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Here a few brief words about the brand new HPCrazy T-Shirt shop and T-Shirts. You find it here : https://www.hpcrazy.com/tshirts.html

Here some smooth jazz guitar in the style of Lee Ritenour a bit adapted to " Something got me started " by Simply Red. Love the vibe and the groove of it and it is the color " violet " . A tutorial will follow soon and there you can get the backing track.

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Hi everybody, this HPCrazy Students Club here went through a beta phase now in the past 2 months and now I will soon change the system of HPCrazy Students Club. It will soon be visible here in the forum and will be more or less the same as now with 3 changments. 1. There will be a students discussion forum where you can talk with others, open topics .. .whatever you want. That will be for free. 2. The Tutorials will be in placed in categories which make it easier for you to find what you are interested. The files for download will only be available for those who made the upgrade to premium member. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/index.php?/subscript…

This is a vey nice latin rhythm guitar. Check it out.

On workdays 1-2 hours On weekends 2-3 hours (probably even more, but 2-3 hours for sure). Short term goals: To be able to play Oye Como Va from Santana, Learn major and minor triads; Learn where to find the blue note of the blues scale all over the fretboard in several keys. Learn more minor scales positions and know how and when to use it. Long term goals: To get a good expression in a Rock & Blues context; To be flexible on any speed and any form of blues and rock and have a freedom on improvisation over the whole fretboard; To become as well a well-rounded rhythm player (Rock, Blues and Funk); Last but not least I want to be able to write good songs. …

Last years i have been playing around ........................ its time now to make it serious -- got enough time -- life oscillate more and more in the right Swing......... my beginner plan: 1 - 3 hours a day with breaks from 1/2 until 4 hours depence on what is there to do -- Family--Friends--Job. 1. Chromatik and Pentatonic exercises beginning with Metronome than freely. 2. Classic rock ideas slowly than more and more fastly i just love this! 3.Powerchords slowly and than trying to get the rhytm and speed of the soundclips from HD 4. just playing around and imrovisations - very loud and let the hot rod vibrate - i l…

I came here to find out more about the online school but there isnt a chance to see into a lesson like for example on guitartricks.com . ( Sorry about my bad english - my german is better) There i read from Hans Peter Kruesi and thats why i am here now! I am an intermediate guitarplayer and i like to proceed with my playing . I like blues rock jazz and new inspirations to do my own playing. The way like i could see as a free member on guitartricks is good and i could agree with that . If the way you are teaching here in your school is the same like - it would be interessting for me . I am from Germany , Switzerland is near and payment possibilitie…

updated based on last online lesson Time Management 45 minutes daily ( at least ) 1 hours on weekends Current level Can play a handful of songs that I have learned over the years alone and in pick-up bands Basic soloing; Advanced rhythm guitar Goals short term : Advance my soloing technique; increase my library of muscle-memorized chords; begin to map music theory to my playing long term : be flexible on any speed and any form of blues; jazz or blues-rock and have a freedom on improvisation over the whole fretboard 45 Minute lesson will look like: 10 min: Soloing speed practice: start using Chromatik lesson 10 min: Diatonic chord progressions i…

Greetings to all... I'm kinda out of action as far as practicing with hands on the guitar for now and will post about this in another area. I would like to take a moment to reflect on what one does when he/she sets up a practice plan. It is good to, let's say, set up to practice starting with 1/2 hour a day and work my way to, say, 2 hours. Every day. You design your stretch time warm up (chromatics what ever) work scales, then chord progressions then play or continue writing a song. What did you accomplish? do you know what you accomplished? Along with your routine it (in my humble opinion) would be essential to set a goal. This goal could be for each prac…

This is probably one of the most important parts of your "Hands On Study"... Athletes stretch before every workout so they do not pull or tare muscles and ligaments. Some of us get into Guitar Gymnastics... At any level, at any time you are going to play your guitar, it is imperative you stretch. There are many methods to stretching and depending on you, and what it is you would like to do, it is a very good idea to make stretching a part of your daily practice routine.. Here is a few examples... http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...?showtopic=1065 Remember, just like playing go into your stretch, slow, learn and know your body... Be Great!…

Practice / Study Practice is, pretty much, the result of what you study. We Study then put into practice the various themes and movements in what ever it is we study. In this case, it is music. Even deeper in relevance, we are studying guitar. This paper will be in many parts. Posting all of them at the same time would be, well, like something I would do. So if it does you good Great. If you disagree then we can only perfect this paper and that is the purpose of it all isn't it? So If you disagree we will change where everyone sees fit. In essence, it will bring you to one end... Practice, Study and Play! So far I have this broken down into almost 20 pos…

Hi This My take for now... As most know I injured my Elbow and Wrist in a fall. I'm still healing but am able to play. However, I'm only able to play for about 20 mins a day. I have not really been able to pick up my guitar for about two months! This really suk'd more than you know. I did take this time to practice one handed touch on the upper frets, as well as theory. This was a great time to get into it with a little midi controller the theory that is here at the school and a lil book called "Music Theory for Dummy's"... So in this time of recovery I'm doing this... 10 to 15 mins of stretching. 10 mins of teaching my hand take a different grip (my old gr…

OK, here's my take on practicing. I don't know how anyone can only practice for 30 minutes to an hour a day and not get totally frustrated/bored with the rate of progression that their making. When I actually sat down about a year ago and laid out on paper my practice routine, I finally realized how much time was needed to actually progress, at what I consider, would be a "decent" rate of progression. 20-30/min Chromatics moving up in half steps. 20-30/min on MODES: go through all seven modes 2-3 times with a metronome. 15-20/min A Bb Phrygian lick that I like. 15-20/min Just the Lydian mode moving up in half steps frets 1-5 (Good for stretching) 30-60/min…

Practice plans I have created this section that you can post your practice plans and workouts in order to compare them with other students and to get some workout and practice tips from me. The practicing is very important to keep your guitarplaying going - so please take some time to read my article about practicing http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschoo...p?showtopic=178 After that try to create your own practice plan which fits into your daily schedules to create the regularity which is required that you make progress on your guitarplaying. If you are a beginner or nearly a pro - the practicing process never stops and always has to be adapted to your curren…

Hi all together, to make progress on guitarplaying it is very important that you practice regulary on the guitar. It makes more sense to play 10 minutes daily then playing 5 hours only on a rainy sunday. But in fact that doesn't mean that you should not practice 5 hours on special occasions. It also makes a difference whether you practice concentrated your exercises of if you just play the guitar. To practice means that you really pay attention to what your teacher or your guitar-book has told you to do. Playing means that you just play the guitar and enjoy it. The optimal mixuture in practicing is first to work on the stuff you really have to work on and th…

And here you find the pentatonics I was talking about. Minor Pentatonics Major Pentatonics and here you find some technical exercises which help you - check the chromatic exercises first to get your fingers a bit trained and then the pentatonic exercieses. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=29 The root note I am talking about is important for the orientation on the fretboard and to start with the basic improvisation concept : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=908

Here I talk about some basic picking techniques either with pick or the fingers or with a clean or distorted guitarsound. If you want to leanr rock riffs with distorted guitarsounds you might check out the " rock riff's tutorial " Additional I talk about regularity in your practice routines. They are very important that you keep your training and practicing up to gain your progress and keep you going. Here you find 2 articles how you should schedule your regular practice : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=104 http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=178 If you want a professional review of your …