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View File Sweep Picking Exercises Sweep Picking Exercises Here you find 2 different sweep picking exercises following the normal diatonic major chords. The first exercise is easier than the 2nd one. If you are new to sweep picking, start with the first one and do it really slowly and pay close attention to the details of your picking hand because that's the hard part of these exercises. I have added an audio file with 70 bpm. I would take this as a first goal before you try to more to higher tempo's. In general sweep picking is a technique which in fact needs a lot of patience till you can start to use it in your regular playing. The best method to approach it is to keep it slow and really focus on the picking hand once you have the patterns of your grabbing hand done. Submitter admin Submitted 11/15/2022 Category Theory & Exercises  

View File Diatonic Chord Progressions, Modes, Intervals and Options To fully understand the derivation of modes, related chords and options it is a must that you start to see scales and modes as a summary of intervals which have to be learnt by heart. You can skip this part of music theory if you are only into blues and basic rock guitar but if you want to learn how to create chord progressions from the diatonic modes, how chords are built and how to add options ( ex. Cmaj9, Dm11, G7#9 ) then you need to understand this part of music theory. On this working sheet I have added the essential parts of the theory. Take your time on it to learn and understand it. You need to manage the 7 basic modes - ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian and locrian completely in order to really start working with it in your creative playing. If you have any questions about this topic and the related working sheet please ask them here in this topic below or book a private online lesson. Submitter admin Submitted 06/13/2022 Category Theory & Exercises

View File Guitar Secrets - Lydian Mode Tabs & Exercise Backing Track Lydian Mode Tabs & Exercise Backing Track Here you find some exercises to understand and practice the lydian mode on guitar. The lydian mode in fact is the IV step in the diatonic chord progression and is a major mode. The difference between the normal major scale and the lydian mode is only one note. It's the #4 interval. So the lydian mode contains the following intervals : 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 . The files are showing the connection out of the chordprogession and also the upper structure triad relations. You can practice this with the attached backing track. This works for any genre but when it comes to jazz you also need to adapt the genre specific figures. Submitter admin Submitted 02/15/2022 Category Theory & Exercises  

View File Basic Guitar Chords Types There are 5 types of chord shapes which you can play on the guitar when it comes to basic guitar chords. They are derived from the open string chords which are called E-type, A-type, C-type, G-type and D-type chords. Some called this the C-A-G-E-D System because it is easier to remember this word. But I prefer to call the system E-A-C-D-D chord types taken from the sequence of most common and most used chord types. The system is really simple: you take the basic open string chords from E, A, C, G and D and then you just move those chord shapes to the root note of your choice. It works on major and on minor chords. Only the G-typ chord does not work so well on the minor chord. You can see the examples in the tabs you can download here. Submitter admin Submitted 01/23/2022 Category Theory & Exercises  

View File Rhythm Studies Basic - Intermediate Here you find 8 exercises which help you to learn rhythm, rhythm notation and to work it out into practical use. You can use these exercises along with your personal playing level. If you want to take an exam once you finished and practiced all attached exercises please book a private skype lesson. You master an exercise if you can play each through without any interruptions and with mistakes. If you are new to the topic please first study basic rhythm notation : For an exam please book a private skype lesson : Submitter admin Submitted 12/06/2021 Category Theory & Exercises  

View File Music Theory - Intervals Here you can read and learn all you need to know about intervals. This goes along with the this tutorial here : Submitter admin Submitted 11/12/2021 Category Theory & Exercises  

View File Minor & Major Pentatonic Patterns Here you find all patterns in minor and major pentatonics. The positions are marked with numbers which represent the intervals which are played. As a beginner only focus on learning the position of the 1 which represents the root note. In this case it's the A since the patterns are either in A minor or A major. It is also strongly recommended to learn the pentatonic only on one string. There please also use the 1 as an orientation point. When you compare the minor with the major pentatonic patterns you might notice that they are the same only the root note has changed. The good news is that once you can play the minor pentatonic patterns you can switch to the major pentatonic patterns just by replacing the root note. Submitter admin Submitted 10/24/2021 Category HPCrazy Guitar Academy  

View File Diatonic Chord Progressions and Modes To understand jazz guitar theory it is essential that you understand the diatonic chord progressions, the steps, the chordprogressions which come out of the diatonic chord progressions and where the " options " come from. This is a short but very comprehensive theory file which puts all knowledge together on 7 pages. You might not understand everything immediatly but this shall be your almanach to really go into real jazz theory which is in fact needed to understand jazz. Take your time on it and keep the file for any future reference which will come up for you when you study jazz guitar. Submitter admin Submitted 09/03/2021 Category HPCrazy Guitar Academy  

Hey Ollie, thanks for your feedback - I am glad this helps out for you. 🙂 And if anybody has questions - just let me know.

Best thorough explanation yet for me, very methodical instructions. Thank you Hans!

View File Technical Exercises ( Chords, Modes & Patterns ) Minor Scales Here you find the diatonic chord progression in the key of C minor and G minor. This is a real working sheet for you to learn : The diatonic chord progressions ( minor scales ) The chords with root on the A and E string The attached modes The intervals of the modes Please take your time to learn all parts in this working sheet by heart. Learn the chords and the attached modes. The modes are 3 note per string patterns to make the whole thing easier to understand. It's not needed that you learn to play the scales fast, but learn then with the intervals which are displayed at each of the patterns. Submitter admin Submitted 07/16/2021 Category Theory & Exercises  

View File Basic Rhythm Notation Here you can learn all you need to know about basic rhythm notation. The guitar is a rhythm instrument, so I strongly recommend that you learn the basics of rhythm notation since rhythm is 50% of the music. Submitter admin Submitted 06/20/2021 Category Theory & Exercises