How to Play Dire Straits ON EVERY STREET Like a Boss!

In this video, I'm going to teach you how to play Dire Straits' hit song "On Every Street" like a boss! I'll show you the right way to play the song on the guitar, and explain the finger pick technique that Mark Knopfler used to make the song so popular.
If you want to play Dire Straits' hit song "On Every Street" like a pro, then you need to watch this video! I'll teach you the secret finger pick technique that will make the song sound amazing on your guitar. Are you ready to learn how to play Dire Straits like a rockstar?
00:00 Intro - playing the riff and introducing what we're going to be learning
00:34 Both hands super slow
01:07 Pickling hand super slow
01:49 Like and sub if you're enjoying this video
01:58 Both hands a bit faster
02:19 Outro
#oneverystreet #direstraits #markknopfler #80srock #classicrock #strat

[@philcaffrey]

If you like my videos and would like to show your appreciation, you can do that by clicking the SUPER THANKS button or going to: www.buymeacoffee.com/philcaffrey . It will really help me to build the channel.

[@Guto-df3hq]

Muito obrigado por compartilhar Phil!😎🎸

[@donmackie6086]

I've played for 45+ years and I find that picking quite difficult. But it is so very beautiful a cycling melody! Mark is a gifted musician. Thank you for this sir!

[@philcaffrey]

It's absolutely my pleasure - thanks for getting in touch. You're right - it's quite a tricky one to grind into the brain, but I've is there it'll stick forever and you be able to do it in your sleep. 🤓 Thanks for your comment - makes my day.

[@oscarfernandez7845]

Best "On every Street tutorial" I've seen - straight to the point

[@philcaffrey]

Thanks Oscar - you have made my day! 👍👍

[@itsrm1]

Amazing, my favourite Dire Straits song. Would be great if you’d post a full cover! There aren’t too many out there & I’m sure yours would be the best!

[@philcaffrey]

Thank you so much. Great to hear.

[@glenhodgman4179]

Straight to the point with no bs. Thanks for this, have just subscribed

[@philcaffrey]

Cheers Glen. Thanks for the sub!

[@TexasStreetPreacher]

Best tutorial on this song! Thank you!

[@philcaffrey]

Thank you for the great comment and support. Cheers. 👍 Phil

[@nidannicigov8263]

Great channel, I see that you love what you are doing and that's the way to go. Keep rocking!

[@philcaffrey]

Thanks you so much - I certainly do love what I do and I thought it was time to start sharing what I know and love. Thanks for your support and comment - it really makes my day.

[@38Laurent]

Yess, on every street 👍👍

[@marcele.6828]

Nailed it! Beautiful and well demonstrated sir 👍🏻

[@philcaffrey]

Thanks Marcel. I really appreciate that. 👍👍

[@davethehermit8482]

Great video. Going to give this one a try.

[@philcaffrey]

Brilliant. Thanks Dave. I think you'll find it impossible to stop playing this one once you start. 🤓

[@AWguitar2006]

your channel is amazing

[@philcaffrey]

Thanks a million. I love what I do and I'm really pleased that you are enjoying it too. 👍👍

[@marijntjevdmeer]

This channel is underrated!

[@philcaffrey]

Thanks Marijn. Much appreciated. It's hard to grow a channel like this, or so I'm finding, but it's still great to share the music and it makes my day when I get a comment like yours. Thanks. 👍

[@thomasmuhlhaus9716]

Thank You very much. Great guy, great work (perfect), even perfect guitar tuning (not everywhere that nice). GOOD JOB !!

[@philcaffrey]

Thanks Thomas - you have made my day!

[@thomasmuhlhaus9716]

That was easy, Phil, the thing is, what You do IS YOU, it comes right from the heart, and You can´t beat it 🙂@@philcaffrey

[@iamjesper]

Really great tutorial. One little input from me would be that the "super slow" picking part wasnt slow enough, i thought it went rather fast. Had to use youtube function to 0,5 speed. Or its just me who suck 😂

[@philcaffrey]

Ha ha. No it's not you that sucks - I do have a habit of going faster that I say I will. 🤓. That's really handy feedback, and I really appreciate it - I'll make sure they any new vids they I record are at the promised pace. 😂. Thanks again for your support of the channel. 👍👍

[@pauldoermer2740]

hey man thank you for your videos. They are very accurate, as good as it gets. Mark is also my favourite guitarist and the reason why i started playing.

[@philcaffrey]

Thanks. That means a lot! Mark was the reason I started playing too - his music has been the soundtrack to my life. 🎸👍

[@dixiethedog1777]

Your guitar playing is great, I saw you at the guitar show last weekend and enjoyed it massively. When I left the show I had a memory in my head. Many years back I am sure I had a physics teacher (Marden High) who I am certain was called "Mr. Caffrey". He played guitar and was from memory a nice bloke. Was this you?

[@philcaffrey]

Hi. Thanks for that - really made my day. I love what I do with the music 🎸🎸 so if any of that rubs off, then we have all won! I must have a clever doppelganger - I definitely wasn't a physics teacher😂 - definitely not clever enough! Thanks again for the support - it really makes a difference.

[@Wonderwoman56ab]

Great tutorial, thank you so much. May I ask, for those who, like me, are somewhat "analytical", I you could illustrate the strings you hit, for instance with tabs progressing with your playing? Maybe it is not that simple, so, anyway, wonderful job!

[@philcaffrey]

Thank you so much for your comments. With the tabs/strings question, it's an interesting one because MKs playing is so nuanced and varied that it's not an easy job to break it down into tabs. My approach when learning to play his music was to try to translate what I heard into the sound. In other words, my biggest learning tool is my ears - if I can get it to sound right, it's right - if it doesn't sound exactly right, I need to think about trying something else. That said, there is still room as you say for some technical teaching in the vids. What I will bring in to future videos is more of a look at what strings are being played and when, particularly on the complex picking tunes. Thanks for the suggestion - really helpful.

[@makingmusiconline2309]

Fantastic! I'm going to make sure never to miss any of your videos. Great stuff.

[@philcaffrey]

Thank you so much - really appreciated. I really enjoy doing what I do on the channel and it's fantastic when I get a lovely comment like that. Cheers

[@KO-ip8go]

Hey thanks for the great tutorial!! Can you also give us the details of the amp setting? I’m struggling to produce the same sound

[@philcaffrey]

Hi. Thanks for that - much appreciated. I use a Yamaha THR30ii amp - it's a small modelling amp but you can use similar settings with any amp. The first thing is to add a little compression. I have my bass and mid about 12 o'clock with treble at 1 o'clock. I use a tiny bit of spring reverb alongside a bit of delay ( not too much - just enough to beef up the reverb). The main impact on the sound comes from the pickups - I played this on my 90s American Strat with the stock pickups - I think I used just the neck pickup for this vid, but position 1 or 3 tends to be my "go to" for this type of sound. Any decent strat-style single coil pickups should do a decent job of this. Hope that helps. 👍

[@KO-ip8go]

Thank you so much! I’ll give it a try :)

[@lapelcelery42]

FYI The two note intro to the F chord played at 0:47 only happens on every second repeat, meaning the riff is twice as long as it seems in this video. The chords have to be played twice to get the full melody.

[@philcaffrey]

Yep, that's right. This video teaches the chords and the fingering for both hands. I have assumed that viewers will know the song well enough to complete the right number of requests. Thanks for clarifying.

[@schwarzdrossel2454]

Thats Sounds amazing! What setup did you use?

[@philcaffrey]

Hi. Thank you so much for the comment. The guitar is a 90s American Strat with bridge\middle pickups selected and a Yamaha THR30ii which is a great little house amp. I had some plate reverb and a tiny touch of delay to give body to the sound and I used some on board compression which I can dial in on the amp. I think the secret to and sound is having good pickups and then finding their sweet spot - I love the sound of a Strat in bridge\middle and I don't it doesn't need a lot of FX to really make it shine. Hope that helps. Thanks for taking the time to comment - it really makes my day. What set up do you use?

[@schwarzdrossel2454]

Oh im just starting out on playing the electric guitar. I played years of acoustic but now i want to try something different

[@philcaffrey]

Brilliant. I'm sure you will absolutely love the journey playing electric guitar. Have you got your guitar and amp setup?

[@schwarzdrossel2454]

Yes. I recently bought a mex. strat. It sounds quiet nice but i have a humbucker as the bridge pickup, so i will just use the one in the middle. Sound good for now.

[@skullish8792]

can you show how to get the tone:)?

[@philcaffrey]

Sure. I'll get a short video recorded to do that for you no problem. Give me a couple of days....👍👍

[@skullish8792]

@@philcaffrey tysm. I'm not really great with tones, so it helps out a lot when you show it. Love your playing

[@philcaffrey]

Great stuff. Thanks.

[@user-jm3yb5mf2g]

ما إسم الأغنية

[@philcaffrey]

It's "On Every Street"

[@eldersign1920]

Minimal talking. Fantastic! 10/10

[@philcaffrey]

Thanks Rune. 👍

[@loly1969]

No tabs ?

[@philcaffrey]

Hi - thanks for being in touch. I don't make tabs for these videos because my preferred approach has always been ears first. I get much better results if I use me ears to work through a song or riff and then translate that to my fingers. I think of tabs as a short cut that leaves out a lot of nuance - I would really encourage you to use your ears rather than tabs - you'll get better results in the long run.