Sultans of Swing

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Gatekeeper 0M Posts: 761 April 17, 2008 18:12:21 Guitar, Technique, & Boutique mod.	Tags : None Yep - it's been one of my all-time favorites over the years. I tried to learn it a few years back but couldn't (and can't) quite play it like...er....Mr.Knopfler. I saw MK three years ago and he was just outstanding. He has a somewhat unusual style - all that fingerpicking on an electric. Nothing forces or overplayed...just a great player. And then there's this version, which pretty much makes me want to saw my guitars up for kindling... Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire. -William Butler Yeats
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0M Posts: 604 April 17, 2008 19:33:45 BGMF Founder "Fame is but a fruit tree" Nick Drake	Great song, lots of fun, I know you can play that. You will be the King of Swing one day. Cool nylon string version, lots of mellow feel to that guitar and sound. The world is not a black and white place...It's green and blue
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Gatekeeper 0M Posts: 761 April 17, 2008 19:40:14 Guitar, Technique, & Boutique mod.	And don't you know.... I have been secretly GAS-sing for a nylon string guitar. Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire. -William Butler Yeats
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Parlor Posts: 2 April 18, 2008 08:12:22 Dealer	P&W I just made chairs for the whole band for their upcoming world tour. Mark chose a red one. They are very nice people.
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0M Posts: 714 April 18, 2008 08:30:37 Northwest Lounge mod.	What great sound he gets out of that guitar! I think I saw his thumb come over the fretboard all the way to the D string which if that was actually what was going on is pretty amazing in its self. I really have to work at getting my thumb to cover the E and occasionally the A string. Also, some of those fingerings he was using were some really wide stretches. A great video to watch and watch and watch. Thanks p&w. ragtime man
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Gatekeeper 0M Posts: 761 April 18, 2008 20:50:22 Guitar, Technique, & Boutique mod.	JR - that's awesome. And red is THE color! Ragtime - I noticed that too. That guy's covering a lot of real estate with his thumb. As a guy who plays in the "classical position" with the thumb in the back of the neck, that technique just baffles me. Great stuff! Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire. -William Butler Yeats
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0M Posts: 714 April 18, 2008 22:28:05 Northwest Lounge mod.	powerandwisdom wrote: That guy's covering a lot of real estate with his thumb. As a guy who plays in the "classical position" with the thumb in the back of the neck, that technique just baffles me. Great stuff! Being a blues player I sometimes slip my thumb over to get the low E and very seldom but on an occasion I can get to the A depending on what I am playing but I can not imagine getting your thumb all the way over to the D string and being able to keep your other fingers in position. Just amazing to watch. ragtime man
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Parlor Posts: 64 April 20, 2008 09:11:59 Dealer	I can slip my thumb around to get the low E as well, but only for the F# on a D chord with any decent results. This musician is amazing! I was also impressed with his use of his smallest finger -- great dexterity -- it's as though he has two index fingers on both sides of his hand.
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00 Posts: 188 April 20, 2008 21:04:27 Buy & Sell mod.	Impressive, loved that right hand sweep thing at the end. Have always admired Marks playing and writing abilities.
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