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Dec. Newsletter here some updates about the HPCrazy Guitar Academy : I have reorganized the whole site a bit in order to make it easyier for you to find the content which you are interested in. Since most of the user's are here for the HPCrazy Guitar Academy everything is highlighting now that part of the site. Here are now the latest improvements on the site : 1. The feed of the latest topics is now at the top of the page. If you want to follow all topic's you just come here regulary in order to view the latest topics. 2. The 2 clubs went a bit in the background since not many of you are using it to interact with others but I think they are still worth to be there since some topics just belong there. 3. The latest Premium Member Downloads appear on the top of the page now as well - if you are using a PC or MAC on this site. 4. A new " Best Use " Video and probably more changements are coming soon. HPCrazy Guitar Academy NEWS Blues The Sophisticated Slow Blues Guitar Tutorial was pretty popular. So if you love to play a sophisticated slow blues guitar in the ballpark of Peter Green or also Gary Moore. Then this tutorial is for you. If you are a intermediate blues guitar player and you are looking for more tutorial's on this difficulty level just click on the " blues guitar intermediate " tag : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/tags/blues guitar intermediate/ For any other blues guitar tutorials you find a summary of the main tags here : blues guitar easy blues guitar intermediate blues guitar advanced blues guitar masterclass If you want automatic messages about new blues content please visit the Blues Forum and click on the " Follow " button. Then go to your personal settings and there to the " followed content " - there you can click on " Change Preference " to define how you want to get notified about new content. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/forum/55-blues/ Rock All students who are already intermediate players and now want to go to the next step of rock lead guitar playing should watch this tutorial here. Here you find the very basic but very sophisticated exercises and tips to put your rock lead guitar on the next level. If you are a intermediate rock guitar player and you are looking for more tutorial's on this difficulty level just click on the " rock guitar intermediate " tag : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/tags/rock guitar intermediate/ For any other rock guitar tutorials you find a summary of the main tags here : rock guitar easy rock guitar intermediate rock guitar advanced rock guitar masterclass If you want automatic messages about new rock content please visit the Rock Forum and click on the " Follow " button. Then go to your personal settings and there to the " followed content " - there you can click on " Change Preference " to define how you want to get notified about new content. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/forum/56-rock/ Jazz Even Jazz is not so popular on YouTube many of you guys came to the HPCrazy Guitar Academy just because of that and your selection was quite wise since in fact I have originaly studied jazz guitar at Swiss Music University and I had a pretty successful career here in Switzerland in the first part of my carreer as a Jazz Pianist. If you are new to jazz but still want to give a try I recommend that you check out the brand new tutorial " The Days Of Wine And Roses ". It's a really neat tune and the best thing is, that it is very easy to play. The piano on the backing track is of course played by me. Music I did a very simple and short recording of my arrangement for " What A Wonderful World " by Louis Armstrong and that video broke all records till now. It made near to 50K views on only one week. 7-string guitar I started my journey on the 7-string guitar and if you want to join it and maybe also try a few steps with the 7-string guitar I am sharing my experience and also some tabs and simple exercises which can help you on your journey as well or just if you are curious about this big miracle of the 7-string guitar. What I already can say is, that in fact it is a big challenge even for me. That was all now for the moment. If you love the work I am doing for you please make a premium member upgrade even if you don't use the HPCrazy Guitar Academy so regular. If your premium membership has expired and you can not manage to renew it, please don't hesitate to contact me that I can assist you. There have been a few problems in the past and I hope the technical issues have been solved. https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/subscriptions/ Best HP

Now I reordered even more and I changed the name to the current situation here now. It new : HPCrazy Guitar Academy & Music

The Days Of Wine And Roses - Jazz Guitar Lesson Here I show you the jazz standard " The Days Of Wine And Roses " . First I show you the chords, then the theme as it is written in the Realbook and then give you some advice on how to analyze the tune in order to find the correct modes to each of the chords and last but not least I give you some tips and inspiration how to build up a cool and decent jazz guitar version of this wonderful tune. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial : If you need any additational professional guidance please book a private online guitar lesson here : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/store/category/1-private-online-guitar-lessons/

Sophisticated Slow Blues Guitar Here I give you some tips on how to work out a sophisticated blues guitar solo by following the chords. In this case this 8 bar blues is quite uncommon but sounds great. I first show you the chords and then give you valuable tips and tricks to follow those chords. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial here : If you need any further assistance you can book a private online guitar lesson here : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/store/category/1-private-online-guitar-lessons/

Here I start with the first experiences I made playing the 7 string guitar. In fact it is the same like the 6 string guitar with just one additional string - the low B-string. But that one confuses your orientation quite a lot because one is used to make the orientation upon the low E-string and not the B-string so you need to build up new visuals on the scales and the chords. The best step to start is to first just start to play the normal rock chords in the key of Bm and then check out the penatonics in the normal positions 1 and 4 and to add the additional notes. So here are the first examples as a first step to enter the world on the 7 strings. Bm 7-String Scale Exercise.pdf The amplifier settings is a 2nd topic since the low B string in fact sounds like a bass and some cabinets make the sound too deep and blury. What I found that when you work with crunch sounds the most transparent sound comes with 2*12 cabinets and also using the Shure SM57 mic.

In this blog here I will talk about my journey on the new 7 string guitar and share my thoughts, my exercises, my sound settings and new playing techniques which come up with the new opportunities on the 7 strings. I will share my exercises here in this post. They will be available for Premium Members for download. If you have any questions please use this topic here because I want to keep the timeline in this topic here clean. And please give your vote in this poll here.

This topic here is for your questions and comments about any 7-string guitar topic. You can post any question if you like or you can refer to the original topic which you find here :

Creative Rock Guitar Riff Here I show how to get creative on a very simple rock guitar riff with the chords : Am / F G I start very simple and then make variations on the rhythm in the 1st part and then variations on the chords in the 2nd part. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial : If you need any further professional assistance please book a private online guitar lesson here : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/store/category/1-private-online-guitar-lessons/

The shop is now finalized. I have added the modern design too. You can now choose between 2 designs. The old classic design and the modern design which you always see in the intro of each HPCrazy Video. There is a premium and a normal t-shirt available either for men or women. And I make like 5 US$ for each sales. It's not a real buisness here but it's fun to have this T-Shirt shop.

Since most of the members are here because of the Guitar Academy I have reordered the website a bit that the Guitar Academy comes first.

View File Sweep Picking Exercises Sweep Picking Exercises Here you find 2 different sweep picking exercises following the normal diatonic major chords. The first exercise is easier than the 2nd one. If you are new to sweep picking, start with the first one and do it really slowly and pay close attention to the details of your picking hand because that's the hard part of these exercises. I have added an audio file with 70 bpm. I would take this as a first goal before you try to more to higher tempo's. In general sweep picking is a technique which in fact needs a lot of patience till you can start to use it in your regular playing. The best method to approach it is to keep it slow and really focus on the picking hand once you have the patterns of your grabbing hand done. Submitter admin Submitted 11/15/2022 Category Theory & Exercises  

Crazy Dorian Smooth Jazz Guitar Ideas Here I give you some crazy ideas for a dorian smooth jazz guitar improvisation if you want to start to play more outside the box. I work with upper structure arpeggio ideas, chromatic ideas and some Wes Montgomery ideas all in combination with the regular " inside the box " ideas. Even if these ideas are for advanced smooth jazz guitar players they might give beginners and intermediate players some ideas of what else is out there in the guitar universe. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial : Here you find additional exercises for the arpeggio's I am using in this tutorial : If you are new to sweep picking you might first check out these exercises : If you need any further assistance please book a private online guitar lesson here : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/store/category/1-private-online-guitar-lessons/

You can now choose between 3 different appearances here in the Academy. HPCrazy Guitar Academy ( Dark Theme ) HPCrazy Guitar Acadey ( Light Theme ) Dafault You find the selector " Themes " at the bottom of the page

I have changed the appearance of the site a bit

Drop D Groovy Shuffle Blues Guitar Here I share the secrets on how you can play a really groovy shuffle blues guitar with a drop D tuning and a few tricks which I am showing to you here. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial here : If you need any further professional assistance please book a private online guitar lesson here : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/store/category/1-private-online-guitar-lessons/

Hey Darrell, welcome here at the academy. Here is the riff which is played on the backing track :

A little feedback on yesterday's concert in Seegräben. It was wonderful again. About 20 people on site and 50 online and there was once again an improvised piano concert to listen to. The piano in Seegräben does not necessarily meet the highest professional standards and the journey to Seegräben is unfortunately too arduous for many interested people because there is no connection to public transport. But there is a reason why I always play in Seegräben. I myself once lived in Seegräben and in this church I often sat alone at the piano there and developed concepts and music, which accompany me to this day in my creative work and this piano, which is about 100 years old, is also part of the creative flow. In my opinion the creative flow is much more important than the marketing technical aspects of a concert and with the respective live broadcast the people can still be there. What is planned for the future ? Now I finally want to integrate the guitar more into the concerts. Up to now there was not enough time to work out a new program. This is the next item on the pending list. I have ordered a new color lighting, which should dip the room more into the played color. Unfortunately it was not delivered yesterday, but I hope that the next concert on 8.12. will be the first time this lighting will be in use.

Hey Wayne, what exactly is the problem ? Seems like you were able to log in...