Andy Summers Guitar
On this DVD Andy Summers shows the viewer how to play certain guitar parts and techniques - including a few The Police songs. It also includes a few songs performed live with his band.
"Andy Summers Guitar" | |
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Artist: | Andy Summers |
Directed by: | Arlen Roth / Stephen T. Robinson |
Produced by: | Arlen Roth |
Edited by: | Lou Iocca |
Filming location(s): | Right Track Recording Studio / Sony Music Studios (both in New York, NY, USA) |
Initial release date: | 2006-MM-DD |
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)
band performances were recorded at Right Track Recording Studio in New York, NY, USA - featuring:
- Jerry Watts: bass
- Bernie Dresel: drums
teaching segments were recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York, NY, USA
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.
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 |
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2006-MM-DD | USA | DVD (codefree / NTSC) | English | booklet with chords and notations |
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