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He commonly uses a thumbpick, a flat pick (plectrum), his fingers, or a combination of these in his playing, a design called hybrid selecting. Amongst his hallmark rapid virtuoso licks and cascading harmonic progressions, he frequently uses a method that imitated an electrical guitar's tremolo system on acoustic guitar by pressing the palm of his right-hand man versus the sound board of the guitar near the neck joint, while maintaining forward pressure with his left hand on the top of the headstock.

Chet Atkins [modify] As a boy in Australia, Emmanuel wrote his hero Chet Atkins in Nashville, Tennessee. Eventually, Atkins responded with words of encouragement and a long-standing invitation to visit to go to. In 1997, Emmanuel and Atkins recorded as a duo, launching the album. It would be Atkins's last album, with the exception of "Solo Sessions" which Atkins' estate launched posthumously.

In July 1999, at the 15th Yearly Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention, Atkins provided Emmanuel with a Qualified Guitar Gamer award, an honour Chet personally bestowed to only four guitar players. This award acquires its fame from being bestowed by Atkins himself, a commonly acknowledged leader in guitar music. https://www.topnotchengraving.com/kentucky-wood-cutout/ : "In Acknowledgment of His Contributions to the Art of Fingerpicking." Tommy performed at the Chet Atkins Gratitude Society (CAAS) in July each year in Nashville.