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Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts

Downloads from weekly Live Lessons with Steve Krenz broadcasts.

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  1. Soloing with Small Ideas PDF and Track

    By Steve Krenz

    The play along track and pdf of the Jazz standard "Autumn Leaves"

    754 downloads

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  2. Song Lesson: Dust in the Wind

    By Steve Krenz

    Learn the iconic guitar part to the classic Rock song by Kansas "Dust in the Wind".   Download the PDF by clicking the button to the right and watch the lesson below. 
    Learn all you can!
     

    1,340 downloads

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  3. Playing Thirds on Guitar

    By Steve Krenz

    Learn some of the most helpful intervals to play on guitar - Thirds!
    They are used in some of the most iconic guitar riffs and are so helpful for creating memorable guitar parts.
    This lesson and workout covers how to play thirds in a variety of places on the guitar.  PLUS how to use them to create great guitar parts.
    Download the PDF, grab your guitar and learn all you can! - Steve
     
     

    2,084 downloads

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  4. How to Play Drop D Tuning on Guitar

    By Steve Krenz

    Drop D tuning is one of the easiest and best sounding tunings to learn.  Just lower your low 6th string down to a D and join in the fun!
    Here is a lesson and workout showing you how to play in drop D, chords, and even learning the lick to "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters!
    Drop your D and learn all you can! - Steve

    1,166 downloads

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  5. The Three Types of Blues

    By Steve Krenz

    12 Bar Blues? Jazz Blues? Minor Blues?
    There are three types of blues progressions that any guitar player needs to know.
    (I didn't learn these from a book - I learned them on the bandstand.)
    This lesson covers them so you can have them in your musical bag of tricks.
    Download the PDF and learn all you can! - Steve
     

    1,644 downloads

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  6. Song Lesson: Brown Eyed Girl

    By Steve Krenz

    Van Morrison recorded the classic "Brown Eyed Girl" in 1967.  It went on to be the most downloaded song of the entire 1960s.
    Here is a simple lesson showing the chords, the intro, and the musical concepts from this iconic song.
       

    1,600 downloads

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  7. Arpeggios

    By Steve Krenz

    An in-depth study in arpeggios on guitar.
    Learn all you can!

    10,729 downloads

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  8. 10 Chords You Need to Know

    By Steve Krenz

    Click the "Download this File" button for the PDF of this lesson.
     
     
     
     

    2,691 downloads

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  9. What Good is a Diminished Chord?

    By Steve Krenz

    Many players know how major, minor, and dominant seventh chords fit into music because they use them all the time.  But, often, they are perplexed at the diminished chord.  Unlike major and minor chords, the diminished chord is an unstable chord - meaning that it needs to be resolved to some other chord.  It is because of this “need to be resolved” that it is so helpful and can be used in all kinds of musical situations to get from one chord to another.

     

    Learn how to take a bland progression and make it amazing by using a few diminished chords. 

    1,523 downloads

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  10. How to Practice Guitar - Tips and Practice Logs

    By Steve Krenz

    How to Practice Guitar - Tips and Practice Logs

    2,629 downloads

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  11. Easy Chord Moves

    By Steve Krenz

    Creating movement in an otherwise static chord is always a challenge.  Sometimes chords need to be held for an extended period of time. 

    So, adding a little movement can make a simple into a great progression.  And this can be done by just moving a finger!

    1,691 downloads

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  12. Playing Smooth - Eliminating the Robotic Sound in Your Playing

    By Steve Krenz

    Growing players tend to have a choppy, robotic sound to their playing.  They are playing the right notes (mostly) but it sounds like a broken robot is playing them.

    Goal: Play lines & chords flowing together – each note leading to the next.  Each chord dovetailing or overlapping into the next.

     
    The Solution: Focus on where notes are ending. Become aware of the overlapping of tones.

    1) For Single Notes Lines – Play lines with even rhythms letting each note flow into the next.

    2) For Chords – Let the notes ring together.  Move fingers independently so that some are holding notes while others are moving.

    Grab your guitar and let’s learn!

    1,165 downloads

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  13. Hammer Ons and Pull Offs

    By Steve Krenz

    Grab your guitar and let's learn this important guitar technique!
     

    1,743 downloads

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  14. Irish Tunes Medley

    By Steve Krenz

    Grab your four-leaf clover and your leprechaun and let's learn some classic Irish jigs!
    Three Timeless Irish Jigs put in a Upbeat Medley
    Boys of Bock Hills Come to the Raffle The Irish Washerwoman Download the Demo Track, Performance Track and the Sheet Music
    Have fun!

    2,011 downloads

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  15. Travis Picking Bootcamp

    By Steve Krenz

    This is the PDF for Travis Picking Bootcamp Workout Pages 1-10 and a Basic and Intermediate Versions of "Freight Train"
    Freight Train (Basic Solo).pdf
    Freight Train (Intermediate Solo).pdf Travis Picking Bootcamp pgs1-10.pdf

    5,339 downloads

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  16. Chord Connections: Multiply Your Soloing Options with One Simple Trick

    By Steve Krenz

    Tired of playing the same licks over the same chords?
    Learn an easy way to MULTIPLY your soloing options over any chord!
    DOWNLOAD THE PDF

    2,358 downloads

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  17. Soloing Over 7th Chords & the Blues

    By Steve Krenz

    Soloing Over 7th Chords & the Blues

    Seventh chords are some of the most common types of chords but can be tricky to solo over at times. 


    Seventh chords have three main tones – the root, the major 3rd, & the flatted 7th.

    Here’s the problem: If you want to solo using pentatonic scales then neither the major or minor pentatonic scales work perfectly.

    The major pentatonic scale doesn’t include the b7.

    And the minor pentatonic scale doesn’t include the major 3rd - although it does include the bluesy sounding minor 3rd.

    So, it’s helpful to find other ways to approach this common chord.
    Grab your guitar and download the PDF and let's get started!

    1,383 downloads

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  18. The Top Guitar Chords in Any Key

    By Steve Krenz

    The PDF of The Top Guitar Chords in Any Key
    With all of the thousands of songs out there, you would think that they would use countless different chords.  But, actually, most common songs use a pretty limited number of chords.
    And, most of those commonly used chords have the same function within whatever key they are in.
    The most commonly used chords in any key are the I (one), IV (four), V7(five), and vim (six minor).
    Yes, I know there are a lot of other chords possible, but if you could get an average of the chords used in any song you would see that MOST of them are one of these four chords.
    So, as a guitarist, it is important and very helpful that we can play these four types of chords in any key.
     
     

    2,031 downloads

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  19. Silver Bells and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

    By Steve Krenz

    Two Holiday Classics: Silver Bells and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

    1,374 downloads

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  20. Jingle Bells - Travis Picking (Intermediate Arrangement)

    By Steve Krenz

    Here is a fun intermediate arrangement of "Jingle Bells" done in a Travis picking style.  Have fun!!

    1,335 downloads

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  21. 20 Turnarounds for Jazz Guitar

    By Steve Krenz

    Learn 20 Turnarounds for Jazz Guitar.  Ready to use in any situation.  Learn the concepts, the chord shapes and the progressions!

    2,881 downloads

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  22. How Music Works

    By Steve Krenz

    Download the PDF for this series here.
    How Music Works: Scales, Keys, Intervals & Chords
    Do you feel lost when the subject of scales or what notes make up a chord come up?
    These things are the building blocks of music, harmony and soloing.
    For the next few sessions, we'll be doing a short series on How Music Works.
    You'll learn...
    What Notes are in Any Major Scale How to Tell the Key of Any Song Major and Minor Intervals What Notes are in Major, Minor, Diminished and Augmented Chords  

    13,215 downloads

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  23. LMG Interval Worksheets

    By bwillard

    I put this together a long time ago when I was going through the Learn and Master course.  Hopefully it will save some paper!  Just don't save the file when you are finished.  It requires Microsoft Excel.  Enjoy!

    478 downloads

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  24. The Chords You Need to Know Workouts

    By Steve Krenz

    This is the PDF of exercises for the Chords You Need to Know Workouts

    4,332 downloads

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  25. Chord Substitutions for Jazz Guitar

    By Steve Krenz

    Chord Substitutions for Jazz Guitar PDF

    1,371 downloads

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