Fingerstyle guitar
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Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar or bass guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking. The
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Mark Knopfler
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Mark Freuder Knopfler is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is one of the two members who stayed throughout th
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…acoustic guitars, but some, including Merle Travis played on hollow-body electric guitars, while some modern rock musicians, such as Derek Trucks and Mark Knopfler, employ traditional North American fingerpicking techniques on solid-body electric guitars such as the Gibson Les Paul or the Fender Stratocaster. An…
Knopfler performing in 2015
Knopfler with Dire Straits, 1979
Knopfler with Dire Straits at the Agora Ballroom in Dallas, Texas, 1980
Knopfler performing in Dublin, 1981