Tommy Emmanuel (amazing guitar player)

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Tommy Emmanuel (amazing guitar player)

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This man can play. I have a DVD of him and it's amazing.
Check out some of his stuff on YouTube. Here's a video I'm particularly fond of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYzajpeAWuA
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He's fooling around at the beginning here, but picks up at about 2:40 or so.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv9ju0YjpyM
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fucking hell...

dude doesn't need a rhythm guitarist as accompaniment .. great performer too...
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technically brilliant, but i'm not able to find any vids of original material? would be too bad if all he did were covers.
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nay he doesn't just play covers. I guess you mostly find covers on YouTube because that's stuff people recognize.
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ok, so is his originals very good? got an example?
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nice
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[xeno]Julios wrote:fucking hell...

dude doesn't need a rhythm guitarist as accompaniment .. great performer too...
well, thats the point of fingerstyle guitar. if your interested there is this workshop video where this guy plays and then explains what he is doing and why...its pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynj3BobU ... ed&search=
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MMMM Taylor. i took a tour at their site 2 weeks ago.
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Maiden wrote:
[xeno]Julios wrote:fucking hell...

dude doesn't need a rhythm guitarist as accompaniment .. great performer too...
well, thats the point of fingerstyle guitar. if your interested there is this workshop video where this guy plays and then explains what he is doing and why...its pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynj3BobU ... ed&search=
interesting - i don't know anything about guitars - i only learned what rhythm guitar meant a little while ago while watching a friend play in his band.

Is the secret to fingerstyle that you strum the strings on both ends of the guitar?

This is about all i know of guitar:

there are 5 or 6 strings, with diff tensions/densities.

On the skinny side of the guitar, the left hand presses down at various positions to change the length of the string, and the right hand strums the string.

So what's unique about fingerstyle? It seems like there are 2 guitars playing...
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Christ, impressive. :icon28:

Someday I'll be that good. Someday. :(
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[xeno]Julios wrote:
Maiden wrote:
[xeno]Julios wrote:fucking hell...

dude doesn't need a rhythm guitarist as accompaniment .. great performer too...
well, thats the point of fingerstyle guitar. if your interested there is this workshop video where this guy plays and then explains what he is doing and why...its pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynj3BobU ... ed&search=
interesting - i don't know anything about guitars - i only learned what rhythm guitar meant a little while ago while watching a friend play in his band.

Is the secret to fingerstyle that you strum the strings on both ends of the guitar?

This is about all i know of guitar:

there are 5 or 6 strings, with diff tensions/densities.

On the skinny side of the guitar, the left hand presses down at various positions to change the length of the string, and the right hand strums the string.

So what's unique about fingerstyle? It seems like there are 2 guitars playing...
its not so much about strumming with both hands although great players can do so very easy. fingerstyle is more about your picking hand. your thumb and index finger are used to create the bass parts while the other three make the "voice". and people who are good at it can also play a third part by making a harmony between the two.
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+JuggerNaut+ wrote:MMMM Taylor. i took a tour at their site 2 weeks ago.
right on.
i tried to get a job there a couple of years ago. I wasn't cool enough.
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