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| Andy Summers: Guitar (DVD and Booklet) | 
 enlarge | Actor: Andy Summers
Studio: Hot Licks / Music Sales Corp.
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 46937
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 154 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Special Features: Andy Summers not only teaches some great guitar parts from his years with The Police, he demonstrates some more advanced playing plus jazz and blues styles. You'll learn about chord group memorization and clusters, special suspensions, visualizing the root, mapping out the neck, modal interchanges, "squeezing" the chords, and a whole lot more. Plus some great live performances by Andy playing with his band!
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: HOT201
UPC: 752187437727
EAN: 0752187437727
ASIN: B000E6FVVS
Release Date: January 31, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Andy Summers not only teaches some great guitar parts from his years with The Police, he demonstrates some more advanced playing plus jazz and blues styles. You'll learn about chord group memorization and clusters, special suspensions, visualizing the root, mapping out the neck, modal interchanges, "squeezing" the chords, and a whole lot more. Plus some great live performances by Andy playing with his band!
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Andy Summers, Guitar Master! September 5, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
When I was 16 in 1968 I saw a band called soft machine with a kid playing guitar named Andy Summers. Later in the mid 70's I was in a liquor store on Sunset and La Brea and there he was again. A&M was across the street and he said he was working on a great album with his new band The Police. Well the difference between the fusion/jazz influenced soft machine and the Sting driven nuanced pop fusion was not that great and much of this is from the master guitar work of Andy Summers. So if you are a intermediate guitar player that knows your pentatonic scales and some basic bares and open chords get ready to take your guitar playing to the next level. Andy is such a great instructor! He really knows how to deconstruct the sounds that come from the guitar and to get you seeing why you make the shapes you do on the fretboard. He carries the credentials of the police but he is so much more than that music which is featured here. This is a must if you are serious about expanding your guitar knowledge! Thanks Andy!
Get this DVD! February 8, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Andy Summers is a great guitarist to learn from. Police fans will not be disappointed.
An excellent guide to MORE than just the music of the Police. January 10, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Overall, a great set - a long (2 hours plus) session with Mr. Andrew Summers himself, with an extensive accompanying booklet.
Summers give lessons and explanations on all the facets of his style, as well as extensive demonstrations of his best material in the Police. But don't buy this just to boost your cover band's repetoire; Summers covers much, much more, including practical advice on playing over changes, fingerpicking, and extended chord voicings.
Overall, a good buy, one that is thoughtful enough to provide slow motion, pitch corrected versions of ALL of the examples presented, with extensive closeups. It's a must have for anyone looking to play challenging material.
A Pop Guitar Master does it right November 4, 2006
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
As a guitar playing songwriter, I was never the one to be attracted to instructional guitar videos figuring it could somehow point me in a direction of un-originality, but this DVD proved me all wrong. I bought it on a whim along with Andy's autobiography and his aproach to songs and chords is eye-opening.
To me, it turns out, he was secretly the coolest of The Police members which makes it fun to hang out and see him talk about and teach the parts he played with them. It's a great way to learn new chords that will stretch your hands and get you away from your normal patterns.
It's a little funny when he calls the triad based major chords "boring," but his whole point is to find new colors and not do the cookie cutter thing (which helped his band become the biggest band in the world).
It's got a slow-down section (which is not all that important with the control that comes from DVDs these days).
It's got him playing a bunch of Police songs with a band.
It's got him playing a bunch of originals with a band (they can get out there, but they are cool).
I'd say, if you like The Police, you will love this video. If you aren't a Police fan but are looking to get out of old habits and approach your instrument by way of an original minded instructor, you will love this video.
If you're looking to shred solos, look elsewhere. If you're looking to learn blues licks, look elsewhere. If you are a total beginner, look elsewhere.
If you're looking to open your eyes and ears and see that the pop/rock music that most people love has guitar playing a supporting role augmenting the impact of the SONG and want to witness a guy who worked that role to perfection, this is the video for you.
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