Phil

Really loved this lesson .... I look forward to working on it.

Welcome Mark!!

Really enjoyed this lesson ..... sweet tune for Christmas. May I wish Hans Peter, and all my fellow HP Crazy members, a very Happy and Prosperous 2020 ...... thanks for all your efforts in 2019 for the benefit of us newbies HP, here's hoping the site will go from strength to strength in the months/years ahead!!

Just got home from two weeks in Majorca, and having been stressfully involved with the Thomas Cook holiday firm collapse, this video was a refreshing "welcome home" treat. Absolutely loved the backing track, and I look forward to getting into the lesson over the coming days. Thanks professor ....

Hi guys .... For those of you concentrating on, and getting involved with the theory side of guitar, here's an interactive tool relating to The Circle of Fifths that you may find useful. Find it here ... https://www.randscullard.com/CircleOfFifths/ I hope this helps ..... (And HP doesn't mind me promoting it on the site?) ✌️✌️

Cheers HP .. you're a gentleman!! So I had the correct shape and position, I just should have used the low E strings' 13th fret F (pinky), or A strings' 8th fret (pinky) as the root notes?

Beautiful Professor ... just beautiful. Is there a TAB available, or did you just play ad-lib? If my fretboard lessons are progressing, and some knowledge is being absorbed, would I be correct in guessing that that was played in D minor? I had trouble establishing if you were playing Pentatonic Shape 1 on either fret 5 or fret 10 ..... I gambled on 10? Please put me out of my misery ... whether good or bad news.

Really enjoyed this HP, I think I could get very interested in jazz. I think the fretboard speed would suit me well .... I'm certainly never going to be a shredder with my arthritic fingers. ??

Congratulations to Hanspeter in reaching and exceeding the 100 member barrier, this must have been a nice addition to your birthday celebrations. I would encourage all our new friends to visit the introduction post at "Share Your Story" https://www.hanspeterkruesi.com/members/index.php?/topic/2451-share-your-story/ and maybe tell us a little about yourselves, your instruments, and your musical tastes. Welcome to you all !!!

Yes, I'll be watching that .... 23:15 British time isn't it? Reminder has been set .....

Happy Birthday for tomorrow Hanspeter ... try and put recent events behind you, and thoroughly enjoy your day ... you deserve it !!!

Hi guys, I just thought I'd tell you about this very useful FREE tool that I've been using for quite a few months. It's called "Chordfinder.com" ... and can be used for not only finding out about various chords shapes/positions, but also different tunings, triads, arpeggios, and scales ... it's even got a built in "Quiz" to test your knowledge and progress. You can locate it here, I hope you find it useful too .... https://www.chordfinder.com/guitar-scales.php

Enjoyed this lesson, I think I could get into jazz ... back in the seventies I was a big fan of John McLaughlin of Mahavishnu Orchestra fame. He was involved with many genres, including Indian classical, Western classical, flamenco and blues, but I remember him most for his "electric jazz fusion" on albums I still own, "Inner Mountain Flame" and "Birds of Fire". Those were very happy days in the seventies .... God I'm feeling old!!!

All your videos bring a smile to my face .... thank-you for being there for us newbies HP !!!

I've spent some considerable time learning the mode shapes/patterns, but never concentrated much on the actual note names. After watching this lesson, this is now going to change ....

Thanks Sara ... I agree, the site is brilliant, and I'm seeing benefits already. Sadly, my wife is not as impressed as you are with my 13 guitars (I hope it's not an unlucky 13!! LOL!!). Yes, the Les Paul looks and plays great, although the flagship of my collection is the one I use as my profile picture ... a 2015 Gibson Les Paul Less+ (Image attached), which apart from dismantling for shielding purposes remains quite standard. Thanks for your reply ... take care for now!! P.S. I hope you don't mind, but I've added you to my "Followed" list.

Thanks HP .... I believe this is the one ...

This is such a beautiful track!! My wife Lyn loves it. I can only dream of mastering this and doing it justice, maybe one day, if I watch the Master Class enough .... fingers crossed.

Thank-you Sara ... much appreciated!!

Personally, I believe I am "Beginner/Intermediate" .... I studied quite a bit of theory when I started learning the guitar, and I now sometimes feel that my theoretical knowledge exceeds my practical playing ability. I'm hoping it will catch up with Hanspeters' help .....

Hi Hanspeter .... Although I'm thoroughly enjoying your current/recent video tutorials/lessons (August 2019), after watching this video, I realise my personal ability is considerably below that which is required to execute the material taught in these videos. Now a full member, I intend to go back to the start and concentrate on your earlier theoretical lessons before venturing fully into the riff/song videos. I think this video/lesson was a great start to my plans BTW!!!

Thanks HP, it's completely my pleasure I assure you. Lyn and I passed close to you last week, we spent several days in the Stresa area of Lake Maggiore, crossing the border at Basel. We've been that way several times, but crossed over the top of the Gotthard Pass for the first time this year, what spectacular views. The part of the coach trip itinerary that attracted me was a day at Lugano .... I was there exactly 50 years ago as part of a school trip, the same month they landed on the moon. Happy days!! Take care for now!!!

Hi everyone, I'm a 63 year old male, living in Wales/UK with Lyn, my beautiful wife of 38 years. I took early retirement in 2017, after 45 years in the motor industry, the last 20 as a home based Automotive Engineer involved with mechanical insurance warranty claims. It was lovely Lyn who suggested I add learning the guitar to my "bucket list" back in 2015 ... when, whilst carrying out some routine Spring cleaning, we came across my elderly Eros Jumbo acoustic guitar, bought for me by my mother when I was 14, some 45 years earlier in 1970. I strummed a few chords/notes, which led to her making the "bucket list" suggestion. Four years on and the guitar family has increased to 13 (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome) ... most of the additions purchased via Thomann of Germany. I believe it is possibly the engineer in me, because my early guitar years involved the purchase and major modification of the majority of these instruments ... the most involved being the conversion of a Epiphone Les Paul Studio (Image attached) over to the Jimmy Page pick up configuration, including the installation of Seymour Duncan pick-ups, and a Wilkinson roller bridge. I discovered HPCrazy about mid 2017, and my initial attempt at learning/replicating a lesson was the "Silent Night" lesson later that year (the video of which I submitted on another guitar site of which I am a member) I joined the HPCrazy student ranks in January of this year, and purchased the full annual subscription several days ago. I thoroughly enjoy Hanspeters' lessons, and the humour that goes with them .... we are so lucky to have such a talented tutor, and look forward to up and coming lessons/tutorials from "The Professor".

Love this lesson, and working hard to perfect it .....