@@borisjohnson9897 I first learned all the licks by watching the videos from “Guitarlessons365” Over the years i’ve learned all the specific techniques by watching different youtubers and by watching Mark’s hands really closely

@@stevesimmons223 I know, it’s 2,5 years old. Was not even playing for 2 years at the time. Got it down now tho!

Do you mean the acoustic resonator intro?

@@sixbladestories I mean before the electric guitar comes in. I thought it was a piano. The studio version. The initial 1-2 mins of the song

@@stratpaul That’s a piano mixed with Mark playing his Resonator in Open G with a capo on the 5th fret. Listen to it closely you’ll hear the guitar

@@sixbladestories yes that's the one. Could you pls do a lesson on it

Everyone’s hands are different

@@sixbladestories thanks… I thought it was a required technique that comes with practice? I am not sure ofcourse…

@@jasper_north Mark used to rest his wrist on the bridge most of the time, this doesn’t seem to work for me though. If it sounds right it sounds right!

@@sixbladestories I agree!!! It looks so cool to play from within the fist and only a thumb sticking out… soo cool

Yes sir this is the main strumming technique Mark uses on songs ranging from the early Dire Straits period until the Last album

Thanks very much! Originally it was Candy Apple Red but i had it resprayed in Hot Rod Red like Mark’s guitar. Any more songs you’d like to see me cover?

Plenty of tabs and videos of the left hand out there. This one’s solely focused on the right hand. Your comment is Good for Nothing

@@georgelennon No sir, it’s Dire Straits Alchemy Tunnel of Love

Les Paul in the middle position with the Peter Green mod. This gives the guitar that “cocked wah wah” tone without actually using a wah wah. Turn your bridge tone all the way down and use quite a bit of distortion / overdrive!

I used Pavel Fomenkov’s video on the song for the basic technique. This is an old video though. I’ve listened to the original instrumental and different live video’s and played those by listening closely. I don’t use tabs and especially not for this song because tabs can’t do this song justice because of the hard technique in my honest opinion

I do now :) it’s an old video

I know this video was to try and play exactly like the original, but the truth is, Mark Knopfler didn’t play the exact name in any of the live performances, like I couldn’t hear the harmonics in them. So I wouldn’t be surprised if he just laughs at videos of people trying to.

@@insane_rail_lover yeah he doesn’t play the same exact lines every concert and frequently improvises instead of playing what’s on the record. However, I was asking because I needed the technique down, not the song.

Check out my new short, maybe you can see it a bit better there!

Thanks man, it’s actually a Fender strat but my neck got messed up so i’m using the Squier neck right now

Hot rod red!

It’s open G with the capo on the 5th fret

I had the same problem for a while and just got it down recently, the thing I didn't notice at first is that you break away from the typical MK strum pattern a little bit in order to hit some of these notes, if you watch closely you can see it happening

Clean channel, gain on around 4, bass on 4, mids on 7-8 and treble on 6-7

Explain yourself please, keep in mind this video is 2 years old and at the time i’ve been playing for not even 2 years. You might want to check my new short of me playing the song just this week

Ignore him bro you pretty much nailed it but he chooses to hear the differnce in tone and some overtunes... the right hand is on point and it is the only good video I saw​@@sixbladestories

Try to learn as many Mark Knopfler songs as you can. Try Walk Of Life and look up videos that explain the right hand clawhammer technique. Pavel Fomenkov has a good one on Walk Of Life. Learn this and you’ll understand Money For Nothing way faster

Thanks!

Ofcourse, i’ll try to make it this weekend as a followup to this video

@@sixbladestories Awesome!

+1 left-hand video would be much appreciated!

@@bartlo86 It’s on the way!

I am aware of that. It’s a video about the general way of strumming the song. + Mark never used that technique live

Infatti la tua versione è quella più fedele,basta vedere anche il concerto che fece a Taormina nel 2013 e non solo lì. Se si rallenta e ingrandisce il video sulla mano destra in alcuni punti si può benissimo notare che non esegue la tecnica del “double rake” anche perché MK non esegue mai lo stesso pezzo identico ogni volta ma improvvisa sempre.

Sure! Interested in a particular song or lick?

I’m not a 100% sure on this. I know for a fact there’s a rythm part by David. And there could be a separate rythm and lead part by Mark. Or just one rythm and lead part by Mark where he alternates between rythm and lead like he does live. Not sure about it though

Thankyou!

Nope, 2016 Les Paul Standard made in the USA

@@sixbladestories my bad