Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits | Fingerstyle Guitar Tutorial

In today's fingerstyle guitar tutorial we learn how to play "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits. The intro features the iconic guitar hook which is addictive to play once you learn it. The song is in open G tuning and I briefly discuss how Mark Knopfler stumbled across this opening riff by exploring the various chords in this tuning. We go through the verse and chorus as well so you can play the song from beginning to end.

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Video Chapters:
00:00 Demo
02:35 Lesson Introduction
02:51 Open Tunings
04:36 Chords in Open Tunings
05:06 The Riff
05:20 Mark Knopfler
05:57 Resonator Guitar
07:09 Chord Progression
08:02 Intro/Hook
15:22 Verse
19:42 Chorus

[MTGuitar]

Hey all, hope you enjoy this beautiful song! There's a full arrangement with the chord melody solo at Patreon.com/MTGuitar Hope you have a great weekend!

[TheDailyStarmer]

This is one of those songs which is timeless and transcendent, Mark Knopfler didn't write it, he received it from a higher power.
Thanks for the lesson.

[markroylance]

I've avoided trying to learn this song for decades....And thanks to this lesson I'd got it overnight ! Rest of your lessons are so clear ! Thank you x

[guitar-nut]

Excellent lesson Mitch, clearly explained. This is one of my all time favourite songs, I'm a massive MK and Dire Straits fan!

[scottsmith]

One of my fav songs of all time. And you nailed it!

[robertsweeney]

This is one of your best lessons
Your vocal is great, guitar playing just brilliant.
Very well done.

[owenbebjamin]

This is such a great lesson. I Love your singing.😂 Hopefully you can continue on that path with Dire Straits.

[AJ-qvrs]

Wonderful ... My late fathers favorite ... will be a joy to learn ..

[WTFlouis]

Absolutely fantastic Mitch! You captured it beautifully.

[stephenszalay]

Amazing song and fantastic lesson. Thank you

[gururajchadaga]

I love this so much! Shocking that you uploaded it so recently! I finally learnt this song after a week of hard work and persistence, thank you very much.
I've learnt a great deal of songs from you, If, fearless and goodbye blue sky from Pink Floyd and now this! You're one of the finest YouTube teachers out there.

[macbriggs]

Just found this song yesterday and can’t believe I’ve missing out on it for so long lol. I really like at 15:02 when you explained how it’s okay to not play it exactly like the original song. That’s a big struggle for me to get over but it’s nice to hear it’s not essential lol.

[amiderfenn]

My thumbsup came just after the beautiful playing and singing demo in the beginning. Wonderfull! Now I will see if I can learn this, at least little bit.

[ResoGuyWY]

I am learning this tune on a D-tuning squareneck and its been a challenge to transpose the licks but thanks to this vid its coming along nicely

[Geotubest]

Beautifully done. Spot on. Brilliant.

[Zebulon]

Amazing ! What a beautifull discovery !!!!

[jayschoenike]

Great job. I know how much work/time it was to put this arrangement together. Even if it was a labor of love. Thank you.

[carlosabellanosa]

Wow! Completely unexpected voice! So good!

[timtibbitts]

Very good tutorial of a great song. Except for one thing: I used to have that exact same little Martin resonator. I loved that thing, but ended up selling it to help pay for some very expensive veterinary care for my cat. I found that 000 body size with the cutaway to be very comfortable. The tone was OK too, certainly for the price. I miss that guitar, and miss the cat. But seeing your Alt II resonator brought back some fine memories.

[AliBoukachab]

Bravo bravo bravo bravo 👏👍
c'est très professionnel
j'aime beaucoup ❤❤