Pavel, first just want to say I'm loving your videos. Great skill. I think the thing I find deceptively difficult - and I've played for 20 years - is getting Mark's rhythm down. You've nailed it and it makes all the difference to the sound
Hi Ross! Yeah - this rhythm thing might be the reason why I created this series in the first place. Mark's songs are just on another level compared to everything that I've played in singer-songwriter genre and I've played a lot! And since you're an experienced player, I'm very happy that you can find something interesting in my videos. I aim to make my lessons interesting for musicians of any level and even for non-musicians, too. All the best, Pavel.
Just fantastic! It is like a Master Class on the style and technique of Mark Knopfler. The detail of your descriptions and explanation of technique are terrific. You are a muso for sure. Looking forward to more.
Couple of my thoughts on this all. 1. I decided to teach anything on one acoustic, since it would mean I can just put couple of microphones for my guitar and concentrate on music rather than to mess up with amps, settings, guitars, etc., there's much more resources on that topic. 2. Accent. Yes, I know it can be annoying, but I'm constantly working on this as well, every day. I do it because I want to be a better musician and teacher anyway, also in the process I can share tons of things I already know about Mark's music. 3. I'm not a professional musician anyway. I have a daytime job and doing alright, if you know what I mean. And this is good, too. This mean that anything, and I mean - anything what I play you can play regardless of your level of playing. Just give it some time.
This is amazing. Can't believe I'm only now coming across your channel dude. You deserve so much more exposure. So many people could benefit from your knowledge and skill. Great job man. New subscriber here 👍
I have found much more in your teaching than I expected. From Spain, thank you very much. (You must know that besides that you are my American English teacher)
Perfect! Awesome! Best i have seen explainng Mark's technique. More please :) You make it look incredibly easy when you play but this style takes a lot of work if your not used to it, constant practice on the down stroke and thumb. Thank you so much.
Marvelous! Finally close up and personal with this MK trademark chicken picking, with high quality video and perfect angle. And I don't recall anyone has ever explained all details, for example this picking with pointer finger while thumb is still on the same string muting it. Another great thing you do is explaining really important bits, without beeing too elaborate on basics. Wow, you have just gave many of us new goal for 2017 :-)
Wow! Thank you! I'll try to work hard in 2017 to bring as many of these as possible. Mark's songs is like an endless golden bag of great ideas, chords, licks and tricks.
Pavel Fomenkov We will be happy to get more, but if you did nothing but your split screen 'I see you in my dreams' and this one, you would already be in hall of fame, and remembered forever :-). Have a good 2017! And blessing and regards to your beautiful city which I visited only once, will be thirty years ago in 2017.
Pavel, this is fantastic! Clarification question: at 03:20, when you are explaining the right hand rhythm technique...does the downstroke involve just the index finger (or the middle as well), and does that downstroke strike one or two strings (or does it sometimes do a single string and sometimes two strings?)? Thanks again!
Thank you! I don't have a guitar with me right now, but I'll try to elaborate on this. 1.) Downstrokes like this are usually done with three fingers, like in casual folk strumming without a pick, but here it's two fingers (index & middle) with a little anchor with other two fingers to give it more strength. Mark's "signature anchor" with ring and little fingers is even stronger than that. Fast attack is the goal here, not the amplitude of an actual stroke. And of course the middle finger is much stronger than index anyway, so it's two fingers. 2.) As with where to hit strings... there's no strict patterns here, it can be one string, it can be four strings (like in Postcards From Paraguay just before the verses), it can be two strings like here, because it's a three-notes power chord anyway with one note being occupied with a thumb. Try to fiddle around with the sound, there's not much thinking involved, in fact ideally you should be able to play riffs like this and to do whatever you want (like Mark singing the song while playing Walk Of Life/Cannibals riff). It's like riding a bicycle.
If you listen to the version on Ragpickers Dream you can clearly hear a high A note ringing in the main A chord. Can be added by playing 5th fret on B string with pinky. In this way it stays an A5 chord and sounds more like the record. Probably these were different guitars in the studio but it can be done this way. On live version of Privateering bonus disc this note is less clear.
You mean E String? I play like that in the "rhythm playing" section. Yeah, there's just too many instruments to perfectly recreate it on just one guitar...
Yes, indeed, like the D5 chord you play. If playing on one guitar with capo on 5, for me it's easier to add the high note with pinky on B string, because A chord is barred with one finger. This way you can still play the little fill in riffs on the lower strings at the same time. The repetitive high note may be a busuki or terz guitar I suppose.
Hi Pavel, thanks for your detailed explanation. Your Advanced Jumbo sounds very similar to MK's. What kind of strings are you using? Is the typical MK rythm style technique, working best on Rosewood guitars?
Hi Remy! Thank you for saying thanks. Yes, it's a 1997 reissue and it sounds great! My strings are D'Addario 12-53, model EJ11. Typical MK rhythm works on any instrument wether it electric guitars, rosewood guitars or mahogany guitars, but he mainly uses rosewood I suppose.
Thanks for your reply. I'm using a Southern Jumbo and the percussive clicks are a bit more mellow sounding on it. I'll try the D'Addario's, see what happens. Looking forward to your interpretation of Song for Sonny and Privateering :)
Hi! If a video has tab or chords, it says it in the title of the video. Usually I have tabs for more complicated songs and riffs, for easier I have chords and for straightforward I have nothing.
Hi Mica, to be die honest I don't know the material of the nut, because I've bought the guitar this way. But it looks like standard bone to me, and not a white one, but more like a yellow-ish one. Strings I love the most right now is Martin Retro Lights set.
One of my most favorite songs!
Pavel, first just want to say I'm loving your videos. Great skill. I think the thing I find deceptively difficult - and I've played for 20 years - is getting Mark's rhythm down. You've nailed it and it makes all the difference to the sound
Hi Ross! Yeah - this rhythm thing might be the reason why I created this series in the first place. Mark's songs are just on another level compared to everything that I've played in singer-songwriter genre and I've played a lot! And since you're an experienced player, I'm very happy that you can find something interesting in my videos. I aim to make my lessons interesting for musicians of any level and even for non-musicians, too. All the best, Pavel.
Just fantastic! It is like a Master Class on the style and technique of Mark Knopfler. The detail of your descriptions and explanation of technique are terrific. You are a muso for sure. Looking forward to more.
Thank you! Hopefully I will gain the quality dial even more with my next videos.
Thanks for sharing, without people like you I would probably never have enjoyed playing such a great unique knopfler song!
I am a bit late but thank you! You did a great job. This was easy to follow - way easier than learning by ear😅
Couple of my thoughts on this all.
1. I decided to teach anything on one acoustic, since it would mean I can just put couple of microphones for my guitar and concentrate on music rather than to mess up with amps, settings, guitars, etc., there's much more resources on that topic.
2. Accent. Yes, I know it can be annoying, but I'm constantly working on this as well, every day. I do it because I want to be a better musician and teacher anyway, also in the process I can share tons of things I already know about Mark's music.
3. I'm not a professional musician anyway. I have a daytime job and doing alright, if you know what I mean. And this is good, too. This mean that anything, and I mean - anything what I play you can play regardless of your level of playing.
Just give it some time.
Amazing tutorials! And, featured on Knopfler's channel! Thank you kindly for putting these up.
Dont worry about your accent, and your playing is phenomenal
Pavel Fomenkov Your accent is not annoying at all buddy, love your videos! In my eyes you are a professional musician.
This is amazing. Can't believe I'm only now coming across your channel dude. You deserve so much more exposure. So many people could benefit from your knowledge and skill. Great job man. New subscriber here 👍
Fantastic been wanting to do this for ever thank you son ...a geordie
Your suggestions for solo acoustic ply are superb, thank you 👍
I have found much more in your teaching than I expected. From Spain, thank you very much.
(You must know that besides that you are my American English teacher)
WoW thanks so much ! Beautiful arrangement 😍
Perfect! Awesome! Best i have seen explainng Mark's technique. More please :) You make it look incredibly easy when you play but this style takes a lot of work if your not used to it, constant practice on the down stroke and thumb. Thank you so much.
Wonderful job Pavel ;)
Pavel, you are awesome.
You have inspired me to start playing again.
Thank You.
Thanks a lot !
Marvelous! Finally close up and personal with this MK trademark chicken picking, with high quality video and perfect angle. And I don't recall anyone has ever explained all details, for example this picking with pointer finger while thumb is still on the same string muting it. Another great thing you do is explaining really important bits, without beeing too elaborate on basics. Wow, you have just gave many of us new goal for 2017 :-)
Wow! Thank you! I'll try to work hard in 2017 to bring as many of these as possible. Mark's songs is like an endless golden bag of great ideas, chords, licks and tricks.
Pavel Fomenkov We will be happy to get more, but if you did nothing but your split screen 'I see you in my dreams' and this one, you would already be in hall of fame, and remembered forever :-). Have a good 2017! And blessing and regards to your beautiful city which I visited only once, will be thirty years ago in 2017.
Pavel, this is fantastic! Clarification question: at 03:20, when you are explaining the right hand rhythm technique...does the downstroke involve just the index finger (or the middle as well), and does that downstroke strike one or two strings (or does it sometimes do a single string and sometimes two strings?)? Thanks again!
Thank you! I don't have a guitar with me right now, but I'll try to elaborate on this. 1.) Downstrokes like this are usually done with three fingers, like in casual folk strumming without a pick, but here it's two fingers (index & middle) with a little anchor with other two fingers to give it more strength. Mark's "signature anchor" with ring and little fingers is even stronger than that. Fast attack is the goal here, not the amplitude of an actual stroke. And of course the middle finger is much stronger than index anyway, so it's two fingers.
2.) As with where to hit strings... there's no strict patterns here, it can be one string, it can be four strings (like in Postcards From Paraguay just before the verses), it can be two strings like here, because it's a three-notes power chord anyway with one note being occupied with a thumb. Try to fiddle around with the sound, there's not much thinking involved, in fact ideally you should be able to play riffs like this and to do whatever you want (like Mark singing the song while playing Walk Of Life/Cannibals riff). It's like riding a bicycle.
Thanks Pavel. I've signed up for your Patreon page. I hope others will too!!
wow man.. you really got it! Thanks a lot man.. your lesson was just perfect! Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!
Благодарю. Одна из любимых, особенно когда Марк играет вживую.
Thanks for sharing. An inspiration for me!
Incredible
thank you bro.
Thank you
wonderful video
F******* DOOOOOPEEEEE! AWESOME!
Awesome
lovely
If you listen to the version on Ragpickers Dream you can clearly hear a high A note ringing in the main A chord. Can be added by playing 5th fret on B string with pinky. In this way it stays an A5 chord and sounds more like the record. Probably these were different guitars in the studio but it can be done this way. On live version of Privateering bonus disc this note is less clear.
You mean E String? I play like that in the "rhythm playing" section. Yeah, there's just too many instruments to perfectly recreate it on just one guitar...
Yes, indeed, like the D5 chord you play. If playing on one guitar with capo on 5, for me it's easier to add the high note with pinky on B string, because A chord is barred with one finger. This way you can still play the little fill in riffs on the lower strings at the same time. The repetitive high note may be a busuki or terz guitar I suppose.
Yes, you're perfectly right!
Bravo
In which key is the solos in? And which scale is best for soloing in this song?
Uau…you have the same touch as Mark.
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Hi Pavel, thanks for your detailed explanation. Your Advanced Jumbo sounds very similar to MK's. What kind of strings are you using? Is the typical MK rythm style technique, working best on Rosewood guitars?
Hi Remy! Thank you for saying thanks. Yes, it's a 1997 reissue and it sounds great! My strings are D'Addario 12-53, model EJ11. Typical MK rhythm works on any instrument wether it electric guitars, rosewood guitars or mahogany guitars, but he mainly uses rosewood I suppose.
Thanks for your reply. I'm using a Southern Jumbo and the percussive clicks are a bit more mellow sounding on it. I'll try the D'Addario's, see what happens. Looking forward to your interpretation of Song for Sonny and Privateering :)
Hey Pavel. Great video. Do you have tabs or chord charts for any of your videos?
Hi! If a video has tab or chords, it says it in the title of the video. Usually I have tabs for more complicated songs and riffs, for easier I have chords and for straightforward I have nothing.
Sounds great to your guitar. What material do you use instead of the standard bone at the site of the nut slot?Which strings you use?
Hi Mica, to be die honest I don't know the material of the nut, because I've bought the guitar this way. But it looks like standard bone to me, and not a white one, but more like a yellow-ish one. Strings I love the most right now is Martin Retro Lights set.
And those two dislikes, I don't get it, most likely from people never touching guitar in their lives. There is no other explanation.
What should I learn before trying to play this?
Something like" Freight Train" by Elizabeth Cotten of course. Some fingerpicking tunes like that.