HOW TO PLAY SULTANS OF SWING guitar solo, connecting chords using target notes and chord shapes.

Dissecting the solo to Dire Straits Sultans of Swing. This solo will layout the approach explained in lesson number one. Using chords, not scales, to outline the solo. Targeting the 3, 5 and root note. Please watch lesson one before to help with the approach. Please subscribe to the channel if you enjoy the content.

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[randywhite]

Great lesson but your not showing how your picking the chords please widen your video angle, it would help alot thanks

[kevingplumb]

Fantastic lesson, thank you. Most tutorials show you what to play but not why you are playing those particular notes. A light bulb went off for me watching this video and I started to see the fret board in a whole new way. I am finding it a relief not to think about scales at all. Can't wait for more lessons.

[DrMuseclectic]

Great lesson - many thanks! So helpful to see such a close analysis of the chords behind the SoS solo part 1 and how the lead/melody notes of Knopfler’s line emerged from those. Great to see the CAGE system put to good user too.
The analysis on the F shape with the meaningful bends for the 3 and 5 was very useful because I have just tended to think very ‘linearly’ such that notes must be sequential from the underlying scale but, as you showed, the bends ‘up’ have as much validity and purpose as playing a scale in a linear sequence.
Great tone on your guitar BTW 👍👍

[martinmcgimpsey]

Thanks for taking the time to explain those licks Jason! I play this all the time, but wasn’t sure about the lead! Lights and bells just went off! Yay! Thanks you, awesome lesson!

[rigmormortis]

Must be something wrong with youtubes algoritm, it must be 412 000 000 subs🤯amazing Chanel you got, glad i found it//cheers..Lasse🇸🇪

[mikehoward]

That's the stuff, Jason! Thanks so much! I was just learning the solos and thinking I should really be figuring out what he's actually doing in terms of scales. You just laid it out so beautifully! Very cool. I've taken CAGED lessons, but was still just working on memorizing scales without really understanding how to improvise over them and move between them in a solo.

[Elvis-dwux]

Cannot find Lesson 1....what is it called??? Only Grateful Dead found...

[ramsubba]

Fantastic lesson love you from HongKong. But please second part includ show your picking hand on strings ???❤❤❤

[jamesmaddock]

This is superb . We’ll done jason . Nicely done maestro

[pankajkumardas]

Very good sir
Let's give the remaining part of the lesson of sultan of swing, 🥺

[JorgeRodriguez-ggrb]

Hey Mr: you are wonderful people are teaching very good. Honest you are fantastic & from Los Angeles California we salute & respect forever

[stratslinger]

This is absolutely brilliant and exactly how guitar should be taught!!

[grantwright]

It''s ALMOST right !.. A mighty attempt, and extremely well done !.. Knopfler is mostly (but not entirely) doing this.. Yes 100%, he follows the Chords around, and very delightfully.. But there are added nuances, which are not explained here.. However if you want to get a handle on this general approach, this is great ! :)

[nickd.]

Thank you Jason for the lesson! I found it very helpful and well done for my guitar level. If possible, please publish more lessons like this, it will be very appreciated by the community of “guitar students “ like myself. Cheers and Thanks again!

[abderrahimkari]

Hay i dont speak anglais very well but i tray to inderstand .your explication IS very good for me thanks you

[iyata]

Awesome...years I hv self taught myself, when someone puts all the dots together...you are catapulted to another level in guitar playing. If playing guitar is a hobby...you practice whole night...8-10 hrs

[danhwy]

Very enlightening lesson, explaining the seemingly complicated at its barest bones.

[kenalee]

Great lesson my friend.. there are so many skill we can get from sultan especially notes from chords shape.. thanks for sharing my friend

[jeanguyvensdomond]

very good swing this solo one love god blessing you thanks