Given his first guitar at age four, Tommy Emmanuel started working professionally just two years later in a family band, the Emmanuel Quartet. He never learned to read and write music, but he and his brother Phil were dedicated students of the instrument, creating games that helped them identify chords and patterns. They became adept at picking out the nuances of complex chords, a talent that takes most musicians years to develop. Emmanuel pursued it with a passion and after graduating, Emmanuel became one of Australia’s most in-demand rock musicians.