I've just started mandolin. Learning scales and chords and toughening my fingers. I'll be back when I get further along. What you've shown here was very clear and I am sure it will be helpful later on!
Let me just say that this is one of the best instrument tutorials I’ve ever seen. I also play the guitar as well as the mandolin, and I’ve seen many lessons. Few are as clear, to the point, and easy to understand as this. Brilliant job.
Your videos are wonderful because you get to the point right away instead of talking for 5 minutes and then saying “ be sure to subscribe and like my video” and you don’t have a loud voice or an “ I’m better than you” attitude. You keep it simple and calmly explain the parts making it very comforting to learn. Thank you!
Been listening to the O'brother sound track since it first came out and I'll fly away has always been my favourite. Just got a Mandolin (following years of guitar) and this was the first song I searched to play. Thank you soooo much!! This is great 👍
John, you may the best at instruction AND video. So great to see pick angle along with explanation. Can’t wait to spend some time with this. Thank you so much.
THIS IS GREAT! I am a new mandolin player and it is a bit of a mystery to me. I love that I can replay this over and over until I get it. My private lessons are wonderful (my teacher is helping me on rhythm) - this adds so much to all I am learning. You are a wonderful, patient teacher and this video has opened my eyes to the secret sound of the mandolin. I hope this isn't asking too much, but may I request a Jolene tutorial, please?
Good stuff John, was looking for something with open strings, love this song so easy to learn, really nice simple arrangement for newbie to sound great, your 'big stupid fingers' not in the way and play lovely too, many thanks from france
That is super cool! Wow, I would love to have a mandolin like that. 101 years old, I'm hoping it's from your family. I made a mandolin and it sounds really great, I'm hoping one day my family will treasure it as much as I do. Thanks for the video, I will be learning this.
Hey John! I am back in the saddle with mando :) revisiting this and wondering what lovely lilting strum pattern you’re using at the beginning? My version sounds much more disjointed. Thanks and hope you are doing well!!
Have probably watched this video 50 times so far (first song I'm learning on mandolin I recently acquired). So helpful and well explained. Is there a tab or some other written/drawn version of this rendition somewhere that we can look at when we can't watch the video?
@@jcurtis30water Joining Sara here! I bought the O' brother where art thou sheet music book, but it's rendition isn't very good in my opinion. Hoping for a tab of yours :)
Thank you, thank you! That was so helpful! Any chance you can walk us through Nina Gerber's mandolin part to the live version of Kate Wolf's Across the Great Divide?
John Curtis It has a great sound, very recognizable. It’s so much like mine, it’s uncanny. I have a Gibson A from 1922, paddlehead with a truss rod. I’m very fond of the little thing.
Respected sir i wants to know that the tunning procedure of the each strings means which string tuned in which note... Before start the lessons i fully confused because in india different type of tunnings are there. So pls it willbe helpfull to primary Lerners thanks with solute
This arrangement is in D, so I’m playing the melody and using open strings to provide harmony. I don’t really play any full chords just the melody notes and open strings.
I appreciate how you break it down, repeat, build, and show the different viewing angles. Thanks!
Glad to help, enjoy.
I've just started mandolin. Learning scales and chords and toughening my fingers. I'll be back when I get further along. What you've shown here was very clear and I am sure it will be helpful later on!
how’s it going?
How’s it going?
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@@reginaphalange8110 Best comment ever.
Let me just say that this is one of the best instrument tutorials I’ve ever seen. I also play the guitar as well as the mandolin, and I’ve seen many lessons. Few are as clear, to the point, and easy to understand as this. Brilliant job.
Thanks so much for the positive feedback!
@@jcurtis30water yes! But lessons like yours are few and far between.
It takes a special kind of person and patience I appreciate this thank you
Your videos are wonderful because you get to the point right away instead of talking for 5 minutes and then saying “ be sure to subscribe and like my video” and you don’t have a loud voice or an “ I’m better than you” attitude.
You keep it simple and calmly explain the parts making it very comforting to learn.
Thank you!
Thank you for the positive feedback. I’m hopeful that I can help people enjoy their instruments as much as I do.
Been listening to the O'brother sound track since it first came out and I'll fly away has always been my favourite. Just got a Mandolin (following years of guitar) and this was the first song I searched to play. Thank you soooo much!! This is great 👍
Loved “ Oh Brother “ . This is such a simple but perfect tune.
Wonderful! Love those bluegrass runs! Thank you for helping a newbie learn to play a favorite song!
My pleasure! Always good to have another mandolinist on the planet.
Thank you so much for this video!!!! It's awesome that this was my first real song on the mandolin! Such a classic
Keep enjoying those 8 strings!
I am a guitar player that has been playing for just a little while. And your teaching is wonderful. Please more old gospel tunes. Many thanks
Ok, more coming.
Thanks so much! I'm trying to find a different style of I'll Fly Away then what I play. This was just what I was looking for. thanks!
Glad you found it!
John, you may the best at instruction AND video. So great to see pick angle along with explanation. Can’t wait to spend some time with this. Thank you so much.
Thanks Dan, enjoy!
This tutorial is very well done. Thanks
If you could do one of "you are my flower"
Glad you found it and glad it was helpful!
THIS IS GREAT! I am a new mandolin player and it is a bit of a mystery to me. I love that I can replay this over and over until I get it. My private lessons are wonderful (my teacher is helping me on rhythm) - this adds so much to all I am learning. You are a wonderful, patient teacher and this video has opened my eyes to the secret sound of the mandolin.
I hope this isn't asking too much, but may I request a Jolene tutorial, please?
Jolene! Good tune. I need a clone to post everything I should!
I’ll put it on my list. Thanks for watching.
Many thanks! This is the first song I'm working on with the Mando I got for xmas!
Good for Santa! Enjoy that 8 stringer.
Good stuff John, was looking for something with open strings, love this song so easy to learn, really nice simple arrangement for newbie to sound great, your 'big stupid fingers' not in the way and play lovely too, many thanks from france
Glad to help. Back at ya from the USA.
That was so valuable. Thank you!
Glad to be of service.
first song on mandolin. thanks!
May there be many more!
Thanks for the video. I sure like your mandolin. Hang on to that one!! :)
An A model Gibson. It’s 101 yers old!
That is super cool! Wow, I would love to have a mandolin like that. 101 years old, I'm hoping it's from your family. I made a mandolin and it sounds really great, I'm hoping one day my family will treasure it as much as I do. Thanks for the video, I will be learning this.
You gave .me hope your good at teaching.. I don't know shit, but now it sure sounds like I do.lol. thanks.
Hey Pablo, I didn’t know sh*t when I started either!
This was great
Hope you’re enjoying your 8 stringer!
Greetings from a new subscriber. Hope we can stay connected. I'm a Vietnamese Mandolinist.
Thanks for watching and listening. I watched some of your videos and enjoyed your playing. Keep it up!
@@jcurtis30water thank you for watching my videos. Hope you are doing well and stay safe. 🎶🎼
Hey John! I am back in the saddle with mando :) revisiting this and wondering what lovely lilting strum pattern you’re using at the beginning? My version sounds much more disjointed. Thanks and hope you are doing well!!
Trying to learn this song. Thanks for posting. What kind of mandolin is that? It sounds amazing!!
Thanks, it’s a 1921 Gibson A model
Have probably watched this video 50 times so far (first song I'm learning on mandolin I recently acquired). So helpful and well explained. Is there a tab or some other written/drawn version of this rendition somewhere that we can look at when we can't watch the video?
Hi Sara, Sorry, no tab of this yet, at least from me. I’ll be sure to post a notice when I get it done. I should do it, as it is popular.
@@jcurtis30water Joining Sara here! I bought the O' brother where art thou sheet music book, but it's rendition isn't very good in my opinion. Hoping for a tab of yours :)
Thank you, thank you! That was so helpful! Any chance you can walk us through Nina Gerber's mandolin part to the live version of Kate Wolf's Across the Great Divide?
Glad to help. I’ll check out that version.
Interesting mandoline by the way. Is that one from the 1910s?
It’s a Gibson A-1, built in 1921.
John Curtis It has a great sound, very recognizable. It’s so much like mine, it’s uncanny. I have a Gibson A from 1922, paddlehead with a truss rod. I’m very fond of the little thing.
Im jelly I hv a cheapo $80 mando but that dont stop me!!!
Respected sir i wants to know that the tunning procedure of the each strings means which string tuned in which note... Before start the lessons i fully confused because in india different type of tunnings are there. So pls it willbe helpfull to primary Lerners thanks with solute
Hi Krishna, the mandolin tuning is:
G, D, A, E ( low to high)
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Where can I get the Tab sheet music?
Would you teach it G? The group I play with does it in G. Thanks I like your teaching style.
Ok, I’ll try to get to it before the holidays.
Are you just open strumming the rest of the chords while simultaneously playing the melody?
This arrangement is in D, so I’m playing the melody and using open strings to provide harmony. I don’t really play any full chords just the melody notes and open strings.
would love to get the tab for this
Working on it. So many songs, so little time 😉
What year is that gibson?
1921 Model A
Do you have tabs?
Rough ones. Working on a proper one. Should be done soon.
Thanks for tuning in!