[What styles is Mark Knopfler playing in this video?]

1 minute ago, CapM said:

Mark is a unique player in that he doesn't use a pick, even when playing electric guitar.  Neil is correct about the first one. At 5:18 he's just doing a blues rhythm riff.  At 9:02, he's just doing some open chord strumming.  At 11:38, it's kind of a bluegrass strumming pattern which normally might be called flat picking, except you can't use that term for Mark since he doesn't use a pick!  At 12:43 he's just going over a I IV V blues progression.  At 13:22, it's kind of like comping.  At least that's how I would describe these techniques.

Thanks very much!

[What styles is Mark Knopfler playing in this video?]

2 hours ago, NeilES335 said:

1:38 thumb is called Travis picking named after a style by Merle Travis.

I'll leave the rest to others.. 

Thanks!

[What styles is Mark Knopfler playing in this video?]

Can someone tell me the name for the styles of guitar Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits) is playing in the sections of this video I've listed below? I don't know how to research this since I don't know the names for what he's doing, and I'd have trouble copying him simply from watching the video. I am at a point in my guitar playing where I am interested in learning specific styles of guitar that are more interesting and complex than what I am currently capable of playing, and this video contains several examples of the type of thing I am interested in. If anyone wants to explain in any detail what he's doing with his hands, especially his right, in these cases, that'd be awesome, but basically I'll do more searching online and in books once I know what terms to look for. Thank you.

Picking with thumb? - 1:38, 2:18, 2:31

Rock rhythm? - 5:18

Rhythm? - 9:02

More rhythm? - 11:38, 14:13

Blues rhythm? - 12:43

Interval chords? 13:22