Awesome chord grips courtesy of The Police's Andy Summers

In a recent lesson with a student we began with some stretching exercises which led me into a discussion of add9 chord grips (which are awesome as a stretching exercise).  Discussions then went to the music of The Police and the chord choices of their guitarist, Andy Summers, in some of their most iconic songs.  

I can't claim to be any aficionado on The Police but I did know that Summers used sus2 and add9 grips in songs such as 'Message In A Bottle' and 'Every Breath You Take'.  Now, I love the sound of these chords and so I thought I'd bring it to my YouTube channel in this week's lesson.  

In this guitar lesson we are checking out the playing style of The Police guitarist, Andy Summers. In particular we're looking at sus2 and add9 chord grips found in their most popular songs, such as 'Message In A Bottle' and 'Every Breath You Take'.

Below are chord boxes that I uploaded to my Instagram feed in support of the video lesson: