Mandolin Lesson - Going To California

[@The1andOnlyHBI]

i have gotton a mandolin for a late christmas present (never touched one before) and i have learned this song in just 20 minits with your help, im deffinitly inspired to learn more riffs and write my own songs using it! thanks!

[@jacobhandyside5863]

really captures the spirit of the song like no other tutorial i've seen. thanks so much!

[@ewoe21]

I know what I’m doing, after I pick up my mandolin from the shop. Thanks bro.

[@tylersmith30]

this is great, so melodic,...I'm definitely getting a mandolin. Thank you for sharing this.

[@trikev1]

By far the best tutorial on this song. Thank you!

[@williamlarsen5703]

Best first video mandolin lesson ever!!

[@MixedMediaInk]

Just got one tonight at the music shop, great inspiration!

[@vickiswain7653]

I absolutely love this......how on earth did I never trip over it till now!

[@VILLALOBOS1891]

STUNNING, EMOTIONAL PHENOMENAL BEYOND HUMAN CAPACITY TO FEEL. IM STARTING TO PLAY THE MANDOLIN RIGHT NOW.

[@leon_lovato]

valley auto Repo THAT IS REALLY AWESOME IAM SO HAPPY FOR YOU

[@donjulinlessons]

Glad to hear you guys like this arrangement. The octave mandolin is a fairly affordable Trinity College model.

[@iluvguildguitars]

How could 16 idiots give this a thumbs down? Great lesson, Don. Thank you!

[@ScumbaggTimmy]

Because it doesn't sound like the mandolin part in Going To California...

[@jsphillip60]

@@ScumbaggTimmy ummm...yes it does. It's at least a great starting point for you to do make it your own, if you're up to the task.

[@TheRycooder]

EXACTLY.....There's ALWAYS ASSHOLES on KZbin....SMFH GREAT JOB! Thank you!

[@TomasSalvatori]

MY GOD! REALY WELL DONE! THANKS FOR THE LESSONS! THANK U VERY MUCH! ILL LISTEN TO IT A 100 TIMES TODAY!

[@stevepethel6843]

Thank God for your beautiful playing...great lesson and good audio/ video.

[@rayneallen]

THANK YOU FOR THIS...THE VOCAL HELPD OUT GREAT....FILL IN THE DEAD SPACE AT THE CAMP FIRE... NICE WORK..

[@jimncheryl]

Wow! That was amazing. Get the Mandolin for Dummies book Don authored... huge help.

[@marcuviusblack5781]

I've need ed some inspiration to play mandolin. You just kicked me. Love it.

[@josephsmedley9066]

thank you so much i am only 14 years old and love this kind of music i am so inspired by your playing i hope to only be as good as jimmy page of john denver one of these days thank you so much.

[@MrLaserbob]

I am in love with this. Makes me smile every time I listen to it. Have just got my first mandolin and am having fun trying to learn it.

[@BryanRopar]

For many years now I have been buying instruments on eBay and using the Dummies books along with KZbin to teach myself how to play them (flute, mandolin, violin, guitar, and trumpet so far) I'm telling you those books are full of secrets and make it really easy (along with practice) to learn how to play an instrument. In my opinion doing this is better and cheaper then video game systems & games and playing video games!!!

[@stevenblomgren7236]

AMAZING!!!! I've always loved this song and your arrangement between the two instruments captures the ENTIRE song!! Love the work and appreciate the tutorial!!

[@danielboyd8468]

Very nice, and very helpful! As a guitarist learning the instrument, can follow the right hand by sight. I'll be back, thanks much.

[@logginlocos9023]

So enjoyable! Thanks for playing for us.

[@Barrybushski-ge3kf]

Pretty frikin awesome!

[@Neilp278]

wow beautiful im trying to learn this on the Mandolin. thanks so much

[@E-MTBs]

I got most of it and highly appreciate this video lesson....I m just going to listen to the song and improvise the parts I didn't get.

[@jonbeal5645]

Great Tune. Great Lesson - thank you

[@LeonardoMagnelli]

Great arrangement and very helpful, thanks!

[@carlysullivan1477]

i am madly in love with a mandolin ... I miss him so...

[@rimmersbryggeri]

Great arrangment. You are a great mandolin player.

[@stoneoriole]

beautiful arrangement

[@dudleydeee]

Nice work.

[@Chezrobin]

Excellent! I love it. I am a Jimmy Page fan, and a frustrated student of violin. I think I will trade it in for a mandolin....

[@boxcar79band11]

Love it. Thanks Don!

[@thek76]

Amazing. This is now on my must learn list :)

[@YTusercomment]

Nice Don....best video I've seen so far of breaking down someone's tutorial version of the song. I have a couple of your books. Would be great to see you publish the full tablature sheet music for this song, "Goin' to California.."

[@fisheye4]

Thanks for the great tutorial!

[@BryanRopar]

Don Julin is the author of Mandolin for Dummies if your interested in the mandolin I would highly suggest buying the book because reading it helped me a ton and very quickly- I got my copy at Barns & Nobel.

[@jimjoiner]

That's just fantasic!

[@scm3000]

great lesson

[@sullykls1]

thanks man this was great you helped me a lot. thanks!!!! if you post anymore zeppelin mandolin videos illl be watching !!!

[@rimmersbryggeri]

THis som is great on the earls court concert off course with John Paul Jones on the mandolin.

[@knuclel]

that was truly amazing.

[@barrywinters7450]

Don! Please, please, please make a video with just the song! You did a fantastic cover for Going to California!

[@thrashgordon8849]

Brilliant stuff, thank you!

[@2010koisa]

nice Man, thanks for this class... nice song

[@Soundman103]

Very cool excellent stuff. I love it

[@jonathanstoffregen390]

Nice job, Don. I always enjoy listening to your playing. Thanks for including the octave mandolin along with the mandolin. I play one or the other, depending on the collaboration and the occasion, so I found this tutorial to be really helpful. Did I mention that you absolutely rock?

[@jonathanstoffregen390]

This is great. What a treat, Thanks, Don!

[@TheBandList]

Super sweet. Love it thanks for posting

[@RobCastro]

I dig this. Thanks for sharing.

[@donjulinlessons]

Yes, standard GDAE tuning.

[@jorgealejandrocollazoalvar1921]

great video, thanks!

[@krusty5o5]

This is freakin awesome. Who the hell clicked "dislike".

[@tompelham7035]

Very Cool!

[@scm3000]

Great job!

[@qquara]

grazie mille! ottimo lavoro. (thanks a lot great work)

[@omarreis4394]

Very nice.

[@omahajack2049]

good stuff. 30 yr guitar player learning mandolin.

[@snookseaglin]

Thats pretty cool, doesnt look to hard I'll have to try ii. Thanks for posting.

[@commentOshimasu]

This was breathtakingly beautiful - I've now resolved to purchase an instrument by the end of the week. What type of traditional mandolin' is being used here, specifically? I've heard descriptors like A-type, etc. being thrown around, but have now decided that this is exactly what I want. So if anyone has a second, please do let me know. :)

[@nman48]

The octave mandolin (first shown) has lower notes than a standard mandolin. He is using an A type F hole mandolin for the melody (second shown). The octave mandolin is a round hole A type. The other type of mandolin ( not shown) is the F type mandolin which typically has the scroll work on the wood. . Each string on an octave mandolin is one octave lower than the corresponding string on a standard mandolin, but they are tuned the same G-D-A-E. (fourth to first strings)

[@MrLaserbob]

Beautiful. Period

[@producito]

great lesson ¡¡ thanks

[@mreoinobrien]

Your videos are making me want to buy a Mandolin more and more. Will need to get saving. Any suggestions for a beginner Mandolin (that is not crap) in the €200 price range?

[@donjulin]

The larger one is called an octave mandolin. They are tuned one octave lower than a mandolin. The one I am playing is made by Trinity College.

[@jonnda]

Thanks for posting this. Your octave mandolin sounds so much better the my cheap no name chinese instrument. Who made it?

[@Bubbakahuna]

Very cool, what tuning are you using on the mandolin? GDAE?

[@cliffrules1]

can you do the "thats the way" cover lesson plz:)

[@TheRycooder]

EXCELLENT

[@barrykershaw9818]

Don,this is an incredible video thank you.but could you help me out with a bit more detail on the fill ins.Luv ya dude

[@darrenj7]

How big a person do you have to be to make a video such as this? This has improved my playing tenfold. You are an excellent instructor, musician and inspiration! TYVM! D.

[@SgtGideonsDad]

what kind of recording equipment do you use and how do you do the insert and keep the music in time?

[@barrywitt1661]

Don, I hate to be a gear junkie but what brand and model is that octave mandolin?

[@SaveAwesomeMatt]

What kind of mandolin is that? All the ones at the guitar factory are tiny and I have larger fingers but that one looks like it will fit my finger size.

[@LoscoeLad]

any chance of the tab for this? beautiful version man, well played

[@josephstrolin7612]

awesome

[@larrycox9406]

This is really nice :)

[@andrewdunlavy4405]

Have the chord charts for this song already posted up on your website?

[@iamru02]

Greeting's from Charlevoix. Thank you for this and your many lessons. Awesome!! At 57, I just started to get serious about mandolin. I have a bazukki, that hangs on the wall for decoration but I just learned that they are also tuned like a mandolin. Do you know if the octave mandolin and the basukki are similiar instruments? Thanks again, lookinn forward to spending a lot of time with your videos.

[@darrenj7]

Sweet!

[@TombobWarland]

HI, i cant find the chord charts on your website, can you post the oink on here please?

[@charbokful]

great vid friend, subbed!

[@chuck347]

Cool, tks

[@whosnext1972]

Can there be tabs for this or something? please?

[@eastrockaway11518]

Nice

[@hovlandbound]

That is soooo cool. I just got done making a mandolin and this will be my next song I learn. Thanks for making this video. I see you have a couple of down thumbs. Well, I give those who gave you a thumbs down a THUMBS DOWN! (Unbelievable) You must have a fair amount of time arranging this and most of us really appreciate it. Thanks again. If you see a large increase of views coming up it’s probably me. :)

[@Paarthurnaxdova]

Wish you would break down the chords better. Some of us are learning and have no idea where to place our fingers on some of these chords

[@donjulinlessons]

You can view the entire lesson and download the pdf at www.mandolinshealtheworld.com

[@stevemclaughlin3965]

brilliant : )

[@karllib]

nice

[@donjulin]

If anyone wants the chord chart email me at [e-mail]. I do not have any tab for this, but if you watch, listen and imitate, you will get it. Go back to the original LZ recording and try to play along once you have the basics down. You will know it much better if you challenge yourself to learn it without having paper in front you.

[@robbevandenabbeele9039]

I'm watching this. But i don't even have a mandolin lol

[@krmcclelland2690]

I wish you would show tabs and angle camera elsewhere, most of these would be much easier.

[@mukhumor]

Skill.

[@reformedcoolguydesu]

tabs for mandolin anyone?

[@1KevinsFamousChili1]

sounds a little like Battle of Evermore at the start

[@yousmertmymurp]

violin player learning the mandolin.

[@1softsniper1]

WHAT IS THE STRUMMING PATTERN WHEN YOU USE THE MANDOLIN A STYLE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@Paarthurnaxdova]

I’m extremely confused on your chords. What you are calling a “G” and “Dm” are not those chords. No idea what’s going on here

[@donjulinlessons]

Hi there are many ways to play chords on the octave mandolin. Most of them are incomplete chords due to the nature of the instrument. Sorry the camera angle was not so good on this video. It was many years ago and I have improved my camera skills. You can see the complete lesson and get the chord diagrams at www.mandolinshealtheworld.com

[@ernierodrigues8853]

Beautifully played - horribly taught

[@lmcpainting916]

Nice