Man With the Green Thumb - Tommy Emmanuel

The second and (I feel) much better take of one of my favorite tunes. I've capoed it on the second fret which I think gives it a bit more punch and I'm trying to get that groove going that Tommy gets by muting a bunch of 'unused' notes. At one point I forget which fret I'm going to (11th instead of 9th!) and there is a slight pause. That 11th fret bar can be tricky. Enjoy all you Tommy fans.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fingerpicking
• Fingerstyle
• acoustic
• guitar
• Atkins
• Travis
• Emmanuel

[thiethie]

very well played...i tend to play with the capo too coz i have the issue of having very high strings, so i have to put a lot of pressure if im not capo-ing. do u know how i can remedy that? apart from buying another guitar..

anyway i'm starting to learn this song and thought u did very well.

[zacharron]

Lower action is the only thing I can think of. Either that or consider playing your guitar detuned by a half-step. That will decrease the tension of the strings.

[montgorhino]

Nice one mate...Difficult too

You and my Son Scott seem to TE fanatics

see him on scottNCGP

He has two Matons both signed by Tommy in Spain this year, his prized possesions!

I have a Martin D45, but not as skilled as you

I met Tommy too, a really nice guy

Take care, keep at it

Marshall

Spain

[zacharron]

Thanks, though I'm about to re-record this one for Youtube yet again (4th time). I think I finally have it down right!

Almost everyone who plays acoustic guitar these days is a TE fanatic. I know I am.

[Daeteger]

Nice ! I think the capo is not necessary on this tune but it's very good !

[zacharron]

What I need is a short scale neck. I find it slightly uncomfortable the stretches that Tommy sometimes makes with his fingers/thumb. And the strings are tighter too with a capo, which helps me since I tend to play HARD. Capo-ing it makes it easier, as long as it doesn't affect the overall sound or feel of the piece I'm OK with it.

[Mucklum]

I had an OM-03, and it had a nice big bass response

[adam7979]

nice one, we almost danced with him when he performed this in singapore weeks ago...

[GuoShushan]

perfect

[maschellodioma]

Aren't you the king at every funny evening with this song? What about the hunt? :)