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Guitar Music

Topics related to my music and work related to my guitarist work. Background  information about my thoughts related to my guitar  music, my guitar technique and checking of new sound possibilties.

  1. Started by admin,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj2TwtQd4g8 I am taking part of the Hans Zimmer composer contest " Bleeding Fingers " - Please support me by listening to my track and to give comments or likes on soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/music-pictures/heavens-destiny

  2. Started by admin,

    http://youtu.be/hkwX75jUPZg Here is a lesson about playing a minor blues in Am. It's pretty much influenced by Gary Moore and gives you some ideas how to develop a more intensive expression which is acutally needed in this style. You can download the jamtrack here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-backing-tracks-vol./id785286347

  3. Started by admin,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKA9oD0kRyY Here I explain the advanced blues improvisation concept using the mixolydian mode beside the minor pentatonic. I am playing a standard blues form : A / A / A / A D / D / A / A E / D / A / E The scales you can use are : A : A minor pentatonic / A mixolydian mode D : A minor pentatonic / D mixolydian mode E : A minor pentatonic / E mixolydian mode Download the jamtrack here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/slow-shuffle-70-feat.-hanspeter/id785286347?i=785286636 To follow this tutoial it is strongly recommended that you first check the basic improvisation concept tutorial :

  4. Started by admin,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqLkmeKkaPg This song is from HPCrazy's CD " Blues City " - to read the entire story download it at https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-city-feat.-hanspeter/id631817871 - it's fun. Actually I was laughing a lot when I wrote it. ;-)

  5. Started by admin,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v21dd1ha9Zk A cool guitar lesson about Blues Rock using a Drop D Tuning. You can download the backing track I used here https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-backing-tracks-vol./id785286347

  6. Started by admin,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozPYoosBnNY Read my blog about entire 2013 and a short review of my career.

  7. Started by admin,

    A new Blues Backing Tracks CD is out now on iTunes. You will love this one here - this is recorded only with guitars. https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-backing-tracks-vol./id785286347

  8. http://youtu.be/CA1_Ee62n1Q Here a cool Finger Picking Blues with 2 parts. Some smooth picking parts and a part where you inprovise with a basic pattern. There I show you some licks you can use. This is the guitar part of my song " The Horse " found on my CD " Blues City " https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-city-feat.-hanspeter/id631817871 to learn the basic's of finger picking check my tutorial here : and watch out for the hidden track - with some lyrics I recently wrote for this song : I am a horse and I'm so depressed thats why I wear this olé black Dress I like to sit here and smoke some gras but the Sheriff gonna kick my ass. I am a horse and…

  9. http://youtu.be/3qNHl8FVOSM This is a cool tutorial about dramatic playing in a rock balade. It's acutally not about the licks you are playing it's about your way of playing the guitar. Download the backing track for free : http://www.hpcrazy.com/lessons/89-rock/146-dramatic-shred-guitar-on-balads.html Support HPCrazy.com with a T-Shirt : http://www.shirtcity.com/US_us/shop/hpcrazy/

  10. Started by admin,

  11. This is a very cool lesson how to play psycho billy, rocka billy or rock n roll guitar. Actually it's the same somehow and somehow not. The mood and the sound you are playing makes the difference. For psycho billy you need to play with a lots of delay and some distortion. If you know the intro of Johnny B Goode you have all licks you need and the just add my suggestions I give you in this video here. You can download the jamtrack at https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-backing-tracks-vol./id631681041

  12. Started by admin,

    A version of the main theme of famous Concierto de Aranjuez arranged, performed and improvised by Hanspeter Kruesi. This Version is inspired by the intro of Chick Corea's Spain and Stanley Jordans amazing Touch Technique

  13. Here I give you some information how to play a chord solo in the Joe Pass style on a II V I VI progression G. As a reminder -- this is Am7 / D7 / Gmaj7 / Em7 - you can also use these chords for comping.

  14. Started by admin,

    Here you can learn a very cool funk rock riff in Dm and get some tricks how to play very expressive solo's with distortion, wah wah and the basic bendings with vibrato's. You can download the backing track at https://itunes.apple.com/album/funk-rock-d-95-feat.-hanspeter/id668781969?i=668782083 You find a beginners lesson about vibrato's here :

  15. Started by AfroditaBop,

    I need to contact with Moderator Do know anybody him contacts? P.S. I am interested by topic "Guitar Lesson - Cool Phrasing"

  16. Started by admin,

    http://youtu.be/TixBS8FGjes Here you can get some ideas for a cool and sophisticated phrasing with a simple melody. Even if you are an advanced player don't underestimate this lesson here. It has a lot of meat on it ! The melody you are learning here is taken from my song " Unemployee Pier ". You can download the whole version of this song at : https://itunes.apple.com/album/unemployee-pier/id631817871?i=631818662 and the original jamtrack here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/unemployee-pier-d/id631681041?i=631682025

  17. Started by admin,

    http://youtu.be/7Ss0raGYm9w Here I give you some ideas how to play an orchestral blues in the style of Ry Cooder or similar filmmusic composers. Even the technical requirements to play this material is not so hard, this type of playing can be pretty demanding - but it's fun.

  18. http://youtu.be/e5y1smZiiqk Here I give you some ideas to play a solid Metal guitar with some rythme and some lead guitar using the phrygian nat. 3 scale and the tremolo picking technique. You can download the backing track here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/metal-e-105-feat.-hanspeter/id668781969?i=668782342

  19. Started by admin,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtMJAK5o3-I Here some cool finger picking gimmicks for blues. It's Kind of adapted from Marc Knopflers finger picking style.

  20. Started by admin,

    http://youtu.be/7yAzhfWjHTA An all - in - one tutorial for beginners to get into blues Improvisation very easy. To change the key just move the scale to a the root. If you want to practice blues to my tracks go here http://www.hpcrazy.com/jamtrack.html

  21. Started by admin,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mt6ehrFQAM This is a guitar lesson about the basics of vibrato's which is very important for your sound and expression on the guitar. If you want to download the jamtrack I used click here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-backing-tracks-vol./id631681041 or for free http://www.hpcrazy.com/jamtrack.html ( Funk Blues 97 Bb )

  22. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emaxYkqj65s Here you learn some tricks how to create fat and wet let ring effects with high gain distorted lead guitar. This example is taken from my song " Into The Sunbeam " https://itunes.apple.com/album/in-rock-feat.-hanspeter-kruesi/id663716060 The jamtrack can be downloaded at www.hpcrazy.com

  23. Started by admin,

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFfhMWvCVRI

  24. Started by admin,

    iTunes Link A great summary of the best rock recordings from 2002 - 2010. The special feature on this CD is, that all tracks are played in one row without any editing or cutting. I really wanted to create rock music as it would be a live concert. Tracklist Into The Sunbeam Solitaire Hpcrazy Rocks T-Rex Top Run Balade Earth Crying Deep Impact Victory - Fight for it Resistance Heros Joy

  25. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcINuRW07n8 Here a few essential tips and tricks how to work with sounds, FX and amp settings in combination with your playing technique. http://www.hpcrazy.com get your own Hpcrazy T-shirt here : http://www.shirtcity.com/US_us/shop/hpcrazy

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