The Police - Every Breath You Take (Guitar Cover)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2022
- This was actually a real challenge in having enough stamina in the left hand to handle those 9th chords all the way through, and also to get a similar tone. I used my Mooer 'E-Lady' to get a Summers flange/chorus sound and tried to match the tone that you can hear on the isolated tracks. It was hard to find a nice balance for it without it getting too messy so I thought I would demo just my guitar at the start so you know I am actually playing. I've been asked a lot how to play this, but the band actually play this up a step to how I am doing it. The actual track is closer to the key of Ab rather than A, but they always play it in A. I tuned it down slightly as it's closer to Ab and I enjoy playing it there. This is one of my favourite songs of all time, and also one of my favourite bridges (the 'since you've gone' bit). :)
You can find my other Police covers here - • The Police
I use a Charvel DK24 (it's Purple) into a Boss Me50, into a Mooer E-Lady, into a Focusrite interface into my computer running Logic.
I'll be uploading my notation notes to my Patreon here / bwm5150 and if you are looking for custom tutorial content, then message me there or at my email bwmguitarlessons@gmail.com . Let me help you get playing the music you love! 
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Notation notes at my Patreon here - www.patreon.com/posts/71878734
hello friend can you make a video playing every break you take without the music just the guitar alone
friend make another video of this song just the guitar sound
friend make another video of this song just the guitar sound
friend make another video of this song just the guitar sound
friend make another video of this song just the guitar sound
Good song, my dad likes to play this one on guitar, he doesn't play much these days, but when he does, he always plays this one
Andy summer's is totally underrated as a composer.
Yes, but Sting wrote this one
@@BerndThomasSchuller No, Andy Summers did, he was inspired by Béla Bartók who was a composer in the early 20th century.
Andy Summers has never gotten the credit he deserves.
My left hand is cramping just watching you play this.
Wrote a song for Nickel back. I should have had you put down all the guitar tracks. Your superb.
Haha thanks! Not sure I could imitate Chad though 😅
Been watching some of your vids, You are CRIMINALLY underrated. Most tubers put some BS spin on a song, or are not even really that close you are SPOT on nearly perfectly matching the sound.
Very kind, thank you! I have a Leppardized series where I add some guitar to pop songs, but if there’s already enough guitar, I want to imitate it as accurately as possible.
@@bwm5150 nothing wrong with that. I more so meant where someone posts a cover that just sounds atrocious but has a million views vs perfection and almost none lol.
After all the leppard stuff, this is my favorite cover! Grettings from Mexico amigo!
You chose the best sogs, and play them so clean. This is a real finger breaker😂. Loved it👍
Awesome!
Can't wait for another Police cover... Don't Stand So Close To Me '86!
Thanks! Yes that’s one of my favourites. I covered King of Pain a while ago too.
love the fahrenheit shirt!
After watching your video, I've listened a lot of people play this song on RUclips....I found you are the best!!!
Aw that's very kind, thanks!
Just wow. Love your variation on the outro Ben , and how you put your own stamp on this masterpiece. I could drown in that chorus / delay 😊
Well done mate...
Every morning through the last two years...i got up at 5am and played that song and message in a bottle till my fingers cant move any more.
Now after two years....it's nothing at all....persistence and dedication gets you there.
Cheers bud!
Thanks! If that’s what works for then that’s great, keep it up.
@@bwm5150
Just trying to encourage others how to REALLY be able to play it........persistence and practice till you bleed!
: )
@@hangedman821 I think you need to be careful with the persistence side. I've always found having breaks helps build the muscle memory better. I try not to encourage people to persist through too much pain or discomfort also, as that can cause problems in the long term.
@@bwm5150
Fair enough mate....peace and love!
Horse for courses!
That's not an easy song to cover properly. Andy Summers has always been underrated.
That spread hurts just watching it from here...I just saw Sting awhile back but I never had a chance to see The Police..wish I could have seen them live. Another killer cover 👍💪🍻
Nice composition
Great work again man
Great job! I saw the main riff being among many all time 'easiest sounding/hardest to play' ranks :)
Amazong cover, I like this song so much! Me too after playing it my hand is destroyed by those 9th chords haha.
l start to practice this Song with my Electric guitar🎸😀
❤️l will watch your play to see your fingering 🤌I want to be like you....someday 😀Thank you for this video.
I find a Nurofen about 20mins before this tunes helps a lot with the arthritis and tendonitis 😂😂
Great cover that's true to the original. Spent about 4 years down a Police rabbit hole in my youth......trying....not....to...go....back.....down.....😉
Great one man! There's a great song for warming up your left hand for sure.
Great execution of a true finger stamina twister.
!! Bravo Bravo excelent video my friend keep rocking :D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, this song! ❤️
I read your summary column. It's a very difficult song. I saw your great talent and hard work. Thank you so much. I was impressed.
My fingers hurt just looking at this. Well done and great sound.
Beautiful execution!👏👏🙌
Memories of the past.🥹
Songs that are no longer composed...🥺
Nice song man!
Awesome
I don't know what you do for a living but you definitely should be on a big stage with a big named band!
Superb, as usual, Mate!
🤩 I love it and you know how I feel about when you play to the end like that🎸🎧 epic cover Ben your journey fan always 🎶🎶
Great job Ben!!
This has got to be exhausting but you played it like the pro you are. Loved it.
Excellent as Always!
💥💥❤💥💥❤💥💥
This a fantastic bit of music, my problem is you can get to 5 frets stretch I can’t make it, maybe an age thing I’m 60ish, I’ll need to do some finger work outs! Thanks for sharing your great playing.
You're the guitar tone expert!!! Love this cover 😁 I'm getting ready this week to do a fun series om my guitar channel where I play basslines on my guitar cause i dpmt have a bass XD
I've been wanting to learn how to play guitar so I can make my own instrumentals
Good choice for the best tone.🙌😁🎸
Always love the guitar riff of this song by Police. I just love watching this guy too good..
Surprising you've never covered this before now. One of the best songs ever written. Awesome job once again...definitely need an attention to detail to pull this one off!
Brilliant playing, as always. And that tone is amazing :)
excelent cover as always, mate!
Beautiful rendition of a classic.
You’ve made my day covering one of my favourite songs from my favourite group 😍
Great job, Ben.
As a kid, I went into this song with an open mind and loved it. As an adult, well...
It's a tough one for sure !
Great Job !
Every stretch you take
Every ligament you break…
True 😅
@@bwm5150 Seriously, though, nice cover. 👍
Great Job BWM!👍🏼💐🎼
Brilliant buddy 👏 🤘🎸
Oh man I remember trying to get my fingers spreading like that. It hurts me just looking at you play that!
BRO THIS IS ACTUALLY AMAZING 🔥👍 amazing taste
Awesome choice Ben! Precise execution!
Great playing as always. One of the earliest songs I learnt on the guitar as a kid, I think the first place I heard it was in the Stephen King film Cat's Eye. As you say, it gets a lot of work out of your left hand.
Cheers
Really enjoyed your cover and I'm jealous of the tone you found! Surely this your favourite bridge because of the respite it gives your left hand!? Ouch!
Haha, certainly is a reason now. I think that bridge is exactly what a bridge should be in a song. It’s all about the payoff 😁
Fantastic cover
Well done, you're sick on guitar, dude! 🤘
Once again, you pull off another flawless performance! Great job and keep them coming!
Amazin sound bro! I really love it!! 🔥🔥🤘🤘🎸🎸
flawless
Well done
The tone was magnificent
nicely played
very nice
Awesome👍
Moito bom 👏👏💪💪💪🤘🤘🤘
Nice song,nice guitar..
Smooth
Pretty much the best song ever btw
The stretchiest, sore hand song! I can't play it all the way through, painful, but I am working on it. Nice job on that! Def Leppard's Love Bites shares some of these fingerings if I rememebr correctly.
Thanks! Yep there’s some added 9th chords in love bites too.
I can say that Message In A Bottle is really hard for me asf. Very stretchy chord. 🤣
But in this song, it tooks me many times to get the right chord (because again it's stretchy) and the right picking as well.
Ben wonderful I went last time couple of weeks to Newcastle upon Tyne when Gordon Mathew Sumner was born 🎸🎸🎸I went to his house in front of the church in Newcastle it's a fish shop nowadays he used to live in the first floor in Wallsend Newcastle 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Thanks! Newcastle is where my dad is from so that’s a familiar part of the world to me 😊.
I find it slightly easier to play if you use a capo so that the second chord in the verse is played with an Em shape. Then you can play an open low E string and give your left hand a break for two measures. 🙂 Using a shorter scale neck like a PRS or Gibson also helps. Even if you can handle the stretches, it's a tricky song to get right because you have to be really disciplined with your timing. There's nowhere for the guitar to hide, and the delay is such a part of the rhythm that if you get off the beat it'll sound sloppy. Great job!
Thanks! Yes, there’s some variations you can use to make it easier that Andy and even Sting have used live. It’s always best to do what’s comfortable for you 👍
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I get a hand cramp just a watching this🤣😩🫳👀
My fingers hurt only by watching those chords in the song
Still hope you cover
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I sound cool! now I already know what device is the one next to the computer, but what is the one behind Scarlett?
Tri Avatar pedal.
@@bwm5150 classic sound man!
My fingers hurt while watching this.
Try 12” version with leppardized style ❤
wow I always thought those acoustic versions on here sounded sus. This is why haha. A pretty good version can be done with conventional chords but this version is far more exact.
Holy f**k dude... my hand is looking at me like... "Don't even think it..."
even my little finger is short i can still play this song
저도 흰색 프린팅 티셔츠에 청바지 커플티 입고 싶어요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 흰색프린팅티셔츠반팔티랑 청바지입고 싶어요 ㅋㅋㅋ 🤣
What guitar you use and what amp
Equipment is listen in the description, cheers!
All downstrokes. I have a chance of playing this then.
I think Andy alternates but I found it more comfortable downpicking everything with the palm muted sound
Brilliant cover once again
Hey, I have a song you might like to cover
House of Broken Love by Great White, some beautiful guitar parts & solos, check it out if you’ve not heard it 😊
Thanks, I’ll check it out.
I stick a capo fret 2 and play a g shape,.much easier 😂
great finger busting there.... one thing though. andy summers tunes a half step down on this tune. so you actually start on the fifth fret....
other than that, as always, love your stuff...
I do mention these things in the description 😅
I hate this song for that chords