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Dec. Newsletter here some updates about the HPCrazy Guitar Academy : I have reorganized the whole site a bit in order to make it easyier for you to find the content which you are interested in. Since most of the user's are here for the HPCrazy Guitar Academy everything is highlighting now that part of the site. Here are now the latest improvements on the site : 1. The feed of the latest topics is now at the top of the page. If you want to follow all topic's you just come here regulary in order to view the latest topics. 2. The 2 clubs went a bit in the background since not many of you are using it to interact with others but I think they are still worth to be there since some topics just belong there. 3. The latest Premium Member Downloads appear on the top of the page now as well - if you are using a PC or MAC on this site. 4. A new " Best Use " Video and probably more changements are coming soon. HPCrazy Guitar Academy NEWS Blues The Sophisticated Slow Blues Guitar Tutorial was pretty popular. So if you love to play a sophisticated slow blues guitar in the ballpark of Peter Green or also Gary Moore. Then this tutorial is for you. If you are a intermediate blues guitar player and you are looking for more tutorial's on this difficulty level just click on the " blues guitar intermediate " tag : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/tags/blues guitar intermediate/ For any other blues guitar tutorials you find a summary of the main tags here : blues guitar easy blues guitar intermediate blues guitar advanced blues guitar masterclass If you want automatic messages about new blues content please visit the Blues Forum and click on the " Follow " button. Then go to your personal settings and there to the " followed content " - there you can click on " Change Preference " to define how you want to get notified about new content. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/forum/55-blues/ Rock All students who are already intermediate players and now want to go to the next step of rock lead guitar playing should watch this tutorial here. Here you find the very basic but very sophisticated exercises and tips to put your rock lead guitar on the next level. If you are a intermediate rock guitar player and you are looking for more tutorial's on this difficulty level just click on the " rock guitar intermediate " tag : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/tags/rock guitar intermediate/ For any other rock guitar tutorials you find a summary of the main tags here : rock guitar easy rock guitar intermediate rock guitar advanced rock guitar masterclass If you want automatic messages about new rock content please visit the Rock Forum and click on the " Follow " button. Then go to your personal settings and there to the " followed content " - there you can click on " Change Preference " to define how you want to get notified about new content. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/forum/56-rock/ Jazz Even Jazz is not so popular on YouTube many of you guys came to the HPCrazy Guitar Academy just because of that and your selection was quite wise since in fact I have originaly studied jazz guitar at Swiss Music University and I had a pretty successful career here in Switzerland in the first part of my carreer as a Jazz Pianist. If you are new to jazz but still want to give a try I recommend that you check out the brand new tutorial " The Days Of Wine And Roses ". It's a really neat tune and the best thing is, that it is very easy to play. The piano on the backing track is of course played by me. Music I did a very simple and short recording of my arrangement for " What A Wonderful World " by Louis Armstrong and that video broke all records till now. It made near to 50K views on only one week. 7-string guitar I started my journey on the 7-string guitar and if you want to join it and maybe also try a few steps with the 7-string guitar I am sharing my experience and also some tabs and simple exercises which can help you on your journey as well or just if you are curious about this big miracle of the 7-string guitar. What I already can say is, that in fact it is a big challenge even for me. That was all now for the moment. If you love the work I am doing for you please make a premium member upgrade even if you don't use the HPCrazy Guitar Academy so regular. If your premium membership has expired and you can not manage to renew it, please don't hesitate to contact me that I can assist you. There have been a few problems in the past and I hope the technical issues have been solved. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/subscriptions/ Best HP

Nov. Newsletter here some updates about the Music & Guitar Academy : Blues The month october was the month of the blues chords. Here are 2 exiting tutorials where you can dive more into sophisticated blues chords. Ane here you find even " More Blues Chords " If you want automatic messages about new blues content please visit the Blues Forum and click on the " Follow " button. Then go to your personal settings and there to the " followed content " - there you can click on " Change Preference " to define how you want to get notified about new content. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/forum/55-blues/ Rock If you are a beginner or slowly intermediate player and you want to play a solid rock guitar solo then check out the " Rock Lead Guitar Exercises " - those exercises are all you need to know to become a solid rock lead guitar player. If you are already an advanced player then you might are interested to learn some really cool mega chops and a steaming hot hard rock guitar riff. If you want automatic messages about new rock content please visit the Rock Forum and click on the " Follow " button. Then go to your personal settings and there to the " followed content " - there you can click on " Change Preference " to define how you want to get notified about new content. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/forum/56-rock/ Personal Notes Thoughts about new creative ways I could go. 7-string guitar I really want to expand my sound spectrum in my music and my solo guitar playing specially with the touch technique. Doing 10 finger tapping on only 6 strings is really challenge because there is not much space left and you always need to check which strings are free. But the big disadvantage of the 7 string is in fact the tone control is not so good like on 6 strings. An other thought - I love doing scatting but the range of my voice does not work so well on the regular open string keys - but B minor is just great and works. So I will give a try there. Composing - Live Playing I am checking Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malsteen and other players at the moment to get some inspriation for own songs or playings. Today I came to the finding that I would love to do instrumental cinematic guitar music. That would combine the best of 2 worlds - guitar sounds and cinematic sounds. Main problem I currently have is in fact my time schedules to arrange and compose the music for that. But I will send it into my creative channels and see how it evolves. Read more here : To follow my notes about my music just click on the follow button in the topic. HPCrazy Guitar Academy Member Tips If you like you can start to connect with other members of the HPCrazy Students Club. If you already have hit the " Join Button " you write your own topics there and share to others whatever is on your mind. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/forum/79-topics/ In the HPCrazy Students Club you find free downloads which might be in your interest. They are free for all members who have hit the " Join " button. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/files/category/7-free-files/ If you are interested to get a student award you find a description of the goals and how to reach them also in the HPCrazy Students Club : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/forum/84-student-awards/ That was all now for the moment. If you love the work I am doing for you please make a premium member upgrade even if you don't use the HPCrazy Guitar Academy so regular. If your premium membership has expired and you can not manage to renew it, please don't hesitate to contact me that I can assist you. There have been a few problems in the past and I hope the technical issues have been solved. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/subscriptions/ Best HP

Oct 22 - Newsletter Hi {member_name}, here some updates about the Music & Guitar Academy : Blues Do you love to play a smoking minor blues on your guitar. Then this tutorial is for you : If you love blues then these " Tripplet Studies " are a must have for you. Tripplets are the basis of the shuffle grooven and all soloing. Even when a blues is slow are solid and sophisticated timing make the big difference from top to flop. Even if you are an advanced player this tutorial is a MUST if you never have done this before. Have you ever thought about testing your playing level ? Here is a check list where you can see if you have reached the blues guitar intermediate playing level. If you want to go for the award then read closed the requirements. Rock If you are a beginner or slowly intermediate player and you want to play a solid rock guitar solo then these " Basic Rock Licks " are a MUST HAVE for you. Many of you licked the rock riff which I played in the background of this tutorial so here you can also learn that rock guitar riff. It's cool and quit easy to play if you follow my instrutions. Have you ever thought about testing your playing level ? Here is a check list where you can see if you have reached the rock guitar intermediate playing level. If you want to go for the award then read closed the requirements. Personal Notes I have renamed my " Daily Guitar Practice Notes " to " Guitar Practice Notes, Files and Thoughts ". There I share my thoughts, my practice routines and also tabs and files which document what I am doing at that moment free for all members of the HPCrazy Students Club. If you are not a member till now just hit the " Join " button and then you have acces to the free downloads there. If will start to use the guitar on my lifeperformances again. It took me some time to get back to my regular professional practice routines but I feel now is the time to start it again. I will start on Oct 9th on my fullmoon meditation concert in the church in Seegräben. There I will make a mix with the piano. And then finally I will do my first HPCrazy Guitar Night again on Oct. 23rd. If you want to support my creative work please make a donation ( the concerts are for free ) either now or after the concert if you liked them. All concerts will be broadcasted live from the venue. The HPCrazy Guitar Night will be broadcasted from the HPCrazy Studio's in Egg and I am thinking to make live visitors possible there. HPCrazy Guitar Academy Member Tips Share your personal thoughts and experience with others with your " Status Update " or comment or follow other members status. How can you make your status update ? Click on your profil picture this leads you to your personal user profile where you share all you want to others. You can also present your awards to others there. If you want to see other member profiles just click on there profile pictures. To follow them just click on the " Follow " button. That was all now for the moment. If you love the work I am doing for you please make a premium member upgrade even if you don't use the HPCrazy Guitar Academy so regular. I am putting all my online efforts now into this website here - beside YouTube I am not doing any social media activities anymore. If your premium membership has expired and you can not manage to renew it, please don't hesitate to contact me that I can assist you. There have been a few problems in the past and I hope the technical issues have been solved. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/subscriptions/ Best HP

Easy Creative Pro Rock Guitar Riff - Tips and Tricks Here I show you some really simple exercises and tricks on how to build a professional sounding rock riff from scratch. The key is to know what you are doing and to know the tricks and to build up intensity and tension in your rock riff. The chord progression is very simple but still you can make it sound very interesting and professional if you know the tricks I am showing you here. Here you find the tabs and the backing track associated to this tutorial : If you have any questions please ask here in this post below or book a private online lesson.

I love your blues lessons. WOW ! Finally I found what I needed. Thank you so much for your great ideas and instructions ! Best regards, JD

Hey JD, I'm glad you were able to find the lessons which fit best to your needs here. Takes a moment if you are not experienced with the system here. HP

Instrumental Slow Rock Guitar Masterclass Here you can learn how to play a professional instrumental slow rock guitar song in the style of Gary Moore, Steve Vai or others. The topic of this guitar masterclass is how to build up a theme, how to develop it and how to get into the solo and to get back to the theme at the end of the song. This is pretty demanding so you need to have your things a bit together here. The song is in E minor. At the beginning of the tutorial I am showing the rhythm guitar which is really easy and also for beginners. The 2nd part is more for the advanced players among you.

Nasty Rock Guitar Licks You want to play some nasty and wild rock guitar then this tutorial is for you. Here I show you a summary of really cool and not too hard rock guitar licks which you can use in any rock lead guitar setting. It starts with some simple bending and interval ideas and ends up in fast repeating patterns and sweep picking ideas. Nasty Rock Guitar Licks.pdf Nasty Rock Guitar Licks.gp nasty rock guitar licks.mp3