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That's a good point Greg. I added them now - but they are not complete because not all notes in the exercises can be displayed as a chordshape but I guess this one helps. Any yeah - great that you are already on it since one year. Me even longer - a regular warmup exercise for me.

Hi HP I have been working on these Arpeggios for over a year now and I agree that the diminished arpeggio is the most difficult…not too smooth yet but I consistently work at each of these arpeggios and include this file in my daily practice routine. Personal request: I was wondering if you would be kind enough to add the chord shapes to this download. As a relative newby to Jazz, my senior memory for the progressive shapes is significantly less than perfect and I believe this addition would be very helpful in my efforts. Kind regards Greg

Here you can learn a very simple method how you can use and connect all minor pentatonic positions in a solo. The backing track I have used can be downloaded here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/funk-rock-am-95-feat-hanspeter-kruesi/668781969?i=668782011 Here you can get the graphics for all 5 minor pentatonic patterns : minor pentatonic pattern 1-5.pdf

Perfect..thanks HP….downloaded and printed for tomorrow’s practice session. Regards Greg

Hey there - thanks for your feedback. Yeah Drop D is such a cool tuning for many things and the chords are mostly easy to grab. I see if you have a pedal board you for sure have the effects required to create this kind of sound. Do you have a link to this band ? I have quit a good connection to Mexico

Liking this a lot, enjoy playing in drop D and appreciate your drop D tutorials. With the pedal board I built I can pretty much emulate Dr Pinks tone. On another subject have you come across a band of 3 young sisters from Mexico, "The Warning" very talented and with a good team behind them they are making waves on the rock scene. Well worth a listen. Cheers

Found it… thank you!

The premium member files are fully starting in April 2019 - so this tutorial was prior to that date. This backing track is available in any download or streaming store. HPCrazy - Rock Backing Tracks Vol. 1 - Funk Rock Am 95

Not much luck in finding the backing track….link leads me to “Apple Music” and a subscription.. would like the backing track only. Any chance for a down load?

Hey Carloline, yeah the pentatonics are great to practice all the time by any time of the day. With the bendings it just takes some time till they work but once they work it's like riding a bike - it's easy. I will be curious for our next jam in the lessons B-)

Hey HP, this is one of my favourite ways to play the guitar, and it doesn’t matter if in rock, blues or even unplugged in the middle of the night, it’s always cool. Thank you for showing how to practice this scale lesson with a cool rhythm especially with the extortion on. I love it! And with the bendings (which are getting better and better) the cooler it gets! I hope I’ll be ready to do a cool gig with you when we meet for our next lesson. Cheers!

Guitar Secrets - Perfect Timing If you want to have perfect timing on your guitar playing it is essential that you know all the tools of rhythm and timing on the one hand how they are written and how you can work them out in a creative way. This is an introduction into the basic tools such as whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eight notes, triplets and 16th notes. If you master those tools you can start to be creative with perfect timing. Here you find the exercises I am talking about in this video : if you are totaly new to rhythm notation please first read these files :

Guitar Secrets - How To Groove On Rock Guitar ! Do you want to learn how to groove on rock guitar ? Then this tutorial is for you ! Here you learn the very basics elements of rock guitar rhythm guitar and rock guitar groove but now you are including your body and you learn how to feel what you are playing instead of just playing a rock riff. If you have never done this before even if you are an advanced guitar player you should work this out. It is a difference if you play basic things just because you can play them technically on your guitar or if you really feel every note you are playing. The method which I am showing you works for any level and works for rock / hard rock guitar in the tempo range of 80 -110 bpm. How To Groove on Rock Guitar.pdf How To Groove on Rock Guitar.gp how to groove on rock guitar.mp3

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Guitar Secrets - Rock Balade Here you can learn the secrets of sound theory and playing technique to play a professional rock balade. The secrets are the sound in combination with your playing technique and to know the target notes from the modes which come along with the chord progression you are playing along. Guitar Secrets - Rock Balade.pdf Guitar Secrets - Rock Balade.gp rock balade Bm 70.mp3

Guitar Secrets : 2 & 4 Feel Blues Basics ( Must Have ! ) Hey guys this tutorial is probably the most important tutorial when it comes to groove and rhythm feel in any blues, shuffle or swing situation. Here you learn how to get into the 2 & 4 feel. This will help you tremendously to improve your blues phrasing, your feel and your laid back vibe in any blues. If you are an experienced player and have never done this before I strongly recommend that you do this tutorial as well even when it feels very basic to you. This tutorial is an absolut " Must Have " for any guitar player. 2 + 4 Feel Basic Blues Exercises.pdf 2 + 4 Feel Basic Blues Exercises.gp 2 4 basic exercises.mp3

oh thats a nice sign - unfortunatly I dont remember what happened on that day anymore.

Here in Argentina when you put your T-shirt inside out we say, or your going to have a surprise and others may say it's good luck ?

Hey Phil, well if you can play the pentatonics in one position ( no. 1 ) and you can play some licks and rhythm guitar you can follow most of the lessons. Only if you want to really follow the masterclasses you need to have your things a bit more together. For sure it's very useful to know all pentatonic positions. That I strongly recommend.

Hi Hanspeter .... Although I'm thoroughly enjoying your current/recent video tutorials/lessons (August 2019), after watching this video, I realise my personal ability is considerably below that which is required to execute the material taught in these videos. Now a full member, I intend to go back to the start and concentrate on your earlier theoretical lessons before venturing fully into the riff/song videos. I think this video/lesson was a great start to my plans BTW!!!

Well this is a system which always works as a guideline - once you are fine with that you can get start to variy the improvisation system and take other notes then the root in fokus. But it will always stay that way that we need to make the GOAL ?

Thank you. I guess knowing to start and end on the root should be obvious but you're the first teacher to point this out. Now I know along with connecting the positions and making the goal! ?

Hey Sean, you are welcome. I think this is the most easy method to work with all pentatonic positions. ?

HP thanks for the lesson. You made navigating a solo in the Pentatonic scale very easy to understand.