Tranasaurus Reks
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A few other fingerstyle songs that can be considered best, each for different reasons, like Luca Stricagnoli's Triple Neck Guitar.
1. Somebody I Used to Know (Gotye ft. Kimbra) - Mike Dawes and the absolute Legend Tommy Emmanuel. Fun fact, Paolo Gans, who I mentioned previously, also covered Mike Dawes' solo rendition of Somebody I Used To Know, 1 year before he made the duet with Tommy Emmanuel.
2. HYSTERIA (Muse) on Triple Neck Guitar - Luca Stricagnoli
3. Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson) - Kent Nishimura
Some other notable fingerstyle artists (on Youtube) are Joao Fuss and Sungha Jung, who are talented in their own right. Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel are well known legends, but Richard Smith has been in the game for a long while, played alongside both Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel, and is massively underappreciated in comparison to some new viral fingerstyle guitarists. Richard Smith's cover of The Entertainer is really clean, but his other pieces deserve attention too.
For bass guitar, Charles Berthoud has demonstrated the most talent by a mile, although it is a bit cheating, considering he plays the main melody and all the other parts of the track, allowing him to show more complexities and can be described as something more akin to a lead bass guitarist. He has covered both Playing God (on a fretless bass) and Hysteria, and makes original pieces that are also fantastic.
1. Somebody I Used to Know (Gotye ft. Kimbra) - Mike Dawes and the absolute Legend Tommy Emmanuel. Fun fact, Paolo Gans, who I mentioned previously, also covered Mike Dawes' solo rendition of Somebody I Used To Know, 1 year before he made the duet with Tommy Emmanuel.
2. HYSTERIA (Muse) on Triple Neck Guitar - Luca Stricagnoli
3. Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson) - Kent Nishimura
Some other notable fingerstyle artists (on Youtube) are Joao Fuss and Sungha Jung, who are talented in their own right. Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel are well known legends, but Richard Smith has been in the game for a long while, played alongside both Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel, and is massively underappreciated in comparison to some new viral fingerstyle guitarists. Richard Smith's cover of The Entertainer is really clean, but his other pieces deserve attention too.
For bass guitar, Charles Berthoud has demonstrated the most talent by a mile, although it is a bit cheating, considering he plays the main melody and all the other parts of the track, allowing him to show more complexities and can be described as something more akin to a lead bass guitarist. He has covered both Playing God (on a fretless bass) and Hysteria, and makes original pieces that are also fantastic.
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