Bon Iver - Speyside (acoustic guitar tutorial w/ on-screen tabs)

[@JoZeeland]

*Timestamps* 00:00 intro 00:56 capo + tuning 01:17 main riff tabs + guitar cam 02:17 main riff tabs only 03:19 a few thoughts on strumming/picking 04:01 mini bridge 04:35 solo 05:18 outro / final chord Some additional thoughts: 1. What can be a little trippy is that the riff starts not on the first down beat, but on beat #3. If you counted that beat as your "one", it would create the illusion of a 6/4 time signature. However, it's most definitely in 4/4, for if you count the first proper chord - the x-x-10-9-8-x with that hammer-on - as your "one", everything falls into place as 4/4. It's very noticeable the first time that signature, fast picking riff kinda repeats (but actually plays different notes) at 1:57, it comes in - again - on the third down-beat *WHICH I MISREPRESENTED* in the tab screens, dang it :D :D But yeah. It is what is. Riff comes in on the third down-beat, count along accordingly :) It kinda tripped me up a little bit when I started working on the cover. 2. "0" in the tabs obviously means the capo'ed seventh fret, all other fret indications disregard the capo. So a "10" is also fret 10 without the capo, not 7 + 10... if that makes sense. 3. Be sure to use the fingernails of your strumming/picking hand for the strummed/stroked parts and not just the skinny inward parts of your fingers (really don't know if this is the anatomically correct way to describe that...hope you catch my drift) to get more of that bright, direct sound that 's so prevalent in the expressiveness of the original - if that's what you're going for! Anyways, if I can think of anything else, I'll add it to the list. And obviously ask away if you have any questions :) Cheers Jo

[@Gya1225]

Thank You!!! Excellent, Easy to understand Instructions, refreshing, as many of these type videos are too difficult

[@JoZeeland]

@@Gya1225 Hey thank you so much! I'm glad to hear you find this helpful :) Take care and all the best - Jo

[@oscarwimshurst2802]

Jo - really appreicate the time you have taken on these! I've been leaning heavily on this video and the one you did for Things behind Things. Thank you!

[@JoZeeland]

Nice :) That's so good to hear! I'm really glad you find my videos on Bon Iver helpful. It was a pleasure working on them 🙂 Take care and have a great day - Jo

[@andreasahman5596]

Great tutorial man, just one thing, it would be easier to follow along if the fret numbers where shown in relation to the capo not the actual fret #. So this would be 2 & 3 and so on instead of 9 & 10

[@JoZeeland]

Hey thanks so much :) I see your point. I honestly think it comes down to preference, really. I used to do it like you suggested in my tutorials, but then at some point, I changed it to the current method, since I kept making mistakes when always having to consider the capo for fret indications - *especially* when tabbing out lead/melody guitars that use a capo. So I decided that for me personally, it makes more sense to see the fret board in an absolute way and not relative to the capo. You're right though. Maybe for a song like this one, which only moves between three frets, it could have been more useful to provide relative finger positions! Definitely noted for future vids :) Take care and all the best - Jo

[@veeks1]

Just like to back up the comment above yours. I guess as you posted this to teach people, the best way is chords in relation to the capo, pretty much never seen it this way in my life, and I assume 99.9% of others coming here haven't either. That said, great playing, and the tab is spot on!​@@JoZeeland

[@JoZeeland]

@@veeks1 Yup! Point seen and acknowledged :) Will definitely adjust accordingly for future vids. Cheers - Jo

[@johnnyguaman611]

No, get used to this way, frets are notes which is more important than numbers like 2 or 3 frets.

[@philippberdenisvanberlekom4623]

@@johnnyguaman611 Don't think this makes much sense unless you also change all 0s to 7s, but then reading becomes a pain in the ass because the 0 is such an easy indicator that you do not have to care about the frets :)

[@johndeehan3729]

Brilliant tutorial, Jo, of such a beautiful song. When I get much better at guitar, I'll have a go at this!

[@JoZeeland]

Hey thank you so much, John :) Appreciate it. And good luck with the song once the time has come for you to have a go at it! All the best and take care - Jo

[@suedehead356]

These chords damn near put me to tears. Appreciate the tutorial, thank you 🙏🏼

[@JoZeeland]

Hey thanks so much :) Makes me happy to hear that. Thank you for tuning in! Cheers - Jo

[@EthanLock-o3y]

been waiting on this post since the song came out, never heard of you before but your version is by far the best on youtube THANK YOU (also i have seen others put the capo on 4th and i think Justin did himself at wembley, either way yours sounds great)

[@JoZeeland]

Hey thanks so much :) Really appreciate it! Yeah, this cover/tutorial specifically refers to the newly released studio version. But apparently, Justin has played this differently live. Thank you for tuning in and take care - Jo

[@thandarswezin]

Thank you. This is the best tutorial I've ever watched for this song.❤

[@JoZeeland]

Nice :) Makes me happy to hear that! Thank you for your support of the channel and take care - Jo

[@SoberMusicCo]

Great lesson! I have listened to this song every day since it was released

[@JoZeeland]

@@SoberMusicCo Hey thanks so much :) Glad to hear you're enjoying the song! Take care and all the best - Jo

[@SoberMusicCo]

@@JoZeeland how long did it take you to learn this song? It’s a tuff one

[@JoZeeland]

@@SoberMusicCo It is kind of tough, yes! I think I practiced for 2-3 hours before making the video, but I'd already gotten the general idea of the chords etc. the day before, if I remember correctly?

[@SoberMusicCo]

@@JoZeeland Bravo!👏

[@el_chibrolata]

Best way how to tutoriel ever. Tabs/live. Wtf bro, its fantastic. You got one more subscriber. Id have love to have the 1,2,3,4 below the tab but im gonna write it myself. Anyway, amazibg job

[@JoZeeland]

Hey thank you so much! Really glad to hear you find this approach helpful - that's what it's all for :) Appreciate your support of the channel, too - all the best to you! Take care Jo

[@CXY96]

You are more talented than you know, Jo. Keep up the great work!

[@JoZeeland]

@@CXY96 Hey thanks so much :) That means a lot! Will definitely try to 😁 Cheers and have a great day - Jo

[@micbernard7140]

Merci Jo un fois de plus pour cette qualité pour ce tuto. Cette Martin sonne du tonnerre 🤩

[@JoZeeland]

@@micbernard7140 Ahhh merci :) Et je suis du même avis: J'aime bcp cette guitare ci 😁 Mes meilleures salutations - Jo

[@williamwolf6650]

Absolutely phenomenal tutorial and I love your shirt!!

[@JoZeeland]

@@williamwolf6650 Hey thank you so much! And yesss I absolutely adore the Alien films, especially the first one :D Appreciate it - have a good one 😃 Jo

[@rafaelaugusto9269]

Thanks for this tutorial Jo. It really sounds perfect

[@JoZeeland]

Thank you for checking it out! It's much appreciated :) Take care and have a great day - Jo

[@rishikapoor2529]

Man. Thank you so so much for this.

[@JoZeeland]

Any time! Hope it's helpful :) All the best and take care - Jo

[@czarandreow]

Thank you so much Jo! The quality of this tutorial is top notch, you rock for gifting us this :) I'm curious how you would rate the difficulty of this guitar tab? I'm relatively new to guitar and want to use your opinion to be able to position skills. Thanks and take care til the next video!

[@JoZeeland]

Hey any time! Thank you so much for your kind words :) Oof, I'm really not good at rating guitar difficulty :D But I'd say, in the realm of alt/indie/folk music whatever, this would be...maybe a 5/10 in terms of difficulty? Not super beginner friendly, but also not crazy tough. I genuinely think that if you start by playing it at the tempo I do in the vid, it's somewhat manageable for at least intermediate players... But yeah, if you want to play it in the tempo of the original, then it's probably not beginner friendly, no... Anyways, let me know if you have any other questions about this :) Have a good one and take care - Jo

[@monamalek9344]

Wunderbar mein Jo wie immer 🥰🥰

[@JoZeeland]

Danke, dass du das Video gesehen hast, du 🥰🥰

[@Stephen-wg4it]

Really love your version of this song. Any chance you've got a link to the the tabs all together?

[@JoZeeland]

@@Stephen-wg4it Hey thanks so much :) Yes, I do have the tabs - here you go: we.tl/t-TsHMdIJedh It's a wetransfer download link! Take care and all the best - Jo

[@stealthy7]

Brilliant tutorial - thankyou ! - What model Martin are you playing please ?

[@JoZeeland]

Hey thank you so much :) Appreciate it! That's a Martin 0-X1E - LOVE it. Unfortunately, it's no longer produced by Martin, such a shame... Take care and all the best to you - Jo

[@glorious6779]

It looks do able. Something new I haven't done before but been so keen to learn is the finger picking with some strumming.

[@JoZeeland]

@@glorious6779 Yeah, definitely! I think the trick is taking it slow and learning it bar for bar, basically. Once all the parts have become intuitive to you, you can pick up the speed and play it at the original tempo. Good luck and have fun with it:) Jo

[@max.gernandt9895]

Nailed it, thanks alot!🔥🌟

[@JoZeeland]

Thanks so much :) Glad to help out!

[@antonioponce8123]

I love the tutorial, BUT I wish you would’ve labeled the tab notes in relation to the capo. Every transcription I’ve ever seen is transcribed in that manner.

[@JoZeeland]

@@antonioponce8123 Thank you :) For future videos, I'll definitely consider which of the two options makes more sense - in my opinion, there *are* cases where a general notation makes more sense even with a capo (which may or may not be the case for my next Bon Iver video 😅) Buuut that being said: Yes, for this specific song, it would have absolutely made sense to provide finger indications relative to the capo! That was an oversight on my end. Thank you once again, have a good one :) Jo

[@hamshansi643]

Thanks so much, wonderfull song

[@JoZeeland]

@@hamshansi643 Thank you for checking this out :) Appreciate it! Have a good one - Jo

[@isaaclerner6029]

Bruh! This is great! I any way we could get the full tabs? Hard to follow along when I don't know what's coming next

[@JoZeeland]

Yup! Let me see what I can do :) And thank you so much - appreciate it 🙂

[@JoZeeland]

Here you go! I pasted it all into a PDF. Hope wetransfer is okay? I think the link will expire after two weeks or something... we.tl/t-ISjbWry7w6 Let me know if this works for you! All the best to you Jo

[@isaaclerner6029]

@@JoZeeland This is great! Thank you so much!

[@Staticaged]

​@@JoZeelandany chance you could link me to the tabs? Link expired. I would super, super appreciate it!

[@JoZeeland]

@Staticaged Hey there, no problem! Here you go :) we.tl/t-cqFflMqV5L

[@travissorenson9554]

Sorry, pianist turned beginner guitarist here, so sorry for the question, but what part of your finger are you using on your down strokes and your up strokes. It looks like you are holding your pointer and your thumb as if you were holding a pick and using the nail of your index finger for down strokes. Harder to tell on your up strokes. Thanks :)

[@JoZeeland]

Hey no worries :) Perfectly justified question! I've actually never addressed this in any of my videos, so I don't even know exactly how to explain it, but yeah...here it goes :D I guess I either do the strumming parts with my 1) thumb and index pressed together (as if holding a pick), which I do in this vid, OR 2) my thumb and middle pressed together OR 3) all three - thumb, index, middle, pressed together. The fingernails of index or middle then typically do more work on the down-strokes, nail of the thumb doing the up ones; *However*, since the fingers are pressed together, it's honestly hard to tell which of the nails does more of the down or up-strokes :D "Glissando" down-strokes, I will often do with just the nail of my middle or index finger, of which there are quite a few in this one. In that case, I will unclench/separate my thumb and other finger. Sorry, this might have been a bit of a confusing answer. Essentially, I use either of the three combos explained and I then literally play it as if holding a pick. I've been playing for so long that it's become absolute second nature to me, so yeah...kinda hard to verbalize it, but I still hope that this has helped :) Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions! Jo

[@esmeehq.]

do you have the full tab anywhere?

[@JoZeeland]

Unfortunately no! But the general riff that I show in the vid covers about 95% of what's happening in the studio version... If you have any questions about specific parts in the original, just let me know and I'll see what I can do :)

[@phillardi]

@@JoZeeland It would be great to publish the tab alongside it, I can learn from the video but once I've got the gist I would like to still have the whole tab in front of me without have to mute you and play along with the video everytime. As you only show two bars at a time it's not enough to see what's coming next etc.

[@JoZeeland]

@@phillardi Appreciate the feedback, thank you! Honestly, I'd never even thought of publishing full tabs outside of the videos, since I've started doing these on-screen tab vids only recently. But come to think of it, it's definitely something I'll heavily consider for future videos, especially when it's a tab that's a little more complex and takes up as many screens as this one. For short and simple riffs, I think only having the screens is fine, but yeah. I can definitely do some adjustments in the future :) Thank you and take care - Jo

[@ChristelleFEVRE-d9n]

Except what (and whatever) I've just said about Coldplay and "moon music", again thank you for this video. Unfortunately, Bon Iver is almost unknown in France and it's a pity. I like this artist, "re-stacks" of course but this one deserved to be focused on !!!

[@muratatalay9596]

Love you man, thanks for everything .. really

[@JoZeeland]

@@muratatalay9596 Hey any time, any time :) It's my pleasure! Thank you for tuning in, take care and have a good one - Jo

[@rvdvfender]

Great lesson, thank you!

[@JoZeeland]

Any time :) Thank you for tuning in and checking this out! Cheers - Jo

[@gracamaria9870]

I could do a tutorial on the song Jupiter, on coldplay on the guitar. please

[@JoZeeland]

@@gracamaria9870 Coming very soon :)

[@perrz_josh]

This is amazing like everything else Jo!! Do you think you can make a little tutorial for the song “gaslight” by boywithuke? Plzzz 🙏

[@JoZeeland]

Hey there, thank you so much! Not familiar with the song, but I'll go check it out and see what I think of it :) Take care and have a good one - Jo

[@georgetogman2546]

Thank you 🙏🙏

[@JoZeeland]

Thank you for tuning in :)

[@iPrometheusQ]

Thanks 🙏

[@JoZeeland]

@@iPrometheusQ Any time :) Thank you for your support!

[@andrewmarynissen6737]

Great vid and tutorial. Love watching your vids. Can u make a tutorial. The national i need my girl

[@JoZeeland]

@@andrewmarynissen6737 Hey thank you so much :) Oooh actually love that song! Probably my favorite by the National. I'll see into it 😀👍

[@password_xy]

🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@JoZeeland]

@@password_xy Thanks 😁

[@MrItstime2win]

I'll never be able to play anything

[@AcousticJamesSGP]

amazing tutorial .. if only you used relative tabbing :P appreciate the effort man

[@AcousticJamesSGP]

Wait this sounds like I'm just saying 'good effort'. It's a fantastic tutorial, to be clear.

[@JoZeeland]

@@AcousticJamesSGP All good, I appreciate it :) As I've said under another comment, I think it's a question of preference. I used to prefer finger indications relative to capo as well! Did it all on the time on the channel. But idk, I guess something's just changed and now I prefer universal indication 🙃 I think it's mainly because imo it's more beginner-friendly, since at that stage you might not have internalized what C-major, Gsus4, Fsus2 etc. look like in any position. However, I do admit that for a guitar part with that little movement between frets as this one, relative might have been better, while also not being totally beginner-unfriendly 😅 Long story short: I'll consider it for the next one 😄

[@LongTim-]

Nice alien t shirt

[@JoZeeland]

Thanks 😁 Absolutely love those movies.

[@JaradDeLorenzo]

Thanks!

[@JoZeeland]

@@JaradDeLorenzo Wow! Really, really appreciate your Super Thanks 😃👍👍 Thank you so much :) Have a great day and take care - Jo

[@JaradDeLorenzo]

​@@JoZeeland lol thank YOU! You provided some real value! That song is not trivial to figure out. And it's still new so there's not too much info out there. And you nailed pretty much every single note! AND you took the time to notate it, record it - if anything I feel like 2 bucks isn't nearly enough!

[@JoZeeland]

@@JaradDeLorenzo Thanks, that means a lot :) If a song / someone's music really, really clicks with me, all of that stuff comes super easy for me somehow, I don't even know. So I'm just thankful I have this small platform here 😃 And people tuning in to it! So I do really appreciate the support :) Cheers - Jo