I know Mark Knopfler plays fingerstyle, but What combination of finger/thumb picking patterns does he use when playing lead?
Here is an example from the Sultans of Swing intro (from here):
e-------------------5-8-5---------------- B-----------6------6-----6---5h6p5--------- G-----7------7----7---------------7--5-7--- D--5h7-----7----------------------------7-- A------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------
And here's my guess at how he plays it, using the PIMA system:
e-------------------5-8-5---------------- B-----------6------6-----6---5h6p5--------- G-----7------7----7---------------7--5-7--- D--5h7-----7----------------------------7-- A------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------ p i pmi pim m m i i p i ip
Does anyone have any advance on this, or any further examples of Knopfler-esq patterns?