August, 2008 | Mark Knopfler Guitar Site

August 11, 2008October 21, 2008MK guitar style and licks

Unusual double-string bend in Sultans of Swing and Once Upon a Time

Remember the guitar lick In Sultans of Swing following “and Harry doesn’t mind..” ? In songbooks or tabs you will find something like: (play b-string at fret 8, plus g-string at 7th fret, bend g-string one whole note, notes g and d, the d is bent to e) In fact this is the way Knopfler seems to play it on many old or new live recordings. I suspect that on […]

August 10, 2008August 31, 2010Guitar in general, Mark Knopfler gear, Misc, MK guitar style and licks, Understanding music, Vintage guitars

Hello world

So, here is my first post in this new blog. The idea behind this blog is to write about some things I am fascinated in, namely electric guitar and playing it in the style of the unique Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame. I created the Dire Straits Guitar Page, one of the earliest and best-known sites about this topic, in 1996. It was soon quoted and copied almost everywhere. […]

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Month: August 2008

Unusual double-string bend in Sultans of Swing and Once Upon a Time

Hello world