Cynthia Lin

new "Hotel California" video + lesson for all Patrons 🧡 (Patreon)

Published:

2022-07-29 17:01:03

Imported:

2026-06

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play-along

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Aloha, uke friends!

For many of you, I think this is going to be your new favorite video/lesson. :)

Watch "Hotel California": https://youtu.be/p5Akn1uMBWQ

If you watched our Summer UkeSplosion earlier this month, you saw Ukulenny rocking this song in his special way. My arrangement is heavily inspired by his - with a more percussive approach on the outro (although I do want Ukulenny to teach us his amazing solo outro! maybe as a guest teacher next month!).

Please do click through and leave a comment on the YouTube video page - it makes a big difference in the "algorithm" of how often YouTube will suggest this video to other music fans. And consider personally sharing this video with someone you know who loves this song. Word of mouth is the number one way music gets shared.

Learn this arrangement - Our monthly Patron Live Lesson for this arrangement received so much positive feedback. I'm releasing this lesson to all Patrons a couple days early, and excited to share a lesson that folks are so eager to dig into! :)

All Patrons (pay what you can, $1+) have access to the full hour lesson of this song. Thank you to my Patron community for supporting this video and lesson!

Download the Chord Chart + Watch the Full Lesson (all Patrons, $1+): https://www.patreon.com/posts/69320083

Tips for playing along:

Turn on the CC button for chords and lyrics - click the gear icon and go to Subtitles/CC to adjust the appearance of the text.
Playback at .75 speed - click the gear icon and go to Playback speed to slow down the video. YouTube magically does this without changing the pitch.
Use the chapter markers in the Full Lesson to review specific sections that need extra work. Since this lesson has a lot of parts, you can skip directly to the strum pattern, fingerpicking, hits and mutes, riff, outro, etc). Scroll along the bottom playback bar to see the chapter markers, or open the description box to see the lesson breakdown timestamps.

And, when you want to level up from this lesson and rock out on the Outro section, check out our Intermediate workshop on The Art of Muting, where I share in-depth practice strategies and exercises for developing your muting skills. Remember that Patreon charges on the 1st of the month, so if you're not currently at the Intermediate tier, perhaps you want to wait until the 1st.

Watch "The Art of Muting" Workshop (Intermediate tier, $20+): https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-2022-live-69640886

Enjoy, happy practicing, and happy weekend!

xo cynthia 🌺

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Hotel California - The Eagles // Cynthia Lin Ukulele Play-Along [CC Chords + Lyrics]

FREE CHORD CHART: https://bit.ly/3zi57SX, enter 0 and download PATRONS, get this lesson + chord chart: https://bit.ly/HotelCaliforniaUkeLesson SUBSCRIBE help me get to 500K! :) https://bit.ly/CLMusicSubscribe My NEW ALBUM: http://bit.ly/U3InWaves My GEAR: http://imp.i114863.net/jWa2Ja FOLLOW 🌺 https://linktr.ee/cynthialinmusic LEARN MY ARRANGEMENT Direct link to Lesson: https://bit.ly/HotelCaliforniaUkeLesson Join my Patreon community for $1/month to get access to the full-length lesson for this song, and dozens more https://patreon.com/join/cynthialin Visit http://www.ukulele101.com/ for Cynthia's Beginner Ukulele Lesson series MY OTHER CHANNELS LIVE every Weds - http://bit.ly/CLLiveSubscribe VOICE - http://bit.ly/MindBodyVoiceSubscribe CREATOR VLOGS - http://bit.ly/CLCreatorSubscribe #ukulele #cynthialin #playalong * CREDITS SONG INFO: "Hotel California" by The Eagles MY UKE: I'm playing a custom Tenor Ukulele by Tyde Music, http://tydemusic.com GET MY SIGNATURE UKE: Explore all the Cynthia Lin Signature Ukulele models, available from your favorite ukulele shop or Ohana dealer. http://bit.ly/CLSignatureUke Comes installed with upgraded Worth Brown strings *** LYRICS On a dark desert highway Cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas Rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance I saw shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself This could be Heaven or this could be Hell Then she lit up a candle And she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place (such a lovely place) Such a lovely face Plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year (any time of year) You can find it here Her mind is Tiffany-twisted She got the Mercedes Benz She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys She calls friends How they dance in the courtyard Sweet summer sweat Some dance to remember Some dance to forget So I called up the Captain Please bring me my wine He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here" "Since 1969" And still those voices are calling from far away Wake you up in the middle of the night Just to hear them say Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place (such a lovely place) Such a lovely face They livin' it up at the Hotel California What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise) Bring your alibis Mirrors on the ceiling The pink champagne on ice And she said, 'We are all just prisoners here" "Of our own device" And in the master's chambers They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives But they just can't kill the beast Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before "Relax, " said the night man "We are programmed to receive" "You can check-out any time you like" "But you can never leave!"