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Here I teach you the first steps to learn the Guitar Touch Technique where you play the guitar like a piano player. An amazing technique - we start with the basic chords first. Here you can download the tabs associated to this tutorial :

Thats nice to hear - maybe you want to share your version of this blues to the others ?

Thanks for this lesson and backing track it really has helped me to open up my playing.

Yeah that totaly makes sense 🙂 It's easy to play along with it. 🙂

I remember this track of yours. I learned it awhile back. Now you have pushed me on to play lead with it.

Thanks Michael 🙂

Nice inspiration!

Here you can learn my special technique how to play green mediation music on the guitar. It's very easy to play. Pay also attention about my instructions about letting music and breathing flow. Here some more information about green music : Green is a harmonizing color. The schading starts from a bright spring green and ends in a mediterean green. Green is a color of growth. When you watch it in nature you get a good impression how different green can be. This can also be heard in the music. Related expression for green are : Joy, freedom, hope, nature, growth, calmative, fresh & new, earth.

Here you can learn a very simple meditation song of mine in the key of E. You can play it either with or without the backing track. Both works fine. With the backing track you can dive deeper into the color Yellow. Yellow Meditation in E.pdf yellow in E.mp3

Here I teach you a meditation song in the color blue. It^s played with the touch technique which might be a bit uncommon for some among you but it's pretty easy to do so you might want to give it a try. Here some additional information about the Color blue : https://farbmusik.com/eng/blue.html Blue Meditation Song.pdf

Here's an idea which I had a long time ago - playing my special guitar technique with modern beats.

Here some tricks how to use the phrygian and phrygian nat. mode to get this really cool sound which you often hear in Metal. Here some theoretical background : Minor pentatonics : 1 b3 4 5 b7 Phrygian : 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 Phrygian nat. 3 : 1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7 Upper structure triads are : E ( or Em ) , F, G, Am, Bdim, C, Dm You can download the backing track here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/metal-e-105-feat.-hanspeter/id668781969?i=668782342 If you missed the theory bootcamp about modes you might check it out. Makes things much easier to understand : Minor Modes -

A tutorial to learn to use the aeolian and the phyrgian mode in advanced rock soloing. Detailed Information about modes here ( both recommended ): Major Modes : Minor Modes : You find the backing track here :

A simple song with the knowledge of the major modes. Check the tutorial : Listen to my version of this song :

Here is a green acoustic guitar song - the video was recorded at Panixer Pass in Switzerland. To learn this song view this tutorial :

Some idea's how to play a very cool picking picking guitar in the style of Mark Knopfler. The backing track is added at the end of this video.

Here some thoughts about live playing and what's behind my CD " Live and Pure " Download it here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/live-pure-feat.-hanspeter/id907878622

Finally I have released a Live CD with a lot of Touch Technique and my way of playing solo guitar. I have choosen a live CD because of the energy of the playing. Even that everything is not perfect - the mood and the musical flow is for me perfect because each moment in music is pure perfection. https://itunes.apple.com/album/live-pure-feat.-hanspeter/id907878622

Here you learn the theory about the modes in major. It is based on the diatonic chord progression in major. This lead to the following table showing the chord and the mode related to each note of the main major scale and the mode which is related to it. Even it looks so small and simple you should spend some time on it and learn by heart and try to find it on your fretboard. Intervalls with a " b " are half step low with a " # " a half step higher. One step is one fret. I : Major 7 chord - ionian ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ) II : Minor 7 chord - dorian ( 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 ) III : Minor 7 chord - phyrgian ( 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 ) IV ; Major 7 chord - lydian ( 1 2 3 # 4 5 6 7 ) V : Dominant 7 chord - mixolydian ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 ) VI : Minor 7 chord - aeolian ( 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 ) VII : Minor 7b5 chord - locian ( 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 ) Related modes : Ionian - Lydian : Difference 4 - #4 Ionian - Mixolyidan : Difference 7 - b7 Dorian - Aeolian : Difference 6 - b6 Aeolian - Phrygian : Differene 2 - b2 If you have any questions please leave your question here in this tutorial. Best would be with a small videoclip. Download some tabs at http://www.hpcrazy.com/bibliothek/majormodes.pdf

An easy introduction to mixolydian modes with some examples how to use and transpose it. Download the jamtrack here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/slow-shuffle-70-feat.-hanspeter/id785286347?i=785286636

Some basic trick for the right hand in Touch Technique

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Some essential tips and tricks to play an ass kicking rock guitar solo with very few licks. You need to have your pentatonic positions and your basic playing techniques together to follow this tutorial. You can download the backing track here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/hpcrazy-rocks-backing-track/id668781969?i=668782710

Here the whole story about my song " Drunken Snake in the Desert " which got placed in the ABC show " Mind Games ". I am pretty sure you will love this song and the Story :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEtiPzelOzM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzWm9BRVUYQ Here you learn some cool tricks how to play an american sounding blues rock tune. You can download the backing track here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/the-sheriff-jamtrack-105-e/id631681041?i=631682024 the original track is available on my CD Blues City : https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-city-feat.-hanspeter/id631817871

My Track " The Desert " got a placement in a Fox show " Mind Games ".

Here you learn the basics of speed metal riffs by passing the whiplash test. The backing tracks are added at the end of this video.

Here is a tutorial where you learn the essentials of funk rhythm. Since funk is a very rhythmic music this is very essential. Don't underestimate this lesson here. Download the backing track here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/70s-funk-cm-77-feat.-hanspeter/id870722453?i=870722462

Here some ideas how to create an emotional blues with fingerpicking.

Hi everybody, here I give you an idea what you can expect on my upcoming colourmusic concert in Zürich. I play 3 different colours here in this small teaser. Even if you are not into colours it's worth checking it out :-)

http://youtu.be/LWfo1w4RC1I Here you can learn an easy relaxed country blues song in D. For the Improvisation you can use the D Major pentatonics, D Major scale and the b3 from the scale. Additional tutorials : Download the backing track here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-backing-tracks-vol./id785286347

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuk8fm9BXnI Here you get some ideas how to play an orchestral finger picking blues using the chords A13 D9/13 F#7b13 B13 E9/13 or Esus9 - this time no licks just some philosophic talk how to get into music which is more important once you have a few licks together. :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj2TwtQd4g8 I am taking part of the Hans Zimmer composer contest " Bleeding Fingers " - Please support me by listening to my track and to give comments or likes on soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/music-pictures/heavens-destiny

http://youtu.be/hkwX75jUPZg Here is a lesson about playing a minor blues in Am. It's pretty much influenced by Gary Moore and gives you some ideas how to develop a more intensive expression which is acutally needed in this style. You can download the jamtrack here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-backing-tracks-vol./id785286347

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKA9oD0kRyY Here I explain the advanced blues improvisation concept using the mixolydian mode beside the minor pentatonic. I am playing a standard blues form : A / A / A / A D / D / A / A E / D / A / E The scales you can use are : A : A minor pentatonic / A mixolydian mode D : A minor pentatonic / D mixolydian mode E : A minor pentatonic / E mixolydian mode Download the jamtrack here : https://itunes.apple.com/album/slow-shuffle-70-feat.-hanspeter/id785286347?i=785286636 To follow this tutoial it is strongly recommended that you first check the basic improvisation concept tutorial :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqLkmeKkaPg This song is from HPCrazy's CD " Blues City " - to read the entire story download it at https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-city-feat.-hanspeter/id631817871 - it's fun. Actually I was laughing a lot when I wrote it. ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v21dd1ha9Zk A cool guitar lesson about Blues Rock using a Drop D Tuning. You can download the backing track I used here https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-backing-tracks-vol./id785286347

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozPYoosBnNY Read my blog about entire 2013 and a short review of my career.

A new Blues Backing Tracks CD is out now on iTunes. You will love this one here - this is recorded only with guitars. https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-backing-tracks-vol./id785286347

http://youtu.be/CA1_Ee62n1Q Here a cool Finger Picking Blues with 2 parts. Some smooth picking parts and a part where you inprovise with a basic pattern. There I show you some licks you can use. This is the guitar part of my song " The Horse " found on my CD " Blues City " https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-city-feat.-hanspeter/id631817871 to learn the basic's of finger picking check my tutorial here : and watch out for the hidden track - with some lyrics I recently wrote for this song : I am a horse and I'm so depressed thats why I wear this olé black Dress I like to sit here and smoke some gras but the Sheriff gonna kick my ass. I am a horse and I am so damn cool I own a large swimming pool I think the Sheriff lost my trail so I won't end up in jail.

http://youtu.be/3qNHl8FVOSM This is a cool tutorial about dramatic playing in a rock balade. It's acutally not about the licks you are playing it's about your way of playing the guitar. Download the backing track for free : http://www.hpcrazy.com/lessons/89-rock/146-dramatic-shred-guitar-on-balads.html Support HPCrazy.com with a T-Shirt : http://www.shirtcity.com/US_us/shop/hpcrazy/

This is a very cool lesson how to play psycho billy, rocka billy or rock n roll guitar. Actually it's the same somehow and somehow not. The mood and the sound you are playing makes the difference. For psycho billy you need to play with a lots of delay and some distortion. If you know the intro of Johnny B Goode you have all licks you need and the just add my suggestions I give you in this video here. You can download the jamtrack at https://itunes.apple.com/album/blues-backing-tracks-vol./id631681041

A version of the main theme of famous Concierto de Aranjuez arranged, performed and improvised by Hanspeter Kruesi. This Version is inspired by the intro of Chick Corea's Spain and Stanley Jordans amazing Touch Technique

Here I give you some information how to play a chord solo in the Joe Pass style on a II V I VI progression G. As a reminder -- this is Am7 / D7 / Gmaj7 / Em7 - you can also use these chords for comping.