how to play "Sultans Of Swing" on guitar by Dire Straits | PART 1 | RHYTHM & FILLS | guitar lesson 

Wow. He uses chord names instead of the painstaking version of string, fret and finger. And a soothing unoffensive approach.

As a guitar player myself I can appreciate the work you put in to showing people the entire song. Well done!

Have you ever loved a song so much that you never get sick of it? Bingo !

This is where you understand Mark Knopfler's a genius

Just strum it like Trini Lopez. He uses a variation of that on a lot of his tunes. Lemon Tree, etc. Maybe that's the origin of it. Ha !

Did you say 1878, no wonder the cowboys were dancing with the herd! Man, when this album was released all of us guitarist worked like dogs trying to get this tune down. Good work on this lesson! All of you young pickers should learn this tune. If played well enough, it always sits well with an audience! Edit: Made me breakout my first strat, a '63 and do a rendition. My ol super reverb and my wife are very happy with me today.

🎵 For more information on this lesson the DEMO and the TABS: www.shutupandplay.ca/sultans-of-swing--electric.html

Probably the lesson that will get you million views and follwers, and well deserved to say the least. You are the best thank you.

Depois de 5 anos estou aqui novamente assistindo, está música é a mais preferida por músicos do mundo inteiro, meus parabéns

Great Lesson! Thank you!!! It will take me 20X longer to learn it than it did for you to put together this lesson. I am slow, but persistent and determined to be able to play this song.

I'm recently physically recovered form a serious head injury that re-wired my brain circuits and I can't play anymore. Learning over from scratch. Love your teaching style. Nobody else, that I've found yet, goes through how they have their sound set up. I'll be at your website. Putting this whole lesson up for free will probably get you more paid students, count me as one. THANKS !

Pissed off with the add interruptions. Ironically it’s the add, “ever wish you could play guitar”? Yeah, I might have a chance if you STOP FRICKIN INTERUPTING”!!!!

I've seen quite a few " tutors " . . BUT, you Sir, are BY FAR the BEST.

I’ve been listening to this song since it came out. Always focused more on the solo. But now I have an even more appreciation for all the great fills. I may never learn to play this, but it sure fun watching you break this down. Very satisfying. Almost like watching a skilled mechanic build an engine.

Amazing lesson, my brain hurts a bit though. Lol, mark knopfler is awesome

"it's just such a great lick!" is said after basically every lick demo lol, Great job man!

Being a drummer before I picked up guitar, I'm betting Mark is doing those little muted thumb clicks to help him keep time. Great tutorial! I'm learning a lot!

Everyone thinks mark knophler is from england!! He ain't he is Scottish glasgow born,,such a amazing guitarist so different!!

You played this perfectly! There are a lot of chord inversions on the chord progression and licks that are based on the minor scale. They are not hard to play, but, as you said, there are a lot of them!

Insightful instruction. perfect mix of technique and theory...for me, at least. Congratulation!

Imparting your music talent to rest of the world in a sincere way, makes you a class apart. Your in-depth knowledge about music theories (major & minor pentatonics etc..) is awesome. Even if the whole world is shut down, I pray that your "shut up & play" continue as long as you are alive. With your lesson, I learned all the fills & solos in a professional way. I bow my head before you, like a humble & thankful disciple to his Great Master ! May God Bless you.

The way you teach, the clean playing you show, explaining exactly what needs to be explained. You're getting a 5/5 from me, you're teaching, playing and attitude are inspiring. You also have great tone in these videos, highest quality! Thanks for making these videos!

The original studio performance had Knopfler's brother playing the rhythm guitar, and he is actually very good, solid and constant - that was a classic 'in the shadow' situation, a bit like Ragnor Lothbrok and his mighty warrior brother Rolo!

Great lesson! Thank you very much. Mark Knopfler's the best!!!

Your Beatles lessons are amazing as are all your lessons. Your Revolution was the first lesson that I saw that was incredibly accurate.

I don't think anyone has ever shown that great little calypso bit in the rhythm! Thank you!

Another great lesson! Thank you for all the videos you've posted over the years with all being really well done!

This was Dire Strait's breakthrough song from my recollection back in the day and in my mind will be the song that defines the band. I've got album on LP, cassette and CD, now digital. One of the best albums IMHO. Mark Knopfler's lead licks on "Down to the Waterline" are so tight, he establishes himself as a guitar great on that track. Great lesson on this classic Andy. Keep 'em coming!

Could you please also share the setting of guitar (which pickups, tone, volume) and amps you use?

This song is just so well crafted. I never get tired of it. Thank you for breaking it down into sections. Excellent. I can somewhat play it now.

Great lesson..........can tell your appreciation for Mark Knopfler (72 years old as of 2022)

The chord progression is a typical flamenco 4 chord descent.

I was 72 born...i remember as kid fell head over heels for this song ... my God man I'm learning this song...im trippin balls San..Mark Knopfler.. it doesn't matter where you are or what you are doing when you hear this song ..you will know by the first chord strummed..hands down excellent lessons floating hands..lol i always like your teachings like i get just excited when you hit the bad ass fill-ins..man amazing thank you now i got some work to do..for real..🎭👍🤓👊

Subbed. This is the one I've been putting off learning for years. It's gonna be challenging.

This sounds so good... Just like the record.

Advert (Yousician): I always wanted to play guitar but the beginning so slow and frustrating...!! anyone else got frustrated with this advert ??

You nailed this one on the head. Great video. I was anticipating you using a Strat instead of the LP, but it sounds good on the LP.

Thank you for taking the time to do these! I’ve been playing for ~50 years, I don’t read music or tabs, just use the Nashville system. I’ve picked up a lot of little tricks from you that have improved my playing, here and in other videos. Old cats can learn new tricks to, your about the only one I can watch 8)

can anyone tell if its worth the time investing into playing this with a pick? or do you lose too much of the finesse?

Not sure why 18 people would give this a thumbs down?? By far this is the best lesson I've seen for this song. Thank you for posting!

This album is one of my favorites of all time... It defined an era!

As an acoustic fingerstyle player trying to learn electric, I appreciate this song. Somebody please help me understand picks! Lol

Andy, please keep sneaking in the snippets of music/guitar theory. It is really useful to keep reenforcing how the notes in the fills relate to the underlying rhythm.

Andy, you never cease to amaze. Your lessons are phenomenal!! Thank you so much for doing this. 😉🎶👍🎶

One of the most well presented guitar tutorials I've seen...

when the guy originally came up with this tune on guitar was and is a genius! thank you for the upload! also you have a new subscriber!

Guitar George knows all the chords but it's nice to break it down and put some fills or is it feels? in it. Yep tones of stuff in this tune.🎸 Thanks I'm looking forward to the lead parts

That's not the mysterious floating hands, that happens only in the bible. This is clearly the mysterious man in black. Thank God this guy, he is very explicit in his instruction. And I finally started playing something the right after 30 years of playing it the wrong way. 🥴

Man, I love the way you teach. Thanks. This one’s a bit beyond me at this stage - future goals!

Merci pour tant de justesse et d'humilité. Thank you for this brilliant lesson.

absolutely love this, this is the best tutorial channel i have found, you are amazing and a great teacher, THANK YOU

fantastic lesson !! your attention to detail in teaching us how to play these epic songs is special, thank you

Andrew, many thanks. Another superb lesson, marked by your usual generosity, great ear, and perfect pace.

Thanks for this exceptionally good tutorial. Tiny point, but I hear the 'Time Bell rings' chord at 23:51 as an A7 rather than an A major. Confess I had to listen to it about 100 times to be sure!

And they said Clapton was god. My belief system has been shaken.

Beautiful les Paul.

Melhor professor que ja vi meu super like 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇧🇷

"In many species, the ability to imitate is commonplace, while the ability to innovate is extremely rare."

Thank you very much! I learned the solos from your lesson a good long while ago and always kept practicing it. I finally came back and learned this doing two verses a week and I am finally finished. I actually now know the whole tune! Very happy!

Hope that you are feeling better!

Got a question about your guitar. Has the fretboard been planed and re-fretted? The position markers are bleeding through the binding. I had a guitar shipped to me from Rumble Seat a while back and I returned it because it looked like it had been planed and the position markers were showing through. They swore it was original. Just curious if your guitar has been re-fretted and planed or if you think it is original.

Thanks for all those Wonderfull and mindblowing lessons - its extraordinary Fine instruction - What Gibson les Paul Model is it ?

You are really good to teach I cant read so i have to look at your fingers Are you doing Brothers In Arms in the future? Best regards Frank From Denmark

Dude, you are amazingly gifted and talented. Thank you for taking the time and sharing. I would let you ride my motorcycle anytime.

Wow, your "1978" sure sounds like 1878 even though the captions capture the right year.

Man I love this song, I heard it the other day and thought I need to try learn this. I'm very intermediate, at the low end of the scale, and this has been such a lesson in strumming, and fills! Took me nearly 3 weeks just to get the first two verses half decent! There's so much to remember but such a worthy challenge. You are such a great teacher🙏

I love your guitar lessons sir. I have looked at many others, most dont measure up. I have recommended you to friends, alot. If something is very good, quality is important, why not promote it!? Ive been playing for more than 40 years, consider myself an intermediate guitar player. Always loved this song, and doing my best with it. Thank you so much. All the best, Steve in Toronto, Canada

Anymore, this is one standard that proves you can really play. When I first heard this on the car radio I I ran in to tell the roomies, "Dylan's got this new song with this just KILLER guitar!" Next day, "I think it's called 'Sultans of Swing!"

One of the best lessons I've seen. Knopfler is definitely underrated.

Thanks for making a vid that shows how easy it is to play this classic and how hard it is to get it tight and correct. Appreciation dial level set to 11.

I've always had fits trying to get that rhythm shuffle right (still am!)

Thanks for this - better than any lesson I've really ever had. Just great, inspires hope to be able to play like a master from a 25 year intermediate of sorts :)

love the name btw anyone wanting to get the sound any single coil strat or copy of a strat guitar should get you in the ballpark of the sound for that part just saying but any guitar could work in theroey if you know what your doing

Your lesson... your video.... fantastics!!! ... thanks!

If more people would Just shut Up and Play guitar the World would be a better Place, WHO agrees?

Off the charts cool...absolutely incredible...thank you!

The only youtube channel that I trust when I want to learn a song

If you can Master this song...You are a guitarist.

The trick to the rhythm is,don’t try to make it cry or sing 🤪

I bet Beethoven and Mozart are playin SOS in heaven...with light shows from sky to sky. :D

From when I was in high school, way back in 1878… Man, how did I get so old?

You power chord just like me - with your pinky! Cool...and awesome lesson as usual!

You have made this the easiest to learn I mean to be honest I’ve been playing for awhile but avoided this song like the plague because I watched someone teach it and made it harder than what it is… thank you!

Greeeeaaat lesson! I can´t thank you enough

1878 was a wild time

Arguably the best guitar song ever written.

BTW: The rhythm parts, the strumming, sure has some traces of flamenco guitar (rasguedo) in it.

Thanks for the lesson. Been working on it all week and almost have it down.

This is a fantastic lesson. Knopfler has so much going on in this classic and you broke it all down. Thank you so much!

The feeling when you thought mark Knopfler was the talent. But it was actually David Knopfler who is the super talent

That LesPaul reminds me of Alex Lifeson's one! Great guitar and great lesson

Easily the best one for this song I've seen yet.

Awesome rhythm/stroke teaching mate. Thanks!

Can you give us your signal chain? Sounds great.

Incredible. I woke up thinking of sultans of swing today! You are the man!

Can you tell us a little bit about how you got that sound for Sultans? ie amp, compression, overdrive, Would be mucho appreciated, Thanks.

This is really really good! Thanks!Now I have no excuse not to learn this. You have it all spread out. I'll start with the rhythm part, then add the fills and hopefully the solo. Thanks, again. Knopfler is sooooo tasty.

Those barre chords really piss me off,even after 30 years.I aim to succeed this year

Thank you very much for this rhytmic guitar tutorial of S.OS .👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏... Yes, it is necessary to pay homage to David Knopfler genius rhythmic guitarist, as well as to those who succeeded him, and who assured with brilliance the rhythmic part of the legendary Sultan of Swing.

Im really glad you always take a few mins to focus on the strum, its always where im weak and this one was no different ,so thanks Ive learned and forgotton this track 3xs