Knopfler Fingerpicking Lesson

- Kristofer Dahl10th December 2010
  HEY THAT PICK HIT MY EYE!! No just kidding, awesome lesson Denes
- Mate Nagy10th December 2010
  Yeah cool lesson bro !
- arpejoes10th December 2010
  Nice Lesson
- thefireball10th December 2010
  this reminded me a bit of smoke on the water...just a little... nice lesson!
- Adrian Figallo10th December 2010
  very good playing brother!
- Denes Nagy11th December 2010
  Thanks guys!!!
- Ivan Milenkovic11th December 2010
  Cool lesson, nice covering of Knopfler, and cool tone too!
- Daniel Realpe14th December 2010
  Great lesson! nice rhythm keeping
- Ben Higgins15th December 2010
  Great lesson Denes !! I know I'd feel naked without my pick !! :-0
- Denes Nagy15th December 2010
- Zsolt Galambos21st December 2010
  Love it
- Jerry Arcidiacono29th December 2010
  Nice fingerpicking lesson and great tone.

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- Tags: Mark Knopfler, Dire Straits, Fingerpicking, Chicken picking
Hey GMC'ers! In this lesson I'lll show you some fingerpicking licks in the style of Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits. The most important thing about Mr. Knopfler is that he doesnt use picks.

Tuning:
* E - A - D - G - B - E
(From thick to thin string)
* Standard

Techniques:
* Finger picking
* Vibratos
* Bending

Scales:
G Blues

If you have any questions:
* Give feedback (upper-right-corner)
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Enjoy it!/ Dénes Nagy

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