Guitar Music

Here I am talking about typical Rockabilly Guitar. If you learn the Intro of Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Good then you already know all what is needed For you I show the first part of it here again and show you how you can create an entire solo only using the material you have learnt from there. Sound settings are also a topic if you really want to play original style A clean Fender Amp or any other clean amp setting a delay with 117ms delay time and some spring reverb. On the rhythm guitar it is essential that you have the accent and the foot which counts the timing on 2 and 4. Imagine that when you play on 190 Bpm you can not count 1 2 3 4 anymore :-) http://w…

Talk to my guitar : Me and my guitar ( the friendly guitar from the neighborhood ) give you some ideas to play a cool psychadelic funk guitar. You can download the backing track at http://www.hpcrazy.com

Reorganisation of the school Due to the changments in the online education system I have reorganized the entire school now. This step was nessessary on the one hand because of some technical issues, since the system of the school does not allow any HTML5 videos execpt YouTube videos and on the other hand it is a vital step now that I start to do open promotion on YouTube since the number of subcribers has become very low since I have left guitartricks.com. The main changes are the following : Reorganization of my YouTube channel - there will now be more teaching videos and regular updates + funshow " talk to my guitar " http://www.youtube.c...om?feature=mhee -…

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Hotel California - World Style here you can learn a world style version of Hotel California as heard by the Gibsy Kings. Beside this you get some insight into improvisation techniques on world guitar soloing. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1526 and here you find some fun instruction how to play a version of if with touch technique

Started with the " Talk to my guitar " series again. I already worked it out in 2009 and now " we " are back

Easy Rock Guitar Secrets This lesson is about rockguitar essentials which you need to know to play a good and stready rock rhythm and lead guitar. http://www.hanspeter...?showtopic=1522

Tricks on major pentatonics In this lesson I will talk about the major pentatonic which is a bit tricky to play when you want to sound good and sophisticated. Check my ideas how you work with simple licks only with the pentatonic, add some double stops and then add some additional notes. The combination of all these tricks make the difference. Get the lesson

Started a new section on my YouTube Channel - Musicclips

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 aeol…

Make Music Here in this lesson I give you my personal advice how to keep up your motivation and your fun for guitarplaying on the long road to mastery. The main tip is : Stop thinking " How long will it take " because the road will never end and you need make music now and enjoy it now. This is the magic trick. In this video I give you more tips and background information from my own experience from practicing 10-16 hours daily over 10 years. I think I know what I am talking about. Take your time to follow my advice and my practical tips which I give you in this tutorial. Go to the lesson here : http://www.hanspeter...?showtopic=1516

Here you can learn a nice accoustic blues track including some solo ideas which are specially made for accoustic steel string but also every other guitar. The track is taken from the " Whorehouse Blues " by Motorhead. Here you learn the essentials and on soloing I give you some technical advice how to work on fast runs with pentatonics or blues scale. here you can check out the original track. That one is played with 1/2 step tuned down guitars. So if you want to jam along with your normal tuned guitar please take the Ab minor pentatonic or blues scale. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ7Voy9YK1I&ob=av2e GET THE LESSON

In this set of lessons I'll teach you a short simple original song, "Arizona Blues". I'll introduce the tune to you, then show you how to play the two main parts. Next I'll put the two parts together for you, then get into the hammer-on and bluesy licks. I'll play the song through for you, then finish by explaining a bit of my philosophy behind it. Arizona Blues - Intro Arizona Blues - Part 1 Arizona Blues - Part 2 Arizona Blues - Together Arizona Blues - Licks Arizona Blues - Song Arizona Blues - Philosophy

Here is a cool lesson where you can learn the basics of funk guitar, some advanced tips and actually all you need to know about intermediate funk rhythm guitar. Beside this you can learn some very nice dorian licks and get some insight into the use of dorian mode. One main tip is that the difference between minor pentatonic and dorian scale are only 2 notes. So you only need to learn them. Pay close attention to my instructions about this. And here is the link to my recording of this song :-) http://www.music-pictures.com/news Get the lesson here : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1495

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

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.

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.

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

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.

http://youtu.be/mtadiP9BZlg 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.

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.

Here's a short sequence of the lesson of the month feb 11 http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1483

The topic of this lesson is a shuffle blues in the key of E in a medium tempo in the SRV style. There are some spezific problems which have to be reviewed. Like the sound, the way of playing and the licks which work best. These are mostly double stop licks and combinations of them with chords, the rhythm guitar and some single note lines. The sound I have used is created with the AXE FX II – a marshall 800 with some delay on it and thats it. You can use any kind of medium distortion on your amp the playing technique makes the difference. The progression is : E / A / E / E A / A / E / E B / A / E / B Get the lesson : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo…

Wes Montgomery Tutorial In this tutorial I'll be teaching some elements in the style of Wes Montgomery. One technique he was famous for was using his thumb to play single notes, octaves and chords. I'll play a short example for you in the key of Gm. Even if you are not a jazz player, this technique is useful for expression in soloing. Here a list of all lessons : Wes Montgomery - Intro Wes Montgomery - Technique Wes Montgomery - Latin 1 Wes Montgomery - Latin 2 Wes Montgomery - Swing 1 Wes Montgomery - Swing 2 Wes Montgomery - Latin Pop 1 Wes Montgomery - Latin Pop 2 Wes Montgomery - Final 1 Wes Montgomery - Final 2

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