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Studio

Song · 1978

Classic

Sultans of Swing

Artist
Dire Straits
Released
1978
Guitar
Mark Knopfler
  • Fingerpicking
  • Solo

What makes the part famous

The techniques to work on to play it, each in one sentence.

  • Fingerpicking

    The picking hand's fingers pluck the strings one by one, bass and melody at once.

  • Solo

    The passage where the guitar steps forward and sings on its own, phrase after phrase.

Sultans of Swing chords

What the studio found on the isolated guitar of the recording: the key and the chords, with fingerings that flow from one to the next.

Key
D minor
Chords
Dm · Bb · C · A · F

The progressions that come back

    1. Dm
    2. Bb
    3. C
    1. A
    2. F
    3. C
    4. Bb

The chords and their fingerings

  • Dm
    D minori · Tonic5fr×1342
  • Bb
    B♭ majorbVI · Subdominant6fr1342
  • C
    C majorbVII · Dominant5fr××14
  • A
    A majorV · Dominant5fr1342
  • F
    F majorbIII · Tonic5fr×1432

Automatic analysis: it can get a chord wrong, and your ear has the last word.

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