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Here I uploaded my version of this song here :

Here I will be talking about the essentials you need to know about the dorian mode in jazz guitar. This includes : Essential Jazz Voicings: We begin by establishing a harmonic foundation with essential Am7 shapes, some extensions like Am9 and some typical dorian chord licks. The Scale Connection: Understand how your familiar Minor Pentatonic framework serves as the skeleton for the full dorian mode. Arpeggio Targeting: Learn to navigate the the Am7 arpeggio in combination with the D arpeggio to display the typical sound of the dorian mode. Jazz Phrasing & Ideas: Apply the theory through practical licks and melodic concepts. You will see how to integrate the additional "color notes" of the Dorian mode to create fluid, professional jazz lines. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Hey guys, here's is now the newsletter of the month June 26. There have been a lot of things going on in the past 4 weeks. So lets go step by step : SMPV I have now been voted in as an official member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Music Pedagogic Association Winterthur / Zürcheroberland. smpv.ch - the foto is still not there but I guess it will come soon when we have our first meeting with the new Board of Directors. My goal is to bring in my strategic experience in professional online music education of the past 25 years to help this largest music association in Switzerland to gain back the relevance they had when made my SMPV diploma after my university guitar studies in the mid 90's. That's quite a task and it will be complicated because it's a huge organisation but I give my best. HPCrazy Guitar Academy The digital world is changing in lightspeed in the year 2026 and I had to come to the conclusion that the only sustainably strategy is to take all efforts to a private network ( HanspeterKruesi.com ) and to just use social media accounts to redirect all possible traffic to this website. That what has been done ongoing since 2023 and now it's also time to change the entire social media strategy to " More Quality instead of Quantity " . This means in fact that the focus now is on all Premium Members here on this plattform and to create high quality content for Premium Members. It's the only remaining sustainable way to go in the digital world of 2026 because the big plattforms are changing there content policies by the minute and nothing is predictable anymore. So I took a break of content production to rethink my strategy and here it is : NEW : HPCrazy Guitar Lab : This is the heart of our exclusive premium circle. The HPCrazy Guitar Lab is designed to take you behind the scenes of professional guitar playing, high-end sound architecture, and advanced creative workflows. This is not just another passive tutorial site—this is an interactive, member-driven masterclass experience where you actively help shape the curriculum. Read more : The livestream will only be accessable for premium members. You are free to already post comments, suggestions or requests what you want me to talk about during the livestream. You can also enter the chat during the livestream if you want to participate the Lab live. If you miss the livestream no problem you can watch it any time later and as a premium member you have full access to all features, tabs and backing tracks provided. We will start with a approx. 1 hour livestream on Thursday 18.6.26 6:00 PM Zürich time here : Backing Tracks in Broadcast Quality Some of you guys might have noticed the risen quality of the backing tracks in the past few months. I am in fact a professional composer for TV & Movie : music-pictures.com and I am bringing my experience from 25 years of composing into all backing tracks to your benefit. I makes way more fun to practice when you have a perfect sound. Check as an example my most recent backing track " Dark Tarantino Style Blues Guitar Riff " where I produced the backing track in the specs of this very specific genre : Community Counts ! I want to encourage all active members of the HPCrazy Guitar Academy to get your voice heard here. You can ask any questions to any tutorial, you can use the students forum to open new topics and build your own little community, you can use the Premium Member Blogs to create your own world. Your data is totaly safe - I will not use your data for anything. When you decide to leave this website for good you can request that your data get's completly deleted. Here you might want to read the last extended student post in the students forum. You are free to post what you like as long as it is only related to music and guitar playing. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/guidelines/ Last but not least Due to these changes I need to adapt the premium member prices to a sustainable level. The good news is that premium members who have an on-going subsription will not be affected by this pricechange. I want to say " thank you " to all those who have supported my work in the last years and so all you guys will not be affected by this. For all others - the price change is only 1$ / month if you choose the yearly subscription : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/subscriptions These were now all relevant changes here in the HPCrazy Guitar Academy Best HP

Here I show you a very cool and dark Tarantino style blues guitar riff played with a drop D tuning and a tremolo effect. They key to get the vibe right is to have the proper effect settings which is a tremolo effect with a triangle waveform set on 102 bmp, an analog stereo delay and an old style spring reverb together with the drop D tuning with a fender amp on distortion level 5 and a 2*12 cabinet. The rest is your personal imagination and feeling the vibe while you interact with your guitar with the drum and the bass. Check out the backing track which I also produced in this typical retro surf style :

I have just updated the description for the Premium Membership to reflect our latest digital and pedagogical developments. The service has been massively enlarged: with the launch of the brand-new, interactive HPCrazy Guitar Lab, you now get access to monthly live masterclasses, real-time interaction, and "The Vault" archive. To cover the extremely risen quality of the whole material—especially the broadcast-quality backing tracks produced to professional TV & movie industry standards in the past few months —the pricing has been recalculated. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/subscriptions The new price only is valid for new members. Ongoing subscribers can keep the old price. But if you feel you want to contribute something additional you are free to do so here : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/clients/donations/

Hey guys, I took a few days off from producing tutorials. There is now a changement in the strategy coming. I will put quality above quantity and also put this community here more in the centre of all activities rather then my YT channel or other social media channels. Also I can announce that I am now an official elected member of staff and soon co-president of the SMPV Winterthur Züricher Oberland https://www.smpv.ch and next week I will finally become an official member of the music staff of the catholic church in Egg and the whole region. They want me to play piano or guitar. It just came because I happen to be an emergancy musician for them in January and everybody love my music so much that they want me to continue : https://www.kath-egg-maur.ch/

Here I want to introduce this cool new feature as well and explain what I have planed for it. Featured Content Here I will add blog entries, tutorials, downloads or whatever I think is interesting of fits the current theme of the week or month. I also plan to feature older tutorials which gotten forgotten or which I update with new material such as tabs, backing tracks or new insights. I checked my YT channel and I have like 1500 videos - many of the topics I have been talking about are still valid.

Hey guys, this will be the very first of the upcoming "HPCrazy Guitar Labs"! In this livestream on June 18th at 6:00 PM Zurich time, I will be diving deep into blues guitar improvisation. By joining the livestream, you can be an active participant in this approx. 1-hour lesson—feel free to make requests, ask questions, or leave your comments in real-time. All relevant files and backing tracks will be added right after the livestream, ensuring you have everything you need to get the maximum benefit from this HPCrazy Guitar Lab.

Hey guys, this will be the very first of the upcoming "HPCrazy Guitar Labs"! In this livestream on June 18th at 6:00 PM Zurich time, I will be diving deep into blues guitar improvisation. By joining the livestream, you can be an active participant in this approx. 1-hour lesson—feel free to make requests, ask questions, or leave your comments in real-time. All relevant files and backing tracks will be added right after the livestream, ensuring you have everything you need to get the maximum benefit from this HPCrazy Guitar Lab.

Welcome to the HPCrazy Guitar LabThis is the heart of our exclusive premium circle. The HPCrazy Guitar Lab is designed to take you behind the scenes of professional guitar playing, high-end sound architecture, and advanced creative workflows. This is not just another passive tutorial site—this is an interactive, member-driven masterclass experience where you actively help shape the curriculum. Here is exactly what you can expect as a Premium Member every month: 1. The Live Session: Interactive Livestream & Real-Time ChatOnce a month, we gather live in the Lab. These are unlisted YouTube livestreams embedded right here on this page, away from the noise of public social media. During these sessions, I will dive deep into specific genres, technical concepts, or creative philosophies. Shape the Curriculum: As a Premium Member, you have a direct voice. In the run-up to each session, you can vote on upcoming topics, ask specific questions, or suggest areas you want me to cover. If you want to master a specific blues phrasing, understand complex modal movements, or look into my studio sound chain—just drop your feedback in the community section. Real-Time Interaction: During the live broadcast, you can use the real-time chat to ask questions, request immediate examples, or discuss concepts as they happen. 2. The Vault: On-Demand Video ArchiveCan’t make it to the live broadcast? No problem at all. Every single Live Session is automatically recorded and archived right here in The Vault. As a Premium Member, you have unlimited, 24/7 access to this growing library of high-level masterclasses. You can watch, rewind, and study the material at your own pace, whenever it fits your schedule. 3. The Session Pack: High-Quality Backing Tracks & Accurate TABSTheory and demonstration are only half the battle—the Lab is about practical mastery. Therefore, every single monthly workshop comes with its dedicated Session Pack. Accurate TABS: Professionally transcribed guitar tablatures of the key exercises, licks, and concepts covered in the session. Premium Backing Tracks: High-quality audio tracks produced in my studio, giving you the perfect professional canvas to practice your new skills and jam along. How to get involved right now:The Lab lives from the dedication of its members. Head over to our community area right now, look for the upcoming Lab Topic Thread, and leave your suggestions or votes for next month's session. Let’s disconnect from the superficial social media noise and focus on what truly matters: real music, deep expertise, and a dedicated circle of true guitar lovers. Welcome to the next level of your guitar journey.

Major Updates on the Horizon There are many major updates on the horizon when it comes to the HPCrazy Guitar Academy. So here are now the really cool and hot news. Till now the model was always like this that the HPCrazy YT Channel was like the show case and one could come here to the academy to download the files associated to the tutorials. That was basicly what the academy always was. Now I will start to bring more activity here directly to the HPCrazy Guitar Acadey. This includes more interaction possibilities which will be a first a monthly guitar workshop livestream on topics you can vote for, suggest or if there is not enough community feedback I will just do. The livestream YT videos will be embedded here in the new Premium Member Section and will only be accessable for Premium Members. Also I will make more articles about guitar learning, guitar playing, guitar sound lab and also share my latest recordings here. In other words the whole creative work and workflow will be now transfered to this website. I want to encourage all members and users here to take the opportunity to build up a cool community of real guitar and guitar music lovers and start sharing and discussing. This is the whole purpose of this website. I will make this system as cool and efficiant as possible for all members this would be either free members or premium members. But the main fokus will be on the small group of premium members. It shall be an exclusive circle of guitar players and guitar lovers. And we are disconnecting from the usual social media strategies and just focus on features here. Thats what is basicly planed and the new system is now getting rolled out. To support this standard of excellence and ensure a sustainable foundation, the pricing structures for new members will be adapted. This is an expert community so it has to be supported in a proper manner. The good news is for all premium members who are already regular members the price will not change. A little thank you for the years of support you guys gave to me. That's now all for the moment. I'll keep you guys updated when the first new features are getting rolled out.

Here you can train the foundation of basic rock guitar powerchord techniques with the chords E5, D5 and A5.

On special request I show you here my personal version of what you can do with the guitar in an epic orchestral ( 3 act structure ) recording to make your guitar sound great and epic. Here you listen to the finished official recording and download the backing track : and here you can see the waveform of the tune and clearly see the 3 act structure of the tune.

Here you can train the foundation of basic rock guitar powerchord techniques with the chords E5, D5 and A5. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

I have added a " Featured Content " box to the page where I will show posts which think you guys should check out because it's really cool or important to know.

If you want to start with jazz guitar and you already know a bit about blues this would be the very first lesson we would do to open up the door for jazz guitar for you. Here you learn how to do the 2 & 4 feel, to always follow the form in the jazz blues and fill in the right chords, with a 2 bar rhythm pattern and at the end to make combinations with a simple solo using the minor blues scale. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Guitar Students Forum Hey guys, I wanted to encourage you guys to use this guitar students forum. This forum is for you guys and it also helps me to know what you are working on, what your challenges are and maybe you can also connect with eachother and make friends. The goal is to somehow get a community here which has fun and passion for gutiar playing, guitar music or to post your guitar recordings, your video's what ever comes to your mind. It's up to you. Because of spam prevention I manualy invite any new member who has made a premium membership here in the HPCrazy Guitar Academy manualy to join the guitar students forum. Then your membership stays permanent even your premiumembership has expired and you are free to use this forum.

Playing a cool show off blues guitar solo with a clean fender amp guitar setting is quiet a challenge. Here I show you how to slove the problem and to make a cool show off shuffle blues guitar solo. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :