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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.

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    This lesson will give you some easy ideas how you can work with the pentatonic ( all positions ) and some theoretical background to play nice and good sounding melodic rock solo's in the key of Gm using the Gm scale. To understand this lesson it is very usful that you are able to play ALL pentatonic positons. Here you find all in the key of A http://www.hanspeter...p?showtopic=325 - the numbers displayed on the graphics are the intervals of the scale. Pentatonic is 1 2 b3 4 5 b7 The minor scale is 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 As you can see the differenc are only 2 notes the 2 and the b6 - this is important to understand the whole content of this lesson here and will hel…

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

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    Here some cool ideas how you can play some easy and cool jazzy lines in a clean guitarsolo. A bit in the style of Wes Montgomery and George Benson. Its worth to learn it even you are not so much into jazz guitar. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1461

  4. 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 : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/mon/sept11.mp3 and here you get the full lesson : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1458

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    There have been several exiting changes been made in HP^s Guitar School : Here are the highlights : 1. New design 2. Support tickets for all subscribed students 3. New billing and subscription system 4. Tighter organisation of the school Read the entire new Start - Up information

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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

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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 ! 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

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    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 DOWNLOAD

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

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    With the lesson of the month " July " I start a longer course where you can learn to play with precise with a good timing and good expression. This works in any style and for any playing level. The minimum requirements for this is that you know basic rhythm and a least pentatonic pattern no. 1. Here are some very useful links for you to get the maximum benefit from this course : Work on your timing Minor penatonic patterns + on one string It is very useful to add this kind of practicing into your pracitic schedules - create your own pratice schedule to get more control into your progress. Practice schedules START WITH LESSON 1 OF THE SERIES

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    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

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    This is a lesson for advanced blues improvisation in the style of Joe Bonamassa. Actually his playing is very typical for advanced blues improvisation - actually on a very accurate and sophisticated level but in this lesson I show you the ideas behind it and you can check it out yourself a bit. I took this video as reference for this lesson : You can also get more ideas and background information when you work through my basic and advanced blues improvisation tutorials. Basic improvisation concept Advanced improvisation concept Advanced blues licks GET THE LESSON HERE

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    Learn the essentials and tricks to play a professional rock ballade. Your sound setting should be a lead sound with a high gain distortion, some delay and optional a wah wah ( cry baby – not an autowah ). Then you are ready to enter this tutorial. Pay close attention to all parts of this tutorial even you think that it seems too easy for you. The details make the big difference. Here how it sounds Rock Ballade - Intro Rock Ballade - Chords Rock Ballade - Delay Rock Ballade - Wah Wah Rock Ballade - Bendings Rock Ballade - Palm Muted Rock Ballade - Legato Rock Ballade - Theme Rock Ballade - Improvisation Rock Ballade - Final

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    The new lesson of the month is here now. Its a easy to play but good sounding blues in A. Check it out you will enjoy it. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1426

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    Here you can learn all essentials which you need to know to play Rock n Roll or Rhythm + Blues - even in a professional band. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1424

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    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.

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    Here you can learn to play an easy wild guitarsolo by using the wah wah and some openstrings pulloff licks and tremolopicking licks. easy_wild.pdf machinegun_rock.mp3

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    This is a great lesson where you can learn to play a typical trio blues band setting with drum, bass and guitar. Here the part of the guitar is a bit more demanding then usual since you are the melody and the harmonic instrument in one person. Here a few tricks how you can play great stuff in such setting. You will enjoy it - but take my advice and dont play too many notes - put your attention on your expression and your feeling in your playing then you are on the right way. GET THE LESSON

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwzoEAXnxbw Heres a easy to play and cool blues in A.

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    Here you can learn to play rockguitar licks which go over different positions in some cases all over the fretboard. They will help you to get more flexible and creative in your soloing on the entire fretboard. Megachops - Intro Megachops - 1 Megachops - 2 Megachops - 3 Megachops - 4 Megachops - 5 Megachops - 6 Megachops - 7

  21. Started by admin,

    Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to show how you can play the guitar and then it did not work the way you wanted or didn't really know what to play to show how you can play guitar. The magic word for this is to be conviced and sure in what you are doing whatever your current playing level is. You can do a great job even if you know only a few licks and a fuew chords. In this lesson I show you some ideas how you can be more secure in your playing. It is now about what to play but about how you play and having the right focus. So thats why there are no tabs here. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1405

  22. This is a pretty open lesson where I show you a basic fingerpicking riff with easy chords. You can choose the one I am showing or something similar then try to get into improvisation and into expression and dynamics and improvisation. Since the licks and riffs are not so hard to play the trick is to have the focus on your expression, the way you feel the groove, the riff and the fill ins. There is acutally no way in teaching creativity because it is individual but if you learn to get a connection between you and your guitar and you start to feel the music and you are able to create different types of expression and dynamics you will be able to get into your own way of exp…

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    If you want to play a blues in the style of the song " Feeling Bad Blues " from the movie Crossroads performed by Ry Cooder then enter this tutorial. It gave the title of this tutial but it stands for a kind of blues playing which you can learn here. You get some ideas to play blues in a rubato style - without a real timing. This gives you all freedom to play blues with full expression and dynamics. So thats why I also talk about sound settings because they are also part of your dynamic expression. Bad Blues - Intro Bad Blues - Picking Technique Bad Blues - Licks 1 Bad Blues - Licks 2 Bad Blues - Licks 3 Bad Blues - Licks 4 Bad Blues - Final

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