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Here i give you some instructions on how to work with arpeggio's the easy way. You use the normal chord shapes of the E, A, C and D type chords as orientation and this gives you the grid to play along with the target notes of any major or minor chord. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Tomorrow is my first Guitar Night after a long break. I have been preparing intensively. This included getting to know my new concert guitar and adapting my playing technique to the sound characteristics of this instrument, but also a new interpretation of pieces from the jazz and blues genres. The theme of this first Guitar Night is : Pure Jazz & Blues. For guitar freaks among you. I plan to do most of the program with a simple sound ( Fender Deluxe Amp with and without analog delay and spring reverb ) without any other technical aids ( backing tracks or loopers ). It's an experiment, because I don't know if such a program is entertaining at all. Since I'm still in the experimental phase, the concert will only take place as a livestream.

This tutorial is a " MUST HAVE " for all blues guitar players who have never done this before. Here you learn the basics of proper and perfect timing in shuffle blues guitar. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I want to share some ideas for updates which I have. You might want to give your opinion or suggestion here to help to improve the whole system. ------------------------------------- I am thinking about writting some guided courses out of the existing tutorials here to help you guys to get kind of a direction which tutorials shall be to watch and to work on. There is already so much content here in the academy - it's hard to keep track on all material which is here and if you don't know what to search for then you will not find it. Tell me what you think about this

With the HPCrazy Guitar Night on Sept. 22th I will start a new journey in my artistic and educational work which I have been doing over many years now. I have been focused mainly on the educational part of my guitar journey and the creatic part, especially the life playing part, has always been neglected due to being too busy with too many different things. This will change now - I will take the live-playing from the last place in the priority list to the first place and the second one will be the education of course. But this shift in priorities will have an impact in the education part as well. I also want to share in random video's my thoughts, findings, tips and tricks which I am working on during my journey which is starting now. So beside the regular educational content you will find some random talking out of the box video's which might also be in your interest. My goal is to get a small guitar community rolling and having a space for people who just love guitars and guitar music. Every journey starts with a first step and so it will be on Sept. 22th.

Here I teach my basic jazz guitar improvisation concept where you can lay the foundation for all future jazz guitar improvisations. In jazz it's all about time and space and therefore you need to train your abilities to master time and space while playing the guitar. Once you have your foundation you can get creative and free in your expression on jazz guitar. This tutorial is a " MUST HAVE " ! Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you some really cool blues rock guitar licks which you can use with a drop D tuning on your guitar. Works great in a classical 60's trio formation like Cream, Jimi Hendrix or Rory Gallagher did. Here you can find the files associated to this tutorial :

I struggled quite a while on what to do on this upcoming guitar night. I wanted to do it mainly on jazz - but the problem is that I don't have enough cool jazz backing tracks and it might not be so fun to watch for the audience. I really want to bring up more jazz but it takes more time than I anticipated. I want to take my jazz improvisations on a new level on the new guitar. The concept I am working on is to find the best sounding spots on the guitar for specific notes and lines and connect it into the whole improvisation. That means that I will break up my existing patterns and lines I have learned but it is worth it. I am already doing this on rock and blues which is way easier since there is only the blues or the pentatonic scale but on jazz it takes longer than anticipated but I think it will be worth it. Just follow the guitar nights and see how it develops. Also the big players in the past reached their maximum expression after performing and playing for a longer while and a playing style has to develop while performing and recording. So that's the current goal - don't miss the next guitar night if you are interested. That was the main reason to start them again - just get back to performance routines with new material.

Here I share some tips and tricks on how you can create a great rock guitar improvisation in any jam session situation by just using this chord progression. E5 / E5 / E5 / E5 / E5 / E5 / G A / E5 / G A / E5 / The trick is to work on different levels of intensity in your tone, expression, playing and sound. Even the things which are played seem to be easy. You need to have your things a bit together to be able to create the vibe in your playing as described. Here you can download the backing track attached to this tutorial :

Here I give you some advanced tips and tricks to play on a regular slow minor blues by following the chords and using modes. This way you can expand the possibilities of your expression and sound in minor blues. You find the files associated to this tutorial here :

Here you find me and some of my Swiss Blues Guitar buddies on a Swiss Collab Blues Guitar Video. It has been offline for a while due to some copyright issues but it is now back online. You find here the selection of the 8 top Swiss Blues Guitar players and I am honored to be a part of this video. The others are : Heiko Freund Didi Meier Sascha Knell Richard Koechli Me ( HPCrazy ) Philipp Bluedög Gerber Tom Marcozzi Stefan Schroff

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View File Guitar Tapping - Basic Chords Here you find the basic exercises for chords if you want to enter the amazing world of the " Touch Technique ". This technique is basically adapted from piano playing and expands the possibilities of expression of the guitar dramatically. These basic tapping guitar exercises are quite easy and here you learn how to create either major or minor chords with the tapping technique and how to groove with this technique like a piano or percussion player. Submitter admin Submitted 09/01/2023 Category Theory & Exercises  

Here is now the Sept 23 newsletter : Blues New Age Blues Guitar : Here I talk about a really cool blues guitar style as seen on artists like Cam Cole or Dan Mudd by using really retro equipment and dirty distortions and a bottle neck for a really cool new age blues guitar sound. Old Love ( Eric Clapton ) : Here you can learn the rhythm guitar of Eric Clapton's tune " Old Love '' and I will share some insight on how to play the typical slow hand guitar style which made Eric Clapton the guitar player most of us know. I am happy to announce that this video went quit viral on YT and reached over 11000 views. Rock This was the month of some really " MUST HAVE " tutorials in the rock genre. Rock Guitar Timing Bootcamp Here I am going through all basic exercises which you need to master if you want to have a good rock guitar timing with a precision level of 100%. Before you can not play the basic timing signatures of whole, half, quarter, 8th and 16th notes you can not get deeper into complicated rhythms and expect to be precise. This tutorial and bootcamp is for all players who have never done the rock guitar timing bootcamp before. This tutorial is a " MUST HAVE " for all players who want to get a perfect timing. Basic Rock Guitar Licks In this tutorial I show you 7 easy rock guitar licks which from my personal view are the most important rock guitar licks which you need to know to get comfortable in any rock lead guitar situation. They are shown in the key of Am in the 1st position of the minor pentatonics. This tutorial is a must have for any rock guitar player. This tutorial is currently going viral on YT with over 6000 views in 24 hours. Jazz Straight, No Chaser ( Jazz Blues Guitar ) Here I show you the theme of " Straight, No Chaser " by Monk. Beside this I show you the chords you can play to this typical jazz blues in the key of F and at the end of the tutorial I give some tips on how you can achieve a monk or miles style phrasing in your improvisation. Acoustic Guitar Beautiful Acoustic Guitar Chords - G Here you find a wonderful selection of chords in the key of G which are using a proper voice leading technique and some wonderful openstring settings. Makes your chords in the key of G sound fresh and beautiful. Here you can listen to my version of this wonderful song in the color " Blue ". As you can see this song represents the color blue in ways of open mind, peace and open skies. The key of the song is G which is like in most cases the color " blue ". Very Important Insights Guitar Secrets - Learning - Enjoying - Mastery Here I share my thoughts and concepts of learning and playing guitar for beginners, intermediate - professional guitar players. I wished my guitar teacher had gave me that insight. These tips represent my personal view and professional opinion and if they don't resonate with you that's fine too. There are these chapters available : 0:07 Introduction 3:26 Learning 7:37 Enjoying 16:27 Mastery 24:53 HPCrazy Guitar Academy Guitar Nights I am starting in Sept. again with regular " Guitar Nights ". They will be broadcasted live into the internet. Just tune into the event for more information about each upcoming Guitar Night. Personal Notes I am currently doing a lot of technique exercises with Mrs. Blue. This guitar has really some much more dynamic possibilities in the expression of the pure sound then any other guitar I experienced in my professional career and this opens up a world which I always wanted to explore. I always used a lot of delay effects in my guitar sounds in order to make the sound more rich and wide but with this guitar I want to put it first to it's pure sound and so I am doing mainly exercises and practice work with a simple Fender Deluxe amp with a 2*12 cabinet and spring reverb. I studied jazz guitar but somehow in my professional life I drifted away to blues and rock and I must say that my guitar soul is in blues and rock guitar but I also loved jazz a lot. But what I always thought is that the typical jazz guitar sound lacks in emotional deepness as you would find in blues. So I want to make my jazz guitar style get this really bluesy vibe but with jazz material. There are some guys who play jazz in a blues fashion by adding blues licks and blues lines. But I would like to have jazz lines but with the emotional touch of typical blues guitar. And that's what I am currently working on a lot. The great thing is that I think with this guitar I will get where I always wanted to be in jazz guitar. My goal is to present the first results of my work on the guitar night of the 22th of Sept. - so if you are interested save the date and tune into the livestream then. ... my goal is to combine a fusion of traditional jazz guitar in the style of Kenny Burell, for example, with the funky style of George Benson but with a bluesy / rocking expressive tone of Scott Henderson, for example. Is a lot of work for the fact that jazz is not necessarily a popular genre. Anyway, the goal is to present such a program to my community at my Guitar Night on Sept 22 ( online ). Plus influences and sections with Stanley Jordan and Joe Pass style. Technical Updates I have updated the community guidelines according to the new laws in the European Union. The main task it to make your privacy transperant on this website. Well there was not much to change. 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My acoustic guitar instrumental for some peace in the world. As you can see this song represents the color blue in ways of open mind, peace and open skies. The key of the song is G which is like in most cases the color " blue ". If you want to try this song yourself go here :