Andy Summers Guitar
On this VHS / DVD Andy Summers shows the viewer how to play certain guitar parts and techniques - including some The Police songs. It also includes a few songs performed live with his band.
| "Andy Summers Guitar" | |
|---|---|
| Artist: | Andy Summers |
| Directed by: | Arlen Roth / Stephen T. Robinson |
| Produced by: | Arlen Roth |
| Edited by: | Lou Iocca |
| Filming location(s): | Right Track Studios / Sony Music Studios (both in New York, NY, USA) |
| Initial release date: | 1998-MM-DD (2 VHS)
2006-MM-DD (DVD) |
| Running time: | 154:00 |
| Label: | Hot Licks |
Contents
Video summary
Andy Summers explains guitar riffs and techniques and shows how to play them in close-ups. He demonstrates how to play a few The Police songs, too.
- lesson overview
- alternative chord colours (ex. 1-35)
- Afro Blue - performance
- visual root (ex. 36-46)
- Big Thing - performance
- The Police guitar
- Message In A Bottle (ex. 47-48)
- Every Breath You Take (ex. 49)
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da (ex. 50-51)
- Roxanne (ex. 52)
- Murder By Numbers (ex. 53)
- Bring On The Night (ex. 54)
- Spirits In The Material World (ex. 55-56)
- The Last Dance Of Mr. X
- Blues For Snake (ex. 57-59)
- Footprints
- line playing (ex. 60-68)
- Mexico 1920
- playing through changes (ex. 69-79)
- matching scales to chords (ex. 80-101)
- composing on the guitar (ex. 102-105)
- Luminious Motion
- Somewhere In The West (ex. 106-110)
- compositions
- World Gone Strange (ex. 111)
- Monk Hangs Ten (ex. 112)
- The Soul Is A Stranger On Earth
- conclusion
- Lonely Woman (end credits)
Production
This video was first released as a set of two VHS cassettes.
The live performances on this VHS / DVD release were recorded on 1997-05-19 at Right Track Studios in New York, NY, USA. Andy played with Jerry Watts on bass and Bernie Dresel on drums.
The teaching segments were recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York, NY, USA:
The song Big Thing from this release would be included on Andy's album The Last Dance Of Mr. X
Release history
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| Cover art | Release date | Country | Format | Language | Special features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40px | 1998-MM-DD | USA | VHS | English | booklet with chords and notations |
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2006-MM-DD | USA | DVD (codefree / NTSC) | English | booklet with chords and notations |
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