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"Sultans of Swing" is a song by the British rock band Dire Straits from their eponymous debut album, which band frontman Mark Knopfler wrote and composed. Although it was first released in 1978, it was its 1979 re-release that caused it to become a hit in both the UK and U.S. The song was first recorded as a demo at Pathway Studios, North London, in July 1977 and quickly acquired a following after it was put on rotation at Radio London. Its popularity soon reached record executives, and Dire Straits were offered a contract with Phonogram Records. The song was then re-recorded in February 1978 at Basing Street Studios for the band's debut album''.'' The record company wanted a less-polished rock sound for the radio, so an alternative version was recorded at Pathway Studios in April 1978 and released as the single in some countries including the United Kingdom and Germany. ==Background and composition== The music for "Sultans of Swing" was composed by Mark Knopfler on a National Steel guitar in an open tuning, though Knopfler did not think very highly of it at first. As he remembered, "I thought it was dull, but as soon as I bought my first Strat in 1977, the whole thing changed, though the lyrics remained the same. It just came alive as soon as I played it on that ’61 Strat which remained my main guitar for many years and was basically the only thing I played on the first album and the new chord changes just presented themselves and fell into place."〔 Inspiration for the song came from witnessing a jazz band playing in the corner of a practically deserted pub in Deptford, South London. At the end of their performance, the lead singer announced that they were the "Sultans of Swing", and Knopfler found the contrast between the group's dowdy appearance and surroundings and their grandiose name amusing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/sultans-of-swing-dire-straits )〕 Columbia recording artist Bill Wilson allegedly made an unsubstantiated claim to many of the lyrics to the song while he and Knopfler were both studio musicians working a session in Nashville.〔http://www.stringdancer.com/billwilson/index_files/Article-Nuvo12081993.pdf〕〔http://www.nuvo.net/indianapolis/bill-wilsons-back/Content?oid=2512934#.U41bPNzC7MU〕 His claim was dismissed as being highly improbable, since Knopfler had not first visited Nashville till long after the song was released. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is set in the time signature of common time, with a tempo of 146 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of D harmonic minor with Knopfler's vocal range spanning from G3 to D5. The song has a basic sequence of Dm–C–B–A as its chord progression for the verses, and F–C–B for the choruses. The song's riff makes use of triads, particularly second inversions. The song is in the andalusian cadence or diatonic phrygian tetrachord. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/worlds-most-used-musical-sequence/ )〕 Knopfler would later use similar triads on "Lady Writer"''.''〔Rooksby 2002, p. 104〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sultans of Swing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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