Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Tommy Emmanuel

This is my take on Tommy Emmanuel's "Somewhere over the Rainbow", harmonics and all.

It's one of those songs you've got to put feeling into in order for it to b real good, and that's what I was aiming for. Hope you guys like it! Rate, comment, and enjoy!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• over
• the
• rainbow
• tommy
• emmanuel
• cascading
• harmonics
• harp
• like
• acoustic
• guitar
• wizard
• of
• oz

[yetiboarder]

Do you know the name of the harmonic technique you use at the beginning? I want to find more songs/guitarists that use such a technique! Thanks =D

[ThePerro]

I know it as "Artificial Harmonics". Tommy Emmanuel uses it, Lenny Breau, I think Chet Atkins also used it in some songs. Tommy's version of "Michelle" has heavy use of this technique if ya wanna check it out.

[yipmicha]

hey this is gorgeous!

One question:

I also got the tabs and i dont know how i can get the first chord in the song so in ur video (0:00)

For me it's kind of impossible

You got a trick in order to get or what do do friend?

[ThePerro]

Hey friend, sorry for the terribly late reply. The first chord takes practice. When viewing the vid at 0:00 Pause it. My middle finger covers both the 6th and 5th string on the 9th fret(Yeah one finger covers two strings hah), while my index is on the 7th fret of the fourth string. Your ring finger will do most of the labor, covering the three remaining strings at the ninth fret. The set up should look as followed on the diagram:

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It's tough, believe me but practice makes perfect!

[Taylor314T5]

hey, could you give me some pointers on how to play the first two chords in the into? I always end up muting the D string with my middle finger

[ThePerro]

Yeah, it's tough. Make sure to arch your middle finger enough so that it won't touch the D string, but also make sure it's holding down the E and A string too.. It's sounds almost impossible for the tip of your finger to hold down two strings, but if you practice it enough it becomes second nature.

[psychewhisperer]

Not even close. But you keep working on it.

[paddy9i99]

brilliant

[XXXcbasXXX]

peruano?

[willebgood]

I know that technique

as harp harmonics. You mite like to check

out Chet Atkins...

[BlackLionFilms]

Lame performance.

[clickclocks]

just go on google and type in tommy emmanuel somewhere over the rainbow guitar tab. theres loads

[Jim1490]

Man, this sounded great, but. You should re-record it when you have new strings and a nice condensor mic, that would sound so nice :)

[esnees123]

there's a video in youtube name " waterfall armonics " tommy gives a lesson on how to make those beutiful armonics

[thetribalplanet]

where can i get the tab for this song. don't have the money to buy the whole book