Sierra Hull's Gibson Mandolin and Weber Octave Mandolin

Sierra Hull's Gibson Mandolin and Weber Octave Mandolin | Reverb Interview

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7 жыл бұрын

Sierra Hull, the talented mandolinist and singer/songwriter, stopped by the Reverb office to talk mandolins. Sierra discusses her Gibson mandolin, her Weber octave mandolin and how she uses each to craft multi-dimensional sounds with minimal accompaniment.
Check out more on Sierra Hull at bit.ly/2nZoAEw.
New album "Weighted Mind" available on New Rounder.
www.sierrahull.com/

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@AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf 3 жыл бұрын

There is nothing more awesome than listening to someone geek out about an instrument.

@rigelloar7474 11 ай бұрын

All of her musical skills are wonderful, but her picking is RIDICULOUSLY GREAT, so clean and precise, with amazing control of dynamics and tone color, really extraordinary!

@willmarona4188 3 жыл бұрын

Watching her playing the “Black River”segment was a treat. Sierra is such a great musician. Don’t EVER miss her live. Not EVER!!!!

@kitthearty 3 жыл бұрын

"weeell it's tuned like a fiddle so if you get one....." Where would the world be without dads. Making those giant leaps of logic. I bet he is so proud.

@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer Жыл бұрын

It worked for me

@libertynindependence Жыл бұрын

Weeelll it is tuned to the same notes as a fiddle. Not a giant leap really.

@cowsongs 5 жыл бұрын

For years I have listened to Alison Krauss and thought, "Only once in a lifetime does somebody this sincere and beautifully musical come along". And then came Sierra Hull. Thank you, Ms. Hull, for who you are and what you do. It is very comforting to know that there are people like you (and Alison Krauss, and Dan Tyminski, and Ron Block) in this world.

@priteshugrankar6815 4 жыл бұрын

Such amazing talent should be aired more on the music channels. This young woman has truckload of talent and is so down to earth, a true sign of a masterful genius. Loads of love and respect from India.

@Rick_Cleland 4 жыл бұрын

MTV doesn't play music anymore.

@priteshugrankar6815 4 жыл бұрын

@@Rick_Cleland indeed.

@JeffHochberg 4 жыл бұрын

I saw her play at 9 years old with Allison Kraus, Dr. Stanley, and so many others I can’t even remember who was there. It was the music of O Brother Where Art Thou tour at The Fox Theater in Atlanta. Sierra made such an impression on me and I’ve been listening to her ever since. She just continues to get better and better!

@stevegrooms1142 6 жыл бұрын

When a performer this talented comes along, we should all fall down on our knees in gratitude. She is a gift to us all. But she seems to be as good as a human being as she is as a musician. Someone like Sierra can restore our faith in people.

@christophergowin1767 6 жыл бұрын

Steve Grooms several years ago I started a small nonprofit teaching high school students how to produce concerts for their community. Sierra was the same age as many of the students so we booked her first. You are right. She is every bit as good a human as she is a musician. She took the time to bring joy and educate the entire community. Great, great talent and SO wise beyond her years!

@garyharris1932 5 жыл бұрын

Jerry Byrd commented about musicians in general keep their day jobs.. Singing is where the money is. Out of all the numerous recordings over the years he only had two to break the 100 mark. On the side he painted houses and other jobs. During this time he was the number one steel guitar musician in the world.

@WysteriaGuitar 7 жыл бұрын

Octave mando has such a cool sound.

@lt1caprice57l 5 жыл бұрын

Like a guitar and a regular mando got together and made a glorious love child. Actually, many octive mandos *are* guitar-bodied, soooo...

@ThinWhiteAxe 3 жыл бұрын

I want one 😩

@morazdaful 5 жыл бұрын

Love her accent! And she so kicks ass on Mandolin.

@everonlyallforthee 7 жыл бұрын

Heck of a player!

@johnhall6945 4 жыл бұрын

Yea she is very very well up there with the best

@rabendranath 6 жыл бұрын

Love her playing. Great interview!

@Coopdog1911 3 жыл бұрын

Falling in love with the octave mandolin from your videos. Loved the baritone mandolin too. Wow

@davidg1612 4 жыл бұрын

Sierra is a fantastic talent and quite a looker as well.

@81kentboy 6 жыл бұрын

She has an incredible gift

@NSResponder 2 жыл бұрын

First time I saw this lady play with Sam Bush, I thought "that's a very talented little girl. Hope she keeps it up." I'm thrilled to see how her career has developed.

@richardprince5758 7 жыл бұрын

Just one of those Fantastic Ladies of our time,She's AWESOME

@bobaldo2339 4 жыл бұрын

Two great sounding instruments!

@stealthyBLK 7 жыл бұрын

she plays Beautifully

@jaythizzle1969 7 жыл бұрын

Such a talent

@patrickbly4170 Жыл бұрын

Enjoyed your presentation very much 👍

@mood103201 5 жыл бұрын

i really love the melody starts at 3:19 ! emotional stuff

@joshuaestrada6042 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite song of hers is smash oh my goodness so beautiful

@catkeys6911 Жыл бұрын

This is a great video, and I love Sierra Hull, but this comment is about thinking I had just dropped into an alternative universe: Sierra's talking about her old mandolin, and how she was talking to an engineer in a Nashville studio who had an octave mandolin. As Sierra continues to speak about the octave mandolin, suddenly it's a new camera angle and there's one in her hands and her old one is gone - without skipping a beat. It's just funny because she sound's as though she's just continuing her sentence without pause when- boom - it's a new angle and a different instrument.

@rockstar86tey7 6 жыл бұрын

Tune she teases at 4:50 is girl I left behind me amazing tune

@erichooper247 5 жыл бұрын

I have a Loar LM-520 , it plays very well

@Singhsingh-gx9kw 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@daved4215 6 жыл бұрын

My uncle Merle played the mandolin and you do it just right. If you could yodel you could be my grampa. Liv Ya.

@warrenwhite6159 5 жыл бұрын

she is soo beautiful

@garyharris1932 5 жыл бұрын

The Gibson mandoline was built in Nashville on lower Broadway by Tut Taylor. Knowing him for a few years on more than one occasion I watched him working on t;he Gibson.

@slothnoises 6 жыл бұрын

The 15seconds intro is so Rock-Metal riff style!

@whirlybird3189 4 жыл бұрын

Talk about some fast hands! Have to admire that!

@garyharris1932 5 жыл бұрын

Gibson mandolin was probably made by Tut Taylor for Gibson. Tut played the Dobow type of instrument.Tut's shop was located on or about fifth and Broadway, Nashville. My nephew. Ben Cooper works at Gibson.

@mrcbs9692 5 жыл бұрын

Essa moça é muito boa com os seus instrumentos.

@sprugian 5 жыл бұрын

so beautiful and talented!!

@ised-5239 3 жыл бұрын

The octave mando is the tenor mando which is a variant of the GDAE tuned instrument that is tuned just like the Irish tenor banjo whereas normal mando is the alto ones.

@CORNPOP24 4 жыл бұрын

I wish she could demonstrate how to play along with a guitar and tips of how to tune for accompaniment.

@skummelkatt 5 жыл бұрын

Nice playing Sierra!

@andt1994 6 жыл бұрын

I'm a trumpet/guitar player and she's amazing

@tommanserable 4 жыл бұрын

Is that part trumpet, part guitar? Sounds like an interesting instrument. Toot toot.

@DeadWhiteButterflies 6 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of a solid body electric octave mandolin. That would definitely get into playing mandolin in a big way. Somone make it a thing!

@justradar 6 жыл бұрын

Oliver Cant Enjoy! www.manndolins.com/electric-octaves.html

@jackpops3613 5 жыл бұрын

That octave Mandolin looks awesome to play. My fat fingers struggle with the frets on my 'A' shape Mandolin

@RadityoPramAdi 7 жыл бұрын

any idea what song is she playing?

@davidjeffrey5902 6 жыл бұрын

THE GROOVE AT 3:19

@EzyoMusic 6 жыл бұрын

Check out Black River off her Weighted Mind album. ;)

@trippstewartm4a1 6 жыл бұрын

From her song "Black River," probably my favorite from that album

@musket-hc1fc 6 жыл бұрын

I like the warmth of that octave mandolin.

@Rick_Cleland 4 жыл бұрын

She's the best.

@rorycarter6567 4 жыл бұрын

whats that intro song she plays called

@allegrafrost1668 5 жыл бұрын

Did she ever get the fiddle?

@AmosTheTalented 4 жыл бұрын

I am just starting out learning the mandolin, but it always seems my hands are too big. Would an octave mandolin be better?

@Amorous578 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if you got the octave one after year. :D

@TheHappynot 6 жыл бұрын

I would love to have a Gibson Mandolin, but very expensive.

@samholaday3678 7 жыл бұрын

What Mic is that?

@Reverb 7 жыл бұрын

On Sierra's mandolin, we're using a Beyerdynamic M160 Hypercardioid Ribbon Microphone. Find one on Reverb--- bit.ly/2dbplTR

@Isaaceells 6 жыл бұрын

What song is she playing at 3:20 on the octave mandolin?

@RequiemRedemption 6 жыл бұрын

Did you find out what song she was playing? I really like it too!

@hiroprotagonitis 7 жыл бұрын

holy shit dem skills

@alanhusband9422 5 жыл бұрын

she's a treasure

@NIKONGUY1960 4 жыл бұрын

She’s up there with Mr. Skaggs! Quite the talent.

@NorthTexasEagle1989 5 жыл бұрын

Wow

@KunchangLeeMusic 5 жыл бұрын

🤯

@exdemocrat9038 2 жыл бұрын

Very cute.

@RamesesNiblickIII 7 жыл бұрын

Who's on bass?

@notsam_flagdirt 7 жыл бұрын

RamesesNiblickIII ethan jodziewicz

@jighead81 6 жыл бұрын

Good grief she's awesome

@coconejococonejo 6 жыл бұрын

Her accent is so dreamy

@hauboutno7691 5 жыл бұрын

her music is even dreamier

@flufferface307 5 жыл бұрын

@discorperted intolerant hate-filled bigot. You must be a liberal.

@RSTI191 6 жыл бұрын

She's a great player, great all around musician. (nice on the eyes to boot).. =)

@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

What's the name of the tune she plays at 3:20???

@colehuntley4600 3 жыл бұрын

I believe It's one of her originals called Black River

@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

Cole Huntley thanks man!!!

@froter1 5 жыл бұрын

The octave mandolin goes to 11 !

@MonoYMonoRecords 4 жыл бұрын

That's a Beyer M160 mic... right?

@WWS322 2 жыл бұрын

i bought a CD of Sierra's and was surprised at how somber her compositions are.

@anthonyruda2021 Жыл бұрын

Is Sierra's mandolin larger than a standard F style mandolin? Also the neck on her instrument looks to be wider than a regular F style mandolin.

@tawondasmooth4817 11 ай бұрын

@anthonyruda2021 Nah, she’s just very petite. Tiny yet mighty gal!

@1930Granada 6 жыл бұрын

That's a part of somethin' right there, I'll tell you what.

@drummerboy1390 6 жыл бұрын

Look at that iceberg on her ring finger. You can't even see where the Titanic hit it.

@kitano0 6 жыл бұрын

Not marrying a musician, obviously...

@piedmonttemperancemovement7601 6 жыл бұрын

But she did. And he's also a badass bluegrasstoday.com/congratulations-sierra-and-justin/

@kitano0 6 жыл бұрын

Well, then I stand corrected thank you. Bluegrass picking is much more lucrative than I thought!

@piedmonttemperancemovement7601 6 жыл бұрын

Only if you're as talented as those two. Check them playing together. Its unbelievable!

@powbobs 6 жыл бұрын

Piedmont Temperance Movement I can’t imagine having Alison Krauss sing at my wedding.

@datkinson31 Жыл бұрын

Thought she was drunk but turns out I was still on .75 speed from trying to learn her licks… d’oh!

@fiddlesticksbessette398 6 жыл бұрын

I Think I Hear Master Lesson's,And See An $$$$$-Mando for sure..Way Ta Go*

@aaronbourbonnais2555 7 жыл бұрын

about to take the test on this humble pie packing literature

@daved4215 5 жыл бұрын

Master Model. No shit. Only with a Master!

@jellosapiens7261 4 жыл бұрын

Huh, I never knew there was an instrument between a mandola and a mandocello

@pfander63 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, beautiful girl plays wonderful Mandoline. ...love her😍

@zdcyclops1lickley190 5 жыл бұрын

Your octave mando needs a setup. Fret buzz on the bass side.

@oldtimetinfoilhatwearer Жыл бұрын

Never heard a lower register fifths instrument without buzz tbh. I associate it so much I've come to like it lol

@aaronbourbonnais2555 7 жыл бұрын

it's sweet brother top notch but gotta get out of here we got Tommy Watership playing this very yeard

@leebrowning7956 6 жыл бұрын

A1pp

@hansdumbf7608 5 жыл бұрын

she has that red-glowing nose of a real moonshiner. :-)

@kevinpaul1719 7 жыл бұрын

Very good my darling.

@revolutionday1 7 жыл бұрын

Great music for people with ADHD. 👍

@Roro-rg9mf 7 жыл бұрын

Terry Hesticles Haha, that made me chuckle. Why??

@buddyollie7400 6 жыл бұрын

Terry Hesticles Hehehehe

@dyanechung6948 5 жыл бұрын

Um.. is it me or does her mandolin sound better than Thile’s? 🙄 hahaha jk but it sounds just like it. Fuck she can play. Okay, I gotta get back to listening to her music 👍

@dyanechung6948 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what songs she’s playing in the beginning of the video?

@richardprince5758 7 жыл бұрын

I think She got her Music Degree from Burklee,I was always surprised by that since She's from down South and they have Colleges down there that teach music ?

@tedtso 6 жыл бұрын

Burklee College of Music is known for having a lot of courses and professors that focus on contemporary styles. This is in contrast with conservatories like Julliard that are much more focused on classical music. (And then there are schools like Longy School of Music which specialize in Early Music.) So it makes a lot of sense that some of the top-notch Bluegrass and Celtic musicians that intend to go into that field as a career will study at Burklee. Hanneke Cassel is another example of a young musical prodigy, whose specialty is Celtic Fiddle, who studied at Burklee and now teaches there. Of course there are counter-examples to this. For example Natalie Haas studied at Julliard, but she is famous for her traditional Scottish music playing alongside Alasdair Fraser. Natalie Hass does teach at Burklee now, though. :-) The other counter-example is that occasionally Sierra Hull will play Baroque music in her performances: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9x-acKTsZvVnGw.html

@garyholdsworth53 6 жыл бұрын

no slight to Sierra. Love her. but no love for her bass player accompanist?

@walterbailey2936 6 жыл бұрын

It's about her

@JacobHeadMusic 5 жыл бұрын

I’m sure Ethan doesn’t mind ;)

@gregcrites7712 5 жыл бұрын

My future ex wife

@WaghRules 7 жыл бұрын

I think an "octave-mandolin" is called a mandola.... Both instruments sound sooo good and she plays them amazingly!

@johnetone 7 жыл бұрын

Wagh_Rules think again.

@johnetone 7 жыл бұрын

You guys are making it too easy on him. There is such a thing as Google.

@WaghRules 7 жыл бұрын

Interestingly enough, the german wikipedia says "mandola or octave-mandolin is tuned GDAE" while the english one says its CGDA. Maybe it is a language issue? My mandolin teacher says a mandola is tuned an octave down. All the german sites I checked say a mandola is tuned GDAE. Some distinguish between a tenor-mandola (CGDA) and octave-mandola (GDAE)....

@WaghRules 7 жыл бұрын

Edit: Wikipedia also states that in the english language, a german mandola is an octave mandolin. An english mandola would and Alt-Mandoline in german. Problem solved :)

@johnetone 7 жыл бұрын

Wagh_Rules thanks for helping us break the language barrier bro! I just thought it was ironic that someone would try to correct someone who was a "great player" but clearly didn't understand what instrument they were playing. It all makes sense now.