Petite Etude - Rik Emmett cover

[ipjflyer]

very nice piece and well played!

[BluesDan321]

Very well done!!! You are very meticulous in your playing--you make every note count. I would like to ask you where you found the most accurate tab for this song? Keep up the great work! Thank you.

[TheBluesmaniac]

very very nicely done!!! it will be the next piece that i try to learn!!  thanks so much for the inspiration!!

[bassplyrbobo]

BADASS...THATS INSANE

[tyeedwrds]

Bravo!

[GarryDixon]

Well played, very well played! Thanks

[saffronboots]

@MrXAVIERDB It's funny 'cause I play it even slower these days just trying to get every note clean.

[cheezyridr]

awesome job, probably the cleanest version on all of youtube.

[Sqroob]

hey, can I ask a question, I'm learning this song atm, I'm 14 and I've only been playing a few years, so I've not got that much experience. How do you do that last note? I know it's a harmonic, but I've never done harmonics with my right hand before (apart from pitch harmonics of course). Please explain, thanks :)

[saffronboots]

@Sqroob Have a look at the Youtube video Harmonics II Part 5 for the technique. The video file is 2loHjXATECo. BTW I pluck the note with my thumb instead of my ring finger.

Since the first string is fretted on the first fret (F), the harmonic occurs an octave higher on the 13th fret.

[Sqroob]

@saffronboots thanks a lot, I'm beginning to get this song, although I tihnk it will take a lot of practise to get it as smooth as your doing here. :)

[saffronboots]

@Sqroob screwed up it's the first fret on the second string (C)...

[lestliness]

Love this song, I listened to about 6 others here you tube and you're the only one to nail it. You can't mess with a great song like this and everyone else want's to play it wrong. Nice Job.

[MrThunderbeast]

Very nice!

[guitargod8]

Hey man in my opinion this is the best cover of the song on the internet- incredible job. I just played this in church as a prelude last Sunday... great song. Your cover of Angelina is insane as well. Seeing Tommy on July 21st soo pumped!!! :D

[josiahgust]

Awesome job man. I attempted this song about a year ago, not really having any experience with fingerstyle. Pretty frustrating.

[bil71]

Nice friggin' job man!

[saffronboots]

@bil71 Thanks a lot!

[hardraver909]

ah figured it was sometihng like that lol ive just never heard nylon up close so i was curios

[hardraver909]

i was curios about this... whats the deal with the nylon strings ive never tried using them...they always broke on my guitar i dont think its set up for them.just wondering what the pros about them are

great playing by the way

[saffronboots]

You won't have much success with nylon strings on a steel-string acoustic guitar because the instrument is braced for the higher string tension which the nylons can't deliver. i.e. It won't be very loud or have much bass.

The nylon tone is something that I've only recently begun appreciating. It can be much more expressive than steel IMHO.

[Pickher]

Very nice job. I learned this tune by ear when I was 16 (I'm 43 now). I pretty much play it as you do, although your chord shape at 0:25 is something I missed and I'll definitely have to incorporate because it sounds correct. Best overall version on youtube IMHO....

[saffronboots]

Thanks Pickher, glad you enjoyed it.

[tonygenks104]

You are correct. I have watched you play it over and over again. Its not as hard to learn as I thought it would be. Still piecing it together, but moving along thanks for the tip.

[tonygenks104]

That was great. I am just starting to learn it now. I have some sheet music for but do not know how accurate it is so this video will help. I already know Midsummers Daydream, as soon as I can get camera am going to post it on You tube.

[saffronboots]

The runs at 0:52 and 1:09 were gleaned fro the RE video of him playing it. They are different than the tab I suspect you have.

[drivin951]

That is an awesome rendition. 5 stars all the way...

[saffronboots]

Thanks. I preferred a previous take except for the buggered harmonic at the end which I included at the start of this video. I edited out the part where I threw the guitar half way across the room...

[csh52061]

Warren, please, please re-post drunken woodshedding. I have learned to play rik emmett's songs by watching you and would love to try to learn the drunken song. Even if only for a moment, I could download the url. I kind of have chosen you as my obi wan kanobe, if you will

Chris

[saffronboots]

Ha ha! Chris, the drunken woodshedding song is the Is-Ought Controversy which is posted on my channel. I don't know if I can recover the "practice" video you speak of...

[jeffee47]

Great job...nailed that one too. I'll have to put it on my "learn to do" list

[saffronboots]

It's become my classical guitar test piece.

[MrUdo9990]

tone ,tempo,excellent !

Best version I have seen

[saffronboots]

Thanks.

[Vreci]

I can spend you a lot of video-material for the first seconds of your video.

Warren with a nylon string: you know, I love that!!

*****

best regards,

wolfgang

[Guitarman504]

Nice cover Warren, did you just learn this one, or did you pull it off the shelf and dust it off? I always love Rik's instrumentals on the Triumph albums. He is such a versatile player.

[saffronboots]

I recently started playing guitar again, after an 8 month hiatus, and this happened to be the first piece I played. I was working on it just before I stopped...

[Qpidon]

Man..8 months....?! what happened? you where one of youtube's most enjoyables, and I mean that!

So glad you are back, and how!

Pascal

[saffronboots]

Thanks Pascal. I have a lot of videos to catch up on.

[Vreci]

I AGREE !!!!!

[dturbide]

Awesome Warren.  Great stuff as usual. Reminds that I should put up a new video soon

[saffronboots]

Subscribed! Again...

[chris21125150]

Nice job!

[saffronboots]

Much appreciated. It still doesn't sound EXACTLY like the original, but I'm happy with the interpretation.

[121jigawatts]

Really beautiful as always Warren. It's well worth the wait, but I wish you would post more often. Your music, tone and even the covers are just outstanding. Thanks!

[saffronboots]

A lot of things had happened over the past 16 months that took precedence over music, guitar, and YouTube. I'm slowly, but surely, getting back into the swing of things. Thanks for your patience.

[InstruMentalCase]

Sounds great!

[saffronboots]

Hey Dave, how's the classical?

[cingram72]

Welcome back Warren! Loved it :)

[saffronboots]

Thank you, I appreciate it.

[carrolly2k]

Excellent!

[saffronboots]

Thanks!

[mrchucknorris]

glad to see you posting videos again man

sounds good

[saffronboots]

Yeah, me too.