me you "brought your mandolin to a party and no one asked you to play it" quote in Jim Page and Firm I'm Really Stoned video Love the two or 3 point Mandolin he's playing also!Old Chris a fiddler of Albuquerque NM
My grandpa plays the mandolin and he actually has his dads antique mandolin which is very cool,but I was hoping to get a banjo this christmas.I am really looking forward to this.
Flippin' great job ! My experienced opinion is, that's not any super expensive mando but you make it sound wonderful. You don't need to spend a bunch to make wonderful sounding music !
It is a great job, well done!...and it was worth the time to pick it all apart ( and for those that are not taking the time to pick it apart... it is pretty easy to see what he is doing!). Thank you so much for sharing this video with the mandolin community!!!!
Thank you, DubyaREX02, for posting this video. I really liked it the first time I watched it, and today it made a difference to my attitude toward the day. :-)
just started learning this delightful instrument. it will be a long while before I can play this by it sure was a refreshing treat for the ears to hear you play it.
I don't have tabs or a full chord chart, but I can tell you that it's in the key of A major. The chords mostly used are A, Dmaj7, and E7. There are some other extended chords that happen throughout. The bridge is C, G, D, A, E7.
I play by ear, too, to some extent. Have picked up a lot of irish music that way. I like my music though. Working on some Bach right now. Couldn't do it without the music. You're arrangement is even better now that I know you learned it by ear. Like I said, I'll have to slow your video down and figure out what you're doing. Great arrangement. Much better than the others I've heard!
This is beautiful! The best version I have seen , your fingering is so economical, just learning how to play mandolin and this is the goal I am trying to reach, when I need a little inspiration and motivation this is it! Thank you for sharing!
I am hoping to get a mandolin this Christmas, I will learn to play this. This is SO amazing sounding! And the song wasn't even on mandolin, but it sounds just like the song!
It's because I was in a rush to share it before I figured out how to play that part. I now know how to play the bridge, and I may even rerecord myself playing a better version of it. Thanks for the kind words!
I remember watching this video years ago and thinking “I’m gonna get a mandolin” I never did but recently someone just gave me their old mandolin that had bit of a broken neck, but it’s an easy repair. Once I fix it up this is gonna be the first song I learn on it. :)
Nice one. I play this on Guitar & Uke. And wow...ya got a lot of views on this one. One recomendation - don't say anything negative about your posts and don't point out flubs or mistakes. You're a good player. Keep throwing stuff out there. Cheers!
More than a quarter million views of a premium interpretation of HCTS. So many requests for tab I can understand! I was going to add my sincere appreciation comments only until I read a question above. A slow version with a straight on view of both hands would give a lot of players the info to do their own work on this known standard {around the world and three generations] A measure by measure would not be necessary. Maybe a return to difficult phrases to clarify for beginning players.Thanks!
@bkw8000 Wow, that is the best comment/compliment I have ever received. Thank you for enjoying it! I'm glad I am able to spread the love of music and the mandolin to the people that come across this.
Great Man! I still wonder how can you (mandolin players) can play so soft and fast??? Beautiful. I'm a guitar boy, but i'm seriously thinkin' bout gettin a mandolin
the tabs! I would buy the tabs , please save your soul for whats really important! I have figured out part of this but it would be so much easier if I had the tabs.... I like a challenge too but this one is over my head. I think it would be a challenge even with the tabs... I keep coming back to listen over and over, you really are awesome on this song!
@fredalan It is a Kentucky km-675. It's a $700 mandolin that I got for $420 on ebay, very slightly used. It is a fantastic mandolin for the price. I even had a very famous mandolin builder (Randy Woods) tell me that it's one of the best sounding Kentuckys he's ever heard (and he has heard a lot, I'm sure). I've had it for about 4 years and I would love to upgrade to an American or Canadian-made model. I'm looking at Muth, actually.
@Drackorage Yes, it's in the standard mandolin tuning. To help you out, it's in the key of A and it's all based around an A chord shape. When you started playing mandolin, maybe you learned how to play a G on the top 3 strings like: E|----3--- A|----2--- D|----5--- G|----7--- I just move this entire shape up two frets and switch the fingers around a little bit so it's an A instead of a G. I'm not playing the E string in the beginning.... that doesn't even come in until the bridge.
I'm getting one of these soon ^_^ I love the sound they make. I play piano and ukulele hehe I want to get a guitar too, but first the wonderful mandolin.
GEORGE HARRISON WOULD BE VERY PROUD of this Mandolin version. . . . "Here Comes the Sun" is one of Harrison's best-known Beatles compositions written to be played on the Ukulele ... but , the music studio / producers told the Beatles that the Ukulele version would not be commercially acceptable.
