Tommy Emmanuel - Medley Improvisation (RARE)

[mudcakez]

If I could have a tenth of that skill...

[locoboy33]

I will sell my soul to be able to play like this

[viorcustom]

Showman!!!

[frombaerum]

so he can play smoke on the water!

[biggerbigd]

What is labeled Valse no 3 on here I can't find anywhere. Does anyone know where to find this whole piece? The music I get when I look it up on YT is not the same melody as this. Is it Barrio? Thanks for any help. I'm looking for the audio, not the tab.

[appetitefordynamite]

Congratulations on hitting the Powerball Jackpot aj1dj. Welcome to Tommy's world. Great to have you.

[segelflieger92]

i don' t want to be a dick, but if you listen carefully you'll notice that he makes a little mistake at 02:09 --> even the greatest guitarist on earth is not perfect, so don't worry guys if you feel like you were a sucker at playing guitar ;)

[tmudean240]

show off ! :( ...

[guitarreilly]

can i get the tabs for tommys version of beat it?

[toejam498]

he's got it all - a re pore with the crowd, and unbelievable chops and musical sense to back it up. there are a lotta great thumb pickers out there in you tube land, but He simply has the width and breadth of music to entertain and astonish most people.

[YTClone]

Beat it!!!

[storeusal]

80 people are totally deaf

[MadMicas]

Too good



[khazifisher2]

3:30 ey!!... whats the matta with you?[muffled]

[oddball8974]

Brilliant!!!



[donottawaguitar]

yes

[iamatallguy1]

the greatest

[able2biteme]

is he using a thum pick?



[FabEbu]

@able2biteme as he's playing classical gas always with thumb pick I'd say yes.

[jonnyBB3B]

I said fucking hell and i am on my own when he started plating all that classical stuff. Then pissed myself laughing when he started saying beat it and th godfather impression. Class

[ojkqweyrfiwegwelg]

ahah you can ask him to play any music that he play for you wherever you are!

[meiaxx]

Pink Panther = WIN

[gottamatch]

wow well done to you for knowing what all the tunes were!

[mrilooklikesilentbob]

I love to see musicians having so much fun on stage

[turntables74]

Show off.....

[seaweevil]

entertaining people with music in a funny way... never seen the others do that before... Tommy truly is gifted...

[SteelMaty]

Tommy you're the best at all

[flaskeballe]

BEEEAT IT Beeeat it!

[Matban92]

the beat it part was best

[thewilltotruth]

#RARE

[lukebarnes826]

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[lukebarnes826]

Playing at the 2011 L.A. Guitar Festival...check out the video!

[PJW1269]

I've seen him live 4 times, he never disappoints!

B^)

[stormruston]

What's not to like? He loves what he does and he does it amazingly. 78 people who do not get that music can entertain as well as it is played, and Tommy is the best of the entertainers.

[ndogg41589]

@stormruston 78 people missed the like button and accidentally hit the other thumb

[Kornhulio18]

His musical repertoire is endless

[moonshack965]

1.35 Cavatina



[achuMtk624]

cavatina was the best part!!

[GuffeHedning]

This is entertainment for kings!

[RootsinBrooklyn]

The Victor Borge of guitar?

[joinesc]

Fav bit is at 2:16

[joinesc]

The 77 people who disliked this vid must be Justin Bieber fans

[downeybill]

i like how he;s throwing out a few classical bits for the orchestra musicians

[certifiedhero]

one of the very few guitar players that have the ability to entertain an audience

[DEVAN4LIFE]

@certifiedhero lots of guitar players entertain their audience , that's why they audience pays to see them entertain....

[garfinorbit]

check my channel out for all my cover of TE song. not as great as TE, but hey, im trying :D

[paulschedler]

It's really not too hard to swallow that he's one of the greatest players of all time, not to mention his entertaining capabilty and sense of humor!

[seanr521]

tommy rulez

[6daysgone]

This shows how great and fun Tommy is on stage so relaxed and always looking for a way to entertain!! seen him twice one of the best if not the best Acoustic players around today!! thanks for posting this!

[pozmex]

I wana be that good at guitar also.. Soooo bad. But learning is going slow. But good times comes i hope. Wont even be close to him though

[antisocial230688]

amazing

[royby08]

Should put the instrument down and become a comedian :)

[c7rky]

Dear Satan.

I have my first born son here, and would very much like to play with that sort of skill.

Perhaps we could come to an arrangement?

[kdjfnvjvd]

ay! lol

[vsampaio]

When Man created the acoustic guitar, God sent Tommy to play it...

[seraphlgabri]

how come BEAT IT... lol

[Sekyiu]

Not mot rare, but always epic!

[zxssded]

with over 1 million views...it isnt so rare anymore...

[daku18]

this man is the best guitarist ever

[MrFenzyBastard]

i wanna break my guitar

[seanr521]

tommy is class.

[aj1dj]

i tapped my lottery numbers into google,

this was the first result.

Randomness rocks

[hiimjtm]

i find musicains ADD to be quite amusing. as do many other people ive noticed.

[Malulecaa]

Charade reminds me a lot of Stairway to Heaven

[trimar42]

ave

je pense que  O Winfrey n est PAS une reference musicale !

PAS meme une reference tout court en dehors des USA.

pour un réel ARTISTE comme Tommy ,

il vaut mieux ne pas ETRE dans son show

Ceci n est qu une opinion d un pauvre citoyen francais

Fred from france

[Gilvin]

TE is funny as hell lol. pure genius

[AndreaTac95]

73 doesn't like this ?? O_o

[TheNewGuitarBoy]

The people who got to see this are som lucky motherfuckers!

[dougrek]

If you've ever played guitar you have some sense of how unimaginably talented this guy is.

[dangergadet]

i went to se this guy in concert 8 months ago in washington. he is truly the best (eric clapton said so at least) and i was lucky enough to see him do his improversation bit, not as long, but still blew me away.

[MemeNatorius]

OK, Tommy Fans, this is a big hot one.

Oprah Winfrey is going to be doing two shows in Sydney, Australia at the Opera House on December 14th, 2010. The show is not fully booked. Tommy will be in Australia and just happens to be free that day. Oprah is taking suggestions as to who should be on this show.

Please, at your earliest convenience, go to Oprah's website and fill out the form on Oprah's site suggesting Tommy be on this show.

[MemeNatorius]

ATTENTION TO ALL TE FANS please fill the form in the Oprah website, suggest Tommy to the Oprah show, this is the best oportunity to show Tommy to all world. So if you love Tommy you will do this :D

[alextheguitardude]

beat it, lol had me crackin up all night :)

[lcaul4]

its like sex in a cup :0

[infek7]

@lcaul4 it's like sex for your ears.

[omaar63]

74 ppl need to clear their ears

[StrangeLobster87]

A true musician. Wonderful! Perhaps worlds best acoustic guitar player ...

[panmitz]

I love the Pink Panther theme! He makes it sound great

[jorma123456789]

RARE!!!!? HAAAHAAAHAAHAHHAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!­!!

[hansel792]

Superb

[doodlebuggyjump15]

this just shows how great of a musician he is and also one hell of an entertainer!!

[MrTimGuitar]

This is everything we need: Awesome guitar playing, humor and him self having fun. Great !

[zxssded]

how do you get his sound btw????....lyk..besides his...guitar...

[Powerslider]

@zxssded practice till your hands fall off

[skbetts1947]

My sincere compliments....truly great and VERY entertaining [RARE TALENT].

[drizztt18]

Tommy be trollin'

[MusicByCJK]

This stuff is so fun to play ! Awesome vid. Thanks for posting !

[ArkansasStateParks]

He will be playing at Ozark Folk Center State Park on Oct. 2nd 2010. Wouldn't miss it!

[MsMarc1234]

When does the Improvisation start?

[alexpiani]

bringing sense of humor into music made perfect calls for complete confidence in his skill. Beautiful

[NobleBg]

72 people totally missed the correct voting button

[phyraxis]

Quality not quantity they say...... Why not both?

[0Flym0]

@phyraxis coz they never heard of tommy emmanuel

[GuitarInuendo]

Proof of ridiculous talent. No one better....that's no opinion....it's a fact of life!

[lechbarh]

going to see him in ATL oct 10----my all time favorite player---although Jerry Reed was a much better "hillbilly" composer. Tommy is the best alive today. BTW---i hate to refer to Reed as Hillbilly, but most ppl associate him with Smokey Bandit movies and "kitchy" story songs. He was a true master and i hope TE would one day just compose and leave the covers to others----although he has written some "good" stuff and does covers better than anyone could every dream.

[TrendiEistee]

3:21 -> "Halts Maul!"

Hahaha :D

Tommy is the best!

[kleinebudde]

@TrendiEistee lol was ist das denn?

[sa7sul]

@TrendiEistee She says: "That's fine!"

[paulalancroft]

not rare enough

[kisamoto]

Beat it, LOL xD

[Odorwyn]

what strings does he use?...they sound like ****

**** = god

[Darkulla]

@Odorwyn

he could easliy have played as well with rubber bands

[Odorwyn]

@Darkulla he could have played with 6 hairs and it would have been incredible...

but i really wanna know which strings he is usin in this video

[MrHarris59]

genius!

[AlexisGuitar94]

He's so amazing haha

[TheReilly8]

beat it was the best cover lol

[freakqnc]

The simply monstrous "Mr. Amazing!" Hey whazzadamadderwithu! LOL!

[RichoKid98]

LOL! That was so funny!

[Nikolidas]

@megan8bi9 How about remove everything?

[ouinche74]

i'm going to go see this guy tonight, can't wait.

[infacttheband]

I wish there where a tab from the version of Yesterday he does in that movie

[super6plx]

he's a fucking great guitar player, but ffs he plays too damn fast, every song that is meant to be slow, nope, too fucking bad he has to play it fast

keep the fast pace to the actual fast stuff, not the slow stuff

fast does not equal slow

[Shaftronics]

@super6plx Its his variation, not a cover. He's free to do whatever he wants while respecting the base song. Too bad fer you.

[super6plx]

@Shaftronics indeed, but it's still too fast

he can do what he wants, sure, but it IS still too fast.

anyway on that note, I enjoyed it all the same but I just wish he'd know that he doesn't have to play fast to play skillfully, he can play it a bit slower, and a LOT faster in certain sections, that'd be better than top speed all the way through

I wonder if he's done a cover of jerry's breakdown though... if he has, I have to see it.

[dixxjamm]

@super6plx has it ever occured to you that one of the reasons why players play fast is to make up for their lack of a certain musical sensitivity ? Have you ever seen John Maclaughlin play a ballad ? It sounds inferior to say, Joe Pass.

[super6plx]

@dixxjamm that's an idea and a half if I may so say so myself (lol)

I think you have a point though. and damn, now I have to listen to that john maclaughlin and joe pass thing you were talking about :P

[jaycedog005]

@super6plx HE's the one on stage playing the guitar .. HE's the one famous .. so he'll play it how HE likes...

[super6plx]

@jaycedog005 but it's still too fast

before you reply back, the sheet music, the composer, all say a specific playing speed, is what I'm saying

it's too fast regardless of if anyone likes it or not. I mean the tempo is written down and followed, not made up

do you know what I mean though? it's like - I don't even care that he plays it too fast, I'm just saying it IS too fast, I hope you know what I'm trying to say lol

[jaycedog005]

@super6plx fair nuf

[dixxjamm]

@super6plx HAHA, I posted another comment to that one, but it didn't get through. Anyway, T.E. is very inspirational, as a guitarist.But there is very little that one could learn from this guy in terms of music as a whole.

[dixxjamm]

@super6plx I personally learned more from soul,funk and rock artists than I ever did from a guitar virtuoso like T.E. Technique? Sure,but try tackling the groove and feeling of a song, and all that technique is of no use to you.Cuz it's about feeling and expressing,not about hitting notes.

[sirpinketalfonzo]

hahahaha you make me laugh!

[dixxjamm]

@super6plx All that being said,I have nothing but respect for T.E. as an artist, it's just that I never listen to this guy in the car,at home chillin' or if I want to study a groove or a song...James Brown,Marvin Gaye,John Scofield, to name a few, those are artists to listen and dig in...T.E. does an awesome live act though....

[floridajeet]

@super6plx Only room for one genious on here I reckon, hey super6pix; do some research into Tommy and Phil Emmanuel.... it may surprise you

[floridajeet]

@floridajeet also, Tommy is an entertainer first and a guitar player second.... he just happens to play guitar better than any entertainer, bar none

[fasttruck93l]

How could someone not like this vid. I'd really like to meet TE.

[tlkosdemba]

i love this

[ragnorar]

wow

[1Drummer88]

HAHAHUAHAHAHAHAHA :D

[babaluboo123]

feefree, How do you know how to identify such a wide variety of music?

[comets1977]

This is awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeee

[ds0k0l0wski0]

This took an incredible amount of skill and was incredibly fun to listen to. I only wish I could become as good as Tommy Emmanuel.

The 71 people who didn't like this... please... never go on youtube again.

[Nappeth]

No comment needed

[JJJJJJJJohnMcCain]

@Nappeth Then you didn't have to write one....

[TheReilly8]

lol at the end beat it

[gosiawoodman]

Brilliant.......

[ricerice566]

He looks like he's having so much fun. Must be awesome to do that for a living

[Aliboolally]

did i hear pokemon towards the end??

[HandreyAlex]

@Aliboolally

read the description

[GOARMYA3]

See... it'd be one things to play each of these blurbs... but he did them all in the same key! Truely a mastery of the guitar and transposing songs!

[TheRolandRock]

Haha, Tommy is such an entertainer! I would recommend everybody to see him live, it's an amazing experience to see and hear him playing :).

[MrMayhem3k]

lol hes awesome and funny <3 total win

[pngaia]

Geez Mate!! Who and where did the Ibuprofin come from?? Us ailing, hurting , gat players could sure some o' that.

[piovalle05]

un genio della musica...grandissimo chitarrista..penso uno dei più grandi chitarristi acustici al mondo.Bravissimo!

[terminaljim]

gifted beyond all others no doubt about it!.....gone beyond

[thebluntfeen420]

have to agree with you on that,...he's got character!

[rack325i]

This guy is the best guitar player of all time to me, obviously he is very skilled, but that's only half of it...he puts on a GREAT show, has personality, and is funny. Not a lot of guitar greats have both sides or are as fun to watch as Tommy, IMO

[vascvas]

@rack325i couldnt have said it better myself

[tenacious645]

@rack325i He really is a great showman saw him in Nashville very funny guy and a pioneer for the guitar world Boom chik method



[timshanks80]

@rack325i Nah!

He is amazing no doubt but his mannerisms aren´t necessary. I think he cheapens his show by looking like a bit of clown on a trip.

[ricturtle]

@rack325i go see him live, I have seen him 3 times and it was awesome

[TPapania]

@rack325i please go and listen to the whole 8.27mins of " Larry Carlton & Lee Ritenour - Room 335 " and come back and tell me he is the greatest. All he is is a showman thereis a very big difference

[robobond]

@TPapania Why do you go around on these videos to post that? If you don't like Tommy Emmanuel there are other videos to comment on.

And music is subjective, but there is no denying his immense talent and musicianship. You would have to be a very closed minded individual to keep wanting to tell yourself otherwise.

[wobblyman2000]

love it

[gabrielhandowo]

slengean .. lol .. i love it

[TheMagottes]

oh! it's funny!

[paulio2293]

lol thats great, he is one of the best guitarists ever,

[TitaniumPT]

SIR YOU TRULLY AMAZING!

[kasketix]

Nice but its not rare , in all his performance he always improvise which makes him the best of course xD

[MrEnzovai]

fortissimo quando fa vito corleone:) ahahah

[fbenitez21]

Tommy puede darse el lujo de jugar de esta manera, y se le agradece un toque de humor.

[Larrymad2]

funny!!

[68times]

Thanks for the rundown on the songs, but 3:43 to 3:57 is Charade by Henry Mancini from the movie of the same name. And Golliwog's Cakewalk is by Debussy. Wonderful stuff. Tommy's the greatest.

[falkirkHAM]

anyone wanting to know the names of the songs, its in the more info bit (:

[bizzjoe]

whats rare about this ?

[dopeofthepope]

@bizzjoe This is nothing rare - the name of the song is Classical Gas (he starts playing it, then he stops and starts playing something else, then he starts again, then hes playing something else again... but these are all famous songs, for example Smoke on the water, Johnny B. Goode, The Entertainer etc.)

[iArchonius]

0:38 anyone knows what song ?

[panchogordo1]

Nine Pound Hammer