HOW TO PLAY SULTANS OF SWING guitar solo, connecting chords using target notes and chord shapes.

[@jasondarling]

“Targeting chord tones” E-book now available patreon.com/JasonDarling

[@kevingplumb]

Fantastic lesson, thank you. Most tutorials show you what to play but not why you are playing those particular notes. A light bulb went off for me watching this video and I started to see the fret board in a whole new way. I am finding it a relief not to think about scales at all. Can't wait for more lessons.

[@jasondarling]

This means so much to hear! That is exactly my intention. 👍👍

[@dagoldigol]

@@jasondarling thnx sir for this lesson it helps me a lot's👍👍👍

[@AMIN_CHY]

Impressive! Where can I get the first part of the lesson and all the theoretical stuff?

[@jasondarling]

@@AMIN_CHY kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnq1iWV3eLSEmbMsi=ocyoOQiXkG4JisPO

[@lgp4960]

Best explanation of what, where, why and when to play the changes I’ve seen, thanks.

[@jasondarling]

@@lgp4960 extremely happy to hear this 🙏

[@rubikscubeking8398]

The best breakdown of this iconic solo I’ve ever watched. Thank you for posting.

[@jasondarling]

@@rubikscubeking8398 so glad to hear that. Thank you for commenting 🙏

[@DrewThePirate]

this is a really awesome video. My guitar teacher showed me how knopfler does this last week and I forgot everything he told me pretty much instantly. Thanks for breaking it all down in a format that I can rewatch until I get it

[@jasondarling]

Fantastic, glad this worked out for you. 👍

[@tomask.3983]

2 min into this video I paused just to like, subscribe AND put this video in my "guitar gold playlist". Love the focus on chords!!

[@jasondarling]

@@tomask.3983 this comment truly made my day. 🙏♥️

[@tomask.3983]

@@jasondarling Glad to hear! As a beginner and intermediate I have focused very much on scales. And what I would like to know is if advanced and professional guitar players "think" in terms of scales or chords more when they improvise? Do they visualise scales or more the actual chord that is played?

[@jasondarling]

@ I believe it varies player to player. I know that I’m more of a visual player and working off of photographic memory. I have friends who can play almost exclusively by ear. (I talk about this in my book) ultimately these lessons for me were to start and always think in terms of the chord I’m playing over. It has helped me advance. Knowing / hearing where the 3 & 3b are. Where the 5 & 5b & #5 are and the 7 & 7b as I move through each chord of a song. This has been key to playing over most changes. Then you are only left with the, 9, 11 & 13 or chromatic steps between the 1,3,5 & 7. Essentially scales but this way you can alter much more easily than think of a “scale pattern”. Hope this helps. I say check out my book or let’s set up a lesson. 🙏

[@martinmcgimpsey9750]

Thanks for taking the time to explain those licks Jason! I play this all the time, but wasn’t sure about the lead! Lights and bells just went off! Yay! Thanks you, awesome lesson!

[@jasondarling]

Appreciate the comment and so glad to hear! 🙏

[@iyata1444]

Awesome...years I hv self taught myself, when someone puts all the dots together...you are catapulted to another level in guitar playing. If playing guitar is a hobby...you practice whole night...8-10 hrs

[@jasondarling]

Love this, thank you for your comment. 🙏

[@cudleydudley9215]

I can't play guitar 🎸 but I like the way this gentleman puts things across for people who would love to learn 🎸

[@nickd.2172]

Thank you Jason for the lesson! I found it very helpful and well done for my guitar level. If possible, please publish more lessons like this, it will be very appreciated by the community of “guitar students “ like myself. Cheers and Thanks again!

[@jasondarling]

@@nickd.2172 appreciate that. So glad to hear. Hopefully doing more content soon!

[@JorgeRodriguez-gg5rb]

Hey Mr: you are wonderful people are teaching very good. Honest you are fantastic & from Los Angeles California we salute & respect forever

[@rigmormortis164]

Must be something wrong with youtubes algoritm,it must be 412 000 000 subs🤯amazing Chanel you got,glad i found it//cheers..Lasse🇸🇪

[@DrMuseclectic]

Great lesson - many thanks! So helpful to see such a close analysis of the chords behind the SoS solo part 1 and how the lead/melody notes of Knopfler’s line emerged from those. Great to see the CAGE system put to good user too. The analysis on the F shape with the meaningful bends for the 3 and 5 was very useful because I have just tended to think very ‘linearly’ such that notes must be sequential from the underlying scale but, as you showed, the bends ‘up’ have as much validity and purpose as playing a scale in a linear sequence. Great tone on your guitar BTW 👍👍

[@jasondarling]

This made my day!! Thank you so much for your comment and is exactly what I was hoping to get across. 👍♥️

[@lonnettebrawner8201]

Been watching tutorials for 6 months on this tune, you finally made it make sense. Thank you.

[@jasondarling]

Oh man, that means so much to hear! Thank you for that and glad it helped.

[@stratslinger3921]

This is absolutely brilliant and exactly how guitar should be taught!!

[@jasondarling]

Thank you for the comment. So glad this working for you !🙏

[@mikehoward5049]

That's the stuff, Jason! Thanks so much! I was just learning the solos and thinking I should really be figuring out what he's actually doing in terms of scales. You just laid it out so beautifully! Very cool. I've taken CAGED lessons, but was still just working on memorizing scales without really understanding how to improvise over them and move between them in a solo.

[@jasondarling]

Mike, I really appreciate that and so glad to hear this process works you. Thank you for commenting. 👍🙏

[@tims.4728]

It's mark....cool man...very good videos...

[@Aussie602]

Hi Jason one of the best explanations for decades. THX for that and please go on .

[@jasondarling]

Thank you for your comment. I have a multiple part series coming soon.

[@vishwapratap1107]

U are brilliant in playing and I love how u made me understand the notes and chords . Kudos

[@jasondarling]

Thank you for commenting 🙏

[@grantwright8071]

It''s ALMOST right !.. A mighty attempt, and extremely well done !.. Knopfler is mostly (but not entirely) doing this.. Yes 100% ,he follows the Chords around, and very delightfully.. But there are added nuances, which are not explained here.. However if you want to get a handle on this general approach, this is great ! :)

[@jasondarling]

Thank you for commenting. Agreed. 💯 I would say the simplicity of the parts lends itself to Knopfler’s masterful touch both from his left hand, his right hands finger picking and most of all his heart and soul. ✌️

[@smultilabjsoares9185]

You are one of the best teacher's... well done breakdown this in pieces, Best of the best... thank you.

[@jasondarling]

Appreciate that, glad the lesson is helpful. 🙏

[@jamesmaddock259]

This is superb . We’ll done jason . Nicely done maestro

[@jasondarling]

Thank you James!

[@danhwy4074]

Very enlightening lesson, explaining the seemingly complicated at its barest bones.

[@jasondarling]

Thank you Dan! Exactly. 👍🙏

[@samuelhembrom3822]

❤too good to learn from your teaching, you are the best teacher. Thank you sir, God bless you.

[@jasondarling]

Thank you for your comment. Made my day 🙏

[@moeb4348]

I like how you do intervals and notes and not just string and fret. Very, very impressive, sir! Thank you so much!

[@jasondarling]

Thank you and so glad you enjoyed this! 🙏

[@ulfmischke9975]

Thank you for door opener making Understanding those Melodic licks...well well done. Learning licks is one thing, understanding another. Thx. 👍

[@jasondarling]

Yes! Thank for this. Exactly what I was going for. 🙏

[@dammikagamage194]

u r amazing on guitars.....thanks to u..i will study ur teachings slowly.thoug bit hard...thanks gb u....from sri lanka....doing organs for the moments

[@kenalee1045]

Great lesson my friend.. there are so many skill we can get from sultan especially notes from chords shape.. thanks for sharing my friend

[@jasondarling]

Thanks Ken, appreciate that. 👍🙏

[@kenkelly382]

Great reinforcement and follow up to your prior lesson. Looks like you were way ahead of the curve regarding chord tone soloing.

[@jasondarling]

This comment made my day! 🙏♥️

[@georgeskopelitis8585]

Thanks for making it easier to understand. It's almost like you've got into his head and worked out how to play the the song. Well done bro.

[@jasondarling]

So glad you are getting something from this approach and thank you for your kind words. 🙏

[@danio-LP]

Wow, that is amazing! It's a perfect Pentatonic Training, and how the Scale really works....that motivates me.

[@AriAndicella-dd3zx]

very fantastic an easily when we want to know that connecting chords... thank you so much MR.Jason. and i have congrats , salute!

[@mattshul]

Thank you. I really appreciate your chord tone approach to teaching this.

[@jasondarling]

Thank you! I hope it helps with your approach. 👍

[@violendamaranan4227]

Wow ,I like what you teaching to play guitar so I'm really interested listening to you.

[@adipopstarcru666locus]

thank you teacher because I have learned a lot from Chanel you tube but I watched your video I learned and can play the solo song I respert you. I'm not sure why by learning your tutorian I can play the song even though it's not so good.tq, tq dan tq sir .. 👍👍👍👌😀😀😀

[@j.carlos9081]

Fantastic, wonderful, lesson! Congratulations. Thank you. And happy ness

[@jasondarling]

Thank you 🙏

[@daveroon6838]

Thank you so much Jason, this video is the first for me and has and will , open new doors . I would very much like to see the first lesson.

[@jasondarling]

I love that Dave. Appreciate it 👍🙏

[@daveroon6838]

Could you please send me the link to the first lesson

[@jasondarling]

@@daveroon6838 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnq1iWV3eLSEmbM

[@arjunkunwar2224]

❤you are the best teacher thank you sir❤❤❤

[@paulyoung4781]

Wow that is bye far the most amazing lesson I've came across thanks love it

[@jasondarling]

Made my day! Thank you 🙏

[@ramsubba2294]

Fantastic lesson love you from HongKong. But please second part includ show your picking hand on strings ???❤❤❤

[@haroldprice1030]

Good stuff Mr. Jason ! Totally enjoyed it.

[@harmanss6077]

Very nicely taught ! though I don't play guitar !❤️❤️❤️👍👍

[@QBRX]

Super cool, outlining the chords is so great.

[@violendamaranan4227]

Thank you so much and I will continue watching how to play guitar

[@Elvis-dw7ux]

Excellent info., diagrams and approach......

[@jasondarling]

Thank you 🙏. More to come

[@michelaser]

Well done, he simplified the theory

[@rogercharlie]

Yes he knows all the chords

[@pankajkumardas41]

Very good sir Let's give the remaining part of the lesson of sultan of swing, 🥺

[@jacostoffbergh9544]

Thank you Sir, your videos is great, it shows me how to solo over a chord.

[@jasondarling]

🙏

[@2bikemikesguitartopics145]

Best explanation for this ever.

[@pete194]

Great lesson, thanks! Pls link lesson 1 in the description .

[@jasondarling]

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[@ricklee4513]

Thanks so much for explaining how this song is played, I’ll see how I go 😅

[@jasondarling]

@@ricklee4513 you got this! 👍

[@Elvis-dw7ux]

Excellent, cheers from Canada....

[@akmt123]

Zabardast, cheers from Canada...

[@jeanguyvensdomond5740]

very good swing this solo one love god blessing you thanks

[@nadirbebiano2249]

the bether ...the best guitar lesson...thanks

[@tomsexton4880]

Thank you for a great lesson, well taught.

[@abderrahimkari9347]

Hay i dont speak anglais very well but i tray to inderstand .your explication IS very good for me thanks you

[@jasondarling]

That is great! I have to see about translating this.

[@agentseventeen]

Amazing Jason!!!

[@aimojalain7187]

That is very brilliant,thankyou very much.god bless.

[@jasondarling]

🙏

[@coolcrazy2957]

素晴らしい説明です。感銘。日本　東京から　観てます。

[@plutogamstrumframe]

Fantastic lesson

[@stevehumphrey478]

Thank you for your time, great lesson, going in slowly

[@jasondarling]

My pleasure Steve! So glad you are getting something out of it. 👍

[@RobertTaylor-]

Great lesson, thank you 🙏🏻

[@uberjam-sam8512]

Excellent explanation. 👏

[@Gojo_haokip]

Very good lessons 👍👍👍

[@Elvis-dw7ux]

Excellent...

[@horsey3206]

Great job explaining!

[@denest3435]

It's very fantastic and enlightening only somewhat many repetitions and for a beginner way to fast it's more about the chords then about the techniques but thank you

[@ourspanishadventures]

Very well explained. 👍

[@sergiolopes4625]

Very very goood, thank's friend!!

[@jasondarling]

Thank you! 🙏

[@63rogerw]

Hi Jason. I purchased your e book through Patreon and downloaded it. But where did it download to? The Patreon purchases page shows the purchase but redirects back to your page. Help !

[@jasondarling]

@@63rogerw hey, oh no. I’ll have to check w/ Patreon. I just messaged from there. I’ll sort you out through there 🙏

[@jamespower9208]

Awesome lesson,Thank you

[@jasondarling]

Glad it is helpful. Thank you James!

[@AlmostHomeSounds]

Awesome stuff yet again! I'm still not totally comfortable finding/outlining chord shapes, but I do know caged decently well. Any tips/practice routines that you think made the difference to get it second nature for you? Thanks man!

[@jasondarling]

So glad you find this helpful. I would start by just picking a chord then play the root note through all the chord shapes of the CAGED. then root - 3rd. Then root -3rd - 5th. Then root - 3rd - 5th - 7th. Then 1-3-5-b7. Then 1-b3-5-b7 etc. I have been finding that doing this, playing these arpeggios through the CAGED shapes, really bridges the fret board together and putting the available shapes into the minds eye. Hope that helps!

[@tims.4728]

Thanks man!! Great tips

[@reginamiller3153]

Fabulous lesson!!! Thnx

[@WhiteDove73-888]

Thanks for all this!

[@rontakabuda4474]

Awesome video

[@edisonaquino6029]

Muito bom seu trabalho parabéns

[@robertsoza5912]

How. Can i Buy the sheet music to sultanes of swing. I lieve in encenada baja California México please sent results thanks yo

[@agentseventeen]

Really cool man!

[@Elvis-dw7ux]

Cannot find Lesson 1....what is it called??? Only Grateful Dead found...

[@jasondarling]

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[@premrajgogoi2256]

very nice i like so much

[@noeldumagat6381]

I appreciated so much your.lesson about targeting notes hope you can make lesson .about night.owls of LRB It's lick it's intro and additional.technique how to find where to start in finding notes of a guitar solo example "it's a long way there " of LRB It's intro is so good and it's solo is so melodic I hope you can make a video lesson.of this particular song. There's a lot of song .with a very melodic solo.thanks .

[@jasondarling]

Thank you Noel! Appreciate that. I just checked out Night Owl. You are right, great solo. 👍

[@aleistercrowley5041]

Ótima aula. Parabéns 👏

[@randywhite1422]

Great lesson but your not showing how your picking the chords please widen your video angle,it would help alot thanks

[@jasondarling]

Agree, I realized that too late for this video. The picking hand has a lot to do with the way this solo sounds for sure. Thank you

[@petesr.rodriguez6273]

Excellent

[@paulyoung4781]

U deserve so much more likes though

[@jasondarling]

Thank you Paul. Appreciate that. 👍🙏

[@paulyoung4781]

@@jasondarling no problem its amazing how well u have explained all that wow never heard anything like it its mind blowing how u have did it many thanks

[@jasondarling]

@@paulyoung4781 thanks again and more content to come.

[@nilogonzalez70]

Excelente amigo

[@garylcampbell9964]

Very nice.

[@Elvis-dw7ux]

What is Lesson 1 called?

[@jasondarling]

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[@akmt123]

Please send Link for Lesson 1.

[@jasondarling]

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[@akmt123]

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[@TemyLagayo]

I'd like how u teach. ❤

[@jasondarling]

🙏

[@mohamedhabib8982]

MASTER !

[@bartimejpio1508]

Thanks friend

[@agilsaknichannel7474]

Thanks for....👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jeandely8248]

Perfect

[@denmar355]

Would’ve loved to see it played through slowly to pull all the pieces together.

[@jasondarling]

Great suggestion. Will have to get that together on the next one. 👍

[@sawasaw3388]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@stefaniadicorinaldo6123]

Suoni o fai lezione di chitarra 🎸???

[@jasondarling]

I’ve been considering giving private lessons.

[@leonardogallotta8086]

Good music

[@thonkungamriamei]

👍

[@BAC54746]

Merci 👍