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Exclusive Premiere: New Song by Klaus Crow

February 4, 2023 By Klaus Crow 1 Comment

Last Updated on February 4, 2023 by Klaus Crow

Hi Folks, today I’m sharing a new song that I wrote. To be fair, this is one of the 10 songs I wrote a while ago, but due to life I haven’t been able to record them yet. As John Lennon would say “Life happens while you’re busy making other plans”, and so it is.

Since I don’t want to leave the songs on the shelf (I’m certainly not planning to) and start putting the songs out in the world, I thought I begin to share one with you. I just took my guitar right out the case and started playing and singing. Afterwards I added the lyrics and some clips to convey the emotion and feeling of the song. I hope you like it.

Enjoy!

New Song: “Stepping Away” ~ Klaus Crow

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Bluesy Blues Lick in the key of E

January 28, 2023 By Klaus Crow 2 Comments

Last Updated on January 28, 2023 by Klaus Crow

Hi folks, In this lesson you’re going to learn a very cool Bluesy Blues Lick. The blues lick is made up of the blues scale which consists of 6 notes ( 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 ) compared to the major scale ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ). The b5, also referred to as the ‘blue note’, and the b7 really stand out in this lick due to the hammer-ons on the double stops, which gives it that really bluesy sound.

The lick is fun to learn and great for intermediate guitar players. Beginners can also have a go at it and play it at a slower pace, which in blues music does often sound even better, so don’t hold back and get your hands dirty.

Enjoy and have a wonderful day!

LESSON VIDEO AND TABLATURE

If you want to learn more cool blues licks, the blues shapes and positions, blues soloing and improvisation check out my 50 COOL BLUES LICKS COURSE.

How to Create Good Guitar Habits That Work

January 14, 2023 By Klaus Crow 5 Comments

Last Updated on January 14, 2023 by Klaus Crow

How to Create Good Guitar Habits that Work

You want to read this post.

So, what new guitar challenge(s) are you going to commit to in the year ahead? What fresh guitar routine are you going to follow and what are you going to do to make it really work and last?

Creating good solid guitar habits is a challenge in itself. First of all, you have to ask yourself the important questions and providing them with hard and truthful answers in writing:

Do you really want to become a better guitar player or is it just a nice idea?
WHY do you want to become a better guitar player? Two good reasons please!
Do you want to put in the work to become a better guitar player? or just really not?

Once you’ve answered these questions you want to ask the follow up questions:

What is it that you want to get good or better at?
What gives you the most satisfaction and reward?
What could you really do to become a better guitar player?
How could you create a habit that works and sticks?

With the last question I can help you with. Read on!

Best Uptempo Feel Good Guitar Songs

December 16, 2022 By Klaus Crow 8 Comments

Last Updated on December 16, 2022 by Klaus Crow

Sometimes you want to play some fun, uptempo guitar songs that make you feel good inside, songs you can strum and sing along with in a good solid tempo that puts a smile on people faces.

The tempo of such a song will usually be somewhere between 100 and 140 bpm (beats per minute).

I selected some of the best upbeat songs with accompanying guitar lessons, chords and tabs.

Have a great time!

We Can Work it Out – The Beatles

This song has such an amazingly good vibe it will make you instantly happy listening to it. “We can work it out” is played in the key of D and consists of the following chords: D – Dsus4 – C – G – A – Bm – Bm/A – F#7sus4 – F# – Bm/G – Bm/F#. The song has not only a lot of chords in it, it also contains different rhythm / strumming patterns which makes the song really fun to play. It’s definitely worth the practice to nail this beautiful song.

Check out the chords and lyrics here: We can work it out chords

Mr. Jones – Counting Crows

Mr. Jones is a great strum and sing along tune with a good solid uptempo beat. The song consists of 5 chords: Am – F – Dm – C – G. The strum pattern is also pretty straight forward and follows the pattern: down-down-down-up-down-up, counting 1-2-3&-4&.

Check out the chords and lyrics here: Mr. Jones Chords