Losing My Religion (mandolin tutorial) - cover by Tonedr

[JulyMusicRoom]

I just bought a mandolin. Great tutorial, thanks! I just learned my first song on it :-)

[tonedr]

congrats on the new mando, i hope you really enjoy it!!

thanks for checking out the vid,

dale

[celticmandoplayer]

Wonderful video Dale (tonedr)

Thank you. You have a really good teaching style and your lesson is definitely sinking into my brain...I've been playing along with ya.

Keep up the good work ! (more more more ) :-)

[tonedr]

really appreciate the kind post and thanks for taking your time to check this out!!

your friend,

dale

[davidtoc2]

This is a great tutorial. Very useful and well taught. Thanks for posting it.

[tonedr]

thanks for taking your time to check it out....all the best!

[an16240]

@tonedr me puedez pazar laz notaz loz akordez de eza kanzion porfaz urge!

[MidDaySky]

Good job and cool teacher !

[tonedr]

thanks for checking this out....all the best with your music!

dale

[bluesybruce]

Thanks for your kind reply - keep up the good work...

[bluesybruce]

Very well explained - I managed to play it through after one session - it will take a few more to get it into my (old) memory. It will be nice to add a contemporary piece to my mandolin repertoire, which is mostly of Celtic, and a few Swing, songs ... thank you very much. Please could you put some more similar on you tube ... perhaps some Rod Stewart? Great stuff....

[tonedr]

thanks for your kind post and giving your time to check out the vid....i also appreciate your request! All the best with your music....dale.

[garymichael1950]

Just started played mando 7 days ago...Thanks for this!

[tonedr]

thanks for checking this out and all the best with your mando!!

dale

[vern528376]

Thanks doc very helpful I just borrowed a mandolin from a bud to learn a few song, what a great little instrument. Do you know going to california by Zep and if so could you give me some tips or possibly make a vid for it. Thanks again

[tonedr]

that's one i hope to work up....thanks for giving this your time and enjoy the mando!!

dale

[MarkjohnBerry]

Thanks - really easy to follow (for a week old Mando plucker like me!)

[tonedr]

great to hear your playing and i hope you really enjoy it - thanks for checking this out!

all the best,

dale

[thos2u]

super video Tonedr! This is top quality- comprehensive, direct, hugely informative and really helpfully presented.

[tonedr]

thanks for giving your time to check this out and your post is greatly appreciated - all the best with your music!

dale

[kroshelli]

This is a wonderful video! You've got a great teaching style! Do you know of any practice exercises that would be helpful for a beginner mandolin player?

[tonedr]

really appreciate you checking it out! I would do things that help both hands, scales, work on hammer ons and pull offs, mainly just play as much as you can and steal from everybody!!! All the best with your music,

dale

[Cotton8395]

I was wondering what strum pattern you use in this song? Please let me know! Thanks

[tonedr]

my suggestion would be to think more of the 'groove' or 'pocket' of a tune and strum what seems to feel naturual. I don't really think of it in terms of a 'pattern'. IMO this is the most musical way to approach it - thanks for checking out the video and all the best with your music!

[sharlenchen]

I got a mandolin for Xmas and now this is the first song I can play - thanks for sharing!

[tonedr]

congrats on the mando!! couldn't think of a better 1st tune - thanks for watching and all the best with your playing.....dale.

[MrFender64]

Thank you tonedr I'm so excited to be playing this song soon with my band. I like the way you show how to play this song. very friendly way to teach. Thanks man. Look forward to more of your stuff on the you tube.

[tonedr]

sure appreciate you checking it out and thanks for your kind post! all the best with your music....dale.

[FilMandolin]

Have played this song many many many times in my bands over the years. I like your chord structures, sure makes for a fueller sound. I must compliment you on the way you produce your lesson....excellent! The more mando players we have then the better the planet for sure!

Nice one amigo! :)

[tonedr]

appreciate your kind post and thanks for taking your time to check this out - most of all i wish you all the best with your music! Thanks for keep the mando out there....dale.

[TooXic44]

Hey, I got a mandolin that my grandpa had. It was bought like 1950 in russia and I can't tune it right. Help ?

[tonedr]

i'm guessing there are some really good vids to help you with that here on YT - if it won't stay in tune could be an issue with the tuners or perhaps even something else. I wish you the best with your music....dale.

[innerbanks]

Thanks, Dale, Im a guitar player who just got a beautiful mandolin as a gift and this is the first song that came to mind for me to learn, and you do a great job playing and teaching it! Can't wait to get it in my head and hands forever!

[tonedr]

congrats on the mando!! I hope you really enjoying having it as a 'change of pace' from your guitar - keep pickin!!

your friend,

dale

[sdfg0011]

This video is great & really helpful. But, strum patterns would be a really great addition

[tonedr]

thanks for watching...all the best with your playing,

dale

[paulieboy4u]

Thanks for replying Dale...I am waiting for you to do lessons on Rod Stewarts..Maggie May...It is a great Mandolin solo...I hope that you will consider it...also do you sell DVD lessons on Mandolin

[tonedr]

i thought about that one several times...no i do not have a DVD at this time but thanks for asking! Enjoy your mando!!

[paulieboy4u]

I just got a mandolin..I would be really really happy if I could play this tune as well as you do Dave...

[tonedr]

you will!!! Keep on pickin - your friend...dale.

[freespaceelastic]

Nice man! I love the sound. How hard would it be to learn without guitar experience?

[tonedr]

thanks for checking this out and i appreciate the kind post....i honestly don't think i can answer your question. I would say it's and intermediate level tune and i'm very sure with time and practice you will nail it. All the best,

dale

[valepaulin]

That lil thing rocks i want one!!!

[tonedr]

haha....appreciate you checking this out!

[Advocaretx]

Screw?? Dang spell changer.. I mean cover... Thanks again, I just purchased a new Epiphone MM-50 today because my month old $60 mando just wasn't cutting it.. Lol. You think this song will sound ok on a f-style mando??

[tonedr]

haha....i think it will be great on F style - congrats on your new mando and all the best with your music!

your friend,

dale

[Advocaretx]

Man, I wish everyone's lessons on YouTube were as precise and informative as this.. You screws all the basics for beginners like me.. I'v been playing for just over a month.. Thanks.

[tonedr]

sure appreciate the kind post - thanks for checking this out!

dale

[pastockton]

Love this tutorial!

Have you done one for "you are the everything" or "battle of evermore'?

[tonedr]

thanks for the kind post....not yet!  All the best with your music,

dale

[gibsonsg995]

awsome! 

[tonedr]

thanks for checking it out!

[Bor1586]

Hey thanks for this. I just bought a mandolin a couple weeks ago on a whim (even though I've never played a stringed instrument before haha) and this is helping me with this song. Any advice for the F-chord? I feel like I'm struggling to stretch my hand into position haha.

[tonedr]

congrats on your new mando....i hope you really enjoy it! Just give it some time everyday and it will come - it just seems for me it's staying with it. All the best with your music,

dale

[vasam05]

Thanks, for the step by step. I bought a mandolin after I heard the song and then filed it away in my closet. I'll have to break it out and practice.

[tonedr]

congrats on the mando!! I hope you enjoy working this up....all the best with your music,

dale

[ThePopularHits]

your wicked good, how long have you been playing?

and hw long did it take u to learn this haha im just starting this year

[tonedr]

been playing mando about 10 years....you will do great just keep on it - and let me know if i can ever be of help!

best,

dale

[maurifuentescid]

maestrooooo!!!! me levanto y me acuesto escuxando esta cancion!!!

[tonedr]

thanks for watching and all the best with your music!!!

dale

[WillPatMC]

is the tuning normal for this song?

[tonedr]

yes - all the best with your music!

[TheRoboticPen]

There's a Beatles song on the mandolin but I can't remember the name. If you can think of it can you do a tutorial of it please?

[TheRoboticPen]

It's Here Comes the Sun.

[tonedr]

i don't know the tune....if you find it let me know.

[TheRoboticPen]

@tonedr I remembered the name and found some tab for it (Here Comes the Sun). I'll give you a link if you want?

[tonedr]

great tune....i don't remember mando on it??? ill listen again....if you want to post a link to the tab for others that would be great.

[TheRoboticPen]

@tonedr Also, very good tutorial this!

[tonedr]

thanks!

[buchrob]

This is the cleanest, most musically adept tuorial on this song I've seen in years.

Thanks from all of us who were inspired to take up the mandolin because of this song.

[tonedr]

thanks for your kind post....greatly appreciated and all the best with your music!

dale

[aRedRoseFTW]

thanks! has anyone told you, you look like Bruce Willis?

[tonedr]

yes - and thanks for checking out the vid.....keep pickin!

dale

[angelogaccione]

oliver's army veronia allison pump it up

has to be on mandolin

thanks

[tonedr]

i'll check it out!

[angelogaccione]

is there any chance of you breaking down an elvis costello song???

thanks

great job on losing my religon

[tonedr]

what tune?? thanks for the kind post,

dale

[DivisionFire]

Thank you! this is the first song i play on my mandolin! greath men!

[tonedr]

I hope you enjoy playing it!! Thanks for your kind words,

dale

[DivisionFire]

@tonedr Sorry for my english, it's so bad... Thank you! again...

[musicfamily]

Awesome. I wish we have a mandolin and watched your video before we made our cover of this song.

[tonedr]

i appreciate you checking this out and i wish you all the best with your music!

dale

[tonedr]

congrats on your new mando! Hope you enjoy it & thanks for the kind post,

dale

[greenbeanieman]

Great video! Now I have another song added my repertoire! Thank you.

[tonedr]

i appreciate you checking it out and wish you all the best with your music!

peace,

dale

[TeleCustom72]

Great tutorial, this immediately sounds right - I tried a couple of other instructional videos for this song which were ballpark at best. I've had my mandolin for 5 days now and loving it (as a guitarist of 22+ years). Going back to guitar is weird though, seems like you're playing a giant fretboard, which I suppose you are in comparison, ha ha.

[tonedr]

Congrats on your mando! Appreciate the kind words and I wish you the best with your music,

dale

[teamfozz]

Good work! I haven't seen anyone do a mandolin cover of Foo Fighters - Everlong. Any chance you'll give it a shot?

[tonedr]

i'll give it a listen.....thanks for the kind post!

dale

[rore008]

I was struggling with this one...and came your videos! Thanks so much, very good teacher. Merci beaucoup.

[tonedr]

thanks for taking your time to check it out and your kind words are greatly appreciated - all the best with your music!

dale

[Scipiooipics]

I'm trying to play this on guitar but I can't quite get the strumming pattern down, I know for a fact that the mandolin part is improvieable for the guitar, and I am playing it an octave lower which makes it waaaaay easier. I am new at this after all... but what's the main strumming pattern?

[tonedr]

thanks for watching - i don't really think in strumming 'patterns' more feel for me. Never thought about transferring it to guitar - hope it works for you! Keep pickin,

dale

[12Macedonian12]

Great tutorial, I starting to get it and I am horrible at chords. Thanks!

[tonedr]

thanks for watching & I greatly appreciate the kind feedback...hope you enjoy playing this one!

[MrLloyd54321]

Very very good tutorial. You are an excellent teacher thx

[tonedr]

thanks for watching and I appreciate the kind post!

[Ben40fication]

Brilliant - thanks so much for this great tutorial - so clear and easy to follow!

[tonedr]

really appreciate you checking it out and thanks for the kind feedback....all the best with your music!

dale

[MandoAnne]

You are right on, on those chords and EVERYTHING. Great job! ~ MandoAnne

[tonedr]

appreciate the kind post and thanks for giving your time to watch - all the best with your playing!

dale

[AndrianosAa]

Excellent job

If you have more mandolin tutorials pls upload!

[tonedr]

thanks fior the kind post - keep pickin!

dale

[NaseemEsq]

Amazing tutorial. You wouldn't happen to have this written out or a link to a good tab anywhere would you?

[tonedr]

I'm very sorry but I don't - thanks for checking out the vid & all the best with your music!

dale

[leoncioviolin]

bravo

[tonedr]

thanks so much for watching!

[robplonk]

Great tutorial! Very clear! Thanks!

[tonedr]

thanks so much for watching and i greatly appreciate the kind words.....all the best with your music!

dale

[zavalajmusic]

Just picked up a used mandolin while on business travel. Good deal on an into level. I'm experienced guitar and always wanted to play with the mandolin. Love your lesson. At 1:44 couldn't hear whether it was an Em or Am but figured it out soon enough. Thanks for the lesson!

[tonedr]

thanks for watching!

[NecroUSA]

I think by far this was one of the best tutorial videos I've seen and especially on one of the greatest songs with a mando in it. Good work, I'm going to check your other videos out.

[tonedr]

Thank you very much for this post.....greatly appreciated! All the best with your music,

dale

[darthholman]

Thank you very much for taking the time to share your talents and knowledge....

[tonedr]

i appreciate you checking it out and thanks for your kind post - all the best with your music!

dale

[woisheshershaush]

Dale, thank you so much for posting this video. I enjoyed learning and playing with along with you.

[tonedr]

thanks for using the video....i appreciate the kind post and all the best with your music!

dale

[madg50]

This is one of the best music videos that i have seen, have you done any more? i will be playing this for some time now until i get it perfect like you do, i have just brought a Epiphone MM-30S, is this mandolin good for this song?

Many thanks for being a great teacher.

From Liverpool, England.

[tonedr]

thanks for your very kind words....i think your mando will be great! I have several mando and guitar tutorials up and i appreciate you asking. All the best with your music,

dale

[SweetMustache]

Great video sir! I started playing the Mandolin literally today and I have most of these chords down, but have problems switching between them in a timely manner. My background is in the violin, which is usually just one note at a time. Any suggestions for learning these motions? Thanks again!

[tonedr]

great to hear about your music and i hope you enjoy the mando! Thanks for the kind feedback on the vid....i don't think i have any suggestions but ones you already know - for me it's just repetition. All the best with your music,

dale

[stephen1158]

Magic!

After a 15 year absence from playing the mandolin Santa brought me a wee beastie.

So watching you and with practice while the family were out, it came as a nice shock to hear the old man play this beautiful song!

Thank you for a most enjoyable lesson!!

[tonedr]

thanks for the kind post - it made my day! Congrats on the new mando - I hope you really enjoy it & all the best with your music..... dale.

[woodynat2000]

Great video, it's good to see a tutorial with the correct chords being used rather than the easier versions! Keep it up man, look forward to more tutorials!

[tonedr]

sure appreciate the kind feedback - thanks for taking your time to give this a listen!

all the best with your music,

dale

[nmen0]

hey what type of mandolin should i get to play this song ive wanted a mandolin and on ebay they call them different types of mondolins

[tonedr]

any decent mando will work - mine is an A style the fancier mandos are F models. Hope you find what you want!

[gauldgalliersuk]

Cool accent-South Carolina??

[tonedr]

KY - thanks for watching!

[gauldgalliersuk]

@tonedr Lol Sorry!!

And thanks. You are a great teacher.

[C4rlFletcher]

you are an excellent teacher!! is there any way you could do a tutorial for how to play the mandolin for perfect blue buildings by counting crows please? i'm dying to know how to play it

[tonedr]

thanks for your kind post and watching the video! I am not familiar with tune but i'll be checking it out....all the best with your music,

dale

[Gunnabee]

Thanks Tonedr :) Great lesson plan and execution, broke it all down just right!

[tonedr]

sure appreciate you watching and thanks for the kind words!

dale

[JC387588]

great tutorial helped me a lot, thank you

[tonedr]

thanks so much....i appreciate you checking it out - all the best with your music!

dale

[denman1953]

Hey Dale! Hope you & yours had a wonderful holiday season, been a long time since we've talked, my friend! Doing well here and lo & behold, just got my first mandolin today, went to look for instructions on YT and here you are! This is my first official song on the new mando & I thank you so much for the excellent lesson! Hope to talk soon, I still have your cell # & may call you in the near future.

Again, thanks Dale, and all my best to you & yours in this new year!

Take care,

Denny

[tonedr]

hey buddy.....great to hear from you!! Congrats on the mando - i hope you love it and i appreciate your kind words....feel free to call any time and i wish you guys all the best in the year ahead!

dale

[TheEventQueen]

Wow! Great instruction! I've only had my mando for a week (best Christmas present ever) but this song is definitely one I want to work on learning and your video does such a great job of breaking it down. Now if I could only find an instructor in Colorado who teaches as well as you!

[tonedr]

congrats on your new mando!! i hope you really enjoy it and i wish you all the best with your music.....thanks for your kind post and taking time to check out the video!

dale

[strykeroz]

Could you please post the link to your performance video mentioned in the start of the tutorial? I've not been able to find it but would love to hear you play this all the way through. Thanx for the awesome tut !

[tonedr]

shot you a link.....thanks for your request and all the best with your music!

dale

[strykeroz]

@tonedr Thank you so very much. Will be playing along with you later today all going to plan :)

[AndreaaSian]

Excellent video, you're a great teacher!

[tonedr]

thanks so much for watching!

[abc123gpl]

Thank you :)

[tonedr]

all the best with your music!

dale

[ljpyoyo]

Fantastic tutorial! I've only had my mandolin for 2 days and now I've already learnt this song! Thank you :)

[tonedr]

Great to hear about your mando - hope you love it! Thanks for watching & all the best with your music,

dale

[1968wch]

I'm fairly new to mandolin (having played guitar, bass, piano and ukulele for a few years now) and this video is excellent.

Played brilliantly and explained clearly. Superb thank you.

Keep up the good work!!!

[tonedr]

Thanks for your very kind post.....it is greatly appreciated! Thanks for taking your time to listen & all the best with your music,

dale

[TheHughGallagher]

Outstanding. The best tutorial on LMR by far. It would be helpful were you to describe the right hand strumming pattern. F - down-DOWN-up, up-down-up or whatever.

What is your preferred rhythym?

Hugh

[tonedr]

hello Hugh, hope you are very well sir! Thanks for your kind post.....i don't really think of a pattern, which may not be good, i just sort of try and feel it.

your friend,

dale

[HyperHanyoGal780]

This one of the best teaching videos I've seen. I just recently (re)started playing mandolin, and this helped me greatly get back into the groove of it.

This helped me doubly because my mandolin is almost a twin to yours. (It's a Johnson, not a Collings though.)

So, thank you so much!

[tonedr]

really appreciate you watching and thanks for the very kind feedback! Great to hear about your music and mando.....all the best,

dale

[OhMyGodaRock]

Excellent video!!! I've searched everywhere for a good tutorial, and yours is by far the best one I've come across!

Oh and do you happen to know the nut width on that mandolin?

Thanks :)

[tonedr]

thanks for your kind post and i appreciate you watching the video! My mando has the standard Collings nut width - 1 3/16. All the best with your music!

dale

[screen54]

I bought a cheap Savannah semi acoustic mandolin on a whim just a few weeks ago. Not only have I had a great deal of pleasure from learning this piece, it has freshened up both my approach and enthusiasm for guitar too.

Great tutorial. Thank you, Dale.

(Lovely instrument too, btw)

[tonedr]

Really appreciate your kind post.....glad to hear we have both mando & guitar in common! all the best with your music,

dale

[pk509]

Great job. I printed the tabs from another site, but I like the way you do the chords better so I'll adapt my version. I really like the way Collings mandolins sound (I have an A-style Kentucky).  Thanks for posting this.

[tonedr]

Kentucky are really nice mandos....great to hear you play an A! Thanks for your kind post and all the best with your music,

dale

[AliHazWiseVideos]

I've been looking to buy a mandolin, what model is this? how much is it? and would you recommend it?

Good video as well

[tonedr]

this is a Collings MT-2V - made in Texas. It's a killer mando and i couldn't be happier with it. It's birdseye maple back/sides - adi spruce top and a varnish finish. They make a MT model with a few less bells and whistles you might want to look into. They have a great site you could find all the detail on. Thanks for watching!

dale

[BeanoBeans55]

I learned this song from your tutorial, its very well done. Since you are very good at breaking down these tutorials into managable pieces, do you also have a tutorial for "here comes the sun" by the Beatles? I would love to learn that.

[tonedr]

thanks for watching the video and your kind post is appreciated! I do not have a tutorial on HCTS, great tune and one day i may work it up. All the best with your music,

dale

[ollie333]

Thank you!!! I've been looking for a good lesson to learn this song with, all the others use the other E shape which is really hard for a beginner to fret, but this made things easier, thank you (:

[tonedr]

i appreciate you watching and i hope you enjoy working it up! All the best with your music,

dale

[MajoEnho]

Hey there awesome cover and congratulations!

I'm learning mandolin by now and this is kind of advance for me but I'm sure it will be good for me in a few months or less!

Greetings! :D

[tonedr]

great to hear from you & thanks for your kind post! Hope you enjoy working up this tune....all the best!

dale

[grandegi]

great video, the best LMR mandolin cover available on Youtube (which inspired me to do my version)

[tonedr]

appreciate the kind words and thanks for watching! I'll be checking out your video,

dale

[dlbran]

Awesome... Can't wait to work on this. You did a great job with this video. Thank you!!!

[tonedr]

thanks for watching the video and your kind post is greatly appreciated - hope you enjoy playing it - all the best with your music!

dale

[shonawright100]

Thanks Dale you sure are a crazy mandolin player ..... I mean that in a good way ..... You are amazing . The way you demonstrate the song is perfect thank you

From mathew  England

[tonedr]

Hello Matthew - thanks for you very kind words & taking your time to watch the video. All the best with your music!

dale