Mark is playing flamenco style damped flick, at the same time as country and western style lead. I don't think anybody had tried such a thing until this, and why Sultans was such a facinating song.
It has a special airiness to it. ANY guitar player appreciates this music he is making. I never have played finger style...The problem is that I put my head down seriously to play from day 1 and didn't even hardly look up the first 10 years. Now after 37 years,..I wish I would have incorporated this and developed this into my playing.
@@robertl.fallin7062 Mark Knopler has actually played Les Pauls more than any guitar both live and in studio recording. Gibson even made a Knopfler signature model based from his 1958 Les Paul that was his favorite. ua-cam.com/video/--60MjJLY6w/v-deo.html
@@stricknine8623 yeah and its funny beacause he created an iconic strat tone with sultans then created an iconic les paul tone with money, the man was truly a guitar god
@@rossturpin747 In this case the ghost notes are muted string plucks from the way Knopfler fingerpicks. Typically ghost notes are a percussion thing and don’t have a specific “musical” note.
Yeah, and that's just one of his great creations...while not under-"rated", I think he is under-"appreciated", in that many listeners recognized greatness early and stopped there.
Knopfler's style is unique and he made big influence for me to playing the guitar. This track sounds great like all Mark's tracks, BUT there are two tracks mixed together. In some places there are two sounds sustaining and are playing by two guitarists.
@@AWguitar2006 It was recorded in the studio. We are not sure if the second guitar is David's playing. The second track could have been played by Mark.
Mark's dynamics & subtle ghost notes are superb. He's one of the most soulful guitarist ever with a killer ear for melodies. And what a songwriter too. Straits first album is a MASTERPIECE!
I rarely watch/listen to stuff like this from start to finish, but I did on this one. Loved the graphic representation of the music at the bottom as well.
I’ve never heard the guitar isolated for this. It was really interesting. So many notes ending in a perfect little vibrato that I never noticed when listening to the whole track before.
this is the sound. this is what guitar can be. this is why i want to become better at guitar. the way he can stand there, and just do. just play, he doesent even think, he knows it every way because he tried it and thought about it. and it shows here. the guitar speaks to me. it speaks to all of us. that's what i want. and it is possible. he's done it. come on mr knopfler. thanks for reigniting my love for guitar
This track is worth all the money in the world, you can really hear the rhythm and undertones that dont really come out in the studio version. giid job putting this together.
Mark is one of my favorite players. And one of the things I like about him is every now and then playing live, he makes a mistake, and he plays right through it. He’s a great player and song writer. He’s very complex and simple, if that makes sense? The world thanks you Mark, and here’s to many more years of great playing!
I don't think this is just one guitar track, there are places where you can hear the chords and the licks overlap in ways that seem impossible to play. But no doubt a great isolated track to pick out all the finer details of the guitar playing. Thank you for this.
Love the organic, total on-the-fly feel of this in isolation....they could have gone in and cleaned up all the artifacts and extraneous "string" noise, but that would have killed the feel - knowing Knopf was in the zone and laying it down. Thanks for posting - this is awesome.
I always thought the flamenco style strumming and the the lead lines track were different. This is absolutely ridiculous how he has combined both so beautifully!!
They are different. That's not a single track. You can hear the chord tracks coming in and out. Plus, you can hear when they're both playing at the same. There are at least two tracks going on.
I've heard things you people wouldn't believe. Mark Knopfler isolated guitar sounds of Sultans of Swing. Thanks to UA-cam, all those moments will not be lost in time, like tears in rain. It's time to die...
This sounds like Mark did two separate tracks, one the chords and one the great fills. I am sure he could have done them both at the same time but the fills have a more treble clear sound and the chords sound like there is a slight shimmering Chorus effect on them making it necessary to have recorded two separate tracks to get two different guitar tones.
Still my favorite song on the guitar. The cleanliness in his tapping is phenomenal. I always assumed he had some compression with the Rhythm pickup selected to grab that thick twangy tone.
That's insane! How the hell can you even think up this piece much less be able to play it? Just wish he would have shown up and played with the band at the induction!
Thanks for this great track ! Listening to this astonishing guitar , get me selling all my guitars. Altough Mark's playng is inarrivable, while I was reading the comments below, and listening to the track itself, it seems that he plays ALL the track alternating perfect flamenco style and solo. To me it isn't so, it seems, at my ear, like this track is a sidechained one, in which the solo part, pushes down the rhtym one, and arises PERFECTLY when it ends. I suspect that Mark is able to do this, but sidechained tracks, is a common way to obtain similar results, a lot used in radio broadcast. I don't know if the author of the post has worked on two tracks, or if he gets the tracks from elsewhere on the web and worked on it (anyway he did a great job). For example if you listen at 0'30'' , while he is bending and sustaining the note, the flamenco rhytm is also audible. Obviously, mine is a simple tech point, due the fact I am a guitarist and a sound engineeing, and nothing to subtract to the inarrivable talent of MK, anf the great job of Thomas Spencer, who posted this very useful track. Thanks
Played this loud in my apartment and the neighbors now think I'm a genius on guitar.
Dear god. That's a great idea! Thanks Joe!
😎👍🎸🎶🍷...
....Hmmmm!
Good idea!
I ll do the same thing!
But how wrong they were.
The idiot savant
😂
This guy knows all the chords
strictly rhythm
It's cryin' and singing.
Has he still got a daytime job? Is he still doing alright? 😁✌️💚
He's got a day time job..he's doing all right..
also he can play the honky tonk like anything..
Mark is playing flamenco style damped flick, at the same time as country and western style lead. I don't think anybody had tried such a thing until this, and why Sultans was such a facinating song.
It has a special airiness to it.
ANY guitar player appreciates this music he is making.
I never have played finger style...The problem is that I put my head down seriously to play from day 1 and didn't even hardly look up the first 10 years.
Now after 37 years,..I wish I would have incorporated this and developed this into my playing.
Mark Knopfler is definitely one of my favorites.
Mark credited the 63 strat for making Sultons work. It didn't catch on with the band with other guitars he said.
@@robertl.fallin7062
Mark Knopler has actually played Les Pauls more than any guitar both live and in studio recording.
Gibson even made a Knopfler signature model based from his 1958 Les Paul that was his favorite.
ua-cam.com/video/--60MjJLY6w/v-deo.html
@@stricknine8623 yeah and its funny beacause he created an iconic strat tone with sultans then created an iconic les paul tone with money, the man was truly a guitar god
Just this track alone is worth listening to
I’ve fallen asleep at night listening to this
Im loving every single second! 💪
I run across a few isolated or backing tracks on UA-cam they were worth listening to as independent pieces. THIS is one of them.🤙🎸
@Dumble Door lol weak troll
So much Chet Adkins.
Hypnotic.
You can hear a lot of ghost notes, supporting the groove, that in the full track get almost lost.
You don’t really hear them in the mix but it makes the song sooo groovy!
@@FlorentChardevel All 3 guitar tracks are very prominent in the original mix, listen again with a good set of cans or a good set of speakers.
Particularly in the solo
What is a ghost note? I’m guessing a note intentionally missed or expected to be there and isn’t?
@@rossturpin747 In this case the ghost notes are muted string plucks from the way Knopfler fingerpicks. Typically ghost notes are a percussion thing and don’t have a specific “musical” note.
Shows the complexities of this song hearing it stripped back. How on earth does someone come up with something like this! Pure genius.
Yeah, and that's just one of his great creations...while not under-"rated", I think he is under-"appreciated", in that many listeners recognized greatness early and stopped there.
Im happy to announce that your comment reached 100 likes.
I was thinking that. I’ve been playing for years and can’t get anywhere near this.
Mrs Knopfler: did you play the twiddly bits at the end?
Mark: no, not this time
Mrs: well that's whats wrong. you gotta play the twiddly bits!
Lol...I use that term in the studio ever since I heard him say that
Haha I loved that video
lol
5:26 - I can't describe that feeling, but I bet you felt it too.
what leads to the twiddly bits is the best part
definitely felt it
It's so surreal, I can't explain the emotions it makes me feel, but it's pure magic.
realmente é isso
The moment you realize that one of the best "clean tones" you ever heard was actually overdriven. Mind blowing!
Knopfler's style is unique and he made big influence for me to playing the guitar. This track sounds great like all Mark's tracks, BUT there are two tracks mixed together. In some places there are two sounds sustaining and are playing by two guitarists.
It is pretty much just mark however David’s guitar sometimes creeps in
@@AWguitar2006 It was recorded in the studio. We are not sure if the second guitar is David's playing. The second track could have been played by Mark.
Sounds like a chorus and/or a delay
Yep. The lead has a ton of reverb that’s missing in the strums.
@@c.k.185 I was just about to say that the track sounds chorused, which I never noticed before.
The guitar sounds unbelievably great what a beautiful sound
Super clean!
With no pick it has kind of a harp like sound, I think I like the finger pick sound better👍
@@Nucksfan1 yes I can understand that
Mark's dynamics & subtle ghost notes are superb. He's one of the most soulful guitarist ever with a killer ear for melodies. And what a songwriter too. Straits first album is a MASTERPIECE!
i love how you can figure the lyrics of the song just off the lick he plays in between the rhythm parts he plays
I rarely watch/listen to stuff like this from start to finish, but I did on this one. Loved the graphic representation of the music at the bottom as well.
Exactly what I thought
Mark Knopfler not only plays this, sings it, wrote it, and became famous with it while still in his 20s.
I wish I had an isolated guitar track for every song that I try to figure out on guitar
Why dont you figure out a solution instead of moaning about it and sharing your damned wishes.
@@mjf857 lol
@@mjf857 someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed 😂
Get studio headphones. It is almost like an isolated track.
Tabs exist
Listening to hear the 12 string on the rhythm parts now. What a great guitarist!
what?
His brother played the rhythm
I think you're hearing the JC-120 chorus, not a 12-string. He used three amps on this track, including a JC.
Now that’s a song! If a song is so good that I can literally remember and anticipate every note a split second before it is played it’s a classic.
I’ve never heard the guitar isolated for this. It was really interesting. So many notes ending in a perfect little vibrato that I never noticed when listening to the whole track before.
those are bends but sure
As fresh as the day it was played. What a moment of beauty
I could listen to this all day.
I have been listening to this song for decades and I could still find a new lick at 6:05
this is the sound. this is what guitar can be. this is why i want to become better at guitar. the way he can stand there, and just do. just play, he doesent even think, he knows it every way because he tried it and thought about it. and it shows here. the guitar speaks to me. it speaks to all of us. that's what i want. and it is possible. he's done it. come on mr knopfler. thanks for reigniting my love for guitar
I love this more every time I hear it. Greatest rock song ever
Its in my top 5, but closer to 1 than 5 ;)
I never knew the rhythm guitar had chorus on it! That chorus sounds fantastic!!
I thought I knew this song inside out, but never noticed that too!
What a masterpiece
This track is worth all the money in the world, you can really hear the rhythm and undertones that dont really come out in the studio version. giid job putting this together.
This is what a great master of the guitar sounds like free and soulful but then technically perfect in the last solo....sheer genius.
I come back roughly once a month to listen to this. Perfection.
Just...wow. I have always loved this song and its sound. This really allows you to understand and appreciate his artistry as a guitarist and composer.
P E R F E C T I O N. My ears and soul thank you.
Mark is one of my favorite players. And one of the things I like about him is every now and then playing live, he makes a mistake, and he plays right through it. He’s a great player and song writer. He’s very complex and simple, if that makes sense?
The world thanks you Mark, and here’s to many more years of great playing!
Mark Knopfler is a master of his craft and one of the most unique to play
Incredible dynamics
This is great. When you listen to this you can really see how his vocals and the guitar are really a call and answer. Incredible player and tune.
What a take! Jaw-dropping!
Just beautiful
This is one of the extremely rare cases an isolated track doesn't need anything else
listen to the isolated bass track. precision playing perfectly supporting the guitar work.
jimi was a good case of that too
It's more than one track. That's not a single guitar playing everything.
@@georgeburns8447 well, the main track by itself doesn't need any additional ones, that's what I meant
@@unacuentadeyoutube13 ok
You can really hear the Dan Armstrong Orange squeezer , still convinced he’s on the middle pickup . Thanks for this ;)
Suuuuuuuuuuure....
I think I saw something where he said he was using middle and bridge but obviously on the old 3 position switch in the in-between setting
@@benjaminwoodrowmusic6070 Entirety possible and then binned the matchstick for the for the triplets in the solo ;)
And now, I love it even more...........
He's GUITAR GEORGE and he knows all the CHORDS
He said an old guitar, is all, he can afford
But mind it's not strictly rythm, he wants to make it cry or sing
He's just saving it up, for Friday Night.
And Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't make the scene.
He's got a day time job, he's doing alright.
His phrasing is amazing
Es una obra de arte . Cada nota , cada articulación , cada fraseo . Thanks Mark !!!
I don't think this is just one guitar track, there are places where you can hear the chords and the licks overlap in ways that seem impossible to play. But no doubt a great isolated track to pick out all the finer details of the guitar playing. Thank you for this.
Yes, the mixer riding the fader is working very hard
This has blown me away! Absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for posting this!!!
So many new sounds in this track. Thank you for this.
Because of this sound i started to play guitar,20 years ago
It's all in the fingers!❤
Omg amazing masterpiece of Mark Kopfler♥️will be listened till end of a the universe! Rhythm, chords, tone is amazing no one can ve better than him
A sound most magnificent.
holy shhhhhh...
ART✨✨✨✨✨❤️
Love the organic, total on-the-fly feel of this in isolation....they could have gone in and cleaned up all the artifacts and extraneous "string" noise, but that would have killed the feel - knowing Knopf was in the zone and laying it down. Thanks for posting - this is awesome.
Incredible sense of timing.
Mans does all this with his fingers. The technique used is beyond difficult to master.
Very clean!!! This is fabulous. Thanks!
Amazing. I could find out some more of what I was missing when I play this song. Thanks.
What a great opportunity to learn the song in detail!
I think he's a genius a naturally gifted guitarist, in my opinion The BEST
2:32 the filthiest, spookiest fill
I always thought the flamenco style strumming and the the lead lines track were different. This is absolutely ridiculous how he has combined both so beautifully!!
They are different. That's not a single track. You can hear the chord tracks coming in and out. Plus, you can hear when they're both playing at the same. There are at least two tracks going on.
5:11 to 5:43. Stunningly played!
The timing is extraordinary.
Go Mark the guitar master!!!!!!
Great sound. Mark masterfully done !!!!!!!
What an amazing tune!
Close my eyes to this and see myself on a great adventure in Turkey.
This is actually super useful for learning the song.
0:37 to 0:38 I always loved the sound of that bright sounding chord.
Its a F
I can play this thing note for note and I'm not even close. His style along with his feel is so hard to emulate.
We don’t have the Mark’s fingers 🤪
MK is left-handed playing righty
A signature tune of Dire Straits and Knopfler. Live in 70s, early 80s they brought this sing on another level..
jesus this man is good!
Maestro!!
I've heard things you people wouldn't believe. Mark Knopfler isolated guitar sounds of Sultans of Swing.
Thanks to UA-cam, all those moments will not be lost in time, like tears in rain. It's time to die...
This sounds like Mark did two separate tracks, one the chords and one the great fills.
I am sure he could have done them both at the same time but the fills have a more treble clear sound and the chords sound like there is a slight shimmering Chorus effect on them making it necessary to have recorded two separate tracks to get two different guitar tones.
Harmony, mélody and rythm!
The definition of perfect!
Still my favorite song on the guitar. The cleanliness in his tapping is phenomenal. I always assumed he had some compression with the Rhythm pickup selected to grab that thick twangy tone.
There's no tapping in this song?
This is amazing
That's insane!
How the hell can you even think up this piece much less be able to play it?
Just wish he would have shown up and played with the band at the induction!
Fantastic!!!
Wow there's a lot to unpack here
What an ABSOLUTE BEAST, so underrated.
4:29
This is what art does, explains the inexplicable
1:52 🤩😍😍😍😍🎯🏆
This sounds like the original guitar track with all other stuff filtered out. It’s that good.
Amazing
Frikkin beautiful!
Perfect!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Most liltingly lyrical, ravishingly rhapsodic, exquisitely euphonious guitar work in the history of the known Universe.
By Odin....this is just like gift after gift from the gods with every note...
I go to work everyday, this is my soundtrack
"They said an old guitar is all, he can afford" so be it!
Thanks for this great track ! Listening to this astonishing guitar , get me selling all my guitars.
Altough Mark's playng is inarrivable, while I was reading the comments below, and listening to the track itself, it seems that he plays ALL the track alternating perfect flamenco style and solo. To me it isn't so, it seems, at my ear, like this track is a sidechained one, in which the solo part, pushes down the rhtym one, and arises PERFECTLY when it ends. I suspect that Mark is able to do this, but sidechained tracks, is a common way to obtain similar results, a lot used in radio broadcast. I don't know if the author of the post has worked on two tracks, or if he gets the tracks from elsewhere on the web and worked on it (anyway he did a great job).
For example if you listen at 0'30'' , while he is bending and sustaining the note, the flamenco rhytm is also audible.
Obviously, mine is a simple tech point, due the fact I am a guitarist and a sound engineeing, and nothing to subtract to the inarrivable talent of MK, anf the great job of Thomas Spencer, who posted this very useful track.
Thanks
imperfectly perfect
Magnífico
Gênio ❤
Sauce! I want to think this was improvised, but I doubt it. Classic!
4:26 my fav
Masterful
True master
Wow.