We’ll be learning a beautiful solo fingerstyle arrangement of Mark Knopfler’s classic fingerpicking song, Romeo and Juliet. We’ll use standard tuning to keep things simpler. It’s a fantastic song to have in your repertoire and this arrangement will be a great add on to your live set.
In this first of four sessions we will be looking at one of Mark Knopfler’s most loved songs, Romeo & Juliet. It first appeared on the 1980 album Making Movies and was released as a single in 1981. The song subsequently appeared on the Dire Straits live albums Alchemy and On The Night, and later on Knopfler’s live duet album with Emmylou Harris, Real Live Roadrunning.
We will be taking the iconic guitar picking part and merging it with the vocal melody so that you have a stand alone solo guitar arrangement of the song. This arrangement sits perfectly alongside our Blitzing Your Fingerstyle Series.
Important – We will play in standard tuning but you will need a capo for the session.
You’ll receive:
So even if you can’t make the session you’ll have more than enough for home practice.
Session 1 – See above
Session 2 – We will be teaching you a solo arrangement of Going Home ‘Local Hero’. For more information click this link.
Sessions 3 – We will be learning the guts of the song Sultans Of Swing, looking at the rhythm guitar and classic Knopfler licks. For more information click this link.
Session 4 – In session 4 we will be teaching you how to play the two famous solos. For more information click this link.
Low to high intermediate levels of acoustic, electric guitarists who can already fingerpick.
The level is ideal for players who want to:
As a guide you should be familiar with:
Things you won’t need to know (but you should definitely not ignore them):
By default, you’ll start every session with complete anonymity i.e. with your mic muted and your camera switched off. You have total control of these at your end.
You can ask questions at any time:
It’s all very friendly and there isn’t such a thing as a daft question – they usually lead to deep, interesting streams of very relevant stuff!
If you want to come along but can’t make the sessions just book in and you’ll receive the full materials and lesson video.
BUT this shouldn’t put you off booking in as you’ll receive the full materials including the video of the complete live session.
Start slowly – if you decide to book just one session but then become interested in others or even the Complete Series, just buy them on the website.