Lessons and tutorials. Fair warning to guitar players of all ages; the good stuff is here! We highly recommend that you tell your family and friends that you’ve taken these video lessons to the shed because you will likely not emerge for several weeks. Time will pass unnoticed as Tommy unravels the grips and tricks of his trade.
Instruction: Fingerstyle Breakthroughs Introduction
Hi, I’m Tommy Emmanuel and welcome to Fingerstyle Breakthroughs. In Fingerstyle Milestones we learned some essential fingerstyle skills, and in this course I’ll be focusing on teaching 11 songs and how to perform them. I’ll also show you some new techniques that are needed to master these songs, such as inversions for learning boomchick patterns, […]
Instruction: Borsalino Introduction
This arrangement of Borsalino has evolved in my hands since the late 70s. The original song was written by Claude Jean Harry Bolling for the movie “Borsalino,” a 1970 film directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Rouvel. I give credit to my friend Dan Johnson who originally came up with […]
Instruction: Haba Na Haba Introduction
The words Haba Na Haba are from a proverb which translates to “little by little your pot will be filled.” Essentially, the saying means if you take things little by little or a day at a time then you’ll get what you need. My inspiration for this song came to me through Liz Watkins, who […]
Instruction: To B or Not to B
Certified Gems This interactive video course features two hours of multi-angle video guitar lessons for full performance versions of Mr. Guitar, Classical Gas, Borsalino, To B or Not To B and Cowboy’s Dream. Never before have you had such solid teaching material and so many educational tools to work with as you explore and learn […]
Instruction: Mr. Guitar
Certified Gems This interactive video course features two hours of multi-angle video guitar lessons for full performance versions of Mr. Guitar, Classical Gas, Borsalino, To B or Not To B and Cowboy’s Dream. Never before have you had such solid teaching material and so many educational tools to work with as you explore and learn […]
Instruction: Cowboy’s Dream
Certified Gems This interactive video course features two hours of multi-angle video guitar lessons for full performance versions of Mr. Guitar, Classical Gas, Borsalino, To B or Not To B and Cowboy’s Dream. Never before have you had such solid teaching material and so many educational tools to work with as you explore and learn […]
Instruction: Classical Gas
Certified Gems This interactive video course features two hours of multi-angle video guitar lessons for full performance versions of Mr. Guitar, Classical Gas, Borsalino, To B or Not To B and Cowboy’s Dream. Never before have you had such solid teaching material and so many educational tools to work with as you explore and learn […]
Instruction: Borsalino Breakdown – Tri
This arrangement of Borsalino has evolved in my hands since the late 70s. The original song was written by Claude Jean Harry Bolling for the movie “Borsalino,” a 1970 film directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Rouvel. I give credit to my friend Dan Johnson who originally came up with […]
Instruction: Borsalino Breakdown – Right Hand
This arrangement of Borsalino has evolved in my hands since the late 70s. The original song was written by Claude Jean Harry Bolling for the movie “Borsalino,” a 1970 film directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Rouvel. I give credit to my friend Dan Johnson who originally came up with […]
Instruction: Borsalino Breakdown – Left Hand 2
This arrangement of Borsalino has evolved in my hands since the late 70s. The original song was written by Claude Jean Harry Bolling for the movie “Borsalino,” a 1970 film directed by Jacques Deray, starring Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Rouvel. I give credit to my friend Dan Johnson who originally came up with […]
