Money For Nothing by Mark Knopfler. The Delmar Sessions II

If you know this song, you will have heard a long introduction sung by Sting, where the singer covets a MTV. Its full of arpeggiated synthesisers and pedal notes – a musical episode presenting a real challenge to this arranger. I think the result is idiomatic, it sounds like it was supposed to be a guitar piece all along. I have an interest in finding a new expressive voice for the popular songs of recent years. The chosen medium is the classical guitar. For the guitarists interested, string 6 is tuned down to D and string 2 is tuned down to Bb. You can find it as downloadable pdf on ArrangeMe. It isn’t easy and the wannabe player will need to lock themselves away for a while!