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Hey Peter, that's great - in order to give you proper advice and for any future advice please open up your own blog and write a bit more about you and your guitar playing and what you already learnt. I see you are a premium member so you have access to this feature : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/blogs/ here you find some instructions how to proceed :

Here's now the Dec. 23 newsletter. First of all I want to introduce you the brand new amazing feature here on this website : Blogs Check out the brand new feature here in the Guitar Academy. In the blogs you can write about your journey on guitar, the exercises you are doing and the difficulties you are having and you can empower the community that you guys start to communicate with each other and help each other. I also will have an eye on your posts and monitor your practice plans and give some guidance there. The blogs are private and only premium members are able to write or read the posts there. I decided to make it only available to premium members to have some privacy there and also I feel like premium members are that group who are really interested to move forward systematically in their guitar playing abilities and that only works with dedication and disziplin. For the german speaking members here : To open up your blog just go here : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/blogs/ New Academy Award - Jazz Guitar Intermediate The next classification test is now available in my Guitar Academy. Jazz Guitar Intermediate - the requirements to pass the test are described there. The purpose of the classification tests is that online students as well as regular " live " students have a guideline where they stand with their guitar playing, what the requirements are to be able to pass at a certain level in a certain genre. This should motivate but also channelize. Nowadays you can find masses of information on the subject of guitar and guitar learning everywhere on the Internet and in my practical experience, most students are overwhelmed by the flood of information and they overtax themselves or have unrealistic short and medium-term goals. The placement tests are intended to counterbalance this. The whole system as it stands now is the sum of my experience from over 20 years of professional online education and the construction of this system, which is now slowly becoming complete, has taken around 4 years. Now it can start - the combination of online Guitar Academy and live lessons, concerts, music and and and.... I think there are very few such complete online education systems on the Internet - here every level is catered for, from beginners to budding professional guitarists. Read more here : New free download - Basic Chords Whenever a student enters my room and wants to learn guitar from the very beginning I always say the same thing : " First everybody needs to learn the basic chords on guitar . If you practice regularly on a daily basis you can make the basic chords in a fluent way in 3 - 6 months in order that you are able to play any simple song as you can see in this example. The really big mountain to climb is the barré chord. That one might take 6 months or more till you can play that one fluently in a simple song. To get the barré chord done you first start with the barré replacement chord. You have to figure out how you need to place your finger in a way that all strings are sounding. Normally a beginner is able to get 4 strings sounding at the beginning. This will improve with practice. Once you can do the barré replacement chord then you can move on to the barré chord. Playing the simple songs pay attention to the proper down - and upstrokes and also notice that the last upstroke of a bar is an empty chord. This helps you to make the chord change fluently. To fulfill the described tasks in the estimated timeframe you need to practice this daily and do each exercise 3 times. Once you pass this threshold then your fun on guitar can start. ---------------------------- and now let's go to the tutorials of this month. This month was the time of the guitar courses and so you find what you want in the genre of your choice : Blues This blues guitar course takes any guitar player from the beginner to the intermediate level. This tutorial is a " MUST HAVE " for any blues guitar beginner. Here are the chapters : 0:07 Introduction 1:53 Chords & Form 6:56 L-Form 8:31 Shuffle vs Straight 11:28 Blues Riffs 15:15 Scales 20:27 Improvisation ( Question / Anwser / Resolution ) 29:20 Final Notes 32:12 Appendix I also reacted to a fan request to have more acoustic blues tutorials - and so here we are : Rock Here we have 2 full courses which take you from the total beginner to a solid rock guitar player. If you are a total beginner watch the Beginners Course first and once you are ready you move on to the 2nd course. Basic Rock Guitar. if you finished both courses you are ready for the Rock Guitar Intermediate Award : Jazz And here is the last entire course I recorded this month - Basic Jazz Guitar It's hard to define what exactly the basics in jazz guitar are since Jazz is an advanced genre but here I found a way where even beginners can enter the world of jazz with only basic theoretical knowledge and still sound great. and here is a quite advanced tutorial where you learn on how to use alterations properly. More Guidance in Tutorials The blog section now will allow me to give more guidance in the learning process here on this website. Like 2 years ago I started with the tagging system here, where you can find the content which matches your playing abilities best. Here once again the current tagging system to remember : BLUES blues guitar easy blues guitar intermediate blues guitar advanced blues guitar masterclass ROCK rock guitar easy rock guitar intermediate rock guitar advanced rock guitar masterclass JAZZ easy jazz guitar intermediate jazz guitar advanced jazz guitar jazz guitar masterclass jazz guitar standard smooth jazz ACOUSTIC GUITAR nylon guitar steelstring guitar beautiful acoustic guitar chords beautiful spanish guitar chords ARTIST STUDIES Gary Moore Joe Satriani Stevie Ray Vaughan ZZ Top MUSIC THEORY & EXERCISES music theory theory exercises technical exercises But I will give more guidance to your learning in the future. It is also a bit upon you guys to talk about your difficulties in learning and practicing. I can give you more support to find the right tutorial which matches your current needs in your current guitar journey. Also I want to give more guidance so that you guys can achieve your goals in a faster way and what is really important is that you avoid mistakes which are very time consuming to fix. Final Notes Thats about what got changed in the past 4 weeks. The blog feature is the really big step to a better learning experience to you guys out there. I decided to make this feature available only for Premium Members because I want to help those students who really want to learn guitar and are commited to guitar playing with this new feature. It's now upon you guys to participate and continue your guitar journey with more guidance and help from me or the premium member community. I will also make more expert blog entries where you guys can get more insight to my knowledge about music and guitar playing which might give you more ideas of paths you can go or to give you guys some inspiration. Here you find my blog : That's all now - was a lot and I mean A LOT of work HP

This tutorial is for all guitar players out there who probably just bought their first guitar, having their first guitar lesson and they want to learn rock guitar. This is probably the only shortcut in learning guitar I can offer. This tutorial is a " Must Have " for all guitar beginners who want to learn rock guitar. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial : Please also start working on the basic chords at the same time. As a rock guitar player you don't need them so bad but if you really want to play guitar you can not skip them : Once you done those tutorials you can start working on the Basic Rock Guitar tutorial :

The next classification test is now available in my Guitar Academy. Jazz Guitar Intermediate - the requirements for passing the test are described there. The purpose of the classification tests is to give online students as well as regular " live " students a guideline of where they stand with their guitar playing, what the requirements are to be able to pass at a certain level in a certain genre. This should motivate, but also channelize. Nowadays you can find masses of information on the subject of guitar and guitar learning everywhere on the internet and in my practical experience, most students are overwhelmed by the flood of information and they overtax themselves or have unrealistic short and medium-term goals. The grading tests are intended to counterbalance this. The whole system as it stands now is the sum of my experience from over 20 years of professional online education and the construction of this system, which is now slowly becoming complete, has taken around 4 years. Now you can get started - the combination of online Guitar Academy and live lessons, concerts, music and and and.... I think there are very few such complete online education systems on the Internet - here every level is catered for, from beginner to budding professional guitarist. Another new feature is that the official language is "English" and "German". In the Premium Member Blogs, where the playing level, requirements etc. are discussed in detail, users can now also write in German. ------------------ Der nächste Einteilungs-Test ist nun in meiner Guitar Academy erhältlich. Jazz Guitar Intermediate - die Anforderung zum Bestehen des Tests sind dort beschrieben. Sinn und Zweck der Einteilungs-Tests ist, dass online Studenten wie auch reguläre " Live " Studenten eine Richtlinie haben, wo sie mit ihrem Gitarrenspiel stehen, wie die Anforderungen sind, um in einem bestimmten Genre auf einem bestimmten Level bestehen zu können. Das soll motivieren, aber auch kanalisieren. Im Internet findet man heutzutage überall massenhaft Informationen zum Thema Gitarre und Gitarre Lernen und in der Fülle der Informationsflut sind aus meiner Praxiserfahrung die meisten Studenten überfordert und sie überfordern sich selber oder haben unrealistische kurz und mittelfristige Zielsetzungen. Die Einteilungs-Tests sollen dem ein Gegengewicht geben. Das ganze System wie es jetzt steht ist die Summe aus meiner Erfahrung aus über 20 Jahren des professionellen Online Education und der Bau dieses Systems, welches jetzt so langsam komplett wird, hat um die 4 Jahre gedauert. Nun kann es losgehen - die Kombi aus online Guitar Academy und Live Unterricht, Konzerten, Musik und und und.... ich denke, es gibt nur sehr wenige so komplette online Education Systeme im Internet - hier wird jedes Spiellevel abgeholt, vom Anfänger bis zum angehenden Profi Gitarristen. Neu ist auch, dass die Amtssprache " English " und " Deutsch " ist. In den Premium Member Blogs, wo detailliert über das Spiellevel, die Anforderungen usw. gesprochen wird, können Nutzer nun auch in Deutsch schreiben.

Jazz Guitar Intermediate Here you find some tutorials which help to reach the level of an intermediate jazz guitar player. Rhythm Guitar : Play a simple rhythm guitar on any jazz standard with basic chords or the chords which are suggested in the tutorials or on any jazz blues. Themes : Play a simple theme of a selected jazz standard Improvisation : Play 3 chorus of improisation in a jazz or minor jazz blues by using the blues scale. Useful tutorials : You can find any tutorial which fits the requirement with the search tags : easy jazz guitar jazz standard You can study any of the recommended tutorials but you can use any of the tutorials which are marked with this tag : easy jazz guitar jazz standard Make The Test ! If you feel that you reached the level of a intermediate jazz guitar player you can make the test I am offering to you. If you pass the test you will get an award which will be permanently displayed in your personal profile. To pass the test for the Jazz Guitar Intermediate Award you need to record me a video of max. 10 minutes containing the following things. Once you are ready - book your test here :

Here you give you some important tips about practicing guitar. Disziplin and regularity and joy of playing are the key to success. Here you find instructions on how to open up your own blog and write your practice plan and to get a review :

Here I teach you all you need to know about alterations in jazz guitar. I start with the theory of the classical cadence, then explain how to transform it into jazz and then from where you get the alternate mode and how to use it properly. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial here :

Here I show you a cool blues guitar riff on the acoustic steelstring guitar. Beside that I show you a simple bluesy melody and at the end of the tutorial I give you some tips on how to sound more sophisticated with " let ring " guitar licks. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Premium Blogs If you need any guidance or advice which tutorial or which course would fit best to your current guitar playing situation let me know where you stand, what your goals are and I can give you tips and tricks and the proper links. If any new questions show up then just continue to write and we have a monitor on your progress and you can also always check where you stand. Of course you can write anything else " off topic " about music or guitarplaying. The tool is free to use as long your posts follow the community guidelines. For the german speaking members here : Open up your own Premium Blog If have made your upgrade you open up your blog here : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/blogs/ 1. If you are opening up the new blog first click on " create a new blog " Click on " create a new blog " and then follow the instructions. If you are adding a new blog you will be asked to create a category where your first blog enty will be placed. If you add new entries you can attach it to the category you created or you can also add more categories if you have more to say. One these first steps are done each time you want to make a " New Entry " you click on that button and then write or post whatever you want and you are asked to attach your entry to your categories you have created. If you have difficulties in opening up your blogs let me know.

Here I teach you all you need to know about rock guitar power chords, powerchord damping techniques and some basic lead techniques which you can use in any rock guitar situation. Even if it is labeled as basic, it is not so easy and will take some time till you find your tone and expression but with their few instructions you can make it from a beginner to a solid rock guitar player. This tutorial is a " MUST HAVE " for all rock guitar fans. Here you can dowload the files associated to this tutorial :

It's hard to define what exactly the basics in jazz guitar are since Jazz is an advanced genre but here I found a way where even beginners can enter the world of jazz with only basic theoretical knowledge and still sound great. Here you find the files associated to this tutorial :

There is a new video now - check it out.

The blog section now will allow me to give more guidance in the learning process here on this website. Like 2 years ago I started with the tagging system here, where you can find the content which matches your playing abilities best. Here once again the current tagging system to remember : BLUES blues guitar easy blues guitar intermediate blues guitar advanced blues guitar masterclass ROCK rock guitar easy rock guitar intermediate rock guitar advanced rock guitar masterclass JAZZ easy jazz guitar intermediate jazz guitar advanced jazz guitar jazz guitar masterclass jazz guitar standard smooth jazz ACOUSTIC GUITAR nylon guitar steelstring guitar beautiful acoustic guitar chords beautiful spanish guitar chords ARTIST STUDIES Gary Moore Joe Satriani Stevie Ray Vaughan ZZ Top MUSIC THEORY & EXERCISES music theory theory exercises technical exercises But I will give more guidance to your learning in the future. It is also a bit upon you guys to talk about your difficulties in learning and practicing. I can give you more support to find the right tutorial which matches your current needs in your current guitar journey. Also I want to give more guidance so that you guys can achieve your goals in a faster way and what is really important is that you avoid mistakes which are very time consuming to fix.

and the website is now redesigned and reordered and fits to the developments of the last 12 months. http://www.hanspeterkruesi.com

Here's now a brand new feature in the Guitar Academy - The Premiem Member Blog section. I always wanted to have an exclusive section only for premium members and here it is. Read more about it here :

Hi and welcome to this brand new feature here in the HPCrazy Guitar Academy. What is the general idea of this blog section ? 1. I would like to share more insights and more features - such as live streaming and general talks about the topic in detail to members who are really into music and guitar playing. I have dedicated my whole life only to music, composing, music production and last but not least guitar playing and teaching guitar. So I have a lot of expert knowledge to share but I can not give everything for free all time. So I got this idea of a section here on this website where the entire content is only available for premium members. And here we are. The entire blog section will only be visible and readable to premium members and you might get some knowledge and insights which are very valuable or interesting for you or you just want to support the work I am doing. 2. I always wanted to have a private section for those members who want to really go deeper into music and guitar playing and also want to share their experience or their story about guitar playing to others who are on the same path. So here we are - you are free to express yourself here in the blog area. I am thinking about enlarging the webspace for premium members so that you can upload more images or sound files but it has to stay on a reasonable level because at the moment it is not possible to get a hosting package with tons of data storage. So that's the reason why it is limited. 3. I want to give premium members the opportunity to share their practice plans, their gear, their overall learning story for review so that you get some support here in your learning process. I always wanted to do this but it has to stay on a reasonable workload for me. So it is strongly limited to premium members. If you have any question or problem you can now share it here to the community and maybe other members are having the same problem and want to share their experience. Here you now have a private place where you guys are among you. I guess only students who are really serious about their guitar playing and music are willing to pay for a premium membership so this way you can be sure that you meet people who are on a similar path as you. You are free to use this section the way you want. You can even enable an RSS feed of your blog and share it anywhere else if you want. That's now all for the moment - it's up to you guys to use this brand new amazing function to get deeper into your music and your guitar playing - with the assistance of this premium community here.

Here I show you how to get really creative with only 3 slow rock guitar chords. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

I heard this guy here like 20 years ago but forgot his name - but the music stayed in my memory. A FB friend is just visiting a concert of him in Switzerland and posted it there. Now I remembered the name : Keziah Jones The Master of Funk Guitar from my point of view.