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Hey guys, a bit late but finaly here is the Feb 26 newsletter. I have been very busy in January with finalizing the works on my digital presence. Now all is finished and if you are interested in it you can review what was done and what the results are here : https://www.e-e-a-t-r.com The results which are achieved will give me back my full creative freedom and helps to spread it everywhere in the internet. The method is open source and free for the public. But there are also some very cool new tutorials available in the HPCrazy Guitar Academy : Blues Basic Slow Blues Training - First Solo : In this tutorial I show you the very first and very important steps to play your first solo in solo blues guitar. The key in slow blues is timing, tone control and to know 3 main licks. I will show you all of this here and give you some tips on how you can learn to live in the tone to get your personal expression in slow blues guitar even as a beginner. Slow Blues Guitar Training - Basic Licks : Here I show you 3 different basic licks which you can use in any slow blues guitar setting. I show the main basic lick and then a whole bundle of variations of them to make you sound really smooth and cool. Rock THE hardest Blues Rock Guitar Riff : Here I show you one of my very favorite blues rock guitar riffs which I consider THE hardest one I know and it's really fun. It's played with a drop D tuning and it's challenging but not so hard as it looks like. Give it a try ! High Intensity Rock Lead Guitar Tricks : Here I show you some tips, tricks and licks that you can play on a high intensity rock lead guitar with 120 bpm. The trick is to set a counterpoint to the speed of the track and to fill it with intensity. Jazz Neo Soul Guitar - LoFi : Here you show you a nice Neo Soul Guitar chord progression and give some easy and intutiv ideas for the improvisation over this wonderful and orange progression. The backing track is out of my own production line. Emotional Smooth Jazz Guitar : Here I give you tips and tricks on how to play some emotional smooth jazz guitar. It's not about shredding or playing many notes, it's about playing the right notes and listening to the music you can play with. Cool Jazz Guitar Minor Blues : Here I give you some cool ideas what you can play on a classic jazz guitar minor blues which is : Cm7 / Cm7 / Cm7 / C7alt Fm7 / Fm7 / Cm7 / Cm7 Ab7 / G7alt / Cm7 / G7alt Beside those ideas i give you some tips and tricks how to work with the 2&4 groove and also how you can work with singing ( forgive me my bad singing :-) ) to get a natural flow and vibe in your improvisation. These were so far all news from the HPCrazy Guitar Academy. Thanks for your ongoing support. If your premium member subscription has expired and you still wish to support my work, please renew it. If you want to support the development of my Farbmusik and get my other newsletter with all news around that topic please become a supporter there : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/clients/donations/ Best HP & Dr. Pink 😊

The most common question in many years of teaching guitar is how to use the mixolydian mode in blues guitar. Here I show you a good method to start using the mixolydian mode the easy way just by following the regular chords of this standard blues in D with the following chord progression : D / G / D / D G / G / D / D A / G / D / A Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you some tips, tricks and licks that you can play on a high intensity rock lead guitar with 120 bpm. The trick is to set a counterpoint to the speed of the track and to fill it with intensity. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial : If you want to learn the rock guitar riff which is used on this tutorial you find a tutorial here :

Here I give you some cool ideas what you can play on a classic jazz guitar minor blues which is : Cm7 / Cm7 / Cm7 / C7alt Fm7 / Fm7 / Cm7 / Cm7 Ab7 / G7alt / Cm7 / G7alt Beside those ideas i give you some tips and tricks how to work with the 2&4 groove and also how you can work with singing ( forgive me my bad singing :-) ) to get a natural flow and vibe in your improvisation. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you 3 different basic licks which you can use in any slow blues guitar setting. I show the main basic lick and then a whole bundle of variations of them to make you sound really smooth and cool.

Am kommenden Sonntag 1. Feb. um 20:00 ist das nächste Farbmusik Vollmond Konzert in der Ref. Kirche Seegräben. Mit dem Mond in Löwe steht dieses Konzert ganz im Zeichen der Kreativität und die Hauptfarben werden Rot und Orange sein. Es werden 2 neue Stücke uraufgeführt : Orange & Violett Die Stücke stammen wie immer aus der eigenen Farbmusik Produktion und verbinden moderne Sounds mit orchestralen Elementen und einer klangvoll - emotionalen Gitarre oder Piano. Das Konzert wird live ins Internet übertragen : Wer das Projekt " Farbmusik " unterstützen möchte kann dies gerne als Farbmusik Supporter hier machen : https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/clients/donations/ oder auch gerne diesen Beitrage teilen. 😊

Here I show you 3 different basic licks which you can use in any slow blues guitar setting. I show the main basic lick and then a whole bundle of variations of them to make you sound really smooth and cool. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Am 17. Jan 2026 habe ich einen Gitarrenworkshop für Anfänger und Wiedereinsteiger in Zürich geleitet. Dieser war in Kooperation mit Musik Hug und Match Space Music. Ziel des Workshops war es, Anfänger und Wiedereinsteiger innert 45 Min. zu motivieren, die Reise zusammen mit der Gitarre anzutreten. Die Kosten für jeden Workshop Teilnehmer waren 20 CHF und Musik Hug stellt die Gitarren kostenlos zur Verfügung. Die Veranstaltung wurde von Match Space Music unterstützt, die auf ihr Unterrichtsangebot aufmerksam machten. Die Schwierigkeit war natürlich, dass nicht alle Workshopteilnehmer das gleiche Spielniveau und die gleich schnelle Auffassungsgabe haben würden. Mein Ziel war es aber, dass am Schluss der 45 Minuten alle Workshopteilnehmern zusammen mit einem extra für diesen Event produzierten Backing Track spielen konnten. Ich entschied mich für einen midtempo binären Track mit E5 / E5 / A5 / A5. Die Teilnehmer konnten wählen ob sie mit einem Plektrum oder mit Fingerpicking spielen wollten. Alle Teilnehmen sollten die Griffe Em und Aadd9 lernen und gleich anwenden. Diese 2 Griffe sind die einfachsten Griffe und bereiten auch kompletten Gitarrenanfängern kaum Schwierigkeiten. Ziel war es ganz einfache Rhythmus Muster zu spielen, zusammen mit dem takgebenden Fuss zu synchronisieren und letztlich dies auch mit dem Backing Track zu synchronisieren. Am Anfang übten wir die einzelnen sehr einfachen Muster und ab dann war jeder frei das Muster zu spielen welches man wollte und als Abschluss des Workshops dürfte jeder Teilnehmen zum Backing Track mit den gelernten Mustern improvisieren und nach der eigenen Performance weitergeben, so dass ein interaktives Zusammenspiel entstand. Dies gelang zu 100 %. Der Kern des Workshops war gleich zu Beginn Musik zu machen und ein Zusammenspiel zu schaffen. Dieses Ziel wurde erreicht.

Here I share some insight on how you can create an emotional tone on your lead guitar which goes in the direction of Gary Moore's signature vibes in his playing. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Durch einen Notfall im Janauar 2026 bin ich als Ersatz Organist / Pianist für die Kath. Kirche Maur Egg am Piano eingesprungen. Ich hatte nur wenige Tage Zeit das Repertoire für Piano zu arrangieren und zu studieren aber die Struktur der Kath. Messen hat mir auch erlaubt eigene Instrumentals zu spielen. Da habe ich Auszüge aus meinem Farbmusik Konzert Program gespielt. Hier sehen wir einen Eindruck aus der Kapelle Forch wo ein wunderbarer Konzertflügel zur Verfügung steht. Die Feedbacks waren so positiv, dass man mich nun auf die Organisten / Pianisten Liste gesetzt hat und weitere Einsätze in der Zukunft kommen werden. Für mich war es auch eine wunderbare Erfahrung in so einem Rahmen auch meine Stücke in einem würdigen Rahmen zu präsentieren. Umso mehr freut es mich, dass dies so überwältigend gut angekommen ist. Es ist auch in der Zukunft denkbar, dass auch Einsätze am Piano, Orgel und Gitarre kommen.

Hey A 😊 thanks for the suggestion. I always try to make the tabs as useful as possible for the learning process but depending on the lesson it sometimes does not makes sense to write everything down. That's a bit my teaching style. It's mostly more to understand the concept. And this lesson here is really old and there I didn't make as much tabs as in todays lesssons. But I take your request into consideration and see what I can do. 😊

Here I give you tips and tricks on how to play some emotional smooth jazz guitar. It's not about shredding or playing many notes, it's about playing the right notes and listening to the music you can play with. Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

Here I show you one of my very favorite blues rock guitar riffs which I consider THE hardest one I know and it's really fun. It's played with a drop D tuning and it's challenging but not so hard as it looks like. Give it a try ! Here you can download the files associated to this tutorial :

In this tutorial I show you the very first and very important steps to play your first solo in solo blues guitar. The key in slow blues is timing, tone control and to know 3 main licks. I will show you all of this here and give you some tips on how you can learn to live in the tone to get your personal expression in slow blues guitar even as a beginner.

In this tutorial I show you the very first and very important steps to play your first solo in solo blues guitar. The key in slow blues is timing, tone control and to know 3 main licks. I will show you all of this here and give you some tips on how you can learn to live in the tone to get your personal expression in slow blues guitar even as a beginner.