The Entertainer (Chet Atkins / Richard Smith) - Tutorial (Part 1)

www.timvanroy.com
patreon.com/timvanroy

Clear your calendar and grab your guitar for this fingerstyle classic! Chet laid the foundation with his arrangement, but Richard Smith certainly pushed it to the next level with his version. Overall the arrangement is not THAT hard to play, but it is quite long and there are a few short but massive difficulty spikes. But I do try and provide you with alternative ways of playing these sections!

Part 1: Intro & Section A
Part 2: Section B
Part 3: Section C
Part 4: Section D

Tab/notation file (fully matching the lesson):
https://timvanroy.com/songdetail.php?...
(click the Musicnotes icon while logged into your Musicnotes account and you'll see a 20% discount pop up at checkout!)

Guitar used:
Martin J-40, Drop D tuning
Recording: a pair of Neumann 184's through an Apogee Quartet
More info on www.timvanroy.com

Timestamps:
0:00 The usual stuff
0:35 Introduction
2:54 Pointers & Tuning
3:45 Intro
4:09 Intro (Bars 1 - 4)
6:32 Intro (Playthrough)
6:43 The Optional Harmonic
8:26 Section A
9:45 Section A (Chords)
11:11 Section A (Bars 5 - 8)
17:01 Section A (Bars 9 - 12)
20:34 Section A (Playthrough)
21:02 Section A (Bars 13 - 16)
22:43 Section A (Bars 17 - 20)
26:50 Section A (Playthrough)
28:31 Section A (Magnet Playthrough, Bar 21)

#fingerstyle
#lesson
#fingerpicking
#tutorial
#fingerpicking
#fingerstyleguitar
#guitar
#guitarlesson
#guitartutorial
#theentertainer
#entertainer
#scottjoplin