Sierra Hull - Having fun with "Get Up John" (Bill Monroe)

FYI - I was totally going by memory on this tuning, but my mandolin shredding husband pointed out that the actual tuning order is (F# A - D D - A A - D A) - which makes way more sense!! HAHA Either way, the main point is to have fun experimenting with improvising and sounds. Hope you all enjoy! :)
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[@biketech60]

Your joy is so infectious ! And that's a good thing in music .

[@rogo6567]

What a virtuoso!! 👍👍👍

[@PhillipNeal]

I lost a finger in 2014. Now I'm a guitar player . I used to teach and taught alongside a teacher who played with Ralph Stanley , Jim and Jessee , also many more . He was a Mandolin and Banjo player in his 50's I was 20 odd years old but I bought a mandolin and it just made sense to me , I was reluctant to dive to deep in bluegrass but wanted to , being he was "The Guy" I never did I bought one recently ... Love it more than guitar ... It's the tuning in 5ths I think is a break from guitars tuning I only lost my right pinky thank the Lord ... Thanks for this

[@douglasbingham1285]

WoW!!You totally crushed that with little to no effort at all.Enjoy the gifts you have and the ones you've worked for,you truly have a great talent in music!!

[@destinycorn7404]

Wow! I started playing mandolin a little over a year ago (fell in love with it) and I hope one day I can play this good!!

[@ronsnow8342]

Love to hear you play. Your picking is so precise and clean with great tone.

[@bendummitt888]

This is great !

[@SmellMySodds]

Awesome video.

[@John-wr6yo]

Sweet girl. Great player

[@kokindenom]

fan! kiss from france!

[@kareljandus2372]

Nice video. Fantastic young musician Sierra. 👍🌹🎶🎵❤️👏

[@JusticeConstantine]

Thank you Sierra for this video. Congratulations on your new album. - Justice Constantine

[@nickkolesnik5054]

Awesome video thank you so much!!!!!

[@joeblankenship377]

Yeah! Get it girl!

[@TomRaw-sd6xd]

I am 76 and been playing my guitar and banjo since the 1960s. I am so happy that Sierra is reappraising the old tunes and songs, and keeping the old bluegrass so alive. I am old enough to say your playing is enhanced by your lovely smile, and beautiful face. Thanks from Australia.

[@shakyhandpictures2185]

Wow!

[@jimmypoveajpp]

Sierra Hull I love you

[@jonnyboy2128]

Sierra, you have such a light touch. What strings do you use?

[@wjdavey3]

❤️🎶🎵❤️

[@neilsthepoet]

Hot Dang !!👍💕

[@mikeschutz6709]

I recognize the tuning from "Going to California" by Led Zeppelin.

[@IIcultivatorII]

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

[@ricktheexplorer]

I never knew if Going to California was in that tuning; I just use standard tuning and do a real close job.

[@Maguirearch]

I play guitar...and play a few tun s with alt tunings....do allot of folk blues and bluegrass mandolin players used allot of alt tunings just like us acoustic guitarists do?....or was Monroe just an exception....

[@ricktheexplorer]

@@Maguirearch From what I know about playing Mandolin, Bill Monroe doing this, is something I never heard of before, ever.

[@fullshark09]

If a mandolin looks that big on you a jumbo guitar will look like it's playing you.

[@franksabatino7576]

Might this be a psychedelic mandolin tune?

[@jimnowak3960]

I see that ring on your figure. Good for you.

[@jakesmet9426]

Country rocks...but BLUEGRASS F@#$! RULES!!!

[@alvarolblanco]

I'm absolutely in love with your musicallity, and even the way you speak and express things to your audience. And of course all that joy! It's unbelievable

[@grady9752]

What I really love about this kid is that there isn't a single fret on that instrument that's safe! If I were that old Gibson, I'd take a good deep breath when I saw her coming.

[@colinbryan8265]

Grady, just tossed mine out of the damm window!

[@huliniswhoiam]

That's an interesting way to say she has mastered and knows where every single fret on that instrument is!!

[@williamtrakas3142]

3:57 - 4:12 is an example of amazing touch. It's so freakin hard to get a mandolin to sound that clean, graceful, and dynamic. Super rad!!

[@leebatt7964]

Talented doesn’t even begin to describe her, she is a phenomena, a total reset to the rules, a game changer.

[@josedopwell9645]

She's so good l can't help but laugh. She's hilariously good. Her joy at doing what she loves is quite evident. God bless her. I surrender: SUBSCRIBED. My friend just walked in the house and said, "Listening to her AGAIN?" YES. ABSOLUTELY. Beautiful music is always worth the listen!!

[@kilimanjarno]

hahaha. if someone walked into my house I'd hear "listening to her again" too. Lots!

[@waterlife.1905]

Great music that gives you shivers up the spine......that's why she is on my hifi system alot. Love her. She makes my paradigm speakers come alive.

[@jacobdillow2375]

Wow!!

[@laceandribbonsviolin]

I listened to this song (or should I say “sawng”?) dozens of times trying to figure it out on my violin and I never realized there was such a thing as split tuning for mandolin until now. So cool!!!!!🤩🤠

[@juijorja4975]

WHOA! I have never thought of using alternate tunings on mandolin before and I have been playing mandolin longer then I have guitar. This was very eye opening thank you Sierra!

[@lthornto]

You have to think, what the heck was Bill Monroe thinking when wrote that back in the early 50's. That had to sound like heavy metal at the time.

[@chickenflockers4796]

8-)

[@1EyeInTheSky]

Bluegrass pickers are the shredders of country music.

[@kentuckymandolin]

I heard a tape of Bill playing this at a workshop at the Gaslight, N.Y.C., in 1966 and I swear there were sparks coming off that mandolin, definitely a shredder.

[@richfiryn]

A couple good snorts of some fine shine can get one kind of frisky LOL

[@shellbournian]

sounds like heavy metal now tbh.

[@kevincozens6837]

Cool tune. First time I've heard it. The split tuning gives the mandolin a whole new sound.

[@tomwilkins6479]

Freaking amazing sound and incredible talent!

[@kilimanjarno]

you don't need to thank us for subscribing to your channel. We're the lucky ones. thank you.

[@rickclemons4213]

What an amazing talent! Keep making beautiful music, this world needs a lot more of this. Be blessed.

[@capohd28]

“When I was just a kid”.... man, I’m getting old....

[@roytee3127]

She's probably talking about like 20 years ago. She was an accomplished performer at age 10. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIKteaeDZ6iNesk

[@justbutler]

Hot diggity dog, that mandolin is screamin

[@syalutsa]

It’s an octave mandolin.

[@keithanderson6358]

syalutsa I believe it’s a standard mandolin but she’s such a small lady it looks like an OM compared to her :)

[@syalutsa]

No. Too big. Octave mandolin.

[@keithanderson6358]

syalutsa no, here’s a video of her playing an OM, it’s massive by comparison. She also says this is a mando and not an OM. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ3IqIV-ptZqsKs

[@qwargy]

Great technique. That mando sounds amazing - sounds like flatwounds, very warm. Anyone know??

[@randomvideosbymark8095]

This was really cool and informative as well❗ Awesome skills Sierra and Thanks for this amazing session 💖😻👌

[@fredkaiser6406]

Wish You'd Come Back To Clayton NY Loved To Hear You Again

[@guitartec]

Hey Sierra, I found your keys in Best Buy. I gave them to Customer Service. It's your keys of G, D, G, C and a whole bunch of others.

[@alanbudgen2672]

Wow! Sierra you just amaze and inspire every time. Love the tuning. Thank you so much!

[@HarPlayer]

She's CUTE!!!!!!!!😄😄😄😃😃😀😀😀😀😀😃😃😀😀😊😊😊😊💓💓💕💕💖💖💞💖💖💖💕💕💕💓💓💓💕😄😄😃😃😃😀😀😀😄😀😊😀😃😄😃😃💞💞💕💓💕💕💕💕!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@reinhildebrand1972]

Geeezzz.. like a true rockchick. Superb playing. Thanks i’ll throw mine out of the window.

[@flintdavis2]

I can’t watch her without my heart turning into that stuff you take out of a pumpkin before you carve it up!

[@damienkelly4829]

Been Irish ive never heard mandolin being played like that im use to the ballad and folk mandolin sound, that was amazing

[@Maguirearch]

Bluegrass is actually highly influenced by "Ulster Scotch" Presbyterians that migrated in droves to the USA in the 1700s mainly from North East Ireland..The.Monroe's were "Ulster Scotch"...but if you go back far enough the Monroe name came from Gaelic Irish...just like other "Ulster Scots" names like Knox, Niel, Lennox, McCrea amongst many others

[@damienkelly4829]

@@Maguirearch Nice bit of history 👌

[@emanuelbuesing1]

Who's here after cutting grass?

[@fredrikbystrom7380]

I really like the American southern accent. It's neat.

[@Rick_Cleland]

THAT'S RACIST!!

[@fredrikbystrom7380]

@@Rick_Cleland I know what you're trying to do, but instead of doing that I tend to be the change I want to see in the world. You should consider giving that a try, it's a little more difficult but feels a lot better in your day-to-day life.

[@barkrussell4083]

Pray for all these wonderful musicians during this pandemic I know a lot of them probably struggling not out working she is absolutely great

[@9hewittd]

Pray? How about but their record and support them??

[@barkrussell4083]

@@9hewittd yes everything we can do to help them including 🙏

[@stevebilliter]

Bark Russell--arf! arf!

[@Special_Agent_NSB]

Sierra is as pretty as she is talented.

[@johnnykorpela8841]

Did anyone else get goosebumps hearing that open tuning?

[@roymoderatto]

Tired: Alternate guitar tuning, Wired: Alternate mandolin tuning! ✌️😏

[@Paw767]

She absolutely rocks this thing!

[@linda_guitar8869]

That is SO cool! I was just thinking, last night, that there must be some cool ways to tune the double strings to different notes, and now, just a few hours later, this video shows up on my feed! ..... I guess I'm in tune with the mandolin universe or something! 😃

[@whatwedointheshadows3349]

is she tiny or is that a mandola?

[@newworldimage]

I would just like to know who the 108 people are that gave this a thumbs down. It would be nice to take those 108 people into a government facility and conduct some sort of mind probe experiments on them just to see just what makes them tick! I never liked the saying "Those who can't do, teach" because I think teaching is an extraordinary calling, a very special gift/talent and extremely important to our society but maybe we can change this to "Those who can't do, tweet" or "Those who can't do, leave ridiculously unwarranted thumbs down on social media. But I digress..... Your uploads are wonderful... Thank You...

[@RickarooCarew]

thanks 🙏 very interesting tuning.. I tried learning the violin once upon a time.. I know exactly why it's called a fiddle.. I said it a lot.. my girlfriend sent me outside to entertain the birds ... which was fine... I learned how to tune it saying.. my dog has fleas... like a ukelele.. he doesn't actually... and it may not have been correct.. no KZbin to ask someone who knows

[@anthonyruda2021]

Hi Sierra. I really like your playing and I like the Gibson mandolin you are playing on this tune. Is this a larger size F style mandolin than the typical one. Would it be larger than something like the Loar LM520? Thanks much, Tony from Michigan. I have a Kentucky KM-150 that is my starter instrument and I am having fun learning on that. Thanks for your time,

[@MustaffaCuppa]

sierrahullmusic Sierra, what would a good (American made) starter F5 mandolin would you recommend? I looked at a Fender FM63S but they are made in China.

[@MrPHart]

Breedlove, a brand that has its pieces made in China but the assembly and testing are done in Oregon. It was the v e r y b e s t mandolin I ever owned. It was stolen so years back and Im now into tenor guitar and Irish Bouzouki but I still remember my Breedlove!

[@rhp_6926]

@@MrPHart If you can find one, pick up an older Flatiron Festival F. Made in the Gibson factory in Nashville or Bozeman. Don't get a newer one, like the one they sell on Musician's Friend. Those are Chinese made.

[@manfredadams3252]

Yeah but can she play Battle of Evermore?

[@DC-ei9vl]

She probably can and make it her own. John Paul Jones was probably the best musician and instrumentalist in LZ.

[@joannthomases9304]

Oh, nice, on the lower bluesy sound, and the additional stuff you added. How about finger quicker lickers..lol. 😅 whewee. Honestly, i have to change your hand names on every song. 😂 Your keeping the kids anti-depressed. I think they need to open the mandolin sales up. Your a nice, fun teacher, too ! Thank you ! Love your joy and laughter a lot !

[@isorokudono]

Mz. Sierra, can I have that GIANT WILOW LEAF on you left ear? I need if for some late winter Bass on a spinner bait! 😋😘😍

[@El_Chompo]

With the way you were doing those descending bluegrass / blues notes before playing the 12th harmonic makes me think that maybe a slide would work good with this open tuning.

[@alexbostelle287]

The point you made about the access ability on you tube is spot on. Being able to get the voicings right, priceless. This is the age of stringed enlightenment. I remember having to learn songs by picking up that needle above the turntable and painstakingly figure out the chords etc.

[@jackdelaware5285]

Your pretty good 👍 I like listing to a variety of music 🎶 how long have you been playing?.it really looks like your having fun just jaming. Did you say you made an album wow that's awesome hope you do well you can play keep up have a great day

[@kidndn]

the sound seems so much "fuller". Do the scale patterns on the neck stay the same?

[@stevenlittlejohn3112]

Left this version halfway through just to see the KZbin TNN Skaggs version. I'll call it a close tie, only because Skaggs had help and electricity. This gal...immaculate. Much like Gabriella Quevedo on guitar... Unsimply Awesome. And I did come back to finish this.

[@PaulBaughman2142]

I have found that playing faster requires picking lighter. Consequently the volume drops off to the point I would need to be amplified. That's kind of frustrating as the nice thing about an acoustic instrument is not being tied to that amp any more.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

" You Make Me Believe . " 💖

[@timoheidmann852]

I love this tune and you play really great! Greetings from Germany... Stay healthy!

[@chamblen4]

my mom's side of the family are Hull's, originally from west virginia/ kentucky now in indiana. Any relation?

[@juantomas4813]

Hi Ms Hull: You are quite talented. I love good Blue Grass...nd Ricky Skaggs

[@chipbush0111]

"Country rocks. But bluegrass rules!. You're an epic picker!

[@The4thDensity]

Look how long her pinky finger is.....that's crazy.

[@MichaelTiemann]

Check out the cellist Zuill Bailey. His whole left hand is two sizes larger than his right hand (see kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5LWon2mhaqEZpo for kids reaction). I'll bet that Sierra's pinky just grew exactly to be what she needed for her style of mandolin.

[@kimwidol]

Sierra, if you’ll keep practicing a little more, you might get better! 😂 Seriously, your talent is beautiful!

[@deHelli]

The little finger sticks out too far. I can't do better either, but I thought I'd let you know before I bite him off. Hihihihi you yummy girl

[@terrysspeedshop]

Cool

[@michaelmerck7576]

She will carry the banner for bluegrass when Allison krauss and union station retire( which I hope they never do but anyway Sierra. Bill is following in their footsteps and she will be her own star

[@Dulcimerea]

Hi Sierra ... you are one of my musical heroes. We met briefly in Olathe some years ago; I asked if you wanted a dulcimer... . Thank you for all your amazing music which has carried me through hard times and good times too. Gib Sosman

[@stephenbouchelle7706]

Thanks for the improvising. The tune is great, but I am really interested in how the tuning can be used otherwise.

[@tudormiller887]

I'm a brand new subscriber watching from London UK 🇬🇧

[@beshkodiak]

I am wondering what string weight you are using. I have been thinking of going to lighter gauges, but have been concerned about tonal distortion.

[@carpenterfamily6198]

3:07

[@josephmartin1540]

I haven’t seen much, but have yet to see a video where you didn’t look like you were having fun! Keep on!

[@markslima1557]

wow this is SUPER cool didn't even know this type of 'split' tuning existed. like tune a lot, as a guitar player tempted to learn Mando someday but also as a guitar player intimidated going from 4th-based tuning to 5th-based tuning. also your southern accent is delightful.

[@bradh6185]

So if a band told the audience "request anything", they might have a hard time with this, considering the alternate tuning.

[@MysteryProductsLtd]

Clueless about the technical side of Bluegrass but sounds amazing to me either way.

[@APedro00]

So, this is pitch shifting without a pedal, basically. She really is something else.

[@sergiopoet]

I watch this video again and again. Awesome improvisation. Thanks Sierra.

[@beerdedwanderer]

I'm pretty sure she could have jumped on KZbin as a kid.

[@joeyalent4974]

Sierra, would you happen to know, is that the same tuning Sam uses in Old Joe Clark? I know you've had an occasion or many to pick with him. Thanks

[@barbarasalisbury4023]

A F# A A ? Really nice open mandolin tuning! Like tuning my self alto or down a Fourth to D A E B.@ Barbara Salisbury 218 vids @KZbin. Chris Young p.s. there's fiddle dead man's tuning, too which I believe is D E D D .

[@douglaspierce8480]

I'd love to hear her do the flip side and tackle some of Vivaldi's mandolin work.

[@davidhoxit4274]

I enjoyed this! Reminded me of Frank Wakefield I think....

[@RonRay]

Eat you heart out, Ricky! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@patricelongchamps9880]

Looks funny at the beginning but when it comes to Get up John it changes a little in complexity 🙂

[@daze023]

That's what you said: F# A - DD - AA - DA. So, tell him to back off.

[@j.s.3113]

More wonderful insights from Sierra for us mere mortals. Nice tip of the hat to Ricky. So much joy and memories, from New South to County Boy and back to the traditional. One of a kind talent, and beautiful human being, like Sierra, who will carry on mandolin (and perhaps guitar) to the next level. 👏

[@mknepalnamaste]

right hand guys, RIGHT HAND