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
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.
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'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.
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
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
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
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.
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? 🤔🤔🤔✝️💕🎸💕💕
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.
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.
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!
(ignore this its for me) 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"
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.
