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In this tutorial I talked about how to play a great acoustic blues guitar solo performance. Think about the blues guitar player in the streets of New Orleans or a similar scene where you just sit there with your acoustic steel-string guitar and you want to play blues without any band. That's what this tutorial is about. This tutorial is divided in three parts, first I show an easy theme which is played in the key of A, then I play a simple blues guitar rhythm guitar and show you how to improvise by using the a minor pentatonic and the simple chords which I showed you and at the end I going to give some instructions how you really put things together correctly. Here you find the standard blues form which is very important to know by heart : A / A / A / A D / D / A / A E / D / A / E Pay really closed attention of my final notes at the end about timing, rhythm and form. Acoustic Blues Guitar Solo Performance.pdf Acoustic Blues Guitar Solo Performance.gp

Here you can learn on what you need to focus on if you want to play a 6/8 minor blues in the Gary Moore style ( such as Still Got The Blues or similar ) with high gain distortion. This is a guitar masterclass so you need to have your things a bit together to benefit from this tutorial. garry moore minorblues.mp3

Here I show you an original of mine which is in fact a romantic spanish guitar balade. It is a wonderful chord progression in the key of Bm played in 6/8. The first part is for beginners among you by using the regular chords which you might already know. The 2nd part is more demanding and uses great open string chords by using the same chord progression but with in fact quit demanding chords. But they really sound nice and romantic. Here you can download the tabs : If you need any further professional assistance please book a private online guitar lesson here : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/store/category/1-private-online-guitar-lessons/

Romantic Spanish Waltz Guitar Lesson Here I teach you a wonderful and touching Spanish guitar song in the key of Dm. I will show you a simple and a hard version. In the 2nd part we talk about soloing a wonderful melodic phrase. The song is in 6/8 so it might be a bit challenging if you never played 6/8 or 3/4 before. You can download the files associated to this tutorial here : If you need any further assistance please book a private online guitar lesson : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/store/category/1-private-online-guitar-lessons/

Here you can learn how to play the theme of the Western Movie " The Good, The Bad and the Ugly " where Ennio Morricone has written the music. This theme is one which will stay forever in our minds so it was worth to work out a version for you which works on guitar. The first part of the theme is not played with a guitar, but I still worked out how to play that melody. The 2nd part is in fact a guitar and there I worked out how it was played back in those 60's days. A most iconic song which is while worth to learn but it is harder to play then it might seem at first. Theme The Good The Bad The Ugly.pdf Theme The Good The Bad The Ugly.gp

cool version - i really love that song and the movie 🙂This scene is most iconic

Wild SRV - Guitar Lesson Here I give you some instructions on how to play a really wild guitar in the style of SRV or Voodoo Chile. The movement of the right arm is the signature movement of SRV playing style. It has a reason why it has to be like this. It's because all which is played in the trio situation with only Stevie Ray Vaughan and his Band Double Trouble requires that you have full punch on your playing that you can keep the intensity up. That's the secret of that specific playing technique. You recognize it by this circle style movement of his right arm. In the tutorial I give you some instructions how to do that and to work with some rhythm patterns to develop an automatism. Wild SRV.pdf Wild SRV.gp wild srv.mp3

Chuck Berry Rock N Roll Guitar You want to play a cool rock n roll guitar in the style of Chuck Berry then this is a tutorial to go. By analyzing the intro of Johnny B Goode By Chuck Berry we're also checking out his song Roll Over Beethoven you get the main ideas how to play a solid and punchy rock n roll guitar in the style of Chuck Berry. In this tutorial I first analyze the intro of Johnny be good for you and then I pull out the few ideas which work the best in any professional rock n roll guitar setting. I started my career as a professional guitar player in rock n roll bands such as a Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis impersonator band so I know what I'm talking about because I played so many shows and I know what I am talking about and I can show you the tricks which I learned during this time. Chuck Berry Style.pdf Chuck Berry Style.gp chuck berry style.mp3

Spanish Guitar Improvisation Tutorial When it comes to spanish guitar improvisation on a typical progression there are a few easy tricks to know to make you sound nice and melodic by following the chords with the target notes ( Chord Notes ) - In this tutorial I show you a simple progression with special chords but then also with the normal chords and show you how to use them for a nice and tasteful spanish sounding guitar improvisation. This tutorial goes along the style of Al Di Meola or John Mc Laughlin and is more for pic players but it also works for finger picking players. We all know that record " Friday Night in San Francisco " - it's a bit influenced by that but this tutorial is more for beginners in this genre. The chord progression is the following one : Dm / Dm / Bb / C Dm / Dm / Bb / C Gm6 / Gn6¦F / Edim / A Spanish Guitar Improvisation.pdf Spanish Guitar Improvisation.gp spanish guitar improvisation.mp3

Symphonic Rock ( John Petrucci Style )- Guitar Masterclass In this guitar masterclass I'll talk about symphonic rock and relate it to the playing style of John Petrucci Petrucci from Dream Theater. This is not a beginner's lesson so you need to have your things a little bit together to follow my instructions here but for sure it makes sense to get some inspiration even though you probably are not able to play the really fast guitar licks which I'm going to show you here. The guitar master class starts with the courts of the simple backing track with the chords Em, C and D and then gives you the instructions which modes are used on those guitar chords. These are aeolian, lydian and mixolydian. I saw your parents with the so-called three note per string scales. Then I will show you how to use those scales either with 16th note runs or sextole runs. After that I show you how to make combinations of the fast guitar runs and a simple melodic symphonic rock guitar theme. The theme is played in two octaves and this way you can create more tension in your melody development. a signature element of John Petrucci are his octave licks. They're going to show you how they are done and how you can develop it and come make a combination with the melody and the fast runs. Coming to the highlights you also might want to add some tremolo picking licks and they are going to show you different kinds of licks and possibilities which work for different playing levels. At the end I mix everything together to a great symphonic rock guitar instrumental. Symphonic Rock ( John Petrucci Style ).pdf Symphonic Rock ( John Petrucci Style ).gp symphonic rock.mp3

You can learn a solid Mystic Spanish Guitar. I am working with a song of my own with the chords A minor, D9/13, Fmaj7#11 to E7b 9. First I'm going to show how to play the rhythm guitar with a relaxed strumming pattern and how to create a nice Spanish Vibe with different courts and patterns and then I'm going to show you how to work out the Mystic Sound by using the options of the chords A minor & D 913. The options are the 9 and 11 on the A minor or the 9 & 13 on the D7. The scales which are used are A dorian, A aeolian and A harmonic minor. I tell you how to use those scales, how to use those options at Target note in your sewing and how to create Spanish guitar vibe with tremolo picking by using your guitar pic. This tutorial basically teaches you how to create a mystic vibe in a song with different techniques and using Target Notes and not showing so much licks and ideas in different scales..At the end of this tutorial I play a version of my own to give you some inspiration. Mystic Spanish Guitar Chords.pdf Mystic Spanish Guitar Melody.pdf Mystic Spanish Guitar.gp mystic spanish guitar.mp3

Here you can listen to a meditativ acoustic guitar song of mine. It's is quite easy to play - at least when it comes to the raw form and chords of it. Those one's I have written down for you as tabs. Check them out and then listen how I played with those chords. I always work on songs that way. I have a raw form upon that one I start to improvise. Blue Meditative Acoustic Guitar.pdf Blue Meditative Acoustic Guitar.gp

Here you can learn some wonderful guitar chords which work well for flamenco or spanish guitar on an intermediate guitar playing level. First I show you the chords of this song in Bm which I created. I show them with finger picking but you can also use your guitar pic. It's not typical flamenco guitar technique but in the vibe of great players like Paco de Lucia, Al di Meola or others. The chords are : Bm11 / A 13 / Gmaj7 / Em9 F#7sus In the second part of this tutorial I show you how you can use the B minor scale and the chords I showed before to create a simple but wonderful melody. It's not always the speed of the lead guitar which makes the magic - it the feel and touch and knowing what you are doing. Thats what I show you in the second part. Sad Spanish Romance.pdf Sad Spanish Romance.gp sad spanish romance.mp3

I have always been a huge fan of Steve Vai. For me is still the unchallenged number one rock guitar player. It's about time to make it to make a tutorial about his types of instrumental rock ballads. They often come along in the measure of 6/8. I created a track in the key of E minor in the measure of 6/8 and in this tutorial I show you how the rhythm guitar is played and after that very short introduction to 6/8 rhythm guitar I going to give you some easy going instructions how to create great rock balade lead sounds and how to create those long notes which make them so great. The really great feature of Steve Vai’s guitar playing is it absolute perfect tone control in every situation of lead guitar. I give you some insight how you can work with slight pinch harmonics and slipping the tone into overtones and to create great long notes with your lead guitar. So this tutorial doesn't really talk about how to do the typical Steve Vai guitar licks. It’s more about tone control and how you can control with your tone with your vibrato, your bendings and the distortion settings in combination with pinch harmonics. Rock Balade ( Steve Vai Style ).pdf Rock Balade ( Steve Vai Style ).gp rock balade ( steve vai style ).mp3

Here you can learn the theme of " Flying in a blue dream " by Joe Satriani and how he works with the lydian mode which is highlighted in this song. flying in a blue dream.mp3 Flying in a blue dream.pdf

Here you can learn a easy little classical suite which works great as romantic film music. Classical Etude G Minor.pdf classical etude Gm.mp3

Here you can learn a wonderful chord progression in the key of D. Romantic Song in D.pdf

Here you can learn some basics when it comes to playing Bossa Nova on guitar. I am using the chords : A-7 / D9 Bossa Nova Basic's.pdf

Ah you mean " Wave " by Jobim. Thats a wonderful song. I play that as well - as a solo version. This drum track works fine - you can use that one. ? No this website here is meant to interact with eachother. If more comments come I might dont always find the time to anwser in detail. But interaction is the main idea here.

Yes, I hope to learn Jobim's "Waves" someday in the future - that's one of my favorites. In the meantime, this morning I was excited to find that I could adapt your "All of Me" chord lesson to a Bossa Nova rhythm too! ? Fellow students, (I hope it's okay to put this link here, HP, please let me know if not) I found drum backing tracks on YouTube that are great to play this lesson with. Here's one of the nicest ones I found: