A note for viewers from Mark Knopfler’s socials: Thank you Mark Knopfler and team for recognising my 18 years of playing and 7 years of work on RUclips, and helping me through these hard times. Mark’s fans are the best. Mark’s the best. See the last video on my channel for more info.
@@AWguitar2006 Lol.. I have just watched it again, and I don't know how it is wrong.. I was really drunk when I wrote that comment so maby I'm just too sober to notice it now 🤣😂, maby i just said it because it's not how I learned it.. We will never know.. In all honesty, I know for sure I play it wrong on my video for my dad, cus I use a pick.. but it still sounds good.. This guy is probably doing it correctly, I should be ignored when I'm that drunk.. 😂🤣 Although, I think that people should learn to have more fun with songs rather than just playing them straight. Mix it up a bit.. But that's just me.. 👍👍
This is the riff I wanted to learn when I picked up the guitar 4 years ago. Of course, there was no way I could do it back then. Since then, every few months I've been coming back to this video to see if I'd have the patience to get it down. And yesterday I finally did it.. This is probably the only tutorial on YT that covers all of Knopfler's nuances. Thank you :)
Man, I have to say. You really know how to play this song. Most of people just look tabs and don't study the musician. I appreciate your dedication. You such a good inspiration!
Never would think I'd like an acoustic version of a pure electric riff but you make it sound awesome and the singing is awesome too. I know its an older video now but thank you for making it.
I was dying, literally dying to play this riff correctly, for a while.. I have seen many covers, many lessons, many tutorials. But there was something missing, always as I played it, it felt like something is off, missing,.. And by grace of God , I came to your video.. And lo and behold, it opened up like a pandora box. It took me 2 days to figure it out, 100% accurately as you instructed.. And i am really feeling it now. It's very very different. The beat is pumping in me, and i dont feel like playing notes now.. I really feel that i am playing alive music that is throbbing. Thank you very much. This means a lot to me. A lot. I knew that Mark plays fingerstyle in his own way. Not only a good song, a killer riff, with killer tone, but also adds one more technical ability to guitar players (as you learn to play fingerstyle). You put in the work and i appreciate it so much. Much love and light to you , man.
One of the greatest songs ever made! The song has such an electric feel to it, I thought it was pure wizardry at first so it’s awesome to see you play this on an Acoustic. Mark has such a genius and unique way of playing.
Yeah how embarrassing when Paul David's title criticises others for playing it wrong and he goes and plays it really wrong with that thumb strumming every note 😂
Tremendous success in unraveling the playing of this wonderful hit. Great job. Thanks for the post. Like many of his songs, this sounds fantastic on one accoustic guitar, almost as much as the full production. Like many of his songs, it sounds more simple and clear than it actually is. This video makes it possible for me to seriously attempt it on my own. Thanks so much.
Great !!! I discovered your RUclips channel after midnight...How can I go to bed before I watch all these magic videos ? You are the best crazy knopfler fan I have ever met !
I got half of the riff right by watching Mark Knopfler because NOONE on youtube plays it right, not even remotely. There's a video asking why everyone plays this riff wrong, just to also play it *completely* wrong... You are the only one that gets it right. Finally can learn the second part of the riff. Thank you so much for this! If you had an electric at least as a thumbnail, I would have clicked this video half a year ago...
This is the first video I’ve seen where somebody actually figured it out. That picking/strumming pattern is where all the cool harmonics and dynamics come from. Brilliant.
Man, you really get it! Not even just how to play it, but how it works down to its bones! So cool to finally find this video, like scratching an itch that all of the other videos leave. It should be the top result when searching this for sure. I genuinely think this might be one of the best guitar tutorials on RUclips!
Bro, I learned this riff from you, that's the purest tutorial of that song ever, one request, we want to see you playing it on an electric guitar 🎸 Thank you Pavel, you rock!!
Awesome work. I thought I was pretty good at that picking/rhythm pattern Mark uses in a lot of his songs, but It still took a few hours of practice for this song to click into place. I've found that a lot of his riffs make so much more sense once you figure out the picking pattern that frames the whole thing. Even the fast bit at the end of Sultans of Swing is just a weird Travis pattern crammed onto 2 fingers and 2 strings. It wasn't too difficult once I understood what was going on, but it took hours of slowing down concert footage to finally figure it out. Mark is a master for coming up with this stuff.
Such a good video. Also a phenomenal demonstration of that old saying that most of the tone is in the fingers; these videos illustrate just how much of Mark's sound is down to his right hand technique and unusual approach to picking and muting. Really useful resource, thank you.
back again for the second performance. This really is one of the most solid performance of this song. I know Mark-Knop invented this, but you are performing this better than anyone.
Okay, now I can do it properly. Thank you so much for the lesson! The next step is to try and sing it while playing. The rhythms are so out of time!!! Maybe I should try it in Russian first... 😁
Best introduction to the details in fingerstyle for this tune. I'm a jazz pianist and organist, but after thirty years I'm working back on an archtop hollow body to play jazz à la Wes, Tal, Grant, everybody. But working in warehouse logistics, this tune speaks to me, so I had to learn it. Mostly because the main hook/riff is so badass. I learned more from this video than anything besides the original recording.
Best I've seen! Most have just been people talking nonsense for 20 minutes just about the opening riff but nothing else. This video describes everything perfectly and covers everything. Very well done!
Just want to thank you for this amazing tutorial. I really like that you actually studied Mark knopfler’s playstyle to perfect the song! Well done mate
Fabulous. Fabulous fabulous. I don’t understand how someone can give this a thumbs down. It’s beautiful. The time and effort that have gone into it - it’s amazing.
I was in a band that covered this song for quite a while. I played a bar-passable version of this. However, watching this video, I can see I was doing it about 15% correct. I only say that because most of my left hand action was correct. My right hand was doing almost nothing correct. I'm glad there were no purists around to call me out. Lol. What an excellent lesson. 👍
Pavel, great lesson and I really like that you did it on acoustic so that we can hear the intricacies of the proper picking technique. There are a few other guys on the tube whom I have great respect for in terms of their ability to lift lead solo's, but this picking technique is not so common and I believe you've nailed it the best. Thanks for doing this vid. Cheers!
Pavel, thank you so much for the effort you put in creating those awesome videos! There are many "Money for Nothing" tutorials, but they all miss the real soul of the song - Mark's fingerpicking, which you demonstrate here so clearly.
Glad you appreciate this. I actually check all available videos on the songs I’m working on and surely Money For Nothing is a very hard song. So I tried my best do deliver a good tutorial.
Man, i've been coming here for years...sometimes to learn the song, or just to listen to your playing and today i can say that i know how to play this fucking great song thanks to you! Cheers from Brazil bro!
Although this is way beyond my skill level at this point in life I have to say you do an amazing job of dissecting some very complicated music. Awesome job and pleasure to watch!
Congratulations...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are the only guitar player on RUclips who cracked Mark Knopflers right hand technique perfectly...absolutly phantastic! Cheers from germany.
@@PavelFomenkov Dear Pavel, why do play only the acoustic guitar on your RUclips videos...??? I'm totally sure you would play and sound unbelieveable on electic guitar, too...Please make at least one video by using some electric guitars like a Strat or Les Paul, just look at Knopfler himself! Go ahead!
@@Cherry_Sunburst I think he's just going up one level in difficulty with the acoustic so we don't feel as bad while we struggle to play this with the electric and plenty of overdrive to mask the mistakes 😂 Even the hammer ons with the acoustic sound perfect
Pavel, you are the savior, Man! This is midnight here, and I woke up with a song playing inside in my head. Now I’m gonna try to play it with my guitar (following your tutorial). Love from 🇧🇩, Brother! Stay happy and cool as you always are!
I'd always thought I knew how to play this song well enough. After an acquaintance at a neighbor's party almost convinced me to grab my acoustic from next door and play it for him, I decided to do some homework. Your video is one of the best guitar tutorials I've ever seen - great insight into Knopfler's fluid skills and nuance from both hands.
Knopfler is very hard to play and one of the inaccessible guitarist even if he looks easier at the first sight, you can notice that’s few succeeded to mimic his play but I’ve never heard and seen someone who replicated his way of playing like you do ! In all your videos., money for nothing for instance, I’ve heard it from thousands .. and I always felt that it’s a simplified version till yours, at the moment you started .. I was like ..! Wow !! Here’s the original inch for inch. it might be easy and comfortable for you but believe me it’s hard and demande a lot of adaptation from a traditional guitar playing .. thanks for all your tutorials I believe that even Mark would be impressed of how you can play his songs that close to his techniques ! by the way I learned a lot of useful stuffs for my own music from you, that I needed to understand as I noticed them in Knopfler’s music before, but I wasn’t capable to reproduce.
Hey, Pavel. Actually, I think using an acoustic works better for a lesson like this. I first started playing this one back in the 80s and now I need to learn to do it properly! Always impressed by your lessons my friend. They're really very good. Keep it up!
Your teaching style works very well- very helpful with the material. The trick is getting the rhythm right and you demonstrate it very well. Regarding your worries about your performance, your attention to detail is amazing, and appreciated. Very, very nice work!
Hey Pavel, I found your channel two days ago and cannot stop watching your videos:) I love your enthusiasm about Marks playing and song writing (I feel the same way) and I think your 'lessons' must be among the best I have ever seen. They just inspire me to pick up the guitar and play. I really hope that you keep this channel and your website going since they are such a valuable resource. All the best and greetings from Austria!
Hi Pavel, every lesson out there that I looked at was wrong, and you nailed it 110%. I am very thankful for showing us the right way ! And , thank you for the tab that explains the right hand pattern in detail. I owe you one, I subscribed and turned the notifications on, and I will check out your Patreon.
I just watched the best guitar tutorial video ever. You captured and explained the genius of this riff perfectly, and on an acoustic guitar too which sounds fantastic. Sorry Paul Davids but this is the way Knopfler does it and you got it wrong.
Every video I’ve seen you play in is intriguing and informative, I’ve been playing since I was 8 (almost 20 years ago now) and I still learn new tricks from your videos and how to properly play dire straights step by step Thank you😎🔥
I've been sat here for the past three hours going 'thumb, up, down, up, thumb, up, down, up'. So difficult to relearn something but I will succeed. Great job, Pavel!
Amazing!! And another mystery solved lol. As usual you nailed it, while also covering perfectly the technique and the details that all the other lessons miss. Superb as always Pavel!! And a big thank you for posting this!!
Thank you Anish! There was some flukes on the recording, one of which I described in the pinned comment here (I let go one note too early), but overall I'm pretty happy with this. The other guy here on RUclips played it almost spot on, but his lesson is in Portuguese and 42 minutes long, so I'll save someone's time for sure, haha! Thank you as always.
Great Video and great chunking on the teaching part. You make the song rly approachable. Without having it mastered, but after watching some tutorials on RUclips on it, I also think that the natural harmonics are a byproduct of playing, and tabbing them out as mandatory is kind of an overmystification. Great insights, thx a lot! Subbed the first time I saw your work, you rly do sth special here.
there are many youtube-teachers who teach this song completly wrong. they go the easy-route. but this song is far more difficult when played correct. thanks pavel...
Thanks! Finally I able to play this riff correctly. I would like to see more Dire Straits in your channel, Like Southbound Again, Down to the waterline and etc.
My inspiration is completely random. It could be a 1978 DS song, a 2024 MK song or anything in between. I'm really happy this very short video helped you to understand this riff better.
Хотел уже было строчить на английском, но вовремя название канала посмотрел. :D Сайт -- просто бомба, очень удобная штука. А сколько там песен разобрано -- закачаешься. О проделанной работе только "massive" и можно сказать. Очень здорово, прям аж глаза разбегаются.
Напомнило мне времена, когда я писал в поддержку Ultimate Guitar, а они увидели, что я из Санкт-Петербурга и ответили, что они из Калининграда - можно по-русски писать :) Спасибо большое вам.
I'd say I'm close to "understand" it, because the only man who knows it by heart is MK himself, but I try my best to get the essence of his playing and playing electric guitar riffs and any one of his songs on an acoustic guitar not only saves me money and time, but shows that it's never about gear. With Mark Knopfler at least it's never about gear.
Couldn't agre more. MK is a damn good fingerstyle guitarsit playin electric guitar but the roots are definitely acoustic (folk era playing on national guitar). Being my raw model for whole life
have been practizing both of your technics but it is hard to know what you play in the verses...your realy very gifted hope you show the world...respect manny thanks listening is already a joy...greetings from the hague holland
Excellent and Yoh nailed it. I have been struggling with this great riff. Now that I've found you I won't give up Exceedingly more then I thought it would be . I play with a mountain thumb pick but I don't see that getting in the way
I have been thumbs uping all your comments because they're true. Nobody has played this correctly and your right it is challenging but such a great tune
A note for viewers from Mark Knopfler’s socials: Thank you Mark Knopfler and team for recognising my 18 years of playing and 7 years of work on RUclips, and helping me through these hard times. Mark’s fans are the best. Mark’s the best. See the last video on my channel for more info.
Literally what just bought me here !
Please release an acoustic version of this
You deserve a noble prize for teaching this
the only video on youtube that shows how to play this properly.. EVERYONE gets this wrong. completely wrong. you got it dead on right.
That’s exactly why I’m here! Thanks Aaron.
Walk of life too he has it down the man did his research for sure.
Even this is wrong bro,
But it's ok!! The beauty of music does not lie within the accuracy of it..
More within the feel of it. In my opinion. 👍👍
@@ianturley502 how is this wrong?
@@AWguitar2006
Lol.. I have just watched it again, and I don't know how it is wrong.. I was really drunk when I wrote that comment so maby I'm just too sober to notice it now 🤣😂,
maby i just said it because it's not how I learned it..
We will never know..
In all honesty, I know for sure I play it wrong on my video for my dad, cus I use a pick.. but it still sounds good..
This guy is probably doing it correctly, I should be ignored when I'm that drunk.. 😂🤣
Although, I think that people should learn to have more fun with songs rather than just playing them straight. Mix it up a bit..
But that's just me.. 👍👍
This is the riff I wanted to learn when I picked up the guitar 4 years ago. Of course, there was no way I could do it back then. Since then, every few months I've been coming back to this video to see if I'd have the patience to get it down. And yesterday I finally did it..
This is probably the only tutorial on YT that covers all of Knopfler's nuances. Thank you :)
Man, I have to say. You really know how to play this song. Most of people just look tabs and don't study the musician. I appreciate your dedication. You such a good inspiration!
Never would think I'd like an acoustic version of a pure electric riff but you make it sound awesome and the singing is awesome too. I know its an older video now but thank you for making it.
I was dying, literally dying to play this riff correctly, for a while.. I have seen many covers, many lessons, many tutorials. But there was something missing, always as I played it, it felt like something is off, missing,.. And by grace of God , I came to your video..
And lo and behold, it opened up like a pandora box.
It took me 2 days to figure it out, 100% accurately as you instructed..
And i am really feeling it now.
It's very very different.
The beat is pumping in me, and i dont feel like playing notes now.. I really feel that i am playing alive music that is throbbing. Thank you very much. This means a lot to me. A lot.
I knew that Mark plays fingerstyle in his own way.
Not only a good song, a killer riff, with killer tone, but also adds one more technical ability to guitar players (as you learn to play fingerstyle).
You put in the work and i appreciate it so much. Much love and light to you , man.
Wow! I have no words!
One of the greatest songs ever made! The song has such an electric feel to it, I thought it was pure wizardry at first so it’s awesome to see you play this on an Acoustic. Mark has such a genius and unique way of playing.
Not even Paul David’s has it right as of today! You do the slapping down. Awesome!
Yeah how embarrassing when Paul David's title criticises others for playing it wrong and he goes and plays it really wrong with that thumb strumming every note 😂
Tremendous success in unraveling the playing of this wonderful hit. Great job. Thanks for the post. Like many of his songs, this sounds fantastic on one accoustic guitar, almost as much as the full production. Like many of his songs, it sounds more simple and clear than it actually is. This video makes it possible for me to seriously attempt it on my own. Thanks so much.
Great !!! I discovered your RUclips channel after midnight...How can I go to bed before I watch all these magic videos ? You are the best crazy knopfler fan I have ever met !
I got half of the riff right by watching Mark Knopfler because NOONE on youtube plays it right, not even remotely.
There's a video asking why everyone plays this riff wrong, just to also play it *completely* wrong...
You are the only one that gets it right. Finally can learn the second part of the riff. Thank you so much for this! If you had an electric at least as a thumbnail, I would have clicked this video half a year ago...
The second part doesn’t sound right to me but maybe it’s just because he’s on an acoustic idk
I was about to coment the same!!!
Paul David's the Dutch bloke also got it right, especially with the muted and ghost notes. Check him out. 😆
I think you are referring to paul, to me his first part is a little wrong as you said, but his second part sounds right.
I agree entirely, not many people bother to learn Mark Knopfler's style perfectly
This is the first video I’ve seen where somebody actually figured it out. That picking/strumming pattern is where all the cool harmonics and dynamics come from. Brilliant.
Man, you really get it! Not even just how to play it, but how it works down to its bones!
So cool to finally find this video, like scratching an itch that all of the other videos leave. It should be the top result when searching this for sure. I genuinely think this might be one of the best guitar tutorials on RUclips!
Bro, I learned this riff from you, that's the purest tutorial of that song ever, one request, we want to see you playing it on an electric guitar 🎸
Thank you Pavel, you rock!!
Awesome work. I thought I was pretty good at that picking/rhythm pattern Mark uses in a lot of his songs, but It still took a few hours of practice for this song to click into place.
I've found that a lot of his riffs make so much more sense once you figure out the picking pattern that frames the whole thing. Even the fast bit at the end of Sultans of Swing is just a weird Travis pattern crammed onto 2 fingers and 2 strings. It wasn't too difficult once I understood what was going on, but it took hours of slowing down concert footage to finally figure it out. Mark is a master for coming up with this stuff.
Such a good video. Also a phenomenal demonstration of that old saying that most of the tone is in the fingers; these videos illustrate just how much of Mark's sound is down to his right hand technique and unusual approach to picking and muting. Really useful resource, thank you.
back again for the second performance. This really is one of the most solid performance of this song. I know Mark-Knop invented this, but you are performing this better than anyone.
Ha. I used to think I could play this. Doing it properly is like learning to walk again... 😂
Okay, now I can do it properly. Thank you so much for the lesson! The next step is to try and sing it while playing. The rhythms are so out of time!!! Maybe I should try it in Russian first... 😁
Yep me too
😀😆😆
Best introduction to the details in fingerstyle for this tune. I'm a jazz pianist and organist, but after thirty years I'm working back on an archtop hollow body to play jazz à la Wes, Tal, Grant, everybody.
But working in warehouse logistics, this tune speaks to me, so I had to learn it. Mostly because the main hook/riff is so badass.
I learned more from this video than anything besides the original recording.
ik I am learning this song rn on my guitar
Best I've seen! Most have just been people talking nonsense for 20 minutes just about the opening riff but nothing else. This video describes everything perfectly and covers everything. Very well done!
Thanks a million! That’s because I respect my viewer’s time and because Money For Nothing isn’t just a riff. It’s a song!
Plus they miss that "thumb bass" from the opening riff :). Very well done!
Just want to thank you for this amazing tutorial. I really like that you actually studied Mark knopfler’s playstyle to perfect the song! Well done mate
Fabulous. Fabulous fabulous. I don’t understand how someone can give this a thumbs down. It’s beautiful. The time and effort that have gone into it - it’s amazing.
Jealousy or no ear for music.
This is the only tutorial i've found that plays the song correctly, and it is also very detailed and well paced. Thank you so much!
Andy White has a great lesson for this. Search Andy White Money for Nothing
Cant thank you enough for the time and effort you put into these wonderfully intricate lessons!! hello from Australia,
Hello from 15000 kilometres away! So great to read a genuine feedback like that, thanks.
Really Solid playing and teaching here . Thanks Pavel. The best breakdown of this song on youtube
Absolutely best video out there, at 14:35 on the timeline is just what i needed to put it all together!!🎸
I was in a band that covered this song for quite a while. I played a bar-passable version of this. However, watching this video, I can see I was doing it about 15% correct. I only say that because most of my left hand action was correct. My right hand was doing almost nothing correct. I'm glad there were no purists around to call me out. Lol. What an excellent lesson. 👍
Pavel, great lesson and I really like that you did it on acoustic so that we can hear the intricacies of the proper picking technique. There are a few other guys on the tube whom I have great respect for in terms of their ability to lift lead solo's, but this picking technique is not so common and I believe you've nailed it the best. Thanks for doing this vid. Cheers!
Pavel, thank you so much for the effort you put in creating those awesome videos! There are many "Money for Nothing" tutorials, but they all miss the real soul of the song - Mark's fingerpicking, which you demonstrate here so clearly.
Glad you appreciate this. I actually check all available videos on the songs I’m working on and surely Money For Nothing is a very hard song. So I tried my best do deliver a good tutorial.
Pavel, greetings from Spain, thanks so much for your videos and share your playing, you give people the chance to play as hell!!!
Man, i've been coming here for years...sometimes to learn the song, or just to listen to your playing and today i can say that i know how to play this fucking great song thanks to you! Cheers from Brazil bro!
I am trying to get it right again. Definitely the best lesson on that song is yours!
This is fabulous !!! I have seen 5 different versions and your fingerpicking looks perfectly matched to what Knopfler does and sounds amazing! Thanks!
Although this is way beyond my skill level at this point in life I have to say you do an amazing job of dissecting some very complicated music. Awesome job and pleasure to watch!
Thank you so much!
Best and most accurate video on you tube. Thank you so much for sharing your talent and knowledge. 👍
This song has always been present in my audios.
Love it.
Congratulations...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are the only guitar player on RUclips who cracked Mark Knopflers right hand technique perfectly...absolutly phantastic!
Cheers from germany.
Thank you so much! I work really hard on these, as I say - to record in HD, I must play in HD.
@@PavelFomenkov Dear Pavel, why do play only the acoustic guitar on your RUclips videos...??? I'm totally sure you would play and sound unbelieveable on electic guitar, too...Please make at least one video by using some electric guitars like a Strat or Les Paul, just look at Knopfler himself! Go ahead!
@@Cherry_Sunburst I think he's just going up one level in difficulty with the acoustic so we don't feel as bad while we struggle to play this with the electric and plenty of overdrive to mask the mistakes 😂
Even the hammer ons with the acoustic sound perfect
Pavel, you are the savior, Man!
This is midnight here, and I woke up with a song playing inside in my head. Now I’m gonna try to play it with my guitar (following your tutorial).
Love from 🇧🇩, Brother! Stay happy and cool as you always are!
I'd always thought I knew how to play this song well enough. After an acquaintance at a neighbor's party almost convinced me to grab my acoustic from next door and play it for him, I decided to do some homework. Your video is one of the best guitar tutorials I've ever seen - great insight into Knopfler's fluid skills and nuance from both hands.
Wow. Great job. Love the respect you pay to Mark at the end with the kind words. Top Level lesson. Nice one.
Brilliant work!
Well done definitely the most accurate version I’ve seen anywhere.
Thanks 🙏
Knopfler is very hard to play and one of the inaccessible guitarist even if he looks easier at the first sight, you can notice that’s few succeeded to mimic his play but I’ve never heard and seen someone who replicated his way of playing like you do ! In all your videos., money for nothing for instance, I’ve heard it from thousands .. and I always felt that it’s a simplified version till yours, at the moment you started .. I was like ..! Wow !! Here’s the original inch for inch.
it might be easy and comfortable for you but believe me it’s hard and demande a lot of adaptation from a traditional guitar playing ..
thanks for all your tutorials I believe that even Mark would be impressed of how you can play his songs that close to his techniques ! by the way I learned a lot of useful stuffs for my own music from you, that I needed to understand as I noticed them in Knopfler’s music before, but I wasn’t capable to reproduce.
Give a look even to Yoni Schlesinger RUclips canal , a great fan of Dire Straits songs.
Finally. How it's really played. That lovely chucka chucka rhythm. Hiding in plain sight. Thank you!
The accuracy of your performances always blow my mind. Nice job
Thanks, I try my best. When I get to the point when I can't really add something new, I shoot the vid.
Hey, Pavel. Actually, I think using an acoustic works better for a lesson like this. I first started playing this one back in the 80s and now I need to learn to do it properly! Always impressed by your lessons my friend. They're really very good. Keep it up!
Спасибо Павел! Только у тебя увидел более детальный и доходчивый разбор этой песни!👍 Отдельное спасибо за Табулатуру.🤝
i wish i could play it like that, greetings from Argentina! you make it sound perfect
Your teaching style works very well- very helpful with the material. The trick is getting the rhythm right and you demonstrate it very well. Regarding your worries about your performance, your attention to detail is amazing, and appreciated. Very, very nice work!
Thank you so much!
Hey Pavel, I found your channel two days ago and cannot stop watching your videos:) I love your enthusiasm about Marks playing and song writing (I feel the same way) and I think your 'lessons' must be among the best I have ever seen. They just inspire me to pick up the guitar and play.
I really hope that you keep this channel and your website going since they are such a valuable resource.
All the best and greetings from Austria!
Best cover available on you tube!!
Hi Pavel, every lesson out there that I looked at was wrong, and you nailed it 110%. I am very thankful for showing us the right way ! And , thank you for the tab that explains the right hand pattern in detail. I owe you one, I subscribed and turned the notifications on, and I will check out your Patreon.
Wow, thank you so much! I updated the tab just today, so you got lucky there!
This is one of the most underrated Mark Knopfler related tutorials on RUclips. Finally learning the correct right hand playstyle, amazing!
É a melhor vídeo aula que eu já vi dessa música, meus parabéns!
I just watched the best guitar tutorial video ever. You captured and explained the genius of this riff perfectly, and on an acoustic guitar too which sounds fantastic. Sorry Paul Davids but this is the way Knopfler does it and you got it wrong.
The finger downstroke thing is so hard to get to come out nicely on an acoustic, respect!!
Every video I’ve seen you play in is intriguing and informative, I’ve been playing since I was 8 (almost 20 years ago now) and I still learn new tricks from your videos and how to properly play dire straights step by step
Thank you😎🔥
So happy I learned how to play it exactly like you do ❤️ gonna share a video playing that riff on my RUclips channel, thank you bro 🙏🏻
Nice one. A man who gets it right. So many play it incorrectly with the right hand.
Thank you. There are certain places where a lot of people really don’t get it, like the downstroke on the second beat.
Man you’ve really studied his style loved listening to this!
8:40 All My Loving-Bassline🙋 Great lesson
lol brilliant best version on here Mark would love this.
Thanks allot for your Channel Pavel, great quality explanations and visuals its so much more on point then ultimate guitar!
Wow, you’re awesome! Thanks so much for taking the time out to teach us the songs of Mark Knopfler! Greetings from Newcastle, England.
The best lesson of this song that I´ve seen in RUclips, thanks Pavel!
Great stuff Pavel, the way you played the riff at the start says it all!
Hands down the best tutorial on youtube !
no bloody way
I think I FINALLY managed to play this riff thanks to your video. Very precise and very clear. Thank you !
SO glad I found your channel!!! This si incredible. I absolutely love Mark Knopfler, he is my hero. Of course, I suscribed. Keep going!!! 🎸
Absolutely the best on You Tube. Congrats! Bravissimo
Ive been looking for this for so long. Thank you so much.
what a cool and clean performance at the beginning Pavel, both vocal and instrumental. The Ayatollah approves.
I’m 1 min into the vid, and I’m already hooked!
Mark is def underrated. This is very very hard.
I've been sat here for the past three hours going 'thumb, up, down, up, thumb, up, down, up'. So difficult to relearn something but I will succeed. Great job, Pavel!
Tim Skilton Wow! It’s great and your fingers learn something they’re don’t want to learn, so keep practicing and keep Knopflering!
Very nice job!! Tough to catch Mark's feel! Congratulations, Pavel! Awesome work!!
Amazing!! And another mystery solved lol. As usual you nailed it, while also covering perfectly the technique and the details that all the other lessons miss. Superb as always Pavel!! And a big thank you for posting this!!
Thank you Anish! There was some flukes on the recording, one of which I described in the pinned comment here (I let go one note too early), but overall I'm pretty happy with this. The other guy here on RUclips played it almost spot on, but his lesson is in Portuguese and 42 minutes long, so I'll save someone's time for sure, haha! Thank you as always.
pavel you are the man. i think its the only video that see someone play and sing that song..so hard..
Yeah, usually it’s the riff everyone’s playing. But it’s a song... Thanks for seeing the difference!
Great Video and great chunking on the teaching part. You make the song rly approachable.
Without having it mastered, but after watching some tutorials on RUclips on it, I also think that the natural harmonics are a byproduct of playing, and tabbing them out as mandatory is kind of an overmystification.
Great insights, thx a lot!
Subbed the first time I saw your work, you rly do sth special here.
Absolutely perfect, Pavel. Good work!
You're welcome, also - I made a ton of mistakes but it's OK! Mistakes are intentional (Chet Atkins).
Lots of people would like to make mistakes as you do :D
there are many youtube-teachers who teach this song completly wrong. they go the easy-route. but this song is far more difficult when played correct. thanks pavel...
Best thing that happened today thank you Pavel!!!
A pleasure! Keep Knopflering.
Thanks! Finally I able to play this riff correctly. I would like to see more Dire Straits in your channel, Like Southbound Again, Down to the waterline and etc.
My inspiration is completely random. It could be a 1978 DS song, a 2024 MK song or anything in between. I'm really happy this very short video helped you to understand this riff better.
Хотел уже было строчить на английском, но вовремя название канала посмотрел. :D Сайт -- просто бомба, очень удобная штука. А сколько там песен разобрано -- закачаешься. О проделанной работе только "massive" и можно сказать. Очень здорово, прям аж глаза разбегаются.
Напомнило мне времена, когда я писал в поддержку Ultimate Guitar, а они увидели, что я из Санкт-Петербурга и ответили, что они из Калининграда - можно по-русски писать :) Спасибо большое вам.
Finally someone who knows Marks technique and plays it JUST RIGHT. Great job.
I'd say I'm close to "understand" it, because the only man who knows it by heart is MK himself, but I try my best to get the essence of his playing and playing electric guitar riffs and any one of his songs on an acoustic guitar not only saves me money and time, but shows that it's never about gear. With Mark Knopfler at least it's never about gear.
Couldn't agre more. MK is a damn good fingerstyle guitarsit playin electric guitar but the roots are definitely acoustic (folk era playing on national guitar). Being my raw model for whole life
Well said!
Upsss....Pavel did it again!!! Fantastic job, so much time and effort for the rest of us, thanks again bro 🙏🏻
It really is a lot of time and effort, and so I'm even more happy to say thanks for watching!
Nailed the right hand technique great job !
Fantastic Pavel, thank you for showing and sharing your talent and your teaching my friend 🙏
Thank you for doing this instructional video... it is my mission to learn this now!!
I've been having fun with this song for so many years, but watching this I learned a couple new things. Thanks so much Pavel! So much!
It's great! Being interesting even for a more advanced player is the most exciting thing for me. Thanks!
have been practizing both of your technics but it is hard to know what you play in the verses...your realy very gifted hope you show the world...respect manny thanks listening is already a joy...greetings from the hague holland
Great lesson. TY so much Pavel
Wow ! Great job ! I will have to watch and learn here.
Singing and playing is so hard with this song!!
Bravo!
Bravissimo!
Amazing tutorial.
very nicely done! ....I've watched about 50 guys do this song. .. Yours is THEE Best!
Thank for the trust Mark, I tried my best to deliver this lesson, so it was tough!
This is the only performance I’ve seen besides Mark himself playing it that’s correct.
Excellent and Yoh nailed it. I have been struggling with this great riff. Now that I've found you I won't give up
Exceedingly more then I thought it would be .
I play with a mountain thumb pick but I don't see that getting in the way
I have been thumbs uping all your comments because they're true. Nobody has played this correctly and your right it is challenging but such a great tune
Best guitar lesson on youtube
Dude I should have to pay for this....I picked this up pretty fast with your style.......many thanks!!
Enjoy! Thank you.
Best I've seen so far👌and I saw 1000ths ✌👌👌👌
This is fantastic! Very tricky though ... excellent tutorial!! Well done sir !!!
AWESOME TEACHING MAN!! THUMBS UP!!