The 12 days of Riffmas day 4: get your riffs for free here with the ZZ Top-esque 1985 classic that became Dire Straits' most commercially successful single.
The 12 days of riffmas: learn to play Money For Nothing by Dire Straits
Day 4: get to grips with the riff from a Mark Knopfler classic
I'm the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before MusicRadar I worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar in the UK. When I'm not rejigging pedalboards I'm usually thinking about rejigging pedalboards.
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