"Ocean" (John Butler) - Whole Song Tab and Play Along Lesson

[@christiaanbruynseels4847]

When John plays this on stage, whatever you are going thru suddenly dissapears.

[@craigblock138]

You made the perfect synopsis of this song and…John Butler

[@christiaanbruynseels4847]

@@craigblock138 It's hard to describe something this heavenly

[@tamegomait]

💯

[@lukebrennan521]

It's amazing you said that. I was in a foul mood but now I've pretty much forgotten why 🤔... it doesn't matter anymore. Life's too short 😊

[@ryanharris3420]

Mike! This video is an absolute godsend. Can safely say I couldn't have learned this without you. Thank you for your dedication.

[@mikepalethorpe]

Thanks for the kind words. Appreciate it, glad it helped!

[@uoihou]

Finally i found full tabs🎉🎉 Pls don’t delete this😅

[@matasa5894]

my favourite song of all time. we can all see the amount of work put into this, absolute legend

[@mikepalethorpe]

Thanks for that, have fun playing it!

[@DcQurr]

Damn, i wish this existed when i was learning this peace, bravo!

[@mrinalkalita1858]

That's a really great breakdown. Impressive.

[@MissErinChase]

I'm back again to study and watch and learn. Thank you so much for sharing your skill. Thank you : )

[@mikepalethorpe]

Thanks, have fun!

[@MidnightMedium]

If i ever learn to play this song, itll be because of this video. What a gift 😊

[@Rigsauce]

Thanks so much for your efforts! I can finally attempt to learn this song correctly after all this time of playing it about 75% correctly. Amazing !

[@JacobLukasiewicz]

Wow, that's a great video, 10/10 song, 10/10 playing, 10/10 tabs and lesson material. You're amazing, thank you!

[@mikepalethorpe]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@yosefpovolotski6489]

mike ... i know that everybody have told you that already but I cant be the one that doesn't mannnnnnn thank you so much !!!

[@mikepalethorpe]

No worries, hope it is helpful!

[@rinzler7578]

Amazing!! Because of you I mastered the fastpicking section and now I can’t wait to play the last 2 min of the song which I have yet to learn. God bless man

[@mikepalethorpe]

Thanks for your support, good luck, it's all about patience!

[@eddidominiktugushev837]

​@@mikepalethorpeGreetings 👋 😁, can the 6-string guitar be used or do I have to use the 12-string?

[@mikepalethorpe]

@@eddidominiktugushev837 6 String no problem, I've seen him play it live on a 6 string, just sounds a bit different.

[@songoflife7745]

Огромное спасибо за ваш труд! За эту пьесу! Всемирную музыку Джона!

[@BenCKB]

Hey Mike, just got the email. I'm so excited to learn the entire piece finally! Thank you!

[@mikepalethorpe]

No worries, have fun with it!

[@MissErinChase]

Wonderful! How lovely! Thank you SO MUCH! I'll follow your fingers and try...and try! Yay! Thank you!

[@mikepalethorpe]

Good to hear, thanks!

[@ausjay5574]

Finally someone put up a John butler play along , 👏 well done mate good onya friend much respect 🙏

[@mikepalethorpe]

Cheers!

[@BBurtonG]

I'm not a good enough player to learn this...yet! However, just knowing this exists makes me happy! Thanks!

[@mikepalethorpe]

Thanks, the fast section sounds nice played slow too and is a good place to start learning basic finger picking patterns

[@daviesmouter9788]

Thank you Mike you’re doing the lords work 🙏🙏

[@ВиталийПрокопенко-к9д]

Уже лет 20 слушаю эту тему, особенно нравится запись с концерта в Сиднейском театре оперы...

[@JRok73]

Great performance. I like the tempo change. Very clean.

[@mr.scooterboy5513]

Thank you so much for this! Thought I'll never be able to play it, but now the beast can be defeated!

[@mikepalethorpe]

Good luck!

[@fredericguzman8567]

Super ce morceau, 1000 mercis pour le technique 👍👍👍

[@jayb150]

This is amazing! Thank you! “I’m sorry it isn’t blue”.

[@martinmarinkovits2144]

Hi Mike! Can't tell you how grateful I am that you did this huge project for us!! Awesome job buddy! I loved learning your fast picking section and now I can't wait to learn the rest of the song!!! Big hug man

[@mikepalethorpe]

No worries, I hope it's helpful, hard to do it justice!

[@АлександрЗолотухин-г4в]

Great work! Thank you! 🙏

[@jesusrag]

Best lesson video I've ever seen

[@lets_rock_it]

Great job 👏👏👏 Thank you.

[@sequeense]

wow,Thanks to you, I learned fast picking,

[@AbiduddinAhmed]

You are amazing

[@robburns358]

Exceptionally well done, bravo!

[@bkishibenihitorialoneonthe2524]

すばらしい！

[@jeremC.]

Merci pour cette vidéo il y’a tellement longtemps que je veux apprendre cette musique correctement

[@mikepalethorpe]

merci!

[@bradhawkins5096]

Thank you for doing this.

[@Barood3rs]

Outstanding ... Really

[@hoofhearted5069]

Mind blown 🤯

[@Gloam.]

W video. Outstanding 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@hamdosliceable]

thank you so much mate. amazing

[@phoenix_codmyt]

Impressive ❤

[@nithinsudhir]

Thank you for your efforts Mike! Trying to finally get past Section G 😅

[@mikepalethorpe]

Good luck

[@tamegomait]

Thanks for this Bro🙏

[@cambowatt]

I like these videos with just you playing and the transcript. Can pick up the song real quick. Helpful that you slowed it down in parts too. Thanks

[@nanoyaki]

This is awesome.

[@junk.i.t.trunk1]

Thank you🎉🎉

[@stephenlau164]

thank you!!!!

[@tanm-1991]

It took me over 2 years to learn this piece and I learnt the fast picking section from your tutorial. I haven't picked up my guitar to play this for so long now and I'm so scared I've lost it. Thankyou so much for this- just the incentive and inspiration for me to work through this masterpiece again. Just wondering if you have any other JB music such as Valley or Under an Indian Sky?☮❤🎸🎶

[@mikepalethorpe]

Glad to help! I've some rough tabs for both ages ago. I'm thinking Valley might be next, love the intro and solos in that song!

[@tanm-1991]

@@mikepalethorpe That would be so awesome. I have just found your tutorial for Mist- another piece to add to my learn to play wish list.☮

[@magnusjohannsson3176]

10 years later. It prob took that long just to tab this masterpiece.

[@mikepalethorpe]

Pretty much! Long time in the making.

[@goitidanielaser2167]

I already learned this few years ago but this is a very good tutorial. I m gonna like this. Hope this gets to as many ppl as possible. Well done sir! Also why are there 11 strings and not 12?

[@mikepalethorpe]

That's just how he likes it - the high string on the G is very twangy

[@stevep5759]

Amazing. Had some difficulties on the strumming pattern learning from ear. This cleared it right up. Thanks for your hard work 🎉! Just curious how long it took you to tab? I’m on year 3 of playing it casually 😅

[@mikepalethorpe]

It was a long time in the making! Started messing around with the original album version a few decades ago. Then I finally saw footage of him playing it a few years after and that helped refine my original tab of the album version, which was the original one I tabbed. Then when it came to the KZbin studio version I at least had all the licks in my fingers and just had to figure the tapping and write it all down. The album version is still my favourite though.

[@Gungte]

Thanks to you brother for the tabs it makes it easy to learn such beautiful melodies

[@nofxkidssss]

thank you!

[@veektor5169]

1.25 speed like original

[@tan.nicolas]

my god

[@Johnny2tc]

Nice

[@uri1764]

Название : Сто девушек, которые очень-очень-очень-очень-очень сильно тебя любят

[@litoboy5]

Great

[@julienottav8334]

❤

[@GuitarVocals9]

Hey Mike, I have been practicing Ocean for years, it has been a journey! :) I'm having trouble understanding the timing of the outro (bars 80 to 84) where you indicate the slides. What are you doing between these slides and the first beat of the next bar bc it sounds like a small break (like the original). Is that correct? Thank you so much for this amazing video and your response!

[@mikepalethorpe]

Yeah it's tricky to get exactly how he does in terms of the timing of the slides. I've tried to indicate on the tab exactly when he starts shifting his fingers to the next spot but probably best not to stress too much about that, and just consider each bar as the point where you change. The slide's often occur just before then and so there is a transition where your just strumming while your fingers move. Hope that helps.

[@GuitarVocals9]

@@mikepalethorpe Thank you for this long answer, Mike! I hope with consistency and slowed down play along I can figure it out one day. I have purchased the tab & video, I think you have put a lot of love and work into the lesson and I also want to thank you for including people who cannot afford. Greetings from Germany Niklas

[@mikepalethorpe]

@@GuitarVocals9 Thanks for the kind words, and yes, slow and steady is the way to go!

[@w0w-hey]

Лайк и комментарий

[@georgebushaway5833]

You could easily make it your own, just switch it up.

[@liamflynn2549]

Are there problems with this guitars intonation? I’m trying to train my ear a lil

[@mikepalethorpe]

There are! It’s an old guitar from the 80s with a bad broken neck that was glued back together (so no truss adjustments) and crazy high action. Having the the capo on 4 didn’t help either. Hopefully it’s not too painful to listen to.

[@liamflynn2549]

@@mikepalethorpe definitely not too painful to listen to, your playing is obviously great. I've recently gained such a better understanding of the fretboard from out of nowhere it seems so wanted to confirm my suspicions haha. Thanks for the reply!

[@mikepalethorpe]

@@liamflynn2549 thanks for the kind words. The tapping part especially magnifies any intonation problems / high action because the force you hit the strings throws it off even more if you come at even a slightly off angle. I wanted to record on this guitar because it has a cedar top and I think JB’s original guitar for his self-titled EP was cedar top. The version on that is my favourite.

[@frankrizzo5958]

Have you done your research enough to know he never plays Ocean the same way,he'll always add a subtle change or 2 to kind of change it,he did this since he was a busker,it was a popular song that people liked and changing it every time allowed him to play it daily.

[@mikepalethorpe]

No doubt! This version is just a base so people can do the same