The Police - Every Breath You Take Guitar Lesson

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Besides being a HUGE smash hit, it also uses mostly add 9 chord voicings on the guitar which helps the song get it's haunting and open sound.

If you follow the fingerings I use in the video you will see how Andy Summers manages those difficult add 9 streches by the movement of his index finger in the middle of the picking pattern.

This "Every Breath You Take" guitar lesson will give you a great chord workout and in addition is a good study in controlling string dynamics with palm muting.

Hope you guys enjoy this one! Cheers! Carl..

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[jamisonc]

I’m so excited for these old lessons in the new format. The new look is great and I can’t wait to learn these classics. Join the academy everyone and learn the awesome art of guitar!

[bxv_]

carl. i've been playing for 8 years and you got me started learning full songs without a teacher. i saw that you were posting and i genuinely was in tears knowing you were still in love with guitar. thank you for touching so many people and not even getting recognition that you deserve. 😭❤️

[dissonant]

Oh i love it when carl sings, and i even love it more when he reacts to his singing, i mean, i literally pressed rewind to hear him sing again haha

[anthonygarcia]

Definitely want to see a redo of "Panama". The standard tuning really throws me off. Also would love to see a redo of "Mr. Crowley".

[allenrankin]

Look, I'm only gonna say this one more time. It's the greatest break in, not just rock history, but in all of music history.

[mattlabarbermusic]

I like the re-dos. The old ones were great but I like that you are introducing yourself to new people. You’re an awesome teacher and I have learned so much from you

[Leviathan-nhlm]

Carl can you please do trapped under ice by metallica

[adolfojaquez]

Can you do Cliffs of Dover in the new format please??

I'm struggling on this one.

[wesleygreene]

New background is sweet and redos are actually a really good idea

[CC-qbsm]

The return of Carl!!! Congrats on the new studio! I know there are quite a few in your back catalog i’ve often wish you would re-shoot. I will send a couple suggestions your way soon, in the meantime have a great weekend!

[ghfdt]

A little advice for playing this song if you struggle. You can play the big 9th chords as a arpeggio aka one note at a time and not putting all fingers down at once trying to form the whole chord. Because of the tempo of the song it sounds just fine.I've seen videos of Andy Summers himself doing this live here and there probably as his hand gets tired.

[jasonfredensborg]

The set looks awesome, nice lighting too!

[KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Nice to have you back Carl! Studio looks great. I wish my early videos looked "Cantaloupe" good, lol.

[detlefeffenberger]

Thank you very much for all things you have done. I am sorry for my terrible english. I want to say, you are the one of he best teacher

[JBUPNOW]

Love the new studio look Carl. Tender Surrender by Steve Vai would be an awesome lesson. Always wanted to play that song.

[shikadainara]

YESSSS MY FAV SONG DEF GONNA GET THE GUITARS OUT FOR THIS ONE

[chad]

Kinda sad to hear people complained about the stretching. That’s why I chose to learn this song. It’s good practice.

[bradenmarsh]

great lesson as always! i’m seeing a couple van halen requests so here’s mine. nobody really has done a great lesson of “take your whiskey home” feel like that would be a fun one!

[jacobbrown]

I love the new background! Gives a lot more character to the videos!

[markallen]

This is one of favorite lessons that you've shared. I'm still blown away by how Andy Summers ever came up with this riff.