Mark Knopfler right hand technique explained - Lesson

[@leeboehmer6793]

This is really, really impressive Ramon. The best video I have seen that explains Knopfler's right-hand technique. I like that you have broken it down to entry level with an exercise that I can pore over and practice. Fab work, man. Will definitely look through your other instructionals.

[@TheGuitarShow]

many thanks indeed Lee glad you got something out of it

[@axnax1]

I've loved Mark Knopflers guitar playing since i first heard 'Sultans'. I've seen Dire Straits several times back in the 80's. There are bits of his stuff i can play and although it may not sound as good it is a thrill to get close. This lesson/tutorial gives people a chance to sound, even if only a little, like Mark. Thanks for putting this up.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure bro

[@akmedia8206]

Of swing

[@tarantino5515]

How’s it going now bro 2 yrs on

[@axnax1]

@@tarantino5515 Hi, its going really well. I've had stainless steel frets fitted to my guitar. I had worn the frets flat on two necks so i had to do something. I play very loud for short (45 minutes) spells and oh man the sound i can make now is so sweet. Very Knopfleresque - I can't help that as the man has been such an influence on how i hear guitar music and how i want to sound. I can set my looper and just play finger style with all the different tones on my strat. I've been in several bands when i was younger but i'm enjoying playing more now than ever. It's a great technique that produces great sounds and really worth working on. no matter how long it takes. (be patient if you're trying).

[@gitaroweepizody8462]

Comprehensive and comprehensible. Couldn't ask for more. Thanks!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure is mine 🙏🎸

[@therealroga]

I can never get enough knopfler technique! Yes more please.

[@simpsimpson5175]

Its a wonderful signature style - I think the best style to play shuffles - Jerry Reed , surely the funkiest country player ever - played in a similar way -

[@TheGuitarShow]

I agree!

[@TheGBs1972]

The shuffle is simple yet so effective! You nail it !

[@iantaylor827]

Great little video. Love the shuffle. Heaps of mileage in it. Thanks a lot

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks

[@bonanote]

Yes please do more videos on Mark Knopfler , you have great tips , good knowledtge and very didactic.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks so much I promise to do more very soon!

[@iv_vn]

Great tutorial Ramon, would be awesome if you did a longer lesson

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Ivan - Ill come back to MK very soon!

[@Goldfishclown]

Extremely helpful, amazed to find exactly what I was looking for in such detail. Thanks!

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@Goldfishclown my pleasure

[@elvis_cehany8887]

Very well explained and played bro as usual 👍

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks brother

[@elvis_cehany8887]

The Guitar Show hope you having a great trip Bro

[@kokomal2686]

great video and nice breakdown of this technique.. thanks!!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nielsderuiter1991]

Best tutorial on Knopfler ever seen, you definitely know how to make it sound like it's straight from a Dire Straits album; great work!

[@robertgallagher5285]

Have seen a Mark lesson where the teacher said Mark uses his Ring Finger but I have never seen it?!!

[@dlees8432]

wow i asked for this lesson a couple of weeks back. thx man!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure!

[@integralherbalism3093]

Nice, I've been working on Marks stuff for ages and this is a good elucidation, especially of his rhythmic approach. More on Mark would be great. thanks!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure thanks!

[@ferpirata76]

Such a great lesson. Thanks a lot and congratulations from Spain!

[@craigbriscoe9237]

Hi. Thanks for the video. It's a great help with getting the right hand shuffle rhythm. Please could you post a, beginner friendly, video showing what you're doing with the left hand. Thanks

[@GuitarVee]

Thanks, exactly what I’ve been looking for, been trying to clear this up in my head and hands, and this looks and sounds very right!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Many thanks Sean glad you liked it

[@briancampbell5243]

Awesome! Thank you. Looking forward to the next one.

[@swoopdog54]

Thanks for the inspiration! Again! Love it. Lot's of skill and work on display here.

[@malis98]

this is so accurate nice lesson i want to learn more!!!

[@dirtyrottensinnermusic3212]

Thanks Ramon!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure

[@jonnybeck6723]

Just watched this incredibly cool lesson once again... Really slow or quick, it's dynamite either way! Thanx so very much again and cheers again, mate

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Jonny!

[@aamericanos]

So much knowledge shared in such a short space of time - amazing

[@jmack619]

That was a great lesson!! Thank you from Canada. subscribed!

[@toofypeg7931]

Wow!! Great lesson you’ve nailed it!! Thanks mate!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure 🙏

[@SteveLeyland]

Learned a lot from this. Thanks!

[@TheGuitarShow]

many thanks indeed

[@RosssRoyce]

Very nice lesson! One great help to your students to get the shuffling in any melody is to emphasize that nails hit the “snare drum” offbeat time. You do it but I think to a beginner, if not emphasized it can be overlooked and result in them doing syncopated nail strikes (which can come later but complicate things in the beginning..) Once I was in the New England mountains and saw an oldtimer plying virtuoso banjo. I asked him how does he do it and he showed me his thumb and I dex making like a crab hand shape. Infact he was hitting with his thumb the strong beat and with the nails of the index the offbeat.

[@srisidvicious]

Thank you that was very well explained

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure

[@jonnybeck6723]

I've been hemming and hawing and stalling getting my thumb to become an active member in this attempt at blowing some serious and hopefully entertaining guitar playin'... Your helpful hints are become me favorites . So thanx man and please keep 'em coming... cheers

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure and im honoured if i can be of any inspiration!

[@BedeLaplume]

Great explanation Ramon!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Bertrand

[@BedeLaplume]

@@TheGuitarShow I'll copy and paste it on a guitar blog Fb page .. So you know:)

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@BedeLaplume amazing thank you so much 🙏🙏

[@BedeLaplume]

@@TheGuitarShow My pleasure..

[@PhilipMurrayDesign]

Great lesson - yes please some more on how you would play fast pentatonic repeating licks using Knopfler style :)

[@TheGuitarShow]

Okay coming next Philip!

[@altoscene]

@@TheGuitarShow did you do any more MK lessons? This ones brilliant and would love some more as mentioned above! Thanks!

[@johnguitar]

Thx nice lesson more mark 🎸🎶🎸

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure John

[@DominicZaidan]

Great video, thanks!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Dominic

[@bobgang8700]

Very nice. Thank you. Have you made a newer more in depth video for this. I am new to this technique but would really like some practice ideas.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks - I had that in mind to do - so I will get something together in the next couple of weeks

[@nouyed]

Great tutorial ! Mark's right hand technique always alluded me. Could you give us some exercises so that we can quickly pickup this technique? Thanks .

[@TheGuitarShow]

Yes Ill do an update lesson real soon

[@dirtykixx]

Best video I’ve seen on how to work on Knophler-style chicken-pickin’ thanks! Any chance you’d do a video on his playing on Dylan’s ‘Got To Serve Somebody’?

[@swoopdog54]

Awesome, really. This stuff is not easy. Thanks!

[@hql400]

very good and helpful !!! THANX !!

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure

[@jameslloyd949]

Another more in depth video please!

[@RichSoundsz]

Kia ora, thanks for this.

[@TheGuitarShow]

My pleasure

[@aaronberg1618]

Hell Yeah I would love for you to do some more videos on the Great Mark Knopfler style playing. May I request you do a video in the future on Dire Straights: South bound again? I love that tune and how he picks that song, AWSOME TUNE BRO!!! I WOULD really appreciate it. Thanks again! Aaron from Canada.

[@smithyswildcamping.1356]

Please make more vids on Mark knopfler style

[@TheGuitarShow]

I promise!

[@stevecode1153]

Excelentísimo!

[@bradgoose]

Well that's my Sunday sorted! The disapproval from my wife and child is palpable - however, I'll bake cakes and play on video games another day! Yes please - definitely do more on this topic / Knopfler theme. Thank you

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks Brad - good luck the MK style - I love playing his right hand technique.

[@bradgoose]

I’ve really enjoyed watching and practicing to this video - if it were on a VHS I would have worn it out by now so thanks again for such a good effort on your part. Is there anything left in the tank on the Knopfler theme? Some of his tastiest licks are on the outros to Romeo & Juliet, MFN, etc! Would absolutely love to see a video on something like that. Anyway, thanks again for what you’ve already done.

[@d08scl]

Great concise video Ramon.. I’m no guitar player, I’m more piano but I’ve always wanted to get something going on guitar. The only thing I’m any good at is fingerpicking so I was very attracted to this style. I’ve given it a go and it seems to work for me! However, the Electric strings I have seem a bit too light for this style. What gauge would you recommend? Wound/unwound? many thanks, Steve

[@TheGuitarShow]

I use wound 11's d'addario. Thanks for watching Steve

[@frantisca]

Well done Ramon ! What's that other Strat leaning on the couch behind ?

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure watch the next video Rene :)

[@HouseholdDog]

Thanks for explaining how impossible this all is for me.

[@stefanhansen5882]

Super cool! Any chance you could make a tutorial for absolutely beginners? This is WAY to advanced for me.

[@napadave58]

Nice. Thank you. If that isn't exactly it, then I don't care to meet the person who knows the difference. Great little lesson.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks 🙏

[@shaunw9270]

Excellent stuff Ramon. I know I will be coming back to this video again soon , man, I want to play like that ! Not really a Dire Straits buff but I absolutely love Neck & Neck , and the Notting Hillbillies LP . Thanks 👍

[@TheGuitarShow]

Neck and Neck was such a cool album! Pleasure Nick!

[@shaunw9270]

@@TheGuitarShow Nick ? ☺️

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@shaunw9270 sorry Shaun!!!! Lol

[@shaunw9270]

@@TheGuitarShow No worries mate 😉👍

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@shaunw9270 thanks

Cheers

[@TheMoHonk]

Hi, great video. Is there a tutorial for the shuffle?

[@TheMoHonk]

I really need this shuffle broken down for dummies😢

[@TheGuitarShow]

Okay I will revisit this very soon

[@bychamp]

very well explained, the sound is great, I ask, for you to play this sound, which pedal or ampli are you using?

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks I think I was using my Mystic Blues amp and a Tubescreamer type pedal thanks - thats basically like a fender clean amp.

[@gloryrow100]

Thanks much!

[@TSK-py2vy]

Really nice. And that leads quite sweetly onto an MFN lesson! Same kinda shuffle. Any chance of one?

[@clintonbirdsr.8598]

yes do some more!

[@TheGuitarShow]

I promise

[@fly1327]

I can't seem to make plectrums (picks) work but fingers a natural for me and the thumb rules, either playing or muting. Thanks, mostly baritone uke, but I have a Strat hanging behind me just may need some attention.

[@cherrywilson1556]

Yes more MK licks please. For me at least the slower the better!

[@strat0871]

Right, that's the way Mark does.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks

[@promerops]

Money for nothing and his chicks for free.

[@PhranklinEspo]

I see what you did there...lol

[@cherrywilson1556]

Awesome!

[@blizzeyeblizz7239]

Nice🎉

[@taylor818e6]

Hello Ramon, just discovered your Mark Knopfler lesson, what a great break down. Question on the down stroke with the nails, how do you get the echo/reverb sound? I'm using a Telecaster with a small Vox amp. Also, to get that lighting speed arpeggio move is a challenge, even slowing it down. More Mark is always welcome. Thank you, Anthony

[@taylor818e6]

Tried for hours today, can't get the rhythm going, or the same effect with the down stroke with the fingers. If you can share the settings to get sound, that would be fantastic. I also notice you keep your pinky planted while doing it, that was difficult too. Please sir. may we have some more? Thanks, Great Job, Anthony

[@mosheyuval350]

Just wish will be clearer and not as fast with the grooves, with somewhat of indications of your left hand (and right sometimes) this is great help but way too fast and I find myself slowing it down all the the time. For example, 5:47 you finally gave something slow to really get down into it, but the downstroke is muted and it is unclear how or why, when I downstroke it gives unmuted sound...

[@TheGuitarShow]

@@mosheyuval350 okay I'll do another video soon much slower thanks for the idea

[@mosheyuval350]

@@TheGuitarShow just to be clear, thank you so much for all your help and you are a great guitar player and a good teacher. Sorry if I sounded a bit annoying, just really wanting this learned!

[@willkupers]

Cool ! I know I am an idiot, but why did I never think of playing down strokes when playing fingerpick style on those double stops. haha. Stupid. 😉 Always on auto pilot up. Thnx. 👍🏼

[@TheGuitarShow]

Pleasure Will! lol

[@thestreetman5284]

top

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thank you

[@chrisc765]

I can do the sweepy sound with my thumb. Nail it with my 1st 3 tho. Guess thats why im no Mark

[@TheGuitarShow]

Nice one Chris

[@robertgallagher5285]

Does Mark ever use his Ring Finger!??

[@alafenetre81]

I cannot make out what you're doing.

[@robgerety]

Not unlike chicken pickin MK style.

[@TheGuitarShow]

Thanks

[@ronensegal1083]

Please play it faster ….

[@carlos31302]

Bro. You need to slow down and place camera on the right fucking hand so we ca see better.

[@TheGuitarShow]

ok boss

[@barthvapour]

Very unclear as to exactly which strings were being played either by the thumb or the fingers when doing the shuffle, not helped by the camera angle obscuring the fretting. It would have been very useful to demonstrate it with your left hand just holding a still chord first. And I am not a newbie to fingerstyle playing either.

[@barthvapour]

Additional after watching several times slowed down... AT NO TIME do you point out that your plucking fingers are plucking the same string as your thumb. You really should highlight that, because it's crucial and easy to miss because it's not very visible.

[@grandelusion1148]

@@barthvapour He points it out in the first 30 seconds. He plays one string, same note over and over with alternating fingers. Just gotta pay attention.