Mark Knopfler – Romeo and Juliet

Learn how to play Mark Knopfler – Romeo and Juliet note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Advanced
Barre chords: Yes
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Fingerpicked. Mixed fingerpicking and strumming.
Tuning: Open G (D G D G B D)
This lesson teaches an acoustic version as Mark plays it post Dire Straits acoustically. You’ll learn his acoustic guitar part which makes a perfect guitar/vocal solo arrangement. It doesn’t cover the electric parts on the Dire Straits version.
It’s broken into multiple sections so you can learn each part before moving on to the next.
The preview video shows the intro taken from the full lesson.
The complete file contains 6 lesson videos, 6 performance play thru videos, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 361 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.
The videos are mp4 format and should play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
They will download as Zip files. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file.
If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone you’ll need an app to do so, please read here to know more about it.
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Doug in Maine USA says
Wow! Another great lesson, Jerry.