Tommy Emmanuel Solo Guitar Style

The tram to Bondi might have stopped running years ago, but that hasn’t stopped Tramtracks from launching "Then?", a fabulous vinyl recording of some of their finer tunes – though totally reimagined and produced into a contemporary prog rock sound. Released on Prommo Grande Records this selection of hand-picked tunes bears wonderful fruit.

The boom-chick finger picking pattern is one of the most coveted techniques in fingerstyle guitar. You’ll hear this ultra-rhythmic approach all over the catalogs of fingerstyle legends like Merle Travis, Jerry Reed, Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel and Buster B. Jones. For the budding fingerstyle guitarist, it’s a must that you master this sound and the best way to do this is by learning a repertoire of essential boom-chick arrangements. Brooks Robertson composed and/or arranged 10 essential “boom-chick” etudes for you to work with, each designed to help you develop the necessary right- and left-hand techniques that you’ll need a grip on to get your boom-chick chops up to speed.