I confess I'm a talentless middle aged dude who's owned guitars since the age of 17 yet the theory has remained a mystery. Never got past cowboy chords and eventually some barre chords, but then put down the guitar for 20 years. I picked it up again, bought myself a new Ibanez electric, and have been learning this song from the excellent tutorial at Shutup&Play. Slogging through nearly 4 months of nearly daily practice, I am SO CLOSE. I can play it down to the last solo which I'm now learning. That final speed picking bit is hard, but rest assured by slowing it down, it is learnable. Trust me folks, if I can learn it, so can you. For me, it took a true love of this song to stick with learning it all this time, and it has absolutely been worth it.
My story is very similar to yours. Ibanez guitar and learning this song of playing it 3 times a day for months... We are similar there but I am still young and have many years of playing ahead of me. I take inspiration from this
0:13 You get the shiver... 0:42 You step inside... 1:15 Chorus 1:27 Check out Guitar... 1:57 And Harry doesn't mind... 2:29 Chorus 2:42 And a crowd of... 3:15 Chorus 3:27 First Solo 4:00 Chorus 4:13 And then the man... 4:46 Chorus 4:58 Final solo
Just leaving a comment here to encourage anyone who's trying to learn this song! I've been cracking my knuckles for months trying to get the whole thing down, and today i can finally say that i can play this song completely! It's an indescribable feeling when i finally pulled off the rapid fire triplets at the end of the song! All i would like to say is Good Luck! It's difficult, but it's possible :)
Mastered this song about 6 months ago as well. Still the most intricate thing I know. Now we need to master the Alchemy Live version and my soul can rest.
inspiring comment! it took me 9 months to learn Santeria in its entirety (sans percussion) I've been incredibly fond of this song since I heard it on the radio within the first couple years of having picked up the guitar. The chords and lyrics I've basically learnt through osmosis but that lead requires study, and has been so intimidating, the guitar tab has just been sitting in my UG favorites gathering digital dust.
You are not "talentless". You have just hundreds of people who have an abiding love of music to pick up an instrument and follow their dreams. God Bless you.
I started learning guitar late at 58. I’m 61 now and have been learning this song all the while. My fingerpicking is just getting better the last few months. Thanks for this and helping me learn this song, It will still be a while until I can play through but better late than not. 👍👍👍👍
I have been playing for over 30 years (I am 61 also). This is not an easy song. I learned this song (and most others) by learning the scales in the song key signature (D Minor for Sultans of Swing). I tried to the the rythym parts first, then I learn specific phrases. My approach is not to try to play each phrase note by note by learn each phrase and put them together until I get the song down! Good luck!
@@newhampshirelifestyle4233 Thanks for the help to look at it from that angle. I’ll look at the scale you mentioned. I’ll figure out if it’s a pentatonic scale or ? I can work my way through the Am pentatonic and now the others better all the time. Those scales vertically box by box and recently horizontally now. This guitar endeavour was a big ambition. I practice a lot every day and have had a few Skype lessons. There’s lots of technique and theory to learn…
@@newhampshirelifestyle4233 Thanks for the helpful replies, I have been recently learning Carl Brown’s finger style lesson on Nothing Else Matters by Metallica. Also his lesson on Shine On You Crazy Diamond. All the best rolling outta 2021 and surfin’ 🏄🏼♂️into 2022.
It’s hard to improve a solo over this, and make it sound good. It’s just so fast and unforgiving. Cudos to Mark for succeeding in doing it beautifully. He’s a master after all
I've been playing this solo for a couple of years. It was difficult for me to learn as an old guy of 68 yrs. old. The last solo is the most difficult to master and I still have some problems with it. Fortunately, I have the whole song/solo memorized but my old fingers have a hard time with all of the fills and solos. A challenging solo but satisfying when I finally was able to play it.
Try using both your index and middle finger to play the fast repeating licks. Not everybody has a turbo charged thumb like Mark! For the fast lick at the end, start with your index finger on the e string and pull off, hit the b string with your thumb, then middle on e, index on e, repeat.
I love this backing track, ive spent countless hours playing over it and just messing with different ways to play this song that i love. Took a month to learn but even now years later i still cannot say i have mastered it. Hopefully soon ill be able to play and sing it perfectly
Great Track Bro,,, TY very much ! I just luv this song ! From the moment I heard it , I was blown away !!! Just an awesome song ! They don't come along much now days !!! Its really depressing. At one time in America, music was it !!! It was everything ! WTH happened ? Government Control ? Money ? Lack of talent ? Internet messed things up with free downloads? 🤔🤔🤔✝️💕🎸💕💕
Great - thanks for posting. You kids don't know how easy you have it with these backing tracks, lessons, tabs....back in my day you had to hit rewind 30 times and learn everything be ear
You get a shiver in the dark It's a raining in the park but meantime- South of the river you stop and you hold everything A band is blowing Dixie, double four time You feel alright when you hear the music ring Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down Competition in other places Uh but the horns they blowin' that sound Way on down south Way on down south London town You check out guitar George, he knows-all the chords Mind, it's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing They said an old guitar is all, he can afford When he gets up under the lights to play his thing And Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't, make the scene He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright He can play the Honky Tonk like anything Savin' it up, for Friday night With the Sultans We're the Sultans of Swing Then a crowd a young boys they're a foolin' around in the corner Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles They don't give a damn about any trumpet playin' band It ain't what they call Rock and Roll And the Sultans Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole Creole And then the man he steps right up to the microphone And says at last just as the time bell rings "Goodnight, now it's time to go home" Then he makes it fast with one more thing "We are the Sultans We are the Sultans of Swing"
Vídeo sensacional, uso demais ele, Nem acredito que tô conseguindo tocar essa música, falta só os licks depois do primeiro solo, os solos já tirei, preciso treinar mais o segundo.
I’m gonna learn it with the pick then when I’m comfortable I’ll drop the pick. That way I’m splitting my brain workload by only needing to concentrate on one hand at a time
Agree with DerpySnake, this one sounds custom made, but the vocals are obviously original. The multitracks are available online for most of the songs which have been in guitar hero games, and this is one.
bit late but yeah this might be custom made but normally since the song is divided into tracks when recording in studio you can separate them and remove one
There Are Dozens Of Paid & Free Softwares, ProTools (Paid & Sucks) Has Had That Feature At Least A Decade Now. You Can Strip Any Instruments Or Vocals Now Days.
This song is such a blast to play, so much fun. Any recommendations on another song that’s similar in difficulty but just as much fun? I’ve got this one down to the last note and looking for a new challenge.
Respectfully disagree, first solo has an out of key chord. A chord progression with slow moving and in key chords is a better place to start i think, like comfortably numb for example. Have great day and keeo rocking ;) .
Hey bro, thank you for the video. It's helping me so much to learn the music. It's my dream to play this music becouse my father is a big fan of Dire Straits. Tank you so much! Fala mano, obrigado pelo video. Está me ajudando muito à aprender a música. É meu sonho tocar essa música porque meu pai é um grande fan do Dire Straits. Muito obrigado!
superb. How can I find more popular songs without lead guitar and lead vocal ? Somebody should start a collection like sunfly possibly as MIDI no good compared with this Thank you Dave.
David, you can, but it requires purchase of high quality Multitracks in which you can play your lead and vocals along side the rest of the music. Means downloading and placing the multi's into your DAW or Digital Audio Workstation. Hopes this info helps you!
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3:24 e 4:53
grazie
For all us guitar players out there🤘
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Aha :(
Heroe
I confess I'm a talentless middle aged dude who's owned guitars since the age of 17 yet the theory has remained a mystery. Never got past cowboy chords and eventually some barre chords, but then put down the guitar for 20 years. I picked it up again, bought myself a new Ibanez electric, and have been learning this song from the excellent tutorial at Shutup&Play. Slogging through nearly 4 months of nearly daily practice, I am SO CLOSE. I can play it down to the last solo which I'm now learning. That final speed picking bit is hard, but rest assured by slowing it down, it is learnable. Trust me folks, if I can learn it, so can you. For me, it took a true love of this song to stick with learning it all this time, and it has absolutely been worth it.
I play ten hour days for last 20 or so years and I did this song in a day
You never should have quit back then.
Quick to learn, slower to get the funk funk going. Never gets boring this One
Stick with it. Slogging through that second solo now too. Beats the tv.
I did a little video on how to do the picking for the twiddly bit , hope it helps. czcams.com/video/RZDzmnHVvrc/video.html
My story is very similar to yours. Ibanez guitar and learning this song of playing it 3 times a day for months... We are similar there but I am still young and have many years of playing ahead of me. I take inspiration from this
0:13 You get the shiver...
0:42 You step inside...
1:15 Chorus
1:27 Check out Guitar...
1:57 And Harry doesn't mind...
2:29 Chorus
2:42 And a crowd of...
3:15 Chorus
3:27 First Solo
4:00 Chorus
4:13 And then the man...
4:46 Chorus
4:58 Final solo
Thank you
Thanks for you man
Thank you very much and Goodnight. We are the Sultans, we are the Sultans of Swing
u the guy
Which I could thumbs up 100 times!
Just leaving a comment here to encourage anyone who's trying to learn this song! I've been cracking my knuckles for months trying to get the whole thing down, and today i can finally say that i can play this song completely! It's an indescribable feeling when i finally pulled off the rapid fire triplets at the end of the song!
All i would like to say is Good Luck! It's difficult, but it's possible :)
not triplets, but congrats man!
Mastered this song about 6 months ago as well. Still the most intricate thing I know. Now we need to master the Alchemy Live version and my soul can rest.
On my way.
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inspiring comment! it took me 9 months to learn Santeria in its entirety (sans percussion)
I've been incredibly fond of this song since I heard it on the radio within the first couple years of having picked up the guitar. The chords and lyrics I've basically learnt through osmosis but that lead requires study, and has been so intimidating, the guitar tab has just been sitting in my UG favorites gathering digital dust.
You are not "talentless". You have just hundreds of people who have an abiding love of music to pick up an instrument and follow their dreams. God Bless you.
I started learning guitar late at 58. I’m 61 now and have been learning this song all the while.
My fingerpicking is just getting better the last few months.
Thanks for this and helping me learn this song,
It will still be a while until I can play through but better late than not.
👍👍👍👍
I have been playing for over 30 years (I am 61 also). This is not an easy song. I learned this song (and most others) by learning the scales in the song key signature (D Minor for Sultans of Swing). I tried to the the rythym parts first, then I learn specific phrases. My approach is not to try to play each phrase note by note by learn each phrase and put them together until I get the song down! Good luck!
@@newhampshirelifestyle4233
Thanks for the help to look at it from that angle.
I’ll look at the scale you mentioned.
I’ll figure out if it’s a pentatonic scale or ?
I can work my way through the Am pentatonic and now the others better all the time.
Those scales vertically box by box and recently horizontally now.
This guitar endeavour was a big ambition. I practice a lot every day and have had a few Skype lessons.
There’s lots of technique and theory to learn…
@@kerryfromaj9032 Sultans of Swing uses the key of D Natural Minor and some of the solo phrases are D Harmonic minor.
@@kerryfromaj9032 Check out guitar lessons 365 with Carl johnson. He is a great teacher
@@newhampshirelifestyle4233
Thanks for the helpful replies,
I have been recently learning Carl Brown’s finger style lesson on Nothing Else Matters by Metallica.
Also his lesson on Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
All the best rolling outta 2021 and surfin’ 🏄🏼♂️into 2022.
It’s hard to improve a solo over this, and make it sound good. It’s just so fast and unforgiving. Cudos to Mark for succeeding in doing it beautifully. He’s a master after all
I've been playing this solo for a couple of years. It was difficult for me to learn as an old guy of 68 yrs. old. The last solo is the most difficult to master and I still have some problems with it. Fortunately, I have the whole song/solo memorized but my old fingers have a hard time with all of the fills and solos. A challenging solo but satisfying when I finally was able to play it.
Good on you, Old Buddy!
72 here! Love the song!
Yes. The second solo is very hard, I've been spending a lot of time learning the solo, and I still have some difficulties,I hope to play perfectly
Try using both your index and middle finger to play the fast repeating licks. Not everybody has a turbo charged thumb like Mark! For the fast lick at the end, start with your index finger on the e string and pull off, hit the b string with your thumb, then middle on e, index on e, repeat.
wow just shows how magic mark is..
Stuck in isolation with no picks so this backing track is a lifesaver, cheers man
just learned the first solo and can't stop playing this for hours now
Mr Faceless. Margarine tubs man lol
You don't need picks for this one...just pointy little fingers is all.
@@TenMinuteDrumSolo That's he was saying
Cara, demais! Era tudo que queria, vlew por compartilhar!! 👏👏👍
I love this backing track, ive spent countless hours playing over it and just messing with different ways to play this song that i love. Took a month to learn but even now years later i still cannot say i have mastered it. Hopefully soon ill be able to play and sing it perfectly
I can still hear it, in my head :) Crazy!
Very nice track thanks for sharing
Muito bom cara, totalmente excelente !!! Obrigado por compartilhar.
Just what i was looking for, amazing, thank you ❤️❤️❤️
This is excellent. Thank you.
Parabéns!!! E obrigado por compartilhar!!!
Muito obrigado por essa BT! Excelente!!
Great Track Bro,,, TY very much ! I just luv this song ! From the moment I heard it , I was blown away !!! Just an awesome song ! They don't come along much now days !!! Its really depressing. At one time in America, music was it !!! It was everything ! WTH happened ? Government Control ? Money ? Lack of talent ? Internet messed things up with free downloads? 🤔🤔🤔✝️💕🎸💕💕
Great Band and its great to play along with, Thanks.
I learned the rhythm to this song about 3 years ago and stopped great backing track thank you ❤
Спасибо! Рука левая болит болит, зато удовольствие огромное
Parabéns , o melhor que achei.
Muito obrigado por essa BT! Excelente!!
Muito bom pra gente treinar ,valeu!!!
Legal. To estudando essa música. Valew por postar mano! 😎
Fantastic -thanks for sharing 🎸
I was able to play me using your backing track. Thank you.
Thanks so much for this!
Mano, ficou Top demais boy... MT massa, tenta fazer de outras músicas, tipo Romeo and Juliet ou Local Hero
finally learned how to play this song today
nice Vitor! perfect combination of orignal song and room to solo!
Very good backing track ... thank you! I really love this song.
I don't understand why someone would dislike this... did they expect the full song?
Muito top. .. parabéns..
Parabéns , o melhor que achei.
I'm pretty high u know. Just passing by
thank you !!!
Thanks a lot...!!
Good music nice very work
gracias,,,,,muchas gracias,,,,
IT is wonderful to see and to learn a lot from these videos. I am very exited . Thank u very much
Thanks a lot...!!
thank you !!!
♥ Gracias por subir este audio!!!!!!!!!!!! ahora a practicar con esa masterpiece. Gracias!
thanks for this, really helps to practice for our bands version of the song
Same
Feels so good
Great - thanks for posting. You kids don't know how easy you have it with these backing tracks, lessons, tabs....back in my day you had to hit rewind 30 times and learn everything be ear
Im pretty sure you had tabs vack in your days.
Essa música é o hino do rock👍
Beautiful song...
GET DOWN BABY.
))
Thanks so much !! 🙏✨🎆👌👏👍
5:05
Nice job ! Thanks !
You get a shiver in the dark
It's a raining in the park but meantime-
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie, double four time
You feel alright when you hear the music ring
Well now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain they hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Uh but the horns they blowin' that sound
Way on down south
Way on down south
London town
You check out guitar George, he knows-all the chords
Mind, it's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
They said an old guitar is all, he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing
And Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't, make the scene
He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
He can play the Honky Tonk like anything
Savin' it up, for Friday night
With the Sultans
We're the Sultans of Swing
Then a crowd a young boys they're a foolin' around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playin' band
It ain't what they call Rock and Roll
And the Sultans
Yeah, the Sultans, they play Creole
Creole
And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the time bell rings
"Goodnight, now it's time to go home"
Then he makes it fast with one more thing
"We are the Sultans
We are the Sultans of Swing"
Vídeo sensacional, uso demais ele, Nem acredito que tô conseguindo tocar essa música, falta só os licks depois do primeiro solo, os solos já tirei, preciso treinar mais o segundo.
Very nice!!!
00:00 Intro
00:13 Verse
01:27 Verse
02:42 Verse (half lenght)
03:27 Solo
04:13 Verse (half lenght)
04:58 Solo
it actually sounds really good even without the guitar
Thanks !!!
Gracias lo buscaba
Baita mão pra quem tá estudando a música, obrigado
Lol
Wow. I can actually use this. THANK you!! Ripped to 320kbps!
descobri hoje, já sei as frases, agora só treinar e muito. obrigado!
3:24 solo
4:53 second solo
MUCHAS GRACIAS VITOR
Love it !
i started at 15, still 15 song slaps
Note to self ;4:00
4:53 second solo
Parabéns , o melhor que achei.
Cara, demais! Era tudo que queria, vlew por compartilhar!! 👏👏👍
Muito bom
Muy buena.
Can anyone else hear the lead guitar? Oh, wait. It's just playing in my head.
on the riff there are another guitars playing the same thing i think
Thank you !
Lo mejor que escuche hasta ahora. Guau hermoso ❤
Thanks for the Backing Track. I also linked it under my Cover
It may be blasphemy but I can only play the leads with a pick. My big fat fingers can't pick that fast. LOL Thanks for the track! Cheers
To everyone just starting to attempt to play this masterpiece. Watch some vids of Knopfler playing and drop that pick!!
i almost never use pick no matter what song i am playing
@@user-il8ti2vl4w don't limit yourself! And rock on 😉
I’m gonna learn it with the pick then when I’m comfortable I’ll drop the pick. That way I’m splitting my brain workload by only needing to concentrate on one hand at a time
Fingerpicking fetishists. Hahahahhqhq
You better not use a pick
How do you do this? That is how do you remove the lead guitar from a tune??? Is there a software package made to do this?
Sounds kinda custom made to me because the Rhythm guitar is gone, the drums sound a little different and the bass is definitely different.
Agree with DerpySnake, this one sounds custom made, but the vocals are obviously original. The multitracks are available online for most of the songs which have been in guitar hero games, and this is one.
bit late but yeah this might be custom made but normally since the song is divided into tracks when recording in studio you can separate them and remove one
There Are Dozens Of Paid & Free Softwares, ProTools (Paid & Sucks) Has Had That Feature At Least A Decade Now. You Can Strip Any Instruments Or Vocals Now Days.
Maybe it’s a stolen clip from the studio. This is very commun.
Love this song so damn much! Going to try and learn it and do a vid.
This song is such a blast to play, so much fun. Any recommendations on another song that’s similar in difficulty but just as much fun? I’ve got this one down to the last note and looking for a new challenge.
Good music
3:27
Brilliant! Really helpfull as im about to learn this. How did you do it, have you posted other songs?
Meu filho está solando essa música com acompanhamento, esse é o ideal
Is it ok that I used this backing track to make a video?
Brasil curte Sultans of swing
If you want to learn improvisation, this is a great backing track to start with
Respectfully disagree, first solo has an out of key chord. A chord progression with slow moving and in key chords is a better place to start i think, like comfortably numb for example. Have great day and keeo rocking ;) .
This feels weird, but I dig it. This will help me conquer this song.
thanks king
3:05
Me senti tocando com o dire!!! De fu***
Genival Lacerda👍
omg ty!!!!
5:12 impossible riff
Hey bro, thank you for the video. It's helping me so much to learn the music. It's my dream to play this music becouse my father is a big fan of Dire Straits. Tank you so much!
Fala mano, obrigado pelo video. Está me ajudando muito à aprender a música. É meu sonho tocar essa música porque meu pai é um grande fan do Dire Straits. Muito obrigado!
Mas era pra tu ter colocado teus solos boy, ia ficar show
Legal. To estudando essa música. Valew por postar mano! 😎
4:53 second solo
❤super good
SUÍNGUE DO SUL🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Dá pra ver melhor a guitarra base de David Knopfler. Gostei.
superb. How can I find more popular songs without lead guitar and lead vocal ? Somebody should start a collection like sunfly possibly as MIDI no good compared with this Thank you Dave.
David, you can, but it requires purchase of high quality Multitracks in which you can play your lead and vocals along side the rest of the music. Means downloading and placing the multi's into your DAW or Digital Audio Workstation. Hopes this info helps you!