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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

Hi Dieter, this sounds very promissing what you are planing. I would make one suggestion that you also work on improvisation concepts as described : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=908 http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=907 http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1023 http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1130 Actually blues and rock are very much related so you can switch ideas from the blues inprovisation to rock and opposite. Classic rock stuff is very good to develope technical skills. I also would suggest that you start to work with scales - not only pentatonics since you are willing to pratice that much. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showforum=42 Greetings HP

Hi Diego, sorry I have to anwser in english ... but of course I could in german. Free stuff The free membership here includes that you can use the beginnersguide - you can enter the section with the free stuff http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showforum=69 or you find more free stuff at the facebook group with samples from the lessons of the month http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zurich-Switzerland/Hanspeter-Kruesis-Online-Guitar-School/110927503763 or there is also some at my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/hpcrazycom?feature=mhum Payment without PayPal or creditcard This is also possible. Just register an account ( as you did now ) then you can check alternative payment possibilities at http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/bank.htm - make the payment and then send me a mail that you made a payment and tell me your username. I will upgrade you as soon as the payment has arrived. Let me know if you have further questions Greetings HP

Here you can learn how to play a professional guitarsolo with only a few tricks and pentatonic licks. The guitarsound is with a wahwah.

This is a lesson where you can learn the rhythm guitar of the famous song " Long Train Running " by the Doobie Brothers. Its acutally for advanced players but I give you very close instructions how to get into funky guitar, the techniques and how you can develop it slowly till you get the speed which is nessessary for this song. So this lesson is worth for any level. The soloing tips at the end of the video give you some insights in professional tricks how you can sound great by using only a few licks which work very good on this tempo. If you are not advanced enough to play on this speed still these licks shall be inspiration for you to practice some cool pull-off licks till you reach this speed. So this is a little guitarmasterclass with a lot of content for all levels. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1361

Here you learn the essentials about Gary Moore’s playing style which made him so famous. This are basically high gain solos on blues, minor blues and balad type songs. Pay close attention to the lesson where I talk about the bending tricks. Gary Moore - Intro Gary Moore - Palm Muted Runs Gary Moore - Bendings Gary Moore - Patterns Gary Moore - Bending Tricks Gary Moore - Minor Blues 1 Gary Moore - Minor Blues 2 Gary Moore - Blues 1 Gary Moore - Blues 2 Gary Moore - Final

Performing 1. After the experiences of this year it came more and more clear that I neglected my live - perfoming too much in the past years. I was too busy with all kind of internet - projects and composing. So I made a serios desicion in August 10 to change my life and somehow get back into the life-perfomring scene which I missed for more then 10 years. So I started to contribute for a 70's blues - rock band with 2 guys. We are starting practicing work soon. 2. I had a jazz - gig in Zug on Sept. 9th where I preperaed myself for 3 weeks that I was able to play all this difficult jazz - stuff. And I succeded. I was the only guy who was playing all songs by hearts with themes and solo - parts. But I must admit it was great fun playing all these heavy tunes even that I sometimes missed some more rocking sounds. :)Here is the homepage of these guys http://www.hazzdajazz.ch 3. I got a request from a professional big band to take the job as a guitarplayer reenctly. There are all professional musicians there and the conductor is a very experienced pro http://www.belabalintbigband.ch/ 4. And last but not least I have a concert with my Farbmusik on Oct 2nd http://www.farbmusik.com/live.htm - in Dübendorf near Zürich. As far as I heard from my manager the pre - selling of tickets is going well. And I will be playing with a gueststar http://www.tatjananikic.com 5. Some more discussions are going on. There is a overall interest of musicians which would like to work with me. This all came very fast and what was very astonishing for me is that the overall comments from musicians and fans which heard me play live ( now also with band ) - Everybody can not believe that they never heard of me since my skills on the guitar impress everybody. Some even say that I must be the best guitarplayer in Switzerland. But fans mostly exagerate a bit in their enthusisme. I would say that I worked hard on the guitar since I started to play and I guess there are not many players around with similar skills. But believe me - there is always somebody who plays better and music is not a competition its about music and emotions. Greetings HP

Thanks There are more to come in this style - but the 20 min. lesson of the month will also stay. Greetings HP

Artist Studies - Carlos Santana Learn some essentiol licks, playing style tricks and typical chords and chord movments of early Carlos Santana : Here you can learn the essentials of the early style of Carlos Santona which made him very famous. You learn which chords and scales are used, the way he is making his phrasing which gives his style this very personal touch. Carlos Santana - Intro Carlos Santana - Chords 1 Carlos Santana - Chords 2 Carlos Santana - Basic Licks Carlos Santana - Melodic Licks 1 Carlos Santana - Melodic Licks 2 Carlos Santana - Melodic Licks 3 Carlos Santana - Melodic Licks 4 Carlos Santana - Vamp Licks Carlos Santana - All Lesson of the month This lesson is a cool blues played with a few chords and a simple rhythm pattern. Music is about groove and feeling so even if you think that you are able to play a few of these more easy things - dont underestimate this lesson. If you want to sound great you must feel this bluesy tune here and pay attention to the details which I explain to you during this lesson. Have some fun. Cool Blues - go to the lesson

Summer 2010 It has been a while since my last blog entry. It was a pretty crazy summer this summer 2010 - so many different things were going on that its a bit hard to get all down in order. Basicly I have finished all my projects which I ever had in my head all the past years. This was online - education, composition and my " farbmusik " including the release of 7 CDs. Now my work was to let the world somehow know what was going on and what I have been doing the past years. online education - I am so glad that I was rewarded in the Schweizer Musikzeitung for 10 years of pioneer work. http://www.gitarrist.ch/musikzeitung_2010.pdf - also guitartricks.com which was part of my work got rewarded and I was so glad for guitartricks.com that they got this kind of reward. They were grateful. Composition - I got the message from Swiss national TV that my music which they really love was used 120 times in different major broadcasting shows. They are keeping asking for more music. I wish I had more time. Farbmusik - Since I finished the 7 CDs - each colour one CD and I started to let people know about it. I got so many positive feedbacks and interest that it is hard to write about all of them. But here the most important ones. - I will have a meeting with a publisher in Germany in October. They are very interested to publish " Farbmusik " . They are the leading publisher of any kind of literature about colours. ( I was told ) - Procolore the Swiss head organisation of all creative professional working with colour turned out to be very interested in my work. The president of this organisation showed out to already knew my work from a earlier production in 2004- There this was my prototype of the colormusic with a CD with one sone each colour... now I have 7 songs each colour. - Several theraphists have started to work with the colourmusic. The results are very promissing. It shows that the colourmusic has the same effect like light but much stronger. Some critics came from a side that the colourmusic is not medititationmusic and some songs are too fast. But the colourmusic never was meant to be meditation music - colourmusic ( farbmusik ) is just a other expression for colours. So many feedbacks about the colourmusic ( farbmusik ) from all kinds of genres. Many people interpretate different things in it. This was meant to be. Farbmusik is for everybody who is interested to experience colour through music - nothing else. As we know that music has also healing powers - colourmusic has the same healing powers like the colours. Whats next ? I want to start to make concerts now. Either with Farbmusik or my new blues - rock band or with Tatjana Nikic. This is my biggest wish. I have been working so hard in all these projects the past years - now it is time for a change. I was away and totally absorbed for 10 years ( unbelievable ) - now its time to go change and go out into the world - also out in other countries to makes concerts or symposiums. Whatever will show up - nows the time. PS : Thank you Tatjana you helped me so much to take the last hard step to realize all this. Your coaching on mental things and solopiano recordings helped so much.

Here you the theory where the chords come from in major and in minor keys. You can addapt this knowledge to any key because it is the same system in all keys. In the video I mainly talk about triads - but this system is actually the same with 7th chords. There you just add an additional thrid as show in the video. This leads to the basic jazzchords : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=984 and here you can get the lesson : http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1330

Updated the " Free beginners guide " Finally it is here the new " Free beginners guide " in HD format with some additional information and tips. What is also new is that you can ask free support questions in that part of the school. Here are the updated videos : Intro ( Picking techniques, sounds, practicing and tuning ) Chords ( beginners chords and exercises ) Penatonics ( pentatonics )

In this series of lessons, you'll learn all the essentials of rhythm guitar, timing, phrasing, licks, and concepts to play jazz blues as a guitar duo... or in any other type of duo or band situation. Jazz Blues with Two Guitars: Intro Jazz Blues with Two Guitars: Timing Jazz Blues with Two Guitars: Rhythm 1 Jazz Blues with Two Guitars: Rhythm 2 Jazz Blues with Two Guitars: Chords Jazz Blues with Two Guitars: Phrasing Jazz Blues with Two Guitars: Scales Jazz Blues with Two Guitars: Licks Jazz Blues with Two Guitars: Combination Jazz Blues with Two Guitars: All

La Grange Here's a video where I show you the 3 main movments of the song * La Grange * by ZZ Top. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1306 Bluesy chords Here is a very nice and bluesy riff and chords which you can play with some distorted guitar. Acutally it is a bit a must to get the right mood here. Check out my instructions here. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1307 Jazzprogression im Am Here is a cool jazzy progression in Am. I show you some tricks how you can play it all and use optional chords to create a real great jazzy progression. Am7 / D7 / Bm7b5 / E7 http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/guitarschool/index.php?showtopic=1308

Here is a cool jazzy progression in Am. I show you some tricks how you can play it all and use optional chords to create a real great jazzy progression. Am7 / D7 / Bm7b5 / E7 DOWMLOAD

Here is a very nice and bluesy riff and chords which you can play with some distorted guitar. Acutally it is a bit a must to get the right mood here. Check out my instructions here. DOWNLOAD

Here's a video where I show you the 3 main movments of the song * La Grange * by ZZ Top. One of my favorite tunes DOWNLOAD