Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits (Patreon)
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Today we are going to learn how to play "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits on the Ukulele. This song is super interesting for a couple of reasons, the primary being it is a smash hit, billboard success, and the chorus... has NO LYRICS! Crazy, but the chorus is just a riff, an insanely iconic riff, but just a riff.
Another interesting aspect of the song is that it follows a Verse-Verse-Chorus-Verse-Verse-Chorus-Verse-Verse-Chorus format and the the two verses are different lengths, one being 18 and one being 20 measures! So you have 38 measures before you even get to the chorus! Very non conventional and a song like this would have a very hard time finding its way to the radio in today's music climate and culture.
Will improve
Playing songs arranged for two ukuleles
Rock n Roll Strumming
Sliding Chord Shapes