Guitar Lesson: Mombasa- Tommy Emmanuel

[Powerslider]

Thanks alot!! Love ur vids!

[bbunters]

Hey Scott, I think the second Chord on the opening is actually played:

4th on E string

Open A

2nd on D String

4th on G String

open B

open high E

Hope that was clear...This sets it off nicely from the first Chord.

[bbunters]

@bbunters

Open A muted...

[SuperGroovus]

Scott, thanks very much for this video. I play in a "Chicago rock type band and I thought that if I could learn this tune, it could be a show stopper, thanks to you, of course! That' why I'm grateful to you for sharing your knowledge, skill and technique with this song. I'll be checking out your other videos as well. Thanks, again!

[dedballoonz]

I love the idea of thumbing the bass notes, as far as I've seen tommy doesn't do it, but I think it shows a fun level of competency on the instrument. Well for me it does, I've got tiny little lesbain hands which is awkward cos I'm a dude :\ Been doing it for a while now, didn't even cross my mind to do it in this song. Excellent lesson, keep it up bro.

[MrWopwink]

The lick at 8.10 can also be done by using an e shape fingering on the top three strings and pulling off with

your little finger.

[Esjar207]

Hey did u used the tab from that page? really nice video :)

[MrMetallCore]

гуд

[XJumpstylorX]

8:15 what means correctly ? tommy plays it without the thumb

[LucaSchiavon]

hy, i put here my version... Bye!!

[MrWopwink]

Any tips Scott on keeping the bass pumping while picking with the other fingers? Seems impossible.

[ScottTsai]

@MrWopwink Thats a good question, I think it helps to just be extremely familiar with the song. To the point where you can play it while talking. It also helps to just play the bass louder than the other notes with your pick. Hate to say something so obvious but, just practice more! =)

[moolmax]

How come you don't play it like the tabs says to do around the 4:00 min? I get the same sound as you but with a totally different grip.

Your guitars has such a nice sound btw! :)

[wopwink]

Hi Scott,

did you learn this from the tab you mention and did you find it accurate?

[ScottTsai]

@wopwink I did learn it from the tab at first but it's not as detailed as tommy actually plays it.  So I had to watch a lot of videos and learn it that way

[MrWopwink]

@ScottTsai well done Scott x

[ScottTsai]

@MrWopwink Thank your!

[jackguitarfreak3]

where can i get your tab?ease reply

[ScottTsai]

@jackguitarfreak3 i dont have my own tab written out sorry ! but there is a link in the description to someone else's tab

[Hawdkore111]

SPIDER FINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAAHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHH

[donniedarko88888]

heh a bit laggy but ty

[DemonersKaz]

Thank u very very much Scott !!!

[ScottTsai]

@DemonersKaz you're welcome!

[crossingzero]

Hey everyone... If you really do like having this guy here to walk you through these songs help a brother out and pitch in on some better video gear .....see the link up there?? this young man is spending ALOT of time with these posts and is trying to get up enough funds for a better camera..! Did one of his lessons help you? send the love back around and lets get him some better gear, its an investment in your self sort of..its easy safe and the man is willing to continue doing this for us !!

[JanBuettcher]

what mic are you using?



[ScottTsai]

@JanBuettcher i think in this video i was using the mxlv63m

[NikRWebb]

Hey you do great lessons and Tommy's songs are HARD to learn. Thanks!

[ScottTsai]

@NikRWebb Yea it just takes persistence!

[mars856]

Excellent lesson. Great approach and explanation. Thanks for taking the time. Much appreciated.

[ScottTsai]

@mars856 Thank you! I'm really glad it helped

[thelebez]

good very good and your tabs?

[abhi0931]

Thanks man................u r awesome

2 months ago i was just a beginner in guitaring and did not learn guitar from anybody , just watching people playing guitar..............but after i decieded to learn a T Emannuel lessons i found this video and now i can play pretty well.

Bro can u send me more fingerstyle lessons...................

[licengswie]

the best Tommy emmanuel Guitar lesson ever posted on youtube !

by the way what kind of Amp or Mic you use for recording , may i know ??

I have the same taylor guitar, just getting ready to buy some gear for recording.

Thanks a lot Scott. !

[celecobe]

Gracias por tu lección, clara y precisa.

Czar

[stringpiano]

Well done, ScottTsai. Very succesful interpretation of one of Tommy´s sensitive compositions. You aseriously are a very good teacher as well as guitarplayer/interpretator. Carry on, Gen. Lt....

Thomas/DK

[gummylipstick]

curse you tommy emmanuel, for making your songs so beautiful and so amazingly hard to replicate.

[scottiii]

nice job man, and a beautiful tone

[neuropharma]

fantastic tone. Very well done.

[AlphaCentauri00]

Man that is beautiful tone

[ITerenceI]

hey scott great playing do u memorize all these songs?

[flamencoal]

Excellent! get some gigs when you finish school!

[DaDriftis]

this tutorial sucked... u didnt show the chords at al and how u picked :( but u play it good

[YngwieGuitarGod]

geeez you're good! Nice Job!!

[maxoosterhof]

Thanks man you've helped me alot! ;)

[stringmanipulator]

very very nice .. calm .. correct .. and repetitive .. one of the better videos I've seen .. of course it doesn't hurt being one of my absolute favorite songs, and you play it excellent ..thanks for sharing

[GunsNTeles]

Thank you for sharing. You have been been very helpful. Your very good.

[pseudonymproductions]

holy moly. Your videos are great. Thanks so much. Any chance you could make one for 'big brother'?

[rosureju]

hey man great playing! i was kinda in a rut but your lessons inspire me to keep playing! you've probably been asked this in other videos but what kind of guitars do you have? Thanks.

[ScottTsai]

hey thanks for watching my videos! im playing a taylor 414ce

[tarcarion]

Hi Scott, I recently switched from elixir nanoweb to polyweb and really like them a lot! You might try them and see what you think.

Jim

[ScottTsai]

Hey Jim

yea ive tried those before, i like the strings i  use because they are phosphor bronze not because ot the nanoweb coating. i dotn think elixir offers polyweb with phosphor bronze

[adam7979]

man... you're scary.......

[FMA0616]

god you are good

[slerner]

Wooo!! I've been waiting for you to do a lesson on Mombasa. Thanks so much.

[liconide]

you made me a happy man. thank you so much.

[Heeliumlaps]

how thick strings are you using : D?

[ScottTsai]

12-54

[WhyteRomeo]

actually I would like to make a correction to that statement lol. Elixir's nanoweb phosphor bronze strings have their own special gauge which is 12 - 53's so there you go =)

[ShayAviv]

What strings are you using?

[ScottTsai]

elixir phosphor bronze nanoweb

[xXYuNPoOXx]

yay ur back! lol

[ScottTsai]

hey there haha

[pollotom]

T.Emman. is scarey good.

Never tried to play any of his tunes because I get blown away every time I listen and try to interpret.

You, my friend have allowed me an avenue to learn one of my T.Emman. favorites!

... and practice it I will!

The Best to you in the new year.

[acousticguitarfan]

Great! Thx!

[THESONARIAN]

Appreciative of your newest post ... thanks for returning ... great job as always ... you are fabulous ...

Don ...

[tubin350]

thanks man!thas awesome! Happy new year.

[J0sA1Ac]

is it out of sync?

thanks for the effort.

[ScottTsai]

yea a little bit but its not so noticable when you're only looking at the left hand fingering

[pvail06]

This is very good my friend.

Peter.

[OnTheRanch]

Thanks Scott!

[ravenfr]

you're very good. You help a lot of people.

Wish you could add more videos to explain how to play the numerous tommy's songs. They're marvellous. So he the guy.

Happy new year and keep up the good work.

[gazoscreek]

i'm speechless

[gurey00]

I just burned all my guitars.

YOU ARE SO GOOD.

[weejasper]

thanks again Scott. I've finished papa george but I don't have a camera right now.. really appreciate the efforts your makin..

jason

[MuzicVids]

nice, very helpfull