SULTANS OF SWING - Learn The Rhythm & Lead Licks

DIRE STRAITS SERIES / SESSION 3 – SULTANS OF SWING – THE MAIN PARTS

In this third of four sessions we will be looking at Mark Knopfler’s iconic song. Dire Straits recorded a demo at Pathway Studios, North London, in July 1977, and it acquired a following after it was put in rotation on BBC Radio London. After Dire Straits signed a record contract with Phonogram Records, they rerecorded it in February 1978 at Basing Street Studios for their debut album, Dire Straits.

For guitar lovers it is one of those must learn songs, weaving together superb rhythm playing with standout lead licks. This session sits perfectly alongside our Blitzing Your Fingerstyle Series.

Materials

You’ll receive:

• Lesson PDF
• Bespoke play along backing track 
• Access to a video recording of the complete live session
• FOR THOSE BUYING THE COMPLETE SERIES, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE EXTRA PRE-RECORDED HD SULTANS OF SWING VIDEOS. 

If you can’t make the session you’ll have more than enough for home practice.

What’s in our Dire Straits Series? 

Session 1 – We will be teaching you a solo arrangement of ‘Romeo & Juliet’. For more information click this link.

Session 2 – We will be teaching you a solo arrangement of Going Home ‘Local Hero’. For more information click this link.

Sessions 3 – See above

Session 4 – In session 4 we will be teaching you how to play the two famous solos. For more information click this link.

BUYING OPTIONS

You can buy individual sessions or the complete series.

Who’s this session suitable for?

Mid to high intermediate levels of acoustic, electric  guitarists who can already fingerpick.

The session is ideal for players who want to:

• further their fingerpicking
• learn a bespoke fingerstyle arrangement of an iconic song
• take fingerpicking to totally new levels

As a guide you should be familiar with:

• Fretboard knowledge – basics (E and A strings but all strings should be the target)
• Reading TAB Yes (including basic rhythm)
• Chords – Open and basic CAGED barres
• Ability to change between chords smoothly and play basic melody
• Scales – you should be comfortable with major and minor scales as well as your common pentatonic patterns

Things you won’t need to know (but you should definitely not ignore them):

• Theory – although it’s so useful to understand the essentials as it makes learning things much faster and better when playing with others
• Reading music – this is something to strive for as a long-term project

Attending the session

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:

• Using the online Chat facility
• Simply unmuting your mic
• Switching on your camer and unmuting your mic

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!

Can’t Attend

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.

IMPORTANT POINTS

• You will receive the Lesson PDF just prior to it being run.
• The lesson video will only be available after the session has run. It is usually uploaded and the link sent to students 1 to 2 days after the lesson.
• If you don’t want to be on the live video recording keep your camera switched off. 
• If you’ve missed a session you can still purchase it as part of this Direstraits Series. Just click on the Complete Series.
• If you want to be part of the online session, please avoid booking in on the day of a course. This ensures that you’ll get the Joining Instructions in time.

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.