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It has been again a long time since my last blog entry. It has of course a reason. I was forced to slow things down because unpredicable health problems showed up and they put my career in danger. Since march 11 I suddenly have problems with both hands. Its not so bad that I can't play guitar anymore but still it is something I have to think about. I got several opinions what the cause might be of these problems. Till now there is no unique diagnosis. I personally believe that it is now time to slow down things. I have been working very hard in the past years and have some very difficult situations to deal with - also in my personal life and to be honest I always thought that it is a miricle that I always stayed healthy so I was able to do was had to be done. And now since I have finished everything and this constant pressure has reduced a lot now I could start to relax and now I have to pay the price for this phase which lasted 5 years. But as I said I can still play guitar, still make musc but I have to take care a bit till I get 100% healthy again. I have already started with some changements. I will focus on the important things in my work. This is teaching, composing and playing. No extra stuff anymore. On playing I will work less on speed accuracy and virtuosity but on building a 100% connection with the instrument anytime. On piano I went through such a process many years ago where I faced similar problems but at the end I became a much better player then before. This will also happen now on guitar. My students might already noticed the changment in my teaching style. Everybody is learning this now. Building a true connection to the guitar to your feelings in music and your abilities to express and explore music on any level and any situation. This is my way, my path with I now truely started and I like it I must say. But I take it step by step. So stress anymore. Music is part of life and it will happen as life happens. And yes this is another news in my personal life. I will start to learn how to life beside work. I never did it. Nows the time. But this is also music. HP

Here's a cool video where you can learn everything about playing a professional rock ballade. If you like it you can enter the entire tutorial and learn everything step by step http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1439

This is a lesson for advanced blues improvisation in the style of Joe Bonamassa. Actually his playing is very typical for advanced blues improvisation - actually on a very accurate and sophisticated level but in this lesson I show you the ideas behind it and you can check it out yourself a bit. I took this video as reference for this lesson : You can also get more ideas and background information when you work through my basic and advanced blues improvisation tutorials. Basic improvisation concept Advanced improvisation concept Advanced blues licks GET THE LESSON HERE

Yes this video is gone - was on a server which I cancelled some time ago. I can make a new video about this song in a lesson of the month

Learn the essentials and tricks to play a professional rock ballade. Your sound setting should be a lead sound with a high gain distortion, some delay and optional a wah wah ( cry baby – not an autowah ). Then you are ready to enter this tutorial. Pay close attention to all parts of this tutorial even you think that it seems too easy for you. The details make the big difference. Here how it sounds Rock Ballade - Intro Rock Ballade - Chords Rock Ballade - Delay Rock Ballade - Wah Wah Rock Ballade - Bendings Rock Ballade - Palm Muted Rock Ballade - Legato Rock Ballade - Theme Rock Ballade - Improvisation Rock Ballade - Final

The new lesson of the month is here now. Its a easy to play but good sounding blues in A. Check it out you will enjoy it. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1426

Here you can learn all essentials which you need to know to play Rock n Roll or Rhythm + Blues - even in a professional band. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1424

Here is a lesson about my song " Too cool " from my CD " Soloistic " : http://itunes.apple.com/album/soloistic/id376744701 Learn to play some col licks with you wah wah pedal and give your guitar playing a cool expression. The played colour is " orange " and the scales used is Dm pentatonic + Dm aeolian scale.

Here you can learn to play an easy wild guitarsolo by using the wah wah and some openstrings pulloff licks and tremolopicking licks. easy_wild.pdf machinegun_rock.mp3

This is a great lesson where you can learn to play a typical trio blues band setting with drum, bass and guitar. Here the part of the guitar is a bit more demanding then usual since you are the melody and the harmonic instrument in one person. Here a few tricks how you can play great stuff in such setting. You will enjoy it - but take my advice and dont play too many notes - put your attention on your expression and your feeling in your playing then you are on the right way. GET THE LESSON

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwzoEAXnxbw Heres a easy to play and cool blues in A.

you are welcome have some fun with this megachops sonungs like something to eat. HP

Here you can learn to play rockguitar licks which go over different positions in some cases all over the fretboard. They will help you to get more flexible and creative in your soloing on the entire fretboard. Megachops - Intro Megachops - 1 Megachops - 2 Megachops - 3 Megachops - 4 Megachops - 5 Megachops - 6 Megachops - 7

Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to show how you can play the guitar and then it did not work the way you wanted or didn't really know what to play to show how you can play guitar. The magic word for this is to be conviced and sure in what you are doing whatever your current playing level is. You can do a great job even if you know only a few licks and a fuew chords. In this lesson I show you some ideas how you can be more secure in your playing. It is now about what to play but about how you play and having the right focus. So thats why there are no tabs here. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1405

This is a pretty open lesson where I show you a basic fingerpicking riff with easy chords. You can choose the one I am showing or something similar then try to get into improvisation and into expression and dynamics and improvisation. Since the licks and riffs are not so hard to play the trick is to have the focus on your expression, the way you feel the groove, the riff and the fill ins. There is acutally no way in teaching creativity because it is individual but if you learn to get a connection between you and your guitar and you start to feel the music and you are able to create different types of expression and dynamics you will be able to get into your own way of expression and this is what music is all about. So try to get the basic licks of this lesson and then work on the dynamics, the mood you want to create and just play. If you want to get more familiar with this kind of picking technique you might check the Mark Knopfler Video. Get the lesson here.

If you want to play a blues in the style of the song " Feeling Bad Blues " from the movie Crossroads performed by Ry Cooder then enter this tutorial. It gave the title of this tutial but it stands for a kind of blues playing which you can learn here. You get some ideas to play blues in a rubato style - without a real timing. This gives you all freedom to play blues with full expression and dynamics. So thats why I also talk about sound settings because they are also part of your dynamic expression. Bad Blues - Intro Bad Blues - Picking Technique Bad Blues - Licks 1 Bad Blues - Licks 2 Bad Blues - Licks 3 Bad Blues - Licks 4 Bad Blues - Final

Since SRV has his guitar tuned down to Eb ( half step ) its a bit tricky to teach. If you tune your guitar down you can use the original jamtrack and the tabs as they are displayed. And I show you how to play the original version of the intro at the beginning with these openstring parts. If you have a normal tuned guitar you can either use the alternate jamtrack to practice the openstring version. I the video I mainly use the alternatve version with a normal tuned guitar. Here you can use the normal jamtrack. For soloing you can use any kind of standard pentatonic licks but pay close attention to my instrustions about playing with punch. This is what it is all about at least about this solo. The interpretation of SRV is great and the punch and relaxed playing is just awesome but the material he plays is basic stuff. Here some examples : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=908 http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=903 Here a lesson where you can learn to create this punch with soundsettings and playing technique : LESSON but of course you have to know the pentatonics in all positions or at least in position 1 + 2 to play this stuff and then you jump up to the high position.

Learn the basic elements like the picking technique, the scating, the Wes Montgomery style elements, some chord soloing ideas and some licks and finally how to put things together. Here is a free video for you to check out how you can sound once you went through the entire tutorial. George Benson - Intro George Benson - Picking George Benson - Octaves George Benson - Scating George Benson - Vamp Licks George Benson - Chord Solo George Benson - Major 1 George Benson - Major 2 George Benson - Funky Blues Style George Benson - Funky Blues Style Final George Benson - Final

A few tricks to get into the styoe of George Benson.

Thanks I was in Germany on the weekend. I was invited to join a healing session where the methods of Dr. Klinghart are used. I dont know the exact expression of it. Kind of a kineoslogic thing. And this theraphist has working with my music since march 10 and now the results are here. It really works and has big potential to become a main tool in this kind of theraphy work. I was astonished to watch this concept with my music in it. It very very impressive and serios work what I was able to see.

he he yes this is an all time favorite ... ZZ Top anyway. Always have a CD in my 5 CD player in my car. I did not get it what you exaclty mean...

Farbmusik http://www.farbmusik.com concert The past weeks I basicly just was busy with my " Farbmusik " . I had a concert on oct. 2nd where I needed to practice a 90 minutes soloperformance. This was very demanding. But I was glad that this time Tatjana Nikic entered Farbmusik with her contribution. She did a great performance and understood what it was about. The concert turned out to be the best in the past years. This is what some said. Somebody recorded the concert on video. So for all those how missed it it is available here : http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=996330A0E653F397 AIC 2011 Farbmusik entered the " call of papers " for the AIC 2011. An internation symposium " Interaction of colour and light in arts and science " . Here is my contribution. Casting show Farbmusik got invited to contribute to a big casting show at Swiss TV. The first casting will take place in one week. Dont know if I will make it to the next round. But I give it a try.

Fretboard geographics is a major topic when you are learning to play. So any kind of trick which helps you is of course good. My system which I teach and works out fine with scales is also to learn that each scale is a summary of intervalls. Once you get into modes this is a great help and allows you to save a lot of time. I think this is a topic which I could consider making a tutorial series. Greetings HP