Going To California Guitar Lesson - Led Zeppelin

[@AndrewLykins44]

The most beautiful song ever written in my opinion.

[@FA_2_Pilot]

This and Windmills of Your Mind are my top 2. I think G2C takes it though. Just beautiful

[@Peace-qm2sp]

it left me speechless the first time I heard it. Magical lyrics by Robert

[@flylippfantom8425]

Yes, it's towards the top of the list. Babe I'm Going to Leave You is up there too

[@ethanlopez5275]

100%

[@ethanlopez5275]

@@Peace-qm2sp honestly same, hasnt left my mind since i first heard it

[@normhotte8613]

I've got it! after 6 weeks (in quarantine), I have nailed this tune down,, the vocals as well.. thanks Carl, your a great teacher.

[@nerrdinho]

Wow nice that’d be something to hear! His vocals are a pain to get down!

[@connorgibala4698]

Good job brotha!

[@mikekram2199]

It would take that long learning from this guy.

[@nerrdinho]

mike kram asshole

[@connorgibala4698]

mike kram I mean, if you’re new at guitar yeah..

[@iamthelizardking6239]

Jimmy page must of had an absolute next level of understanding when it comes to composing. I’ve taken up playing again so I’m going through all my favorite zeppelin songs and literally it seems like every new song is an entirely new tuning.

[@mattt5006]

Also tunings he knew them all.

[@michaelivy9170]

Man. Once you go down that rabbit hole.........there is no coming out.

[@gtrrobster]

He had a handful. Alternate tunings we’re actually fairly common in the 60s and 70s. British isles guys like Renborn, Jansch, Carthy. Joni Mitchell , Cockburn and Crosby. But no doubt, Page’s use of the is the ultimate in creativity.

[@annielanham-vn2ov]

That's why the rumors started about him goin to the crossroads and meeting the devil, almost EVERYTHING I learned on guitar originally comes from learning zeppelin songs

[@zack9679]

Did and still does boi

[@jaydengonzer4279]

I usually avoid tutorials on songs cause I try to learn everything by ear. I cracked on this song cause I could never get it right by just listening to the track or live versions. Impressed by how you explained where your source is and how well explain everything!

[@YashKnowsBest]

The madman did it. It’s gonna get copyrighted for being too close to the original , just watch.

[@lukemmurphy795]

YashKnowsBest Why would it get taken down for copyright?

[@YashKnowsBest]

Luke M Murphy his previous Led Zeppelin videos all got copy righted cause the intro performance was legit too close to the original. He has to reupload them without the intro. And his stairway performance video was muted cause it was that good.

[@Bmxicano2]

Should not get taken down if it is for educational purposes

[@mrc2662]

I don’t understand this. He’s not reproducing someone else’s performance. This is his performance. He’s not reprinting someone else;s tab (though that was an offensive development a few years ago - tabs used to rightly be free). This is an educational video showing this guy’s own performance. The only copyright here should be his.

[@AirGuitar]

I so wish Rick could do Zeppelin for WMTSG. Literally ANY Zeppelin song would be amazing!

[@darkmaster9936]

Made up my mind to make a new start Going To California with an aching in my heart.

[@jolkraeremeark6949]

Someone told me lives a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair

[@emiliarodmir]

@@jolkraeremeark6949 took my chances on a big jet plane never let them tell you that they're aaAaaAall the saame

[@creamsaroyan6666]

Love love love that lyric

[@creamsaroyan6666]

I’m gonna practice this till my fingers bleed 🩸 till I’ve got it 😌 locked like a locket

[@creamsaroyan6666]

Aaauuuuhhhh the sea was red and the sky was gray, wondered how tomorrow, could ever follow today.

[@SahilAdhikari182]

the thing i like most about this guy's lesson is that we dont have to learn every little licks, he puts it all together in a single tune. what a fuckin legend

[@Tonydeleons]

Wow, Going to California for me is one of the best guitar songs, Carl Brown is the best guitar teacher on KZbin, thank you very much

[@christopherecho9783]

Thank you sir. There is zero chance I would have gotten anywhere near playing this without watching this video.

[@davidgouin8420]

The split view on this song is so tremendously helpful thank you!

[@croaker70]

Carl, I just have to say that you are my go to instructor and have helped me through some tough spots in songs, thank you!

[@ambertjeerdsma2249]

Hi! I just wanted to say thank you so much for your videos lessons!!! I’ve been playing for 25 years off and on. I’ve felt “stuck” at my playing level for a long time, but since I started watching your videos, I’ve progressed so fast! I love learning how to play my favorite riffs and solos! Thank You!

[@earlgrey691]

Excellent Carl, you are the best tutor around by a country mile. Nailed this in a day, my cuppeth overfloweth.

[@Gustavo.Andreotti]

YES! This song and Over The Hills are my favorite music of led zeppelin

[@WhileYouWereSheeping]

I still get goosebumbs hearing this song over 54 years later, now i can almost play some of it, TYVM for your video.

[@theshadowlands14]

Can we talk about how easy Carl makes learning new songs? Other youtube teachers just make things so unnecessarily complicated or just don't make sense. Carl is the man!

[@johnnyandthebrownnotes4951]

The other GTC tutorials I watched were mostly “I know something you don’t know” videos - not interested in taking the time to break things down like Carl. Carl’s arrangement is well explained and faithful to the recording.

[@tbrown2699]

19 years of learning the guitar and Travis picking has always eluded me until this morning. Thank you so much for this gem of a song. I was able to learn all the parts in about an hour. The movements are highly efficient and very well constructed.

[@marvezellman6151]

Quarantine just arrived here in Sweden, so finally it’s time to learn this masterpiece!

[@Michael-bl4no]

Thank you for all the Zeppelin tunes man. This is one of my all time favorites.

[@vintagegt]

I've got so much from this video. You're arrangement for 9ne guitar is superb. Thank you.

[@electricmountain1]

Still, always was and always will be my favorite band, how can anyone ever be this much of a genius 🤔 and I don’t mean just this fantastic song. Every single song is in its own category. Not even one sounds the same as any another one ….🏆

[@_drizzle2237]

:)

[@brownie4032]

All locked in, finally gonna tackle this one

[@ronniekray1399]

Josh Cruz how are u going with it I’m about to start trying to learn this one

[@finnlancashire8386]

nice pfp

[@liligman]

I’m locked up in Biscuit Town

[@Michael-bl4no]

Carl, I joined a quality Zep tribute and I gotta say, your lessons have really helped get me up to speed quick! Thank you and great work.

[@carouselambra2802]

I just dont understand why this man has only 1M subscribers???? and all other crappy teachers got 2.4M subscribers,,, its just not fair.... carl you are the real deal man,

[@Orionsresolve]

Full song sequence 00:06 intro+riff 11:55 verse 16:47 bridge 22:40 outro Thanks Carl. Awesome tune and beautiful riff. While I'm in double drop I will also learn The Chain I think. Many thanks your the best!

[@Tom_Sawyer822]

Up

[@trevorwhite5774]

Thanks Carl. I'm here to say thanks and I appreciate your time and effort on this great project. I bet it took a while. I'm not here just to say hey: can you do one on this, do one on that, do one on this and that and so on....Jeeezh!!! I'm very grateful for this lesson that you put together that you could have easily charged decent coin for. I get so pissed off when I see people just asking for more of this and more of that. Be grateful. Thanks again Carl.

[@michaelivy9170]

Hey Carl, Great tutorial. Thing about Page, is that there are 16 ways he does all these acoustic pieces, and they all sound great - as you pointed out. The same I suppose can be said for Plant , JPJ and John. "That's the Way", is another song that few people know it by title, but, instantly know it when they hear it. It too has subtle sweet parts, where he plays them differently everywhere. The "Rain Song" is another, where I spent hours trying to replicate the simplest of changes that he makes at the end of the song - so simple - but could not get it for hours until I literally tried all possible combinations. That's another song that people don't really know, but, when they hear it - they will totally remember - they pleasantly totally know. That's what I love about Zepplin. So much signature and unmistaken memory.

[@bobf5360]

great lesson! The second you corrected yourself on "we gonna..", I cracked up and knew you were my kind of people. Thanks for posting this.

[@Thomas-h8j]

Carl has taught me so much i like his teaching skills,,,he gets to the poi y and makes it easy to learn

[@jrnoone5381]

11:05 (leaving this here to mark my place so i can continue learning)

[@HipsterDoofus100]

You can’t remember 11:05? Just remember November 5th. As in, November 5th, 1955 a red letter date in the history of science

[@beeboop5158]

​@HipsterDoofus100 good advice, however, 🤓

[@TheKingofkatz]

First practice timestamp: 6:46. Picked up a guitar just to learn this. Sounds great and I'm excited to push through.

[@filipstrmbck2290]

Finally!!! Love this song

[@wulftieth]

please do stranglehold or cat scratch fever! thanks for all the lessons you do, you’re the best and most reliable teacher on youtube

[@caseymcconnell2539]

It took me a good week to get the opening part down. No moving to the transition and it looks tough. Probably another week to get that down. Thanks for breaking it down into these little parts. It really helps me focus first on getting the individual parts and then the transitions.

[@joemazur64]

Great arrangement and lesson! I’ve been playing for almost 45 years, and it normally takes me about 2 days to learn a Zeppelin song. I’m on my second week on this one and I’m still trying to put it all together.

[@tombryant52jumpscoach]

Seen a lot of yt lessons. This is a very good lesson.

[@bengardner7884]

Carl, just want to say thank you for all these incredible lessons. They've brought me so much joy 🙏

[@markdefilippo1201]

Thanks Carl for this great lesson. I wanted to learn this song for so many years I stopped counting. You made it easy.

[@mikehock6236]

Carl how do you always know the exact song I want to play in the very moment I want to play it

[@ChuckEWeiss-fk6vr]

I've always had a sloppy finger style, but I made up mind that I'm going to re-learn it correctly. Undoing bad habits might be even harder than learning from scratch. If I finally wind up sounding even close to you it will all be worth it. Thanks a ton for your fine lesson.

[@dratelectasis]

So I just started playing again after about 13 years of not playing. I was pretty good. Not an expert but could play classical gas, dust in the wind and even this perfectly. Now I'm truly struggling and my finger style looks sloppy as well. Can't get myself to have an elegant style while switching.

[@lmurphy0000]

You made up your mind to make a new start?

[@fatequalsflavor]

Great, great lesson. The way you've taken multiple tracks and combined into one beautiful piece is awesome. It seemis like Jimmy did a lot in the studio that he didn't replicate in live performances....i've noticed on live videos he doesn't play what's on the album, e.g. Stairway solo. Thanks for this lesson.

[@tonymcnamara9368]

Brilliant lesson, not over complicated like some I've seen. The difficulty lies in the over dubs on the album version, and, what Jimmy would then play live, which would never be the same as the record, and never the same on consecutive nights! I remember when I started I would get frustrated as hell trying to figure out how to play all the parts! Simply put, you can't! Pick a part, and stick to it! It solves many a frustrating session.

[@danielmarquez7005]

I find the lesson more relaxing than the song, thanks Carl!! I'm recording the song with a friend of mine that has a studio. Your lesson will be very helpful.

[@josemusiquero]

Wow man! This video is perfect!

[@doyle5948]

amazing lesson dude, keep up the godlike work.

[@rondy702]

Really good job at capturing the essence, because it doesn't have to be exactly note for note! Thankyou!

[@jimpap2746]

my official teacher all this years (for metallica songs + ) thank you

[@leoleproso9944]

You are great! Thanks for putting all this hard work in to teach us so many great songs. You rock.

[@karthikunnikrishnan9608]

Best teacher, been following Carl since 2009’

[@RAkers-tu1ey]

nice rendition, nice arrangement for the multi guitars. I used to do it in a modified dadgad on a 12 string... until my tendons gave out at 60. Now I am always looking for stuff like this that I can play on a de-tuned flat top. thanks.

[@cesaraugustop]

Sometimes is so hard to describe something that is only possible describe with rhythm...Thanks a lot, i have learnt a lot with you...

[@euanmorgann]

Getting back into guitar after way too long of a break, everything feels so weird again 😭 finally going to finish this song off though thanks Carl for the amazing tutorial!

[@mgpvii]

Thank you, Thank you! My son just got a mandolin and I'm trying to learn the guitar part so we can do a duet AND I am actually going to California in a few days so it feels so good learning this song (just got the first part so far). Can't wait to learn the rest of the song when I get back from California.

[@heyhsia1]

Carl, thank you for your teaching. This is excellent.

[@gtrdude6]

Carl, you are a great teacher and player. You make me inspired and jealous of your mad skillz all at the same time. Keep rockin, dude!

[@JRuss97]

Best lesson I've found on this thank you

[@ethanschoof4953]

1st Practice Timestamp 11:50

[@eromaniuk1086]

I’m gonna start learning this song now. It seems so hard and scary to try this but I can’t let this go , I just have to learn this , Thanks for the tutorial!

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

You can do it!

[@eromaniuk1086]

@@GuitarLessons365SongLessons Thank you. I appreciate your comment .

[@robtalaska1355]

I just discovered your channel yesterday and love all your song choices, teaching style and song breakdown. It would be so helpful though if you could also include a play through of the entire song so everything fits together and I could practice along with your playing. Thanks from a struggling guitar player who loves to sing along to my playing.

[@froyvelasquez3103]

Got it down after three weeks, practiced countless of hours. Awesome, thank you 👍🏻

[@troddy3925]

Yeah this is good stuff, although I've been at this for days and need more time because it's tricky for a self taught hack like myself. Taking it one part at a time until I have it down comfortably. Would definitely suck if this got removed, whelp, time to get back at it. ;) * On a side note, I've loved zeppelin since I was a young teen (almost four decades now) and yet is it me, or does anybody else wonder how anybody just comes up with this? As I learn to play it, I appreciate even more now. A true classic displaying the skills of Page and Jones. Thanks for the post.

[@jasonhancock2741]

I think the same thing! Most recently while working on his "Rain Song" lesson. It's mind blowing the arrangements that are thought of!! Maybe some good weed? idk.. I haven't partook in it for lots of years but I do remember how it made me ALOT more creative when i picked up my guitar 😄

[@gnawbabygnaw]

You make it look so easy. Great great tune and lesson. Well done my friend. Thanks for helping in a big way making a life long dream come true. I’m on it. Can’t believe I’m so close to actually playing it. I picked up an old Harmony that’s the one Jimmy Page apparently played and wrote a lot with. Harmony Sovereign H1260. Ladder bracing which people change to x-bracing, I can hear Led so well. Sounds just like it. Thank you. 🤙🤙

[@bolivar1789]

Excellent lesson, thanks a lot! This saved me so much time! Bets wishes to you and your loved ones😊

[@brazilhead]

Thanks man, that was a blast hearing that open tuning acoustic drone

[@jakesemlow]

Thanks Carl for another amazing lesson!

[@reidkingsbury]

Great lesson Carl. May I make a suggestion? Could you please, at the beginning of the lesson, play the entire song from beginning to end. That way more advanced players can run through the song and simply slow down the parts we need help on.

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

Not possible... even the short performance excerpt that used to be at the beginning of this video caused it to be blocked on YT due to copyright... I removed it and just uploaded the lesson

[@tamegomait]

Can’t thank you enough for this lesson🙏

[@MrBlueChord]

Nice. Also like the sound of that Faith guitar.

[@harrycherns1037]

Really like your guitar tone. Beautiful instrument.

[@creamsaroyan6666]

This song reminds me of my beautiful mother the sunlight of my life

[@slambodianjones]

Good point on the inconsistency of Zepplin's playin'. It is something that took me a while to get used to because when I learn their songs I wanted to learn it how Page plays. Learning that he's never 100% consistent, I finally figured out how =]

[@martyclarke969]

Stoped playing the guitar a few years ago and this was one tune I always wanted to learn and have to isolate at the minute with all this other nonsense. Anyway, I’ve about half of it nailed and I’m starting to love my guitar again so thanks man. I’ll deffo be checking the website out

[@steve882]

Excellent tutorial. Keep doing your stuff Carl, it's very motivating!

[@ulasdurakk]

amazing lesson:) the day that never comes would be great!

[@wagnerAcarvalho]

Hi Carl, first of all I would like to thank you a lot for sharing such a great class of this epic song. I have been studying it for circa 4 weeks and now I can pretty much say I got all the passages, the right finger picking and its groove. I have been facing trouble while trying to put the pieces together in the complete song, though. I believe I am getting confused due to the multiple guitars playing along. Would you kindly share a video with your interpretation of the full song? Thanks anyway and once again, congrats for the amazing channel. Kindest regards from Brazil. Wagner

[@tommydonahue5]

hey man did you ever figure out how the different parts of the song properly fit together?

[@kaushiksenapsti6523]

Wow love the arrangement ❤from India

[@76Jeremy]

This song is one of my favorites thank you for teaching this

[@1dswylde]

Amazing lesson as always!! This one is going to take a bit of work! Love the lessons! Jimmy Page is the best!

[@thelegendarypp2222]

Love it so much, now I just need to learn the finally original version, finally

[@NotTheRealCodyDean]

That’s great! Could you do a Thats the Way tutorial?

[@maragale1944]

Dude I’ve been trying to make sense of the first 11 minutes of this video for hours and I’ve never been able to play two bass parts for some reason so I simplified it down to just the sixth string and it worked wonders for me. Hopefully someday my braincells will all come together so I can play the album version😂

[@spidermonkeynr1]

Alternative picking always breaks my brain

[@victorformosa2825]

Just practice tha bass part until it's in your muscle memory.

[@Dimebag-wx2rs]

Dude I would absolutely love it if you taught us how to play Voice of the Soul by Death, one of the most beautiful metal songs ever written

[@harrymon6461]

YES YES YES! BEEN WAITING FOR SO LONG

[@holyguacamole1]

Brilliant. Always great teaching, Carl.

[@tuukkasivonen4533]

Carl please do a video of you showing all of your guitars! Would really like it since ive seen you play many guitars and would like to know what they are.

[@vinvinnyproductions]

Thanks man. Sounds good! Got my shirt in the mail too. "Live To Play" 😎

[@robertjustice5853]

Hey,C, very cool,I like when you said we gonna,hah we're going to!I learned it!

[@averagejoegrows]

so far i am im up to 11:17 song is tricky as heck, the picking patterns n quick changes are gnarly

[@simonemarie1216]

don't even know how to play the guitar but I'm gonna learn this song

[@Vesper_Songs]

Thanks so much for this lesson, Carl. I am going to give it a spin and hopefully get it on my channel in the next couple weeks 😊

[@Junkhead817]

Hell yeah dude this is next on my list

[@Kyrannasaur]

Fantastic lesson man! I wish you included the mandolin fill that leads into the first verse.. interested to see how you would have played it I cant really figure out a way that does it any justice. Learned this in an afternoon thanks to you! 👊🏼

[@sunjamrblues]

Nice one! Many thanks for the clear and concise explanation.

[@jonahdab2491]

THANKS CARL !!! I'm really picking up chics now !!! 😎

[@jeffreym4273]

Thank you. I found this to be a big help!

[@theacdcrok]

Thanks again with another great tutorial !

[@JustinTaylor1098]

Stunning, thanks Carl.

[@leanroachumi5144]

Best teacha ever

[@flatstheflounder2884]

I've been looking for a good tutorial on some Queensryche, preferably Walk In The Shadows! I'd love to see one if you could!

[@spidermonkeynr1]

Can you make a video on Danny Vera - Roller Coaster. For some reason i dont get the picking or get confused or maybe when you show how its done i can learn. The song is incredible with a lovely guitar support