Sultans of Swing – Melodic Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson with Campfire Strumming Tips (Dire Straits)

👉 View my slow playthrough videos, practice notes, and all other resources for this lesson at https://songnotes.net/lessons/555/ *** 🎸 Lessons To Help with This Song F Major with Wrapped Thumb (Fingerstyle Trick) https://songnotes.net/lessons/244/ F Major - 7 Easier Ways to Play It https://songnotes.net/lessons/392/ Fingerstyle Cheat Sheet - Travis Picking Patterns for Every Chord https://songnotes.net/lessons/522/ Travis Picking vs. Classical Fingerstyle https://songnotes.net/lessons/302/ Accenting Melody Notes While Strumming https://songnotes.net/lessons/537/ *** 🎸 My Other Dire Straits Lessons: Acoustic Triads and "Sultans of Swing" https://songnotes.net/lessons/174/ Romeo & Juliet (Standard Tuning, No Capo) https://songnotes.net/lessons/284/ *** In today’s lesson I’m excited to show you my take on the Dire Straits classic Sultans of Swing. I’m using a capo 5 arrangement for this lesson, which lets us play along with original recording using much easier chord shapes. I’ll begin with an easy strum version, show how you can add the recognizable melody notes, and then get into a custom fingerstyle arrangement I put together (using the Travis Picking technique). Whether you want to strum or fingerpick, this lesson has you covered! Once more, be sure to check out my lesson webpage for all additional resources for this lesson (slow playthrough videos, my secret stash fingerpicking arrangement, and my print-friendly practice notes) - https://songnotes.net/lessons/555/ 0:00 Lesson Overview 2:00 Chords & Strumming 7:13 Adding the Melody 14:17 Fingerstyle - Basics 23:08 Fingerstyle - Advanced