Mark is playing flamenco style damped flick, at the same time as country and western style lead. I don't think anybody had tried such a thing until this, and why Sultans was such a facinating song.
It has a special airiness to it. ANY guitar player appreciates this music he is making. I never have played finger style...The problem is that I put my head down seriously to play from day 1 and didn't even hardly look up the first 10 years. Now after 37 years,..I wish I would have incorporated this and developed this into my playing.
@@robertl.fallin7062 Mark Knopler has actually played Les Pauls more than any guitar both live and in studio recording. Gibson even made a Knopfler signature model based from his 1958 Les Paul that was his favorite. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE---60MjJLY6w.html
@@stricknine8623 yeah and its funny beacause he created an iconic strat tone with sultans then created an iconic les paul tone with money, the man was truly a guitar god
@@rossturpin747 In this case the ghost notes are muted string plucks from the way Knopfler fingerpicks. Typically ghost notes are a percussion thing and don’t have a specific “musical” note.
Yeah, and that's just one of his great creations...while not under-"rated", I think he is under-"appreciated", in that many listeners recognized greatness early and stopped there.
Knopfler's style is unique and he made big influence for me to playing the guitar. This track sounds great like all Mark's tracks, BUT there are two tracks mixed together. In some places there are two sounds sustaining and are playing by two guitarists.
@@AWguitar2006 It was recorded in the studio. We are not sure if the second guitar is David's playing. The second track could have been played by Mark.
I rarely watch/listen to stuff like this from start to finish, but I did on this one. Loved the graphic representation of the music at the bottom as well.
Mark's dynamics & subtle ghost notes are superb. He's one of the most soulful guitarist ever with a killer ear for melodies. And what a songwriter too. Straits first album is a MASTERPIECE!
I’ve never heard the guitar isolated for this. It was really interesting. So many notes ending in a perfect little vibrato that I never noticed when listening to the whole track before.
This sounds like Mark did two separate tracks, one the chords and one the great fills. I am sure he could have done them both at the same time but the fills have a more treble clear sound and the chords sound like there is a slight shimmering Chorus effect on them making it necessary to have recorded two separate tracks to get two different guitar tones.
this is the sound. this is what guitar can be. this is why i want to become better at guitar. the way he can stand there, and just do. just play, he doesent even think, he knows it every way because he tried it and thought about it. and it shows here. the guitar speaks to me. it speaks to all of us. that's what i want. and it is possible. he's done it. come on mr knopfler. thanks for reigniting my love for guitar
This track is worth all the money in the world, you can really hear the rhythm and undertones that dont really come out in the studio version. giid job putting this together.
I play this all the time and although I can never sound like knopfler this is how the song is played live alot. With some strumming in with the leads. I think that's what this edit was going for and to highlight his signature sound. Although I do totally agree with you.
Strange listening solo I really head a Hank Marvin influence in his playing. Don't hear it with the rest if the band. This easily could be a shadows track if it was instrumental
That's insane! How the hell can you even think up this piece much less be able to play it? Just wish he would have shown up and played with the band at the induction!
Still my favorite song on the guitar. The cleanliness in his tapping is phenomenal. I always assumed he had some compression with the Rhythm pickup selected to grab that thick twangy tone.
Mark is one of my favorite players. And one of the things I like about him is every now and then playing live, he makes a mistake, and he plays right through it. He’s a great player and song writer. He’s very complex and simple, if that makes sense? The world thanks you Mark, and here’s to many more years of great playing!
I used this and the "official" recording to learn this song. I had to slow down to 1/4 speed in many places. My conclusion: this is two tracks. I'd say they isolated the lead and rhythm tracks, and muted the rhythm at every "lead" part. but there are a couple of places where there's overlap-no guitarist can play both sounds at the same time. examples 1:06 1:13 1:51 3:06. Check out my version ↓ I'm playing over Jose Churruca's RU-vid backing track. Some flubs, but I got close. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oNq9GeDuew8.html
I don't think this is just one guitar track, there are places where you can hear the chords and the licks overlap in ways that seem impossible to play. But no doubt a great isolated track to pick out all the finer details of the guitar playing. Thank you for this.
I wonder: did he track the rhythm on a separate track from the lead parts? It sounds like the rhythm is fading in and out. He could have done that with the faders on mixdown? Or he's using a volume pedal to create the swell effect? Or he's creating that effect with his strumming? So fascinating.
Love the organic, total on-the-fly feel of this in isolation....they could have gone in and cleaned up all the artifacts and extraneous "string" noise, but that would have killed the feel - knowing Knopf was in the zone and laying it down. Thanks for posting - this is awesome.
a lesser guitarist (and producer) obviously would have recorded separate rhythm and lead parts, creating a much less interesting and focused result. The way the guitar weaves in and out of the rhythm section is a big part of why this song is so dynamic.
Hmm im pretty sure there are two guitars playing in this track. Sometimes you can still hear the rythm guitar while the lead is playing (Thats not to say he isnt an amazing guitarist, obviously he is)
Pretty sure that's exactly what this is. This is the guitar bus track - ie all the guitar tracks mixed together. I can hear at least two. You can also hear some crossfades and moments when lead is playing over rhythm. Still amazing though. 🤘
@@matkocmilansky5397 I'm sure you're right. Mark's brother David played rhythm guitar on at least the three first albums. But on this isolated track you can hear that Mark was pretty much two guitarists in one.
How are these isolated tracks made? Did someone get a tape from the original recording of the song or was this made with some audio processing trickery?
A lot of them are files ripped from rhythm games, which borrow the original master tapes to create the game soundtracks. Sultans Of Swing was in Guitar Hero 5.
im still wondering if its a Fender amp or a Roland Jazz Chorus 120 recorded for the whole song but i think theres definitely some Roland in the Chorus of the song also with some modulation effect