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If you have done the Spider Walk ( Spider Legs ) on guitar for a while and you want to move on to the next step. This exercise is what I recommend to my intermediate - advanced guitar students. Here you can download the tabs associated to this tutorial :

Yes one can learn a lot from Autumn Leaves even the tune is quite overplayed

Classic tune..............great stuff HP!

Timing and Time Control are very important in jazz guitar. In this tutorial I show you with a very simple example of 2 notes how you can stretch the timing of a simple melodic motive by moving around the timing points with different methods which I show you here in this tutorial. It is very important that you practice everything with your feet on 2 and 4. Only if you can do that you can master the timing and timing stretch. This tutorial is a " must have " for any jazz guitar player. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial : 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/

Guitar Secrets - Vibrato The vibrato is probably the most important technique of expression when it comes to guitar playing. In this tutorial I show you all you need to know about vibrato techniques with all fingers, different sound settings and different genres. The vibrato with bending is also a very important technique which I show you here. If you have never done these exercises before make sure you do - whatever your current playing level is because your guitar vibrato defines you voice of expression on the guitar. This is a MUST HAVE - Guitar Lesson. In this tutorial I have worked with the following backing tracks :

Guitar Secrets - Lydian Mode Here I will explain to you all you need to know about the lydian mode. This includes how the lydian mode is related to the normal major mode and how you can change the major mode to lydian mode. I also explain to you how you can work with the upper structure chords which are defined to the lydian progression which defines the lydian mode. Then I show you how you can use this knowledge in your soloing and at the end I'll play a little bit for you to get some inspiration for the lydian mode. This knowledge works for all genres even if I am showing it in a pop-rock environment.

Guitar Secrets - Emotional Minor Blues The secret to an emotional expression in minor blues is simple but still hard to achieve. You need to " live in the tone " - that's what I call this way of expression on guitar, where you enjoy every frequency you play and every movement on the strings. The control of time and space is also important. A note does not have only a beginning but also an ending. Pay close attention to my instructions how you can make a lot out of only a few notes.

Rock Guitar Secrets - Palm Muting The Palm Muting Technique is a very important playing technique in rock guitar. Especially when you play with high gain distortion sound settings. In this tutorial I show you the technique of palm muting, how it is done, how you add pinch harmonics and how you can use this technique in your rock guitar solo. I show you 3 licks in detail and then some ideas how to use them in your whole solo.

Guitar Secrets - The Magic Of The Long Guitar Notes To play a really impressive and emotional guitar solo the long notes or the ones which make the magic of the guitar playing. In this tutorial I'll show you how you can work on controlling the dynamic shape in long notes and creating really intense guitar parts just by controlling the space and tone on the long notes. Even these exercises are easy to play from the technical side if you never have done them before they are challenging. So I make this a must-have series to outline the importance of controlling the long note in your guitar playing. The Magic Of The Long Guitar Notes !.pdf The Magic Of The Long Guitar Notes !.gp composing chapter 1.mp3

Yes practice practice practice is the key to it. And the long notes are the core of the guitar singing.

This tutorial is amazing! What a mighty way to make the guitar talk! Thank you so much, I can't wait for my guitar to talk like that!! Practice, practice, practice :-)