Guitar Lesson Tommy Emmanuel Harmonics Lesson

[JimJimJimNL]

Does anyone has a vid where tommy is sweeppicking?

[smoggo1981]

amazing.



[Alarus]

what is that chord E m 9?? how can i grap 997999 with wich finger i grab those last three 9? with ringfinger? impossible

[seraphlgabri]

@Alarus Em9:775777 Here is how I press F#m7(997999)：press my middle finger on the sixth string, ring finger on fifth, index on fourth. And here's a tip for small-hand players like me on how to do this: Press these three strings first, forget about the rest; and make your fingers be as perpendicular to the strings as you can in case of touching adjacent string and you maybe need to flip over or push your left wrist outward.

And then, press your little finger on the rest of the strings.GL

[wiltontheartist]

We can only thank God who is definitely playing through Tommy!

[npusung]

I'm following TE for less than ten years now and learned a lot, very professional as he is, he is very kind! I wish I can see you in person! More power!

[dj6ful]

how easy does he make it

unbelievable stuff

[Ethanjones]

what he is doing is basically rolling the bottom 3 strings and skipping the other strings by using the thumb and middle finger, with the pointer as the point for harmonic. He doesn't really teach you much, because he expects you to know it. If you understand how a ii V chord prog. works, it's basically going around that, but with super tasty notes in there.

[Moodo1]

Show off... Not much of a lesson here...

[jeschinstad]

Phazur: yes, but even more difficult is coming up with combinations that sound good. Not all chords do and chords that normally sound good together won't sound very good with this technique.

[doqille]

yep! it's impossible

[Phazur]

the technique itself is not that hard, but playing it so damn fluent is

[klauswhitedreamer]

a beautiful lesson!...

[dangalangz]

steal as much as you can and make something better out of it?

haha like it's even possible for us mere mortals to attempt that

[tradecycles]

He might be awesome but the tutorial sucked like hell!

[Defenestrati2700]

@tradecycles as a tutorial yea not very instructional. but you can kinda see where he's going with it. just try to think to yourself "he's only human" lol.

[guitarman730]

hes awsome

[bravada008]

Wow!!! I guess I need to practice this video for a few weeks. That is effective and gorgeous to the hear. I likey!

[johnnybagofdonets]

Cool, simply cool....

[joshppful]

:OOOO!!



[ritonnade]

Does that guy really exist? Is it a SF movie? Wich one it is?

[Boianbo1]

Hours of fun :D

[DrOrphious79]

Freaking Awesome Video!!!

If i was half as good as that........ ah well, a man can dream..

[NuttAA92]

HAHA!! you know deep down inside he's saying, "yeahh... good luck with that!"

[dannyhood66]

After watching this lesson he doesn't sound convincing at the end when he says's, Take all that and make something better out of it..Its like paying 80 dollars for a ticket saying it comes with dinner and its chips and beans..Its saying if you didn't bring any blues with you well make sure we give you some to take home with..

[LpPrsGuy]

Does anybody know from which DVD this is ?? Is it still available ? Thanks ;)

[LpPrsGuy]

@BeavisFriend2010 I got his "Emmanuel Labor" DVD and I have to say it's awesome, but very difficult to play. But with some dedication I think I manage that! Do you have the DVD too?? Got a question .. From which book are you talking about? Can tell me how it's called.. Would he awesome, thanks!;)

[BevisFriend2010]

I bought his book which explains it perfectly.The guy's brilliant and 100% bullshit free.How many magicians reveal 'how' they do their tricks ? He encourages EVERYONE to learn to play and in doing so is not only a credit to himself and his unique and outstanding ability but to an industry filled with so much 'muso' snobbery.and nonsense.

See him live.He's a real entertainer!

[experiment0003]

I QUIT!!!

You're playing too piercing daddy... too piercing!

[411man4]

this should be renamed "lesson for those who know music theory"

[dante4d]

To all the people who say this is "hard", "impossible to learn" and so on. If you knew you theory and did your homework, you would understand that he says something like "Let's take this Em9 chord. I'll play first 3 strings, then do harmonics repeating those 3". Obviously harmonics one octave up. Then he goes like 5th string normal, 3rd string harmonic, 4th string normal, 2nd string harmonic and so on. This creates that waterfall-like effect. Same with other chords he plays. And some variations.

[Modes9]

@dante4d It's the classic Lenny Breau approach.

[ib422000]

Tony...your generosity in showing me how you do these miraculous things only make me want to jump off a cliff! Or drink myself to death, knowing I will NEVER be able to play anything beyong C, F and G7!!

[GraemeSPa]

bugger me stiff, he's ruddy brilliant.

[kasketix]

hahaha , i will steal as much as i can !!! , that mean nothing :'(

[komengcrew]

@kasketix agreed..!

[kratoserick]

actually he makes a very good explanation, no as detailed as many could wish, but it's just a matter of look closely on what he's doing, there are other videos where tommy explains this technique in a more detailed way

[Fo0O0oTBall]

Justin sandcore does an amazing lesson on this... Think i spelled his name wrong

[bluesmysoul]

does anyone know the best strings for tap harmonics? Are bronze better or silver? thank. looks like he's using silver

[Alphasalah]

fuck the whaaaaat ??

this man reached the level where you can't understand his explanation

[sk8eradu]

@Alphasalah any musician should know musical theory, and understanding other musicians is one of the reasons why

[Ladyluck2806]

yeah no worries! how the F##K am I going to learn that! 

[goldensleeves]

I wish my hands were that big... this would be so much easier. Hmmm... maybe I need a smaller guitar.

[kanshiketsu89]

Lol, "steal as much as you can and make something better out of it"... Yeah,

right... XD

[donniedarko88888]

yea lust like Yngwie Malmsteen ''lessons''.. xD awesome though

[MrEskimoJon]

that's hardly a lesson.

fuckin' awesome though!

[colorblindheartful]

ok guys to digest this alittle bit for a better explanation, knowing the chords are going to be the one thing you need to know but he gives you a few. so heres how it works know how you can harmonic over the 12 7 and 5 fret. well lets use the 12th fret, posistion the chord you want and according fret the 12th fret up from each note of your chord, that will give you this effect. if you have any more questions or need an answer reply

[MrPinkZeppelin]

"Sorry about that"... What did he do wrong??!

[grnhair2001]

@MrPinkZeppelin um, maybe "be born a mortal"? Cuz it's a shame he'll ever be gone.

[LucaSchiavon]

So simple for you and so difficult for me :)) you're simply the best in the world...

[GibsonHummingbird]

acoustic God.

[bluescanfly1981]

"You can steal all you want" boy you've got it it more protected than fort Knox.. Only Ocean's 11 and Chuck Norris coud possibly take it :) Gotta love the grand master with a kind heart

[DBoVolente]

"and then you speed it up"

lol? :D

[KuraiX]

That was beautiful, I didn't know this player, I'm going to try to play that style... shame I have no fingernails lol

[jonnyrisas]

@KuraiX im sorry..but i don't believe you don't know tommy emmanuel.....

best player on the planet...obviously it is just an opinion...but if you like guitar this guy is the man you wanna check out....incredible...im so glad i was told about him...C.G.P

[Brettal0]

@KuraiX TE does not have long finger nails either.

[KuraiX]

@Brettal0 He plays with his fingers then? Good, so I don't have any physical disadvantages over him! I'm gonna learn it! ^^

[Brettal0]

@KuraiX He started playing when he was 6, and was proforming with his brother and sister at 9. If you are like me, we both have a long way to go... but a journey well worth the personal pleasure.  That is why Tommy calls the hard work.. Emmanuel Labour. Which incidently is an instructional DVD that Tommy has recorded in 2008.

[Brettal0]

@KuraiX youtube.com/watch?v=bOmbgGYxCG­I

[Blueslounge]

What DVD is this lesson on?

Thx

[Peonyxia]

0:59 - 1:04!!!! what a sound! magical.

[brostomper]

its actually not too difficult... though you wouldn't know it by watching this. his harmonic arpeggios are based on the principle of the harmonics at the 12th fret. basically you can trace shapes in harmonics up twelve frets from where you are fretting a chord.

[mark1800]

"lesson"?

more like "this is what i do here: ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding"

what?

[DuskY1991]

Haha that comment made me laugh, but you're absolutely right!

[BrokenFingersProduct]

no i get it

[HillbillyJ]

I think this might have been geared toward more advanced players, ones who know this style already so he can just go over the left hand fingering.

[SuperTomshaw]

@HillbillyJ in case u havent seen it already there is a second harmonics lesson tommy does where he explains it more clearly. that one helped me a lot. it should be in the related videos column or just type in tommy emmanuel cascading harmonic lesson and it should come up.

[Woodpig91]

@mark1800

It's a lesson Mark. All lessons do not have to apply to newbies. He's talking to experienced guitar players here.

[mark1800]

@Woodpig91 Okay, tell me what notes he's playing then! Why doesn't he even mention any positions or fret numbers? I'm sure I could work it out if I watched and went over it lads of times, but I don't care how experienced you are, working out relative chord harmonics just like that ain't easy.

[Woodpig91]

@mark1800

You're not supposed to copy this and play it yourself. You should just grasp whatever you feel would suit your playing and then apply it to your songs. That's what I'll do at least. Cheers.

[facemuscles9]

@mark1800 That was the funniest thing I heard today by far.

[experiment0003]

@mark1800 yea.. but it depends on what level you are on the guitar.. coz I picked up and I attempted everything he showed... wasn't has fluent as his though... but I didn't need any chord shape or right hand fingering for that matter... so I think it all depends

[kontrapunkti]

@mark1800 Yeah!

[ncorva]

@mark1800 try the harmonics lesson uploaded by geeflat

[bluescanfly1981]

@mark1800 hehe you're right!. It's like getting soccer lessons from Messi or chess from Kasparov.. :D

[black1swan2green3]

i love him, but i wish hed change his hair

:)

[WhyteRomeo]

this is an old video. his hair has been short for quite a while now and doesnt look like this anymore. I saw him a few months ago and its short and styled so there you go.

[charliespaceship]

anyone have tabs for the video?

[fabfob90]

look at his version of somewhere over the rainbow

[sIash90]

I saw him yesterday!! he's insanely amazing

[mmaier2112]

He is INSANELY good. I just wish he'd come to Indianapolis!

[BashYouLongtime]

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[EMGP]

TOMMY EMMANUEL IS GOD!!!!

[Herefortheguitar]

how did you get this. it's your only lesson by him

[Powerslider]

what dvd is this?? ill buy it!

[crescentridge]

awesome...

[Francologne]

Can you $§$% belive this guy? A wonderful person an an endless inspiration in so many ways.

[acousticanaetati]

OMG

[MonsieurB1000]

Thank you very much for posting! Do you have more of those :-D?

Tommy rules!

[Barefootterry]

Thanks for the heads up on the name

[Julius3365]

his name is tommy

[conradopaulino]

great!

thanks for share