How to play Private Investigations by Dire Straits - Part One - Guitar Lesson Tutorial

In this guitar lesson tutorial, we look at how to play Private Investigations by Dire Straits. The song appeared on the 1982 Album "Love over Gold". The song features Mark Knopfler on a nylon-strung guitar, probably a Gibson "Chet Atkins" style classical.

The intro melody uses notes from the E Aeolian mode, with much of the melody based around the chords played by the piano. The verses use the same chord progression as the intro with Mark playing arpeggios and some fills to join the chords together.

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Lesson by Paul Campion

[usairbnrgr]

Outstanding job Paul. Thank you for taking the time to provide this lesson. Much appreciated.

[Dave-tzqn]

Great tuition video...well explained and easy to follow ...following all the videos on this song and almost accomplished learning it with these lessons

[mariovalenticlari]

Really good lessons! Have been trying to play from sheet music and tabs, but never could figure out the arpeggios and correct finger positions. Thanks!

[arjunaseneviratne]

Thanks a million Paul. Excellent lesson and enjoyed playing this piece much more than I used to with my own "version"

[JoernPriebe]

Wonderful tutorial. Thank you very much for all the effort you did. Keep it up!

[CaptSlog]

Thanks Paul. Very helpful. I wish you'd used a guitar with dots on though :)

[joshuafriend]

Very nice lesson! I've been looking for a good tutorial on this beautiful song. Thank you!

[bobjohnston]

Thanks Paul, I understand and greatly appreciate your tutorials.

[taz]

thank you so much bro, this needs more likes and views. just subscribed and u hv my full support. thank you again!

[vibefrequencyable]

Who could give this explanation a thumbs down?

[DzGoodSeed]

Yo thanks man, I have been waiting for this for ages now!, I thank you very much man

[joevaz]

Hi Paul,
How are you doing. Kudos to you for this great lesson n the solo too. Keep it up👍👍👍. Me a big all time fan of Dire Straits.
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Joe Vaz

[martyjames]

excellent lesson - thanks you, When i look at the chords used and melody i wonder if Mark Knopfler had learned music theory at some point. If not he was a really great self taught musician - cheers

[stevenrowland]

Please, more more more. You are so damn cool man. superb instructions. thanks Bro

[her]

Hey Paul - Great lesson on a great tune - thanks so much for taking the time to teach this!

[bobjohnston]

Hi Paul, great tutorial, just like your others, but is it possible to get a PDF of the fingering and the Tabs? It would make learning the moves easier when practicing without having to constantly hit rewind and play.

[bluelou]

Really helpful, Big thank you for taking the time to help novices like myself.. ;-)

[seriadobr]

This song has a lot of slash chords with different bass lines. I believe was composed with the "help" of piano....

[tomc]

Hello, nice lesson, just my opinion (take it or leave it I don't really mind) but I'm not the greatest so maybe slow down a little in future tutorials. Thanks anyways

[phenixreturns]

remember the old good times with songbooks lol now, no effort