My favorite line is "Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry: I'll love like the stars above, I love you til I die" I love your videos, keep up the good work!
Good to see you again Phil. I've just discovered "the notting hillbillies", which was a band that had the priviliege to have MK in it. I don't know the others memebers of the band, but they were great. The main singer had a really good voice, just very similar to Sinatra's voice. Did you know them? I believe that Paul Franklin plays the pedal steel guitar by the way.
Notting Hillbillies are MK, Brendan Croker (RIP); Steve Philips; Guy Fletcher (DS keyboards) and Ed Bicknell ( DS Manager). Marcus Cliffe on Bass. And paul Franklin on PS
Hi Phil I love the channel, and I love what you do and how you do it. But I have a question regarding Romeo and Juliet, and this is gonna sound like a bit of a Morecambe and Wise sketch but my question is this. I have looked at possibly every open G Chord Book going and I cannot find basically any of the chords, that are used in Romeo and Juliet, take the first called for instance F. Now I know what you are playing is correct, but as I say I can't find these cords basically in a chord book. What am I missing here? I have a national 1934 and I'd like to play other things on it apart from Romeo and Juliet. Can you help? Is there a secret book, can you tell me where I can find it? By the way I'm Rachael's dad, so if you email her back it will get to me, sorry I'm not too sure how this works either, I couldn't find an email address for you, the joys of being the wrong side of 60. Kind regards, John.
Hi John. Thanks for the kind words. I love doing the channel and it's always great to hear from folks who get some benefit. Sorry for the late reply by the way - Christmas and Norovirus in that order laid me low (to paraphrase R&J). Re the open G tuning question, I agree, books are often not helpful. In the case of the first chord of R&J, it is an F (capo 3) but imagine there's no capo. It would be a D. In most books, a D in open G tuning is simplified to be just the top 3 strings with frettings on 2, 3 & 4 respectively. The D string is played as the root and the bottom 2 strings are muted/unplayed. Alternatively, D is represented as a barre chord on the 7th fret. Both are unhelpful for R&J as the first chord in the song is the much fuller (all 6 string) version, and needs to be to allow the transitions through the song. Books generally show the easiest one or two voicings, which is really frustrating. I think it is this which leads to a sense that other voicings are somehow taboo or too difficult for some guitarists. I work on the premise that if I have the same number of fingers and thumbs as, say, Mark Knopfler (and he has quite sausagey fingers for a virtuoso), then, with a little application, I can play anything he can. Books take the rather condescending view that some things are too difficult for most people, which is nonsense. That is partly why I tend not to use books or tabs, preferring my ears, which are more reliable. You can probably tell that it's a subject that frustrates me somewhat. There are thousands of guitarists who are hampered in their progress because someone has decided that a certain chord shape is too difficult for them to form - makes me quite cross. Anyway, just putting my soapbox away for a second.... you are definitely on the right lines. If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's definitely the correct chord shape for R&J. 🦆. Thanks for getting in touch.
"And all I do is kiss you, through the bars of a rhyme."
One of the most beautiful guitar pieces ever, just goes to show how much variety there is in Knopfler's playing.
I agree 100%.👍👍
My favorite line is "Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry: I'll love like the stars above, I love you til I die"
I love your videos, keep up the good work!
Thank a million. They are great lyrics aren't they? 👍👍👍
thanks phill!...
Amazing thank you again ❤️
I very much appreciate all the mark Knopfler videos. You play all his songs perfectly
Thank you so much. That's very kind of you. It's a labour of love. 👍👍
Thank you Phil ❤ I still can’t figure out the strumming pattern, can you show more ditails plz？
Great lesson Phil, MK is a genius, such a beautiful timeless song.
Thanks a million. I agree, no one else could have written this beautiful song but MK.
All I do is keep the beat.... Rock n roll company ❤️🤟
Great job man.
Good to see you back. Great work!
Love your tutorials Phil.🤩 Thank you!! Can you do a lesson on "Expresso Love"?..ty
Thank you! That means a lot. Ex Love is on the list! Watch this space.
excelente lección. Muchas gracias.
De nada. 👍👍
Please explain the picking pattern.
Thank you sooooo much… I shall try? to learn this for Mrs N.. Wish me luck..
So appreciated…
A pleasure. Go for it!
Good to see you again Phil. I've just discovered "the notting hillbillies", which was a band that had the priviliege to have MK in it. I don't know the others memebers of the band, but they were great. The main singer had a really good voice, just very similar to Sinatra's voice. Did you know them?
I believe that Paul Franklin plays the pedal steel guitar by the way.
Notting Hillbillies are MK, Brendan Croker (RIP); Steve Philips; Guy Fletcher (DS keyboards) and Ed Bicknell ( DS Manager). Marcus Cliffe on Bass. And paul Franklin on PS
My favourite line from the songs is “and all I do kiss you, through the bars of a rhyme” wonder if that’s yours too
That certainly is mine.,👍👍
Hi Phil I love the channel, and I love what you do and how you do it. But I have a question regarding Romeo and Juliet, and this is gonna sound like a bit of a Morecambe and Wise sketch but my question is this. I have looked at possibly every open G Chord Book going and I cannot find basically any of the chords, that are used in Romeo and Juliet, take the first called for instance F. Now I know what you are playing is correct, but as I say I can't find these cords basically in a chord book. What am I missing here? I have a national 1934 and I'd like to play other things on it apart from Romeo and Juliet. Can you help? Is there a secret book, can you tell me where I can find it?
By the way I'm Rachael's dad, so if you email her back it will get to me, sorry I'm not too sure how this works either, I couldn't find an email address for you, the joys of being the wrong side of 60. Kind regards, John.
Hi John. Thanks for the kind words. I love doing the channel and it's always great to hear from folks who get some benefit. Sorry for the late reply by the way - Christmas and Norovirus in that order laid me low (to paraphrase R&J). Re the open G tuning question, I agree, books are often not helpful. In the case of the first chord of R&J, it is an F (capo 3) but imagine there's no capo. It would be a D. In most books, a D in open G tuning is simplified to be just the top 3 strings with frettings on 2, 3 & 4 respectively. The D string is played as the root and the bottom 2 strings are muted/unplayed. Alternatively, D is represented as a barre chord on the 7th fret. Both are unhelpful for R&J as the first chord in the song is the much fuller (all 6 string) version, and needs to be to allow the transitions through the song. Books generally show the easiest one or two voicings, which is really frustrating. I think it is this which leads to a sense that other voicings are somehow taboo or too difficult for some guitarists. I work on the premise that if I have the same number of fingers and thumbs as, say, Mark Knopfler (and he has quite sausagey fingers for a virtuoso), then, with a little application, I can play anything he can. Books take the rather condescending view that some things are too difficult for most people, which is nonsense. That is partly why I tend not to use books or tabs, preferring my ears, which are more reliable. You can probably tell that it's a subject that frustrates me somewhat. There are thousands of guitarists who are hampered in their progress because someone has decided that a certain chord shape is too difficult for them to form - makes me quite cross. Anyway, just putting my soapbox away for a second.... you are definitely on the right lines. If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's definitely the correct chord shape for R&J. 🦆. Thanks for getting in touch.
Your teaching and your video production are superb…
PS … Do you realise? you’re an even better looking chap right handed than you are left handed..
That's hilarious 🤣 I'm dreamy in the pitch dark too.