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Yeah me too - much more then the first one they released a few weeks ago.

As it seems - the technical maintainance is done and all seems to work out fine. Please let me know if you monitor any problems. But I think the system should be stable now.

I am running into some technical difficulties which might lead that this website can be offline for a few days. I hope it will not happen but I just want to inform everybody that I am working on this problem and it will be solved. Hopfully without interruptions ? If there is any MySql and database expert out there - help would be welcome. I need to migrate my database to another server and have no clue how to do that.

DEMON FIRE ( AC DC )- Guitar Lesson Here you can learn the guitar riff which is played in AC DC s new song Demon Fire from the CD PWRUP. It's a typical AC DC guitar riff. I am showing you 2 possible fingerings how it is played but I would recommend you the version I think is easier to play. But it's up to you. Thanks to AC DC for this great new song. I love it. Demon Fire ( AC DC ).pdf Demon Fire ( AC DC Trailer ).gp

I have reordered everything now so the navigation here in the memberarea gets easier. You might check it out. What is new are the picks on the bottom of the page. There you find promoted content with cool " Must Have " stuff or important information. And new is the highlighted Status Update feature which give you more interaktiv possibilities with other members here in the member section. I think slowly we are approaching a really cool and interaktiv system where you can have a lot of fun. ?

Cool ?

Symphonic Rock ( John Petrucci Style )- Guitar Masterclass In this guitar masterclass I'll talk about symphonic rock and relate it to the playing style of John Petrucci Petrucci from Dream Theater. This is not a beginner's lesson so you need to have your things a little bit together to follow my instructions here but for sure it makes sense to get some inspiration even though you probably are not able to play the really fast guitar licks which I'm going to show you here. The guitar master class starts with the courts of the simple backing track with the chords Em, C and D and then gives you the instructions which modes are used on those guitar chords. These are aeolian, lydian and mixolydian. I saw your parents with the so-called three note per string scales. Then I will show you how to use those scales either with 16th note runs or sextole runs. After that I show you how to make combinations of the fast guitar runs and a simple melodic symphonic rock guitar theme. The theme is played in two octaves and this way you can create more tension in your melody development. a signature element of John Petrucci are his octave licks. They're going to show you how they are done and how you can develop it and come make a combination with the melody and the fast runs. Coming to the highlights you also might want to add some tremolo picking licks and they are going to show you different kinds of licks and possibilities which work for different playing levels. At the end I mix everything together to a great symphonic rock guitar instrumental. Symphonic Rock ( John Petrucci Style ).pdf Symphonic Rock ( John Petrucci Style ).gp symphonic rock.mp3

Hey Sara, it's no problem to share your recording. This is about learning and not to show off ? I would recommend to use the backing track you downloaded - this gives the whole thing kind of a structure. ?

Yeah love them too - but they are called Dirty Honey ? A student of mine sent me the link. ?

This one is one of the favorites on the list and this one

well it was not my idea - I do offer a guitar diploma and I have the right to give those diploma's at least here in Switzerland if somebody want to do the job as a guitarist as profession. So somebody came with the idea to offer these awards also for other playing levels. I don't really know if students would want it. The final diploma they want but the others I dont know..... https://www.hpcrazy.com/diploma.html

Dust My Broom ( ELMORE JAMES )- Guitar Lesson Here you can learn the one guitar part of the song " Dust My Broom " by Elmore James. It is played with a bottleneck. So I give you a short introduction into the bottleneck guitar technique and then show you the signature guitar part of this very famous song by Elmore James. For those who don't have a bottle neck I show a version in the 2nd part of the tutorial where you can play it without bottleneck. Dust My Broom.pdf Dust My Broom.gp dust my broom.mp3

Exactly thats the idea behind it. The community helps eachother to progress. I can also comment from time to time or to start but I don't have so much free time left for that. It would also give the community a better " together " vibe. ?

You mean about the exams ? That concept is an idea but not worked out at the moment. But for any tutorial you can post how you managed the tutorial and see who comments. ?

I havent thought it totally thru but something like that. You just need to record a video where you play related to what you learnt then I can see if a student passed the level or not. ?

There is an app available now - it's still in beta. So if you guys want to give it a try. Let me know about your experience. It's calledHanspeter Kruesi - Music & HPCrazy Guitar Academy For iPhone : https://testflight.apple.com/join/bzsWOXFO For Android : https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.invisioncommunity.communities

In this tutorial I talked about how to play a great acoustic blues guitar solo performance. Think about the blues guitar player in the streets of New Orleans or a similar scene where you just sit there with your acoustic steel-string guitar and you want to play blues without any band. That's what this tutorial is about. This tutorial is divided in three parts, first I show an easy theme which is played in the key of A, then I play a simple blues guitar rhythm guitar and show you how to improvise by using the a minor pentatonic and the simple chords which I showed you and at the end I going to give some instructions how you really put things together correctly. Here you find the standard blues form which is very important to know by heart : A / A / A / A D / D / A / A E / D / A / E Pay really closed attention of my final notes at the end about timing, rhythm and form. Acoustic Blues Guitar Solo Performance.pdf Acoustic Blues Guitar Solo Performance.gp

Hey guys, I am planing to do exams for different playing levels - like you can make an exam if you want to get from beginner to intermediate or from intermediate to advanced, adavenced to semi - professional and of course from semi - professional to professional. What do you guys think about this ? ?

Also the new features which are coming now are her idea ?

Here some words about the most recent updates here :

Hey Micheal, thanks for your feedback. I am glad it's of use to some people. I know the composing is not such a popular topic on my channl but my GF convinced me to do this series. ?

Compose A Guitar Song - Chapter 3 ( Acoustic Guitar ) In this tutorial I talk about how to create a great acoustic mid tempo guitar song with just 3 chords. These are Am, G and F. I show you how to build up the dramaturgy of your playing with those 3 chords and how to add a 2nd and a 3rd guitar to more and more build up your acoustic guitar song. I am a professional composer who worked for Swiss National Television, had many placements in international TV stations with my music, recorded more then 60 CD's, scored movies and cooperate clips and last but not least had placemnts in the ABC shows Dr. House, Ugly Betty and Orange Is The New Black. In these tutorials I will show you how you can compose musie on guitar, how to work with guitar sounds, with drums, with software or in one sentence to be a creative composer on guitar. I will do a full series from chapter one till ... lets see how far us that journey takes. Compose a Guitar Song - Chapter 3 ( Acoustic ).pdf Compose a Guitar Song - Chapter 3 ( Acoustic ).gp compose a guitar song - acoustic guitar.mp3

I have reorganized the HPCrazy Students Club. Check out the new rules there :

Here’s a great guitar secret which I call “ The Power of 3 “. What is that ? If you want to have great guitar parts which are memorizable there is one concept which comes from marketing strategies. It’s called “ The Power of 3 “ and it works in that way that if you want to have information which stays in the minds of other people you can have to either repeat it 3 times or have something which comes in 3 rounds to prepare for a highlight. It’s a very rare concept in guitar soloing and maybe you might already do it without even knowing it - but it is a very useful concept which you can work out. It’s easy and fun and it works. This tutorial is from the " Must Have " series - so check it out ! Guitar Secrets - The Power of 3.pdf Guitar Secrets - The Power of 3.gp blues_2006.mp3

Hey guys, here I will post updates which come in the HPCrazy Guitar Academy. So here are the current updates : 1. Guitar Secrets - I have renamed the Guitar Techniques into this new name and there will some amazing stuff coming in the very near future with this new title. 2. SEO Improvment - I did not do so much for Google optimization for this website here. But I started with it as a first step which a much easier navigation for you guys. BTW - it you run a website - any link to the HPCrazy Guitar Academy is much apprechiated. 3. Livestreaming - The livestreaming somehow is still in the beta phase - I have change the software now to OBS and I will be working it out that announced livestreams will in fact show up there where they are announced. This seems to be a much bigger problem then I thought.