From The Beginning - Emerson Lake and Palmer cover

I knew how to play portions of this song since the early 80's, and never knew the lyrics or rest of the song until recently. I'm using a Yamaha FG-402 folk guitar.

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• From the beginning
• Emerson
• Lake
• Palmer
• ELP
• vhm14u2c

[leftystrat76]

From one guitarist to another-- wonderful performance! Great mellow, smoky late-nite vibe, true to the original, but with your own feel. Best YouTube version out there.

...One small suggestion, take it or leave it: The Dm7 during the verses & choruses isn't the full barre you're playing-- let your D and A strings stay open, but everything else is the same (so it's just like an 1st-position D major moved 3 frets up). It lends more of an open-string, airy feel.

But small potato's... Great job!

[vhm14u2c]

Its funny you mention that about the Dm7(D chord on 5th fret). I do play it that way currently, but did not update the vid yet. I do not play open A (5th string) in the chord though, and start with the 4th string when doing this kind of Dm7. Also for the melody, and chorus, I also play the other Dm chord on the 10th fret, instead of the 4th fret stuff I am doing here. It sounds a little different, but better. Thanks for the comment!

[vhm14u2c]

Thanks everyone for the comments!

[futureinand]

Well done could you tell us how long it took you to learn this?

[vhm14u2c]

Sure,

If you see the comments, I have knew portions of this since the 80s, and learned the rest sometime in 1996 after doing research.

[ew20asent]

The guitar sounds great!? is it amped or a mic? sounds real full, warm and intonated.

[vhm14u2c]

There is only a mic on my upper right shoulder. The mic does have boost turned on via windows sound manager.

[paulcliftonevans]

Awesome cover. Loved you rendition. Check out mine, if you get the chance. Take care.

[joumenpoonk]

Great job man, fantastic cover for a fantastic song. Should be learning this one too sometime soon.

[timtipton5071256]

Very nicely done...that's when you know someone is good......just your guitar & voice.....

[54spiritedwill54]

Very well done!

[JoeChrisMorris]

Very nice indeed

A lovely song isn't it

[fuzzypige222]

oh my god, so good, spiritual..thanks dude

[ahig89]

we are coming together, this performance has light around it's edges and soul at it's center....a great song

[stompbox69xxx]

Man, I've heard this song covered so many times.

I've thought how many more minutes of a soulless cover of said song would I have to listen to before I heard just a person such has yourself do it with real heart.

Thanks Brother

[leftystrat76]

That's cool... during the Dm, there's no need to sound the open A, except during the verse-- his bassline does a quick little A/D/A/D bounce halfway thru, prob best done on the A string at that 5th position... again, small potato's...

10th-fret Dm's? Looking at other YouTube Greg Lake perf's of it, he doesn't seem to go for it; after the intro figure, he just stays 5th position...

Again, great song and great job, dude... I tabbed out the guit AND synth solos... too much time :-)