Song for a Young Queen, take 2 on mandolin

[DuneRidr]

Have you competed in the Walnut Valley Mandolin Championship? You look familiar from another one of your vidoes.

[RedElfFilms]

@DuneRidr

Yeah, I competed twice I think... It's been a while since I've been to WV Fest though, due to school.

[ChevyToughRebel]

Great cover

[redmeridian87]

how about just playing it a little slower? We know you can play it fast...

[fastpicker89]

Will you PLEASE redo this REAL slow? I got a mandolin and am dying to learn this dadgome song but there are no tabs anywhere, and as a half-compliment, your fingers are too damn fast for me to keep up with my ear. Help me out man!

[RedElfFilms]

I'll consider it. My camera is going haywire right now though....

[AdmViolin]

There is a Tabledit version of this song somewhere on the net. Download Tabledit and search for "song for a young queen .tab" I don't remember what site I found it on, but that's how I learned this song.

[osheatunes]

haha, nathan...I just showed this to my roomie...she was mucho impressed! XD see you in Jan. probably! : D

[RedElfFilms]

Right on! Glad she liked it. It's mi favorito. :-D

[poserpunksk8er]

I picked up the Mandolin in March, and I've been teaching myself as well. Do you have any tips on how to improve dexterity?

[RedElfFilms]

Practice practice practice. honestly, learning songs, slow and accurate makes fast and accurate. Find a speed you're comfortable with and work from there.

[fiddlyoleben]

wow,nice job mate.that is awesome.i wish i could play that well.great job,keep those videos coming.and we'll keep watching them.

[djb0622]

a tribute to all us self-taught musicians :) you rock, dude.

[fuzzball297]

that would be so awesome if you could play "Eureka!". I'd say if there were one song out of Chris Thile that required the most skill, it's that one.

[osheatunes]

i never knew the name of this song until now lol...anyways...good job! who walked through the background at the begining? btw, we need to meet up soon and such...

[Laryodienhizer]

MUST KNOW!!! AGH!!!! TAB?...ill just watch the vid...

[Laryodienhizer]

Just realized, you are the only one on youtube (as of yet,[besides Chris Thilie himself]) doing this song, way to go

[Abudefduf22]

Sweet! One of my favorite Thile tunes... Do you happen to have TAB that you are willing to share?

[RedElfFilms]

Um,I pick up alot of stuff on my own... technique wise, I listen to Sam Bush, David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, Chris Thile, etc. I'm pretty much self taught.

[mandobaron]

incredible, where'd you learn to play like that?

[chiso867]

I'm speechless.

that was so well done.

*0_________o*

amazing,amazing,amazing.

love the song, love that mad mando playing!

the nicest four minutes of my friday

[RedElfFilms]

Thank you again

[jessisback14]

wow you are a redicoulus mandolin player! Im a fiddle player and i play Mandolin to but i know it takes a lot of skill to play a mandolin like that. Great job though!

[Weefaloo]

WoW how long have you been playing for

[RedElfFilms]

I've been playing a little less than five years.

[StevieBJane]

your timing is incredible! thank you for your hard work, its always nice to see that talented artists dont stop learning from the best.

[Burtnernie]

Bet You can't play it again!!! If you do Slo it down a bit so i can learn it!!! Very Impressive!!!

[Ibrakeurjaw]

wOW THATS AWSOME! you are crazy at that. do you cross pick that??

[gratefulnick]

Just wondering if you have a transcription of Raining at Sunset. absolutely amazing job as well (and killer mando!)

[RedElfFilms]

I learned the song from a friend of Chris Thile, and I've never seen a transcription. I've been meaning to post a vid of that song, but my comp is slow. Uh, the only advice I have is attempt it by ear, or when I post the video, try and watch fingers i guess. Sorry!

[RedElfFilms]

I got a vid of Raining at sunset btw.

[RufusX]

Fantastic job (and beautiful mandolin)!  Is there an actual transcription for this song somewhere or did you figure it out on your own?

[RedElfFilms]

yeah, i got it from mandozine dot com. It is a TEFview file. The music is off, though. the song starts on an up beat, but the music starts it on a down beat.

[thespian24601]

Play the song that you played for us all the time! You know, the one that you were writing?

-Sheldon

[mindfork]

great job

[matthiax]

I thought you were going to do raining at sunset?

[greenpeacefiddler]

This is the best Thile song ever... and you nailed it. Need a fiddler? :D

[Shalebot]

I wouldn't go that far (in regards to it being the best Thile song ever). But you did a great job! This is by no means an easy song, and Chris 's age when he wrote this never ceases to amaze me.

[greenpeacefiddler]

What IS the best Thile song ever, then?

[SPDTrojan08]

That's really impressive dude. I'm guessing this song is a lot of crosspicking?

[RedElfFilms]

ALOT of cross picking. pretty much the entire song. but it's an awesome song.

[Ibrakeurjaw]

thats all crosspicked! holy crap your the best i have ever seen

[Darrint]

Cool video man, I own Poe #5, awesome mandolin, wish I could play it like you. Are you the guy that has the MP3 on Andy's website?

[RedElfFilms]

yep, that's me. We know each other pretty well.

[zamboni42]

I hereby request "Raining at Sunset"

[RedElfFilms]

I can do that. I'll put it up in a week or so, k?

[zamboni42]

Fucking AWESOME.

[mromsennis]

Fantastic job!

[monsterrocket]

dude, thats amazing. now you should do wolfcreek pass. oh, and how about we get together and we can challenge ourselves by playing "the only way out".

how old are you man?

[VWingTMA]

wow man amazing job. seriously. I'm working on this song right now.. haha you make me wanna give up. AND try harger... haha >.< woo good good job.

[kernel462]

what kind of mando is that?

[RedElfFilms]

This is a Poe mandolin. He is a private builder out of Columbia Missouri. He buys wood from the same place that Gilcrist did. He makes great mandolins with good tone and beautiful craftmanship.

[chirfu]

Beautiful stuff!

[andydunnigan]

wow man, did u learn that by ear... ???

[RedElfFilms]

yeah, well, mostly. I looked at some sheet music to help with parts of it.

[monadog01]

cool! where'd you get the tab? i'd love to learn this song...

[RedElfFilms]

I downloaded a free program called TEFview. then I searched for songs at mandozine dot com.

[monadog01]

great. thanks!