Chords for How to play Mark Knopfler Style Guitar Fast and Easy | Guitar Tricks

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[D] Hey there and welcome to the Guitar Tricks channel.
My name is Anders and I'm going to be your host today.
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In this lesson I'm going to show you a really [Eb] classic way to use triads in your [N] rhythm,
riff, and lead playing that most people will probably associate with the wonderful guitar
sounds of Mark Knopfler.
Check it out.
So let's say we're playing over a progression that goes between E minor and C major.
_ Then most [A] middle level guitar [Fm] players would reach for the [Em] bar chords here _ _
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chords and [C] strum those. _ _
_ But now let's explore an alternative to that.
_ Try and [Em] look at your E minor bar chord here with the root in the 7th fret of the A string.
_ _ Now the notes on the D, G, and B string [Dbm] form an [B] extremely useful E minor triad. _
Now put down your pick and pluck these with your 1st, [Em] 2nd, and 3rd finger.
You [Eb] can hold [D] it between your fingers like [Em] I'm doing here. _ _
_ _ _ Be really dynamic with it, explore how many different sounds you can get out of just doing that.
_ And I'm letting go in my left hand, releasing pressure to make it short.
Or you can _ keep applying the pressure and have it ring out. _
Then try and add some little muted ghost notes on the A string.
I'm doing that with my right hand thumb and I'm muting it with my left hand 1st finger. _ _ _ _
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_ _ Do a fun rhythm _ like_ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Notice that I'm making the 1st one short and the 2nd one ring.
_ _ Now let's apply that to our C chord with the same [C] approach.
So grab your C major bar chord here and then isolate the notes on the same 3 strings, D,
G, and B.
And I'm going to fret those with my 1st finger instead of the 3rd finger.
_ Try the same rhythm, same approach. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ I'm also adding a little bit of percussion from hitting the strings with my right hand.
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_ But everything is very [B] subtle and very understated.
_ _ Now the final thing we're going to do is add what's called a passing chord in between.
And a passing chord only serves to bridge the gap between two chords.
You don't rest on it, so you can add it without altering the basic harmony.
[D] Our passing chord will be the D chord here with the root in the 5th fret of the A string.
So our isolated triad is here in the 7th fret.
Try and throw that in [Em] with the other two. _
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_ _ [Ab] Fun as well and I'm doing a little [D] hammer on _ from the [Em] passing chord to the [D] minor [Em] triad. _ _
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[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ Really fun stuff.
Sounds cool and it can work as a rhythm part but it can also be used as a kind of a hooky
climax of a solo or even a signature riff to a song.
_ That's it for our channel episode this week.
I hope you're excited to go explore some more triad leads, riffs and rhythm parts on your own.
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Have fun with it.
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