After 28 years of using a plectrum, I decided to have a stab at the intro to Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet". By God I think I know which would be easier to pull off.<br><br>Interestingly, I found a video of the man himself whilst searching for a tutorial - almost catatonic in his speech delivery but when he picks up a guitar? Blimey.<br><br>And pick up a guitar he did (lovely Martin parlour, pre-CBS Strat, '58 Les Paul Standard, that resonator off the cover of Brothers in Arms).<br><br>The most enlightening bit of the interview was him talking about fingerpicking, funnily enough. He said at first it's a bit like waterskiing - "I'm up! I'm up! I'm u... ah. Never mind."<br><br>Anyway, persevere I shall - getting there. It's got to be the hardest thing I've learned since I first picked up a guitar in the late '80s, it feels like someone took the fingers off my right hand and replaced them with 14 big toes.<br><br>If anyone's got any magic tips, share 'em here. I'm not daft though, I know there's no other way really than repetition - same way I got fluent with the old Dunlop Tortex.<br>
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