Learn To Play Pink Floyd Guitar Techniques

I'm a huge Gilmour fan, can't get enough. I've tried other sources for learning some Gilmour sounds but this one works best for me. I wish I would have had this DVD a long time ago, but I needed to get some lessons from a guitar teacher first anyway so I had some base level of knowledge. Jamie is very thorough which I appreciate. He seems very cool and sensible and has a straight forward method. It is enjoyable to watch him. I also have his volume 2. What he teaches sounds "authentic" to me. I've only been playing for 2 years and I am able to learn from him. Is it easy? No way. But if you practice it gets easier. It takes a lot of practice to be able to do perfect bends and memorize how to play an entire song. I'm buying more of his DVD's because I enjoy watching them.

As a beginner, I knew it would be a challenge to play 'Comfortably Numb'.........a week and a half in, with 4 to 5 hours with the dvd plus practice time, I can play thru the whole piece! With a little commitment, this dvd is well worth it. Humphries does a great job breaking down the rhythmic nuances of the runs. Would've given it 5 stars if tab was included.

I'm an intermediate guitarist and I wanted to actually LEARN how to play David Gilmore's solos. The guitarist in this video has tremendous skill and plays beautifully, unfortunately he understands nothing of teaching someone how to play guitar.Jamie whizzes through the lesson, rolling through it as if you already know the material and fingering. There is little attempt made to stop, take a moment, and really show you what he's doing, rather he rolls through it and you are unable to keep up because you can't watch what he's doing and find your fingering at the same time.Totally frustrating in my opinion, but most guitar instructional videos are the same way.If you want to learn how to play Pink Floyd you're going to need the tableature. If you already know it and want to refine your technique then this is perfect for you. I have to teach myself everything once again, and THEN go back and improve my technique with this video.So if you're new to guitar, don't bother, its just too fast.

Jamie is a fabulous guitar player,but the video is paced at a speed much too fast for a beginning player to keep up. These videos would be more helpful if Jamie showed the fingering and positioning of each note or chord very slowly at first. Maybe a guide with the tablature to follow along with would be helpful also.But consider getting your guitar playing skills brushed up a bit before you attempt to purchase this video. Perhaps it is difficult for a great player to slow down enough to benefit the beginner.

Huge Pink Floyd fan and crappy guitar player. I have a couple of Pink Floyd guitar Tab books and this DVD picks up where the books leave off. Easy to follow and a good DVD for any Floyd fans and guitar players.

As an intermediate guitar player, I've always found the music books and the on-line video lessons didn't have that personal and hand's on touch that most of us need. With the Learn to Play video, I was able to watch. learn and play at my own speed. The lessons are clear, thorough and very helpful. thanks to the backing tracks included I can jam along and imagine the giant pig flying over my head at a Pink Floyd concert!

Although I am at best a novice electric guitar player, I am finding (still making my way through it) this instructional DVD very exceptional. Several sections take more work and much repeating, but very possible with practice. With luck, I will have completed the disc and will be feeling much more comfortable with most of the songs that Jamie Humphries covers. Highly recommend for anyone that wants to make some effort in learning the songs contained on this DVD and plays guitar at a novice or higher level.

I personally find Jamie Humphries to be very accurate and he is also an excellent guitar instructor . I truly enjoy working on his material, the sound he uses on this DVD is a little off of Dave Gilmours sound, but his licks certainly are on the mark. The DVD certainly is paying high dividends for me. When i complete this one, i will move on to another one. I will continue to work with Jamies stuff.

I have several dvds from this series and generally they are very good. Any one who plays the guitar and knows Dave Gilmour's style will understand that its not just a question of learning the notes, there is a distinct feel to his playing that is difficult to get. If you want to learn to play Gilmour's best solo's you'll benefit from this dvd, but you will need to spend time listening to the original recordings to get to grips with Gilmour's additional percussive and muting techniques that this tutor only hints at. The teacher on this set is quite irritating - he corrects himself a few times as well on which strings he is using - which really should have been re shot. He does a good job on Shine On and Comfortably Numb, but Another Brick in the Wall is a little thin - he doesn't quite get it. The Deep Purple dvd in this series is fabulous - Danny Gill is a better teacher. Gilmour is quite easy to figure out anyway, so not sure you really need this tutor if you are a good player, but if you are a Floyd fan or don't know the basic structures of the tracks on this dvd and want to learn them, I would recommend it. Not great, but decent enough.

Jamie Humphries may lack the enthusiasm and personality of either Danny Gill or Mike Caswell but there is no doubting his ability in delivering this Floyd DVD tutorial. Clear and concise instruction. Would definitely recommend :)

The teacher spends more time talking about his guitar kit etc, he drones on for ages at times. The versions of the tracks are ok, some better than others. There are better lessons on youtube.

Good disc to give you a start but you will have to listen alot to the originalAnd have to practice like a demon !

Excellent tutorial