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jbranigan58
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05/18/2019 4:11 am

hy guys im a new member,i need to aske why nothing on dire straits ,

thanks john


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oldcatnewtricks
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05/19/2019 11:18 am

It's likely due to licensing issues. Some Dire Straits would be nice though. I believe there is an area for song requests on GT.


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09/21/2020 9:32 am

Yea![br]I think that Mark Knopfler is a genius musician. And I would like to learn some of his songs and riff too


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09/21/2020 10:03 am

Don't know your skill levels. Try these & see how you go guys. Be forewarned, Knopfler's technique is challenging. Not for beginners.

Money for Nothing rhythm tute

Sultans of Swing demo. Part 1 (rhythm) Part 2 (solos).


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09/21/2020 10:35 am

Sultans of swing is not that hard to play for an intermediate player as long as you play it with your thumb and index like Mark, the difficulty I always had with it was to remember which fill came where in the song so I started to make donkey bridges between the lyrics and the fills, with other words connecting a fill with a word in the lyrics and it is a very long song.


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09/21/2020 2:10 pm
Originally Posted by: manXcat

Don't know your skill levels. Try these & see how you go guys. Be forewarned, Knopfler's technique is challenging. Not for beginners.

Money for Nothing rhythm tute

Sultans of Swing demo. Part 1 (rhythm) Part 2 (solos).

Thanks a lot![br]I think i'm something like "pre-intermediate" level. I do not have any troubles with chords or rhythm. I begun to play scales and basic riffs. But i really hard to play a real songs riffs.[br]It would be helpfull to me in feature, if there are still no Dire Straits tutorials on the platform.


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09/21/2020 6:43 pm

Justin also does a pretty good lesson on Sultans.

Agree..it's actually a really good intermediate song to get stuck into and even if you don't nail Knopflers technique, the licks alone are a great workout. hopefully will see something here soon...he's far too good to be overlooked on a guitar website.


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09/23/2020 5:13 pm

We love song suggestions! You can always request a song here:

https://guitartricks.typeform.com/to/rmHzhK


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