Guitar Lesson 6: "CAROLINA IN MY MIND" - Official James Taylor Guitar Tutorial
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ย. 2012
- Learn to play James Taylor's "Carolina In My Mind" with a guitar lesson directly from James himself!
See the rest of the Official James Taylor Guitar Lessons here: • Free Guitar Lessons
Finally, the intricate secrets to one of the most iconic guitar styles of the last 40 years, directly from the source. To be notified via email when the next guitar lesson is released, sign up for the James Taylor mailing list at bit.ly/JC0dV5.
James Taylor's beautiful, complex, original guitar technique has been celebrated and imitated by some of the greatest musicians in the world. Now, Taylor himself is posting detailed lessons of his famous guitar style on the web, free of charge.
With innovative camera angles and slow motion demonstrations, students at all levels can clearly see every move and hear every individual note that goes into creating Taylor's iconic songs.
🎵 NEW ALBUM 🎵
found.ee/JTAmericanStandard
🌟 FOLLOW JAMES ON SOCIAL 🌟
/ jamestaylor
/ jamestaylor_com
/ jamestaylor_com
🌐 VISIT THE WEBSITE 🌐
www.jamestaylor.com/
✉️ JOIN THE MAILING LIST ✉️
www.jamestaylor.com/mailinglist/
🎸 FREE GUITAR LESSONS BY JAMES 🎸
• Free Guitar Lessons - เพลง
I just want to say that this is the best thing that's happened to me as a guitar player. I have loved and listened to James for years and grew up with all of his songs. ( and also Joni Mitchell's) There are so many artists out there that are so secretive about their music when it comes to letting anyone learn their songs or just the chords. I applaud James for sharing and teaching his music with all of us.There can never be and never will be another that compares to James' music. You can hear three or 4 notes of a song and immediately know it is James Taylor playing. His picking technique is phenomenal. So thank you James Taylor for for making it possible for all of us to learn these wonderful songs that have filled our lives for so long !!!!!Your the best!!!
Dear James, My husband and I have loved and listened to you since we were in our teens, and still feel the same about you now, as we both celebrate our 70th birthdays, in July,2021 !
❤️✌🏽
Can't believe I'm actually watching to James Taylor teaching me how to play Carolina in my mind... Awesome. :)
I've been using that hammer off for years now in my playing. I was listening to Carolina on CD one afternoon. My 16 year old daughter heard it and immediately said, you sound like him when you play Dad. I nearly cried with thanks. Thank you James. 35 years playing and I learn something every time I listen to your magic. Noel
These lessons are very generous gifts from a genius and my favorite guitarist and singer of all time. Thank you James!
Terry, this is James' official youtube channel and he does read the comments here regularly.
Thank you so much for your generosity in making this wonderful instructional video, Mr. Taylor. I grew up on your music... you are the greatest and my absolute all time favorite singer/songwriter guitarist. I recently picked up the guitar and shall be studying this video in earnest until I can play this masterpiece and my favorite song of yours.
You are quite literally the biggest inspiration to me guitar wise. I had heard many of your songs but did a deep dive after singing the solo in “Shed A Little Light.” Thank you for all you do for the music world and for the ways in which you STILL inspire young musicians to be their best.
I started playing guitar 4 years ago because of James Taylor. His playing style is too hard for me at the moment. But I will learn “fire and rain” sometime.
I started listening to James 20 years ago. When I was dating an American girl in my country, New Zealand. She was home sick and would listen to James Taylor. To make her feel closer to home. I caught the bug and have listened to James ever since. He is the most sincere storyteller and as I’ve learnt on TH-cam a really decent man.
Sharing his way of playing guitar. I’m not sure if James has toured in NZ? But I’d be the first in line to get tickets.
You have absolutely saved my life ❤️ thank you for making music from your soul
OMG.... I LOVE YOUR MUSIC, and my father was biggest fan of you... !!! Now I have the chance to reconcile myself with the guitar, I have not touched one since I was a child and Im so excited to have found your lessons here... the sound of your cords is just pristine...the same as your songs... Thank you so much for these lessons, and for your wonderful music....
My God this is gold. An intimate moment with James Taylor, while at the same time being in awe of his skill. What an interesting young man he would have been to meet, to have created something so beautiful.
wow... my favorite song by James Taylor taught by himself. I can't believe it. Not only has he given us the pleasure to enjoy his music , but also he teaches us how to play. I dont have work to express how grateful I am
Does anybody else find themselves just listening and watching and drifting on the absolutely beautiful playing, and not actually learning the d%^m song!!!! OMG what a treat
There is no greater gift than the gift of stories told in beautiful songs.....but then to also show us how to recreate these songs ourselves, is truly a most wonderful and selfless gift. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
This is the best guitar song lesson given by a great artist !
Tell me about it. I've been chipping away daily for the last three months. Maybe in a year I'll have learned it by heart. So many people are very grateful that James posted this and lucky that we found it. There should be a number of hits on this site equal to guitar players in the world.
I always wondered about his Ds and As, and his ability to add suspended notes so smoothly. Turns out he actually inverts the fingerings! Damn!
I am really glad I never knew. I spent the last 2 years trying to get as smooth as him and now I can do it with every finger. If nothing else, good practice.
@@mamakind99 Ive found no reason to change from the normal fingering In A and D, it can be played just as well this way, though the G fingering ive always used:)
@@TheZacdes actually the transitions aren’t as smooth unless you finger it like he does, but very few humans would even notice such a thing regardless.
hello james ... I'm Italian and I forty-seven years old I listened to your music since I was just a boy ... I wanted to thank you for the heart of everything you've been able to give me with your music ... because I know you're not only a great artist but also a special person .... thanks again.
Hey James, Thanks for existing in this world. Much appreciated.
The James Taylor...oh my..the legend giving the lesson. Thank U James..and TH-cam.
The often overlooked brilliance in J.T.'s work is that he writes in a limited number of keys, all of which fall into a comfortable vocal range that has allowed him to continue as the primary vocalist when performing (unlike others who can no longer execute vocally the way they could earlier in their career). I've been to at least seven J.T. performances over the years and he never disappoints. Though it's a challenge to pick "favorites" with subjective media (art), I've always felt that the "JT" album was a pinnacle in his body of work. Turmoil in an artist's life almost always results in exceptional art. Thank you, James, for all you given us!
Man those bass lines are simply warm and walking in the sunshine.
Mr Taylor, not only are you an exquisite musician and songwriter, you are also a wonderful person for sharing your knowledge with other guitarists for free. We appreciate it very much. Your music will be enjoyed and played for many generations to come.
Thank you James. You will never know what it means to us to have you share this with us. We all love you.
The best and he hasn't lost his voice either. Amazing and beautiful and all for free. God Bless James Taylor!
To see how a genius actually "does it" is such a treat for us all...thank you so much for sharing.
Fabulous. I've spent thirty years trying to get all of the nuances of this right. I now see how it's done. Thank you JT
Dear James, thank you so much for doing this. I see there are no ads so you must doing this for free, that's an amazing beautiful act of sharing that means so much to so many people.
Your songs are quite hard to work out on your own or using tabs, I always had the feeling I'd be missing some special tuning or techniques so it would never quite sound right, now I can see exactly what you are doing I can finally play them correctly.
I've played guitar for about 25 years now, not particularly well technically I guess, but I love to play and to sing songs that I like, there is a kind of pure beauty or emotion in playing music, for a short time at least I can get totally lost in that feeling, one of the best parts of being alive.
What you are sharing is not just how to play some tunes, but the chance for fellow guitarists to connect with you and your music on that emotional level that comes when you play the song well, it's like a pure exchange between humans on different level.
Finding this has really made my day, to see someone just freely sharing something beautiful and valuable, just for the sake of sharing, it's wonderful to see the good side of people and life, reminds me what is important.
Slightly cringey comment perhaps but damn I am impressed by this, it means a lot to me. This is my first youtube comment in years.
All the best to you James.
Amen man, finally I can see all that is going on very well and ime making fast progress on it now:) I learned "fire and rain" last week. Not as difficult as this one but a great song:)
My god! Amazing, such a special treat to see the master show us how it’s done! Had the pleasure of seeing James in Belfast a few years ago and was blown away. Many thanks. Stay safe.
Learning one of my all time favorite songs from the man himself. What a time to be alive.
That's just as beautiful a guitar passage as you'll ever hear.
How very gracious.
I've been giving free guitar lessons for 50 years, and you just taught more people than I could in 50 lifetimes.
Hey, if you want a free lesson, James....
I'm your Huckleberry!
:)
I’ve played this for years, but to see the wonderful JT playing it in such detail is a real gift. I’m off to practice it now and make some changes. There’s so many beautiful nuances that He plays!
My goodness gracious... This is so awesome that James did this, what a great treat. What unbelievable mastery in his fingers. He makes a simple chord sound so gorgeous. It's such a testament to his skill and artistey. Like watching a great painter do a simple stroke that makes so much beauty...
There is and NEVER will be another James Taylor.....he is simply the BEST!!
Great lesson wit those camera angles. Also when JT sings just a portion of the lyrics, it adds a cool effect. We all know the lyrics, we hear them in our heads as he helps us focus on the instrumental and arpeggios.
My brother and I grew up in the mountains of North Carolina the first part of our youth, and then ended up in the Research Triangle area to finish junior and senior high school there. On one occasion during a high school field trip we observed a young fellow sitting on the "Wall" at UNC in Chapel Hill playing a guitar. He was surrounded by students. We later were told that his father was a Dean of Medicine there and they thought his name was Taylor or something like that.
While in college in Virginia I once received a letter from my brother who was in Europe at the time. He wrote that he was sitting on a beautiful mountain top in Switzerland enjoying good French wine and eating blueberries. And then he admitted that he was missing North Carolina. I knew what he meant.
If you love this song and admire Mr. Taylor you are in good company. But I have to tell you that if you are a boy from Carolina this song carries with it emotion and yearning that borders on being painful. We love James Taylor more than words can express. To many who know the ache of a hollow heart yearning for home this song is a sweet lullaby.
That was lovely.
This comment is 7 years old but it's a beautiful story of your memories of Carolina.
I love this song it is my personal favorite. It just moves me on every level. I'm a Southerner, his song about the Mason Dickson Line with Mark Knopfler is also just as beautiful. When I hear this song out at my favorite fishing spot all alone with nature it takes me back when I was a little boy fishing with my cousins...now it's just me and my Labs....I humm it in my head. In my mind.....thank you JT
James Taylor, the greatest forever!!
Thanks JT, your music has always touched my soul.
I enjoyed a show with you at Red Rocks in Colorado, a soft small rain with the girl I loved singing your hits, that unified our hearts. - Thanks again buddy. God bless.
Mr. Taylor,
I just want to thank you for the music you have brought down from that great spirit in the sky. There is no one like you and no music like yours in the world! Thanks!
I'm so happy to have found this. Thank you for sharing, sir. Thank you for the lifetime of music.
So nice to get insight from the composer. You know, my estimation of Garth Brooks was raised when he did an acoustic special and tabbed J.T. as having influenced his playing. And Garth was telling true, as he played J.T.'s style so effortlessly and beautifully. My hair stood up. He really got under this man's style and technique. We all appreciate your sharing this Mr. Taylor.
Talk about a singular style! From your distinctive right-hand picking/strumming technique to all the crazy left-hand fingerings, James, you are the very definition of a one-of-a-kind guitarist. Thanks for posting these video lessons. I've been playing for decades, but I would never be able to figure this stuff out on my own.
Came here to say the same thing about his style! An artist of truly unique sensibilities
This is just so generous of James Taylor to share this with all of us. I have been a huge fan of him since the early 70's, and his influence on me, led me to play the guitar and sing. How I wish I had his talent.
What a voice and what a musician. Your music has defined many, many points of my life. This song more than most. and thank you so much for sharing.
I’m sorry I just found this video from way back. Wish I had seen it sooner. Another example of the loving spirit for his fans. Everyone wants to play this song and he took such great care in making this detailed video for us. One of a kind. Thanks to a class act!
This is so damn cool and generous. I've noticed over the years that all guitar players have little idiosyncrasies in how the play and if you can spot what they are it makes it easier to play their songs how they do. A backwards A and D so he can hammer on underneath them, simple and genius. Now that I see it I can think of other places he uses that in other songs. Most professional players are reluctant to share their stylistic "tricks" but no matter what, no-one will be able to play and sing these songs better than James Taylor. Just a fact. So he's safe I think. Thanks for making and posting these. Peace.
a backwards d and a is hard!
@@kfm908 and completely unnescessary:/The hammer ons and pull offs can be played just as well with normal fingering...Thank god,lol
These are wonderful songs , which is an incredible gift to be able to learn and share with my family.. My wife and I have been listening to these songs since they. were written. Sharing this beautiful and timeless work is such a generous thing to do. Many many thanks to you James.
This is like a dream come true. Thank you so much James for sharing your art with us!
i was not a fan of J.T. till he came to my town and a went to his concert, back in 2006. now i cannot stop watching him. thank you, from a humble fan who has been touched by your stories, your life and your struggles.. you have become like a fine wine,, only better with age.
Love your music james it has brought me comfort and peace, now I'm learning to play guitar at 34 years old and it's an honor to learn the very songs that mean so much to me from the artist himself. This Carolina boy thanks you.
You were my inspiration for playing the guitar ... I've been playing 30 years and am quite proficient it has become one of the great loves in my life !!! I've played thousands of gigs cause one day as a kid my mom introduced me to Carolina in my mind! Thank you James Taylor for your timeless music keep on picking!!!! God bless!
Thank You James for all that you share ….you’re a gentleman and a scholar
Truly an icon and one of the best singer-songwriters of our time.
His music transcends everything. I don't care what type of music you like or political persuasion, you can't help but love his music.
This is so unselfish of James, those odd fingerings have driven me crazy for years!
James, one of my favorite songs. Who would have thought? Your "backwards A and D" ....brilliant! Thanks for sharing this technique which unlocks the key to seamless alternating bass. Appreciate the time taken to put these videos together.
I wanted to play these songs since so long ago, thanks James, I can´t belive I can ACTUALLY play them on my guitar, THANKS from Buenos Aires!
...many miles on the turnpike, watching the colors turn or dusted with snow listening to JT; they are the soundtrack of all my Cape experiences. Great video production. And it's amazing to finally understand the picking lines up with the funky fingers for As and Ds - that's crazy. Thanks for putting on so many great shows, writing great songs and inspiring so many.
Still gives me chills and I’ve heard this song literally hundreds of times. It never gets old. One of the many songs of his that reminds me of my Uncle Eric. He introduced me to James Taylor’s music when I was a kid and I’ve never been the same since. Eric has passed away, but this music always helps me remember him.
Love is evident by the action it prompts. Thankyou Mr Taylor for sharing your love with us.
thanks for all the years James. You've been a big part of my life and I've loved playing your songs.
My brother and I have always been musicians and raised in a musical home. Our parents have passed away and we have sadly grown apart, but for one night in the 90s you brought us together at a concert in Arkansas. And for me it was so Magical. Your music is pure Zen for my soul. Thank you.
I've been playing this song for something like 35 years and I still learned something from this video! There's a really cool chord inversion near the end of the bridge, after "you must forgive me" that I've never played. I'm not sure what to call it even...if the A (ignoring the capoing) on top is the root it is a 6, b7, 4, and 1. It gives a really nice accent to the song, and I'm going to play it that way now. I wish I could have seen this video 35 years ago! Thanks James! Wish you all the best in the New Year! - C.T. Freeman
Mr Taylor thank you for taking the time. Can't afford lessons. never ever believed I'd be finger picking like this!
SURE! THIS IS GREAT JAMES!
Thank You Thank You Thank You for these treasured lessons !! Enjoyed You since the 70s.
what an honor,,kool,,,thank you so much,for all your music...and help...peace...
Dearest James thankyou kind sir for helping me cope with chronic pain& mental illness, ypir harmonies soothe my soul like nothing else. I love you so much. I tried finding you @ the vineyard back in the 80's jokingly instead saw a group of buck naked guys playing hackeysak@ gayhead beach. Lol
Jimmy, WOW Ive played for 44 years and have ALWAYS wondered how you put the poetry of the song with the pluck, strum hammers you do. I appreciate your expression of care in the greatest art there is, Music. - Thanks!!
Made me cry watching the genius at work. Thank you so much for sharing the method and magic behind what truly is one of the great songs.
Beautiful and amazing. I enjoyed JT since the late 60's and got the experience of being at his concert a few years ago. This song was the song our daughter chose for our first dance at her wedding. Daddy and daughter. Thank you James.
Pretty Close, But not exactly how James Taylor plays it.
you realize this is james taylor right?
or is this sarcasm
@@paulgullible969 it’s sarcasm
Lol
LOL! Brilliant.
Dear James Taylor,,,,, to have guitar lessons off you is just the best, something that years ago could never happen,,,, I guess you know how good it is ,,,, just fantastic Thanks so much.
I would just like to say that these tutorials are absolutely the greatest thing any musician the ilk of Mr Taylor can do. It shows that the class of the man is unbounded. James you're a true hero. I can only aspire to play like you.
You're one of my biggest influences. If you're ever in Cork, Ireland look me up and we'll go busking. With your guitar playing, and my singing, we'd make a fortune kiiid!
Thank you James.
Amen. I was amazed at James putting out such a video on youtube. His persona is like he is right there in the room with you. Yet he has let us into "his" room. A very gracious man with a wonderful spirit. Learning this song because so many people have asked if I do it. I am not that good at guitar but James has uncovered a lot of mystery here about his technique. Thank you Mr Taylor. I will dedicate this song to you when I sing it at my pub gig.
After loving all the JT songs for years i finally started learning to play " carolina " ..now it runs thru my head on a 24 hr a day track it's such a brilliant song on so many levels ..
Oh my gosh this is so awesome. Thanks so much for the time and effort this took to put together, much appreciated. Many Blessings to you and yours.
These videos are so precious.. they're real gifts.
As you are and always be.
Thank You James. Thank You So Much.
Finally being able to see you live last year in Italy was breathtaking.
You've being a truthful companion through all my life, in good times and bad.
Now they're hard... and playing your songs is so healing and helpful.
THANK YOU.
Thanks so much for this James! It's like a private lesson and so appreciate you sharing so may chord shapes and picking patterns. Kudos to you and the talented people who help you put these quality videos together.
How fantastic is this? Thanks ever so much.
Thank You James, not only for the generous and unbelievable guitar lessons, but also for sharing your talents with us all for so many years . I have played many of your songs for years but now I can learn them the way that you play them. You are truly a national treasure.
James - what a legend for doing this...spent years listening and could never cop your licks...beut!!!...
Oh, James! I love you, man!
James letting us know how much of an art form his playing and performances are. Thanks for sharing.
hooked the first time to hear him sing and play a true gift.
Thank you James, listening to the guitar chords is very relaxing. G'day from Downunder Australia 🇦🇺.
Those D and A non-standard fingerings probably solved 90% of the mystery in James's playing.
It does"nt really matter, everyone has their own way of doing things. The song can be learned and played with the usual way of fingering chords. James does love his hammer ons on A and D,lol. I can do the same with the normal finger positions on A and D, though ive always used the same way of playing G as he does. It sounds better, and if you start with D and lock down the ring and pinky you can move very fast to C and G. Once you get used to it a lot can be done with all chords:) His rundown progressions are beautiful and a pleasure to learn and play:) Very generous of him to show the finger positions so well. Its VERY hard to get this right without this lesson, I know very well as ive been trying to duplicate it on and off for years, in this and other songs of his. This has me racing ahead towards getting it right, which makes me very happy:) About a third down pretty well, but I wont be satisfied till I can "nearly" duplicate it. We all have our own way of doing things so it will involve some of my own ornamentation:)
@@TheZacdes Thanks for the confirmation on the D and A fingerings, that was my thinking. I can get the pull offs and hammer on using the standard positions. As for the G I just use my ring and pinky to cover the B and E strings at the 3rd fret rather than the ring bar. This gives me more options with the pinky to PO and HO.
@@douglesw I do the same man, always have preferred to play my Gs, Cs, even E minors with ring finger locked in the D position, raising and lowering the little finger on the E string as needed! The D C Gs played this way are so fast to change between for alternate bass note picking country stuff like "duelling Banjos" for instance.[where your picking four strings fast for the bassline back and forward from G to C, and D! The hammer ons and pull offs here as you say are easy enough with normal fingering. I wonder how James came to play these chords in such a finger twisting, torturous way,lol. Makes it hard to see the middle bit of the rundown from D, his fingers are in the way and it took me HOURS to get the same sound as James! I play a variant of it now that I like better. There are many ways to go with that rundown that sound great:) The hardest part of James songs is learning the walking bass lines he makes look so easy,lol. If you like Knopfler, try "privateering", he does a lesson on it that's very helpful, its still bloody hard, and fast. To get it to "click" takes time but when you do its seems easy[many hours later..ohh, that's how its done,lol]. Only after I got it right I realized I"d been playing something similar[the fingerpicking] for years:) Fire and rain is another good one of James, bit easier than this, but as it had two chords[the initial ones] I was unfamiliar with, it took a while to get them smooth[more knowledge in the head and fingers], the internet..man, I wish I"d had it 40 years ago, it was a LOT harder learning then:)
@@TheZacdes I understand how you can leave your ring finger on the third fret of the B string to play a D note in your G and E minor chord, but I'm not following you on how you can leave your ring finger locked in the D position and play a C chord. Do you mind explaining? Update: You must be talking about Cadd9 chord.
Code ... absolutely and no doubt developed early on, such a signature sound!
💖🙏🌻
James Taylor, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, José Feliciano, These guys do not just play the guitar. They make the instrument talk poetry. Thanks for the music, Mr. Taylor!
Finally found this real things from the man himself....Always a big fans of your work. Thank you Mr Taylor !!!
Right on. Thank you Mr. Taylor.
James you truly are a star!
Best James Taylor video, ever !!! I can't wait to see his concert this summer!
Im totally in Awe, Ive always loved this song, to see it played in detail is truly great! Thanks James
Omg..I love this song and thank you for sharing this in this LONELY time on Planet .❤️. This is pretty amazing and wonderful..thank you James.
Thank You James! Thank you so much for sharing one of your most beautiful!
Highly generous of James Taylor to share his music and picking style. I still have many of his original albums, scratched and weathered over time though they are. Music is now digitized and I don't have a working record player needle, but I haven't thrown the platters away.
I watched you play this at Powderham castle Devon UK in 2004.Amazing you have a gift.Thankyou for sharing.
Thank you James. Your playing is so sweet and it's such a gift to all of us for you to share it.
Absolutely beautiful music I have seen many videos on how to play James Taylors music but it is the ultimate to have the master himself teaching thanks Mr Taylor very much appreciated.
Best video lesson cam views out there! The alternate picking index finger is a key thing to be aware of. Thank you James!
Wow, never saw this andle from inside the guitar observing the finger picking. That's a great idea. I appreciate James giving away some of his trade secrets. Getting a lesson from the author/artist, its doesn't get any better tha that. Thanks a million James!
Siempre amare esta canción, mi Madre se llamaba Carolina.....Recuerda James siempre serás el mejor, te agradezco infinitamente por toda tu musica❤❤❤❤❤ Saludos desde Lima Perú
Great to see your finger picking style and chord structure, especially the hammering
on and pulling off which give the chords you play a completely different sound.
And I just love the tone of your Olsen guitar,much crisper and brilliant than lets
say a Martin D28.