Tommy Emmanuel & Tony McManus - Sleeping Tune

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[@semanticsamuel936]

Some surprising comments here. I think we can all agree that Tommy Emmanuel is a master of the instrument, and extraordinarily versatile. However, I've seen both of them live, and I've never heard anyone come close to Tony when it comes to Celtic-style guitar, including Tommy. This song isn't the best showcase for Tony's skills (and still well beyond what I can play), and Tony has really refined and perfected his technique in this style of guitar. Tommy is undoubtedly more versatile, but I disagree that he's better (or 'the best'). Most of us here are likely to be players ourselves, and we know that different styles of guitar require very different techniques and theory, and I don't think a straight comparison is really sensible or possible. At any rate, they're both amazing players, and it's great to see them together.

[@nigelbullock4411]

Very repetitive as a piece of music it doesn't seem to go anywhere, it just noodles around

[@jonrocker1983]

check Pierre Bensusan and Franco Morone then...

[@chrismieleguitar813]

It's not a competition but something to revel in its beauty. The music is what is most important to both of them and they serve it beyond all expectations.

[@andersestes]

McManus is the most tasteful acoustic guitarist I've heard. And that gitar is just stunning

[@need2know739]

Dont get much better then One who can play it like a Violin and the other who can play it like the pipes? Simply Brilliant the pair of ya! May he continue to shine upon ya Both lads... Good health to yuz both!

[@stickpictures]

I was privileged to attend Frets & Refrains the year Tony was one of the instructors and he taught us this gorgeous piece. Gotta go back and re-learn it now, but so glad this video popped up in my feed to remind me I once knew how to play it! Thanks Tony!

[@LostCaper]

holy frig. I see the title Tommy and Tony I knew it had to be good. Man these lads can play.

[@keyscook]

How very wonderful - love Emmanuel's selective, heartfelt playing. Cheers from Seattle!

[@guitarsword1]

Incredible. Love Tony's sound.

[@SiggyMe]

Whoa, really spectacular harmonies and melodies intertwining in a beautiful lullaby dancing through our dreams. Just beautiful magic.....

[@ethanmathison9957]

Wowseroonies! PERFECTION par Deux!

[@peterguitar2]

Tony, we all enjoyed your visit to Newfoundland. Thanks for coming!

[@Messier31NGC224]

That was beautiful!!!!

[@Deebemc]

Hope Tommy gets a nice royalty cheque soon. Then he can get a nice shiny guitar like Tony's....great arrangement and a joy to listen to, guys.

[@shirel4413]

Wonderful Thank you very much!

[@dhikayudhaperdana8161]

everytime i look Tommy playing guitar, i always think that his guitar is part of his body because his motion and reflect on guitar are very fast, precise and relaxed.

[@erdBAERtorte]

Oh yes, that would be awesome. Really a nice arrangement.

[@jamz2022]

Fkn awsom ❤️

[@jerryklahn4719]

Amazing!!! Love it!

[@kaldesjarlais375]

i think ppl know that tommys the best , most versatile, amazing jazz chops, thumbpick claw picker. he can do it all, but dang tony is smooth--- and that greenfield gets the K.O.

[@zarroukfrederic52]

j'aime beaucoup sa technique et son style qui m'apporte de la technicité merci

[@ChingChang148]

Great timing..

[@jimclarke1108]

Tommy is the greatest,oi oi oi

[@Ragnar-Viking]

Greenfield Guitar is insane

[@deanfairbairn201]

Lovely

[@paulussantosowidjaja6374]

Cool, 2 best identities merged.

[@widowmakerheartattack5212]

There's always someone with more skills and a better guitar.

[@neelchattoraj]

The whole world is sleeping on this tune

[@JackMasonLive]

This is what I call making magic

[@anitadavideduo]

Cool!

[@Greghannonmusic]

noone talks about tommy's soloing he is really good at single string solo's.

[@laurasmith993]

Four beauties.

[@garryanderson2399]

Laura Smith has

[@gostodejasmim]

Lindíssimo!!!!

[@Yogamind]

Yes I totally agree that DADGAD tuning is an added handicap to the comparison of Tommy's sound. I play DADGAD myself 90% of the time. I just wish they could have swapped guitars and hear Tommy play the Greenfield. Or both of them playing a Greenfield, two great player with two great instruments. In spite of the sound inequality it was a beautiful rendition of the song. Thank God for players of this caliber who express such depth in their music playing.

[@oliverwheeldon1477]

+Glenn Ceresoli , Its not DADGAD its CGCGCD

[@Louis-op4zj]

ThePoohat yeah, maton fucking rocks!

[@dwebster50]

+Glenn Ceresoli The Maton is Not a Greenfield and players that understand the differences are just pointing that these guitars are Not the same.... LOLa Maton is Not a Cole Clarke and a Cole Clarke is Not a Brunner

[@Kottesque]

@@oliverwheeldon1477 Orkney Tuning

[@rolandkalus]

Tony is so talented. great tone and wonderful chops but most of all he is a great musician!

[@TheZacdes]

awesome:)

[@paulmartin9275]

Tommy is such an expert who more than balances Tony's Irish smooth progressions.

[@MalkyMcMillan]

Tony is Scottish.

[@dimitriosgreek1458]

Malky McMillan Nice catch!

[@BlakkLining]

Yeah but his parents r Irish, and he grew up listening to Irish traditional music :)

[@mcmanustony]

Malky McMillan of Irish descent......tune is Scottish though....

[@dimitriosgreek1458]

Two living legents in action!!!

[@mcmanustony]

yes

[@secretsingersongwriterokc5911]

Tony is rocking a $30k Greenfield and Tommy is absolutely laying it down with a $7k (at best) Maton. This not to take one thing away from Tony, as he’s freaking incredible, But it just goes to show how legendary Tommy is. What a great video

[@nreRagnaros]

Not even $3k, but that proves the point even more. The Greenfield sounds insane, but I don't mind the differences.

[@mcmanustony]

@@nreRagnaros The Greenfield isn't $30k.

[@Haphazart]

If I had a dollar for every pixel in this video, I would have one dollar

[@Ghost_4c1]

Whoa!

[@dimitriosgreek1458]

MASTERCLASS!!! NO????

[@rmichelettir]

Wonderful!! tabs please

[@charliebowen5071]

McManus all the way

[@jimsey3]

R.I.P Gordon... Sure he would love this.

[@jerryx2000]

which two guitar models are this?

[@AlexEpiphone90]

Maton and Greenfield

[@daveowens]

Why is this only at 240p?!

[@arturitoaav]

i can barely hear that maton over the greenfields

[@aubgraham9735]

Hey Tony - do you have the Chaconne finished yet?

[@GFingerStyle]

What Tony McManus's guitar

[@kaldesjarlais375]

+Konan B amazing tones coming out of that greenfield--- how much? dare i ask

[@nreRagnaros]

8.000-10.000€

[@kevinclarke1936]

Too muddled with second guitar noodling in there. Bit of a mess

[@ippusor]

1:48 cello? :p

[@irland1961]

Gordon Duncan RIP

[@kendesjarlais7577]

i saw him at walmart yesterday

[@kendesjarlais7577]

rosewood greenfield to dadgad vs maple maton to standard--- the richness of the former wins out

[@mcmanustony]

actually it's CGCGCD not DADGAD

[@Ziziky]

240p.. we meet again!

[@kendesjarlais7577]

iPhone 1

[@tom5216]

Love Tommy, never too keen on his guitar sound though. Mason doesn’t cut it for me. A bit thin and nasally, there are better guitars out there.

[@austincrowmusic2378]

It would sound better with tony alone.

[@asandiegoguy]

Austin Crow Music what would be the point then. Tony has already done that, you can find two or three already posted on KZbin of him playing this alone. The point here is he's playing a duet with Tommy. In all fairness Tommy probably did not play this through more than once or twice before this was recorded. He's the one who puts himself out there playing with just about anyone at a moment's notice, and then gets criticized because it's less than perfect. Tony has probably been perfecting this piece for years.

[@NeerajKumar-iu8gd]

Agreed Austin Crow Music but the rhythm part is nice to hear with two guitars.

[@scottmcdonald9685]

Your opinion. Doesn't really mean much though.

[@mcmanustony]

@@asandiegoguy Just read the comment and you're absolutely right. Tommy heard the tune once...we went over the progression once more and "roll tape!". The point about him putting himself out there is exactly it. He is just addicted to playing.....I have fond memories of watching him and Kentucky legend Eddie Pennington jamming in the car park at Steve Kaufman's camp in Tennessee- no audience, no agenda, no project in mind....and a full day of teaching ahead and a concert in the evening. This was an on the fly moment- I'm delighted he asked and I love the results.

[@Yogamind]

two equally masterful musicians, the big difference is in the instruments, the Maton really lets down Tommy's sound, it doesn't match Tommys sweet expression. In fact if it wasn't for Tommy's incredible playing the Maton would sound cheap compared to the Greenfield, its not a fair match/comparison. I wonder if Tommy plays the Maton as an Australian patriot or if he actually prefers it to other more sophisticated instruments? Perhaps he likes how flat the tone of the Maton is for amplification reasons. I am interested if anyone else as similar opinions about the sound quality of the 2 guitars?

[@stephen25uk]

I completely agree that in this video the Greenfield blows the Maton away. But it's worth remembering that Tony uses very heavy guage strings which come across very well in this recording. Also I somehow feel the Maton suits Tommy's frenetic touring schedule and the huge variety of his musical styles. I somehow don't see him bashing out guitar boogie on that Greenfield which is perfect for the Celtic music of Tony McManus.

[@Yogamind]

Stephen Powell All of what you say is reasonable and true. I just think Tommy outclasses the Maton in spite of the the reasons why he uses it. At the same time it could be said a master player musician of Tommy's caliber makes the Maton sound as good as it possibly could. To make an average instrument sound good takes a real master.

[@stephen25uk]

Glenn Ceresoli Yes, I really wish Tommy would occasionally try a really fine bespoke tonewood guitar. It was quite revealing when he commented (somewhat enviously?) on what a great sounding guitar Laurence Juber's Martin was after they jammed together at LJ's studio (video on KZbin).

[@keoughk001]

Glenn Ceresoli The reason for not being fair is DADGAD vs. standard tuning. One has the advantage of allowing the open strings to sustain while the other has to fret to accomodate.

[@kendesjarlais7577]

tommy is endorsed bigly

[@massimopolignano4866]

Tommy makes it totally unbalanced and disharmonic: those mandolin vibratos and those superquick riffs like Friday Night in San Francisco have nothing to do with the original mood of this beatiful tune

[@pemacal57]

I agree

[@patbrennan6572]

four deaf people watched this..

[@fabiobarbati6029]

Couldn't be more incompatible !

[@widowmakerheartattack5212]

This was and unfair advantage to tommy, Tony plays this song all the time.Dont know why tommy plays those Manton guitars. He's being crushed by the Greenfield and tommy not a celtic player.It be the same way if it was,reversed.

[@333pg333]

Maton and he plays them because he loves them.

[@pemacal57]

Tommy Emmanuel is a great musician…but I do not like his mandolin vibratos and super quick riffs…this is not the Sleeping Tune

[@Plafintarr]

Great players in their own right. But it seems like Tommy doesn't know the melody, and his embellishments are mostly distracting. He's awesome and versatile, but it's pretty clear that he's not a folk musician with the way he's playing all over the place. Or maybe he 'd just never heard this piece before. Still, I appreciate this performance. Thanks for the upload.

[@mcmanustony]

Well.....he hadn't heard the piece before. I showed him the chord pattern and off he went. I love it!

[@stefanmuller3727]

Stop to be blind and dumb they are two différent musicians and that’s all..who os the best? Not interesting...music yes and nothing else

[@ariesmyth]

i felt like such a twat when i read his name: Tony McANUS