How to Play "June Hymn" by The Decemberists

[@Bwyro23947]

This is the most comprehensive, incredibly helpful tutorial on how to play this wonderful song. THANK YOU!

[@alextryan]

Thank you Brad! Kind of you, glad it was helpful!

[@vknazarenko]

I can't get it why you still don't have lots of subscribers. I guess, it's just a question of time. Keep up doing such great job! Thank you.

[@alextryan]

Vladimir Nazarenko thank you so much! subscribers might be confused why i make a guitar video one day, CAD video the next, and a slingshot video the day after lol. All in good fun!

[@chuckthedog6725]

I subscribed today. As soon as I found this. Now I'll have to check out the slingshot videos.

[@joelaumedesserrano7994]

Been a big fan of the song for a long while, just today decided to learn it on guitar, and I did in one sitting thanks to this tutorial!! You're an amazing teacher

[@adamjbond]

Great tutorial. Colin Meloy is such a great musician and story teller; got to love that Portland music scene.

[@alextryan]

He's my favorite for sure. The storytelling is out of this world!

[@jkaanta8555]

Wonderful instruction style. Thorough, but succinct. A very accessible and effective lesson for the campfire strummers among us. Thank you!

[@alextryan]

Thank you for the kind words! Very glad it connected with you.

[@jamesperkins9494]

Really appreciate the video, Alex! Been super helpful learning with all the intricacies rather than just the chords from a tab. This song's absolutely gorgeous and I'm happy to be able to do it justice

[@alextryan]

I'm so glad you got some good out of it! Thank you for the comment.

[@TheArtster123]

Great job that is one of my favorite songs, I am just a guitar rooky, you break it down very well. Thanks for it

[@alextryan]

Art Pynoo so nice to hear and nice of you to say! thank you!

[@Taylorc5458]

Dude you're nailing it. You've got great charisma!

[@alextryan]

awww thank you taylor!

[@the_vegan_cowboy940]

Thank you for making this!

[@alextryan]

Thank you for watching it!

[@Celticsaint777]

The jumbo with maple back and sides and maple neck give that guitar a balanced tone even though the body is jumbo.

[@Celticsaint777]

How woukd you compare this gibson jumbo to your Emersld x30?

[@alextryan]

hey i missed this question! and a great question. off the cuff, i'd say the J200 has a broader, smoother sound -- i often think "pure" when I play it -- vs the X30 which has its own character with deeper lows and a little more sparkle in the highs. I'll actually being comparing those two guitars in an upcoming video, should be a few weeks down the road.

[@donmega054]

Brilliant stuff mate, the only thing I can think of as providing feedback on is: could you have a play through!? You've broken it down expertly, especially little licks/embellishments, but just in terms of getting a proper handle on the transitions a full-ish play through would be super appreciated! For some reason I have a complete mental block going back into the verse O_o - otherwise, bravo! Cracking stuff

[@alextryan]

That's a great point I hadn't thought of. Thank you for the tip, I'll mind it in the future!

[@donmega054]

@@alextryan Thank you! I meant to come back to this because you do a fair run through - it's my peasized brain that can't put everything together as quickly as you!

[@alextryan]

@@donmega054 I re-watched this vid, imagining if I were trying to learn from it. I do blur over some of the strum patterns, skip the connections you mentioned, and omit a few other parts that could be helpful. It's an interesting challenge, deciding where to pitch a tutorial. I appreciate your feedback on this and will try to be more mindful in future vids.