Musician-producer-commentator Rick Beato has a nice YouTube video talking about how, years ago, he first learned how Mark Knopfler used arpeggios in "Sultans of Swing" to outline the chord changes. Here are a few arpeggio licks he demo'd plus one of my own. These are really versatile for a whole bunch of rythmic feels and phrasing. I just did a "quick and simple" example.
Audio: http://sndup.net/tkfh
Here's Mark knopfler's first solo on the original recording of Sultan's of Swing. You can see/hear a number of arpeggio licks similar to those above.
audio: https://sndup.net/nx84/
Sultans of Steel - Knopfler arpeggios for C6 lap steel
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Sultans of Steel - Knopfler arpeggios for C6 lap steel
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