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- The Police: Walking On the MoonLEVEL 2Famous song by The Police - from the album "Reggatta De Blanc" (1979).
- The Police: Can't Stand Losing YouLEVEL 3Popular Police song from the album "Outlandos d'Amor" (1979). Guitar lesson.
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Marcus Siepen27th January 2010one of my fave songs from the Police, great lesson!
Maestro Mistheria24th January 2010Great job Gerardo!
Piotr Kaczor21st January 2010Your covers are awesome, Gerardo!
Santiago Diaz Garces21st January 2010A Classic played perfectly!. Awesome work Gerardo!
Lian Gerbino20th January 2010really good job man! a lot of great work in this one! congrats!
Laszlo Boross18th January 2010Beautiful song and perfect playing Gerardo! Great lesson!
NoSkill18th January 2010Really a nice job, Gerardo! Not only electricity now, but four strings! Nice man! Great lesson and great video production man. Very instructional.
Sergio Dorado18th January 2010Great work, Gerardo!
Crazy_Diamond18th January 2010Great cover Gerardo... A classic that we can not like..
Jeff18th January 2010Cool!
Gerardo Siere17th January 2010Thanks everyone, I´m a Police fan so I´m so happy to be able to do this song.
Very nice lesson man! I really like the fact that you added the vocal melody, that helps a lot
Very cool playing man
Yeah, adding vocal is a major factor as it helps you not only to stay in place, but also gets you into the mood and have more sense than playing just some rhythm figures.i love this song gerardo! good choice!
maybe you can do message in a bottle?, that's a tricky riff!
It is possible but I have to finish some stuff first. But it is a great idea. The riff for this song comes from Andy Summer's love for stacked 5ths in contemporary classical music, so we plays a nota, then add a 5th then another fift and takes those 3 notes and place it somewhere else.
Zsolt Galambos17th January 2010Well done Gera!
Adrian Figallo17th January 2010i love this song gerardo! good choice!
maybe you can do message in a bottle?, that's a tricky riff!
Daniel Realpe17th January 2010amazing lesson! a very catchy song indeed! great chords and very well put together.
Bogdan Radovic17th January 2010Cool cover Gerardo!
playaxeman17th January 2010Great song. I once did this in high school with a band.
I forgot the chord this is a very good lesson to learn this
Ivan Milenkovic17th January 2010Awesome, the song sounds great even without vocals!
Emir Hot17th January 2010excellent work Gerardo.
kaznie_NL17th January 2010Very nice lesson man! I really like the fact that you added the vocal melody, that helps a lot
Very cool playing man 
Vasilije Vukmirovic17th January 2010Great song, great performance! That is the first hit of Police, one that got them to stars!
Quibanez17th January 2010beautiful!
Chokehold17th January 2010What a catchy song.
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Hello everyone, today I bring this great song by The police Roxanne from the album "Outlandos d'Amour" (1978). It is a double lesson as the bass part is also included.
In this song the guitar part may be the most static part but still its great. The particular placement of the bass, the great drumming and the freely singing makes this song a classic.
The guitar part for intro, bridge, verse and pre-chorus is an adaptation of the Freddie Green style comping to this fusion style where jazz, punk and reggae are mixed.
The chorus has a punk groove but the vocals are in antiphonal texture (question-answer) much more frequent in reggae than punk.
The structure for the song is:
Intro: (2 + 8 measures) Measures 1-10
Verse: (2 x 8 measures) Measures 11-18 and 19-26
Pre-chorus: (2 x 4 measures) Measures 27-34
Chorus: 12 measures. Measures 35-46.
Bridge: (2x 2 measures) Measure 47-50
Verse: (2 x 8 measures) Measures 51-58 59-66
Pre-chorus: (2 x 4 measures) Measures 67-70
Chorus: 12 measures repeating and fading -off. 71-..............
Bass is tuned to the left and guitar can be heard on the right channel.
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