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Carlos Santana

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 14:02:56 +0000

Carlos Santana is the main protagonist of the genre " Latin Rock ". His playing style and his kind of music influence many not to say all upcoming guitarist so it realy makes sense to look a little bit behind the scenes. Also the big names only cook with water and here you get some insights of the theoretical background and playing tips. This is meant to be a very easy to understand introduction into his really great style -- to get deeper I really recommend to you to buy his music and make some transcriptions and play it exactly the way he does on his recordings.

In these examples I have used the C aeolian scale and on the last example the A dorian scale :

C aeolian

E |--------------------------------------------8--10---|
B |-----------------------------------8--9--11---------|
G |--------------------------7--8--10------------------|
D |--------------------8--10---------------------------|
A |-----------8--10-11---------------------------------|
E |--8--10-11------------------------------------------|

A dorian

--------------------------------------------5--7----||
-----------------------------------5--7--8----------||
--------------------------4--5--7-------------------||
-----------------4--5--7----------------------------||
-----------5--7-------------------------------------||
--5--7--8-------------------------------------------||

More about Carlos Santana can be learnt in this entire tutorial :

http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1345

Double Stop Madness

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:00:37 +0000

Double Stop Madness - Here I give you some insight to create a crunchy and punchy solo with double stops. The key is D.

Touch Technique

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:59:39 +0000

This is a lesson where you can learn the essentials of the " Touch Technique " where you play the guitar like a piano. Its in the style of Stanley Jordan but acutally this is my personal style which I developed over many years.

Voodoo Chile Style

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:33:14 +0000

Here you can learn some cool ideas how to play the Jimi Hendrix Chord and to play in a similar style like his song " Voodoo Chile " which was also perfomed by SRV - learn the sound setting and the way you play the chords and get some solo ideas with your Wah Wah.

Basic Rock Improvisation

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:45:00 +0000

Here you can learn some tricks about basic rock improvisation. With this method you can start to improvise with very basic theoretical knowledge and the tricks I am showing you in this lesson.

The Jamtrack I have used can be downloaded here : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=59

Easy Blues

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:21:04 +0000

Learn to play a very easy blues in A by using the open strings A, D and E and some very easy melody lines which I explain to you in this lesson.

Basic Rock Guitar

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:05:01 +0000

Learn all essentials the easy way to play a good solid rock rhythm guitar by using powerchords. Powerchords are all chords marked with 5 - example : E5 , A5, G5, F5, C5 ... you find them in every chordbook.

Lesson - melodic lead guitar ( sound and expression in the 80s style )

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:32:10 +0000

Here I give you a few tips how you can play a 80s melodic rock solo. Sound and expression are very important for this kind of playing style so you might get some useful insight from this lesson.

SRV Lesson

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:26:23 +0000

Here's a short sequence of the lesson of the month feb 11

http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1483

Bottleneck Blues

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:12:27 +0000

Here's the final sequence of my new mississippi blues tutorial which will be available soon. Took out my bottleneck and played some blues :-)

Slow Rock - Lead Guitar Ideas for 80ths Slow Rock

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:50:34 +0000

Here I give you some ideas for lead guitar on a typical 80ths slow rock track.

Double Time in Slowblues - Free lesson on YouTube

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:06:55 +0000

Here is a great lesson where you can learn to play precise double time in a slow blues and start to sound like a professional.

Here you can download the jamtrack :

and here you get the full lesson :

http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1458

Lesson of the month August 11

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:15:01 +0000

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This is the 2nd lesson of series where we will work on your precision and your expression in lead guitar. Now we are working on 8th notes. Easy runs in 8ths notes and off beat notes. Even if you are an advanced player don't underestimate this lesson and follow my instructions carefully !

get the full lesson at http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1452

If you have not worked on the first lesson on the quarter notes - then this is strongly recommended : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1447

Wes Montgomery style

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:58:23 +0000

A few tricks how you can spice up your clean soloing on any tune you like. Where is the hidden joke ? :-)

Rock Ballade

Sun, 29 May 2011 12:25:31 +0000

Here's a cool video where you can learn everything about playing a professional rock ballade.

If you like it you can enter the entire tutorial and learn everything step by step

http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1439

Cool guitar lesson with Wah Wah

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:27:31 +0000

Here is a lesson about my song " Too cool " from my CD " Soloistic " : http://itunes.apple.com/album/soloistic/id376744701

Learn to play some col licks with you wah wah pedal and give your guitar playing a cool expression. The played colour is " orange " and the scales used is Dm pentatonic + Dm aeolian scale.

easy wild guitarsolo

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:06:57 +0000

Here you can learn to play an easy wild guitarsolo by using the wah wah and some openstrings pulloff licks and tremolopicking licks.

Attached Files

easy_wild.pdf 98.72K 105 downloads
machinegun_rock.mp3 2.44MB 113 downloads

Bad Blues - simple blues song

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:07:40 +0000

Heres a easy to play and cool blues in A.

Guitar video - all styles

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:18:30 +0000

Jingle Bells - Touch Technique

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:20:05 +0000

George Benson - video

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:40:49 +0000

A few tricks to get into the styoe of George Benson.

Guitarlesson - professional guitarsolo with pentatonics

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:02:35 +0000

Here you can learn how to play a professional guitarsolo with only a few tricks and pentatonic licks. The guitarsound is with a wahwah.

Jazzprogression in Am

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:18:59 +0000

Here is a cool jazzy progression in Am. I show you some tricks how you can play it all and use optional chords to create a real great jazzy progression.

Am7 / D7 / Bm7b5 / E7

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Bluesy Riff and chords

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:16:53 +0000

Here is a very nice and bluesy riff and chords which you can play with some distorted guitar. Acutally it is a bit a must to get the right mood here. Check out my instructions here.

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La Grange

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:14:22 +0000

Here's a video where I show you the 3 main movments of the song * La Grange * by ZZ Top. One of my favorite tunes

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SRV licks

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:01:35 +0000

Here are some typical SRV pulloff licks played with a lot of openstring notes in the key of E. RocknRoll.

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SRV chords 2

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:59:42 +0000

Here is a cool video with some chords in the stype of Voodoo Chilli

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SRV chords 1

Sun, 30 May 2010 13:18:54 +0000

These are chords were I was inspired by the great song of SRV - Riviera Paradise

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Here you can listen to a liveversion of it :

Metallica - Seek and Destroy

Fri, 21 May 2010 10:53:52 +0000

Here I show you the riffs from the song " Seek and Destroy " from Metallica

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Here you can listen to the original :

Tremolo picking

Wed, 12 May 2010 15:03:32 +0000

Tremolo picking

This is a very cool lesson where I show you the benefits of tremolo picking - the essentials of your picking hand and how to use it in soloing. The scale I play here is the D dorian scale.

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