how to play Julia by The Beatles_John Lennon - acoustic guitar lesson

An acoustic guitar lesson on how to play Julia by the Beatles. Another song where John Lennon uses the travis picking pattern he learned from Donovan while in India.

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[sanddab]

So glad The Beatles brought their guitars with them to India.

[sunking]

The White Album...John playing this tune...Paul playing "Blackbird." What a great variety of music from that album.

[michaelvaladez]

After Donovan showed John Lennon this picking style he made this wonderful tribute to his mother Julia how beautiful.

[johngerson]

Probably the most honest, pure and beautiful song John ever wrote. Thanks for the instructional!

[furstb]

Just turned 61 and have been using YouTube tutorials since they appeared. You are by far the most accurate, clear and concise teacher out there. thanks for all your awesome work.

[Johngonefishin]

who can effectively explain and demonstrate Travis-picking, and make it understandable for us city folk out here. Absolutely the best guitar lessons on the net !

[donnywest]

Beautiful! You’ve managed to teach a lifelong Beatles guitarist a new skill. I’ve avoided finger-picking for 55 or so years. It took me about four hours to finally get it. The chords are easy, be patient and it will come. Thanks!

[aalb]

One of Lennon's finest songs. Great lesson.

[kevinmalone]

George sternly said to Paul..”we’re not here to make our next album, we’re here to meditate ! “
Lennon’s genius…learns this new to him picking technique and proceeds to write a handful of brilliant songs from it

[sunking]

John Lennon was a great guitarist in many ways. Thanks for showing how to play one of John's most beautiful tunes...along with the guitar work the lyrics are soft and gentle which perfectly matches the fingerpicking and chords.

[martins]

A sublime, ethereal song by Lennon. Poignant and full of longing. Lennons genius lay in his ability to match these beautiful chords to the poetry

[jeffrey]

Much better than most of these instruction videos. I learned to play Julia years ago but needed a refresher course. I especially like the way you describe the strings and frets, as in E3 instead of the typical "6th string 3rd fret" we get from a lot of other people doing these things. Subscribed!

[dustyrustymusty]

It is helpful to know basic Travis picking before trying this lesson. There are many vids on youtube on how to play basic Travis picking. (Also glad that Donovan was in India when the Beatles were there with their guitars. It was Donovan who taught John Travis picking.) That F chord is a killer. Practice, practice, practice.

[taxisteve]

I was very proud of myself when I learned this song a few years ago. Once the muscle memory is down in the picking hand, you can vocalize this or give a weather report, but the time consuming part is getting the picking pattern down. It only alters in one place. Whether it’s true or not, I no idea, but what I read was he had learned this picking pattern from Donovan.
It fit well with other chords, and obviously, with drop D tuning, it works great for dear prudence and one or two other songs

[Frank-in-NY]

Wow! Great job on this. After playing for 50 years, I'm finally learning some finger picking through these wonderful Lennon tunes. You are a outstanding instructor, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skill.

[yannamare]

The best guitar tutorial  for this song! Bravo!

[biodumb]

I'm learning travis picking and this is another great song that uses that. Thanks a lot. Is similar to landslide

[drdobbs]

We are very happy for you! We noticed Julia and several other videos you made were placed on the Official John Lennon Facebook page a while back. It is an honor to be following someone as talented and recognized as you.

[johnvanderwyden]

Seriously I think you spent some serious time with the Fab 4. You nail these songs and your guitar playing has such an authentic Beatles sound. I have learned alot watching these videos. Ive been playing Norwegien Wood for 20 years & today finally learned how to play the song correctly. Thanks so much. I like the sound of the that Taylor guitar your playing also.

[rayyork]

Thank you so much for running through the whole song first before breaking it down . So glad you did that!