Mark Knopfler Guitar Styles - Volume 1 (Guitar Recorded Versions) (Paperback)

~ Mark Knopfler (Author)

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This great collection features complete note-for-note transcriptions of 8 Knopfler favorites: Expresso Love ¥ Love over Gold ¥ Once upon a Time in the West ¥ Private Investigations ¥ Romeo and Juliet ¥ Sultans of Swing ¥ Telegraph Road ¥ Tunnel of Love. Also includes an in-depth interview, info on MarkÕs guitars, exclusive color photos, and a guide to tab.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793570255
• ISBN-13: 978-0793570256
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #351,051 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Fingerpicker In The World, November 23, 2004

By	Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This book (along with the companion second volume) is the very best Mark Knopfler or Dire Straits transcription ever published. This volume features many excellent color pictures of Mark and his guitars, a very interesting interview in which he discusses the advantages of being a lefty that plays right-handed (among other topics), and of course note-for-note transcriptions of some great (mostly earlier Dire Straits) Knopfler songs. These transcriptions are definitely the best available, but because they are very accurate remember that they are extremely complex.

The songs featured in this volume are "Sultans of Swing," "Once Upon a Time in the West," "Expresso Love," "Romeo and Juliet," "Tunnel of Love," "Love Over Gold," "Private Investigations," and "Telegraph Road." Amazingly enough the transcription includes an accurate rendition of the extremely complex and lengthy closing solo on "Telegraph Road," which I have never seen anywhere else.

This is the Knopfler music book to buy for musicians and fans alike. I highly recommend this book and its companion volume of Mark's work.