Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts

60 files

1. 

   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!
   

   3,390 downloads

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   Submitted March 16, 2021

2. 

   Hammer Ons and Pull Offs

   By Steve Krenz

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

   2,107 downloads

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   Updated April 6, 2021

3. 

   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!
   

   1,423 downloads

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   Submitted April 27, 2021

4. 

   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!
   
   

   2,319 downloads

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   Submitted May 5, 2021

5. 

   How to Practice Guitar - Tips and Practice Logs

   By Steve Krenz

   How to Practice Guitar - Tips and Practice Logs
   

   3,430 downloads

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   Submitted May 18, 2021

6. 

   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. 
   

   1,877 downloads

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   Submitted June 2, 2021

7. 

   10 Chords You Need to Know

   By Steve Krenz

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

   3,066 downloads

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   Updated August 25, 2021

8. 

   Arpeggios

   By Steve Krenz

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

   16,044 downloads

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   Updated December 14, 2021

9. 

   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.
      
   

   2,399 downloads

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   Updated February 2, 2022

10. 

    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
    

    1,614 downloads

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    Updated February 23, 2022

11. 

    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
     
    

    3,063 downloads

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    Updated February 23, 2022

12. 

    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!
     
    

    4,070 downloads

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    Updated March 9, 2022

13. 

    Soloing with Small Ideas PDF and Track

    By Steve Krenz

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

    2,097 downloads

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    Updated May 24, 2022

14. 

    Chord Inversions

    By Steve Krenz

    PDF for Chord Inversions
    

    2,573 downloads

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    Updated July 12, 2022

15. 

    Double Stops PDF

    By Steve Krenz

    This is the PDF that goes along with the live lesson from 9/20/22 on Double Stops.
    Learn all you can!
    

    3,887 downloads

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    Submitted September 20, 2022

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    Easy Chord Moves - Full Chords

    By Steve Krenz

    The download for the lesson Easy Chord Moves - Full Chords
    

    1,442 downloads

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    Submitted October 11, 2022

17. 

    Shape Chords

    By Steve Krenz

    Download the PDF for the Shape Chords lesson...
    

    1,545 downloads

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    Submitted October 18, 2022

18. 

    How to Play Harmonics on Guitar

    By Steve Krenz

    Download the PDF for the lesson on How to Play Harmonics on Guitar.
    

    808 downloads

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    Submitted November 15, 2022

19. 

    The Ultimate Arpeggio Workout

    By Steve Krenz

    Download the PDF for the Ultimate Arpeggio Workout
    

    3,334 downloads

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    Submitted December 13, 2022

20. 

    Silent Night Song Lesson

    By Steve Krenz

    Download the PDF for a Basic Solo Guitar Arrangement of "Silent Night"
    

    1,597 downloads

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    Submitted December 21, 2022

21. 

    Beautiful Chords Through Open Strings

    By Steve Krenz

    Download the PDF for this lesson here.
    

    1,257 downloads

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    Updated January 11, 2023

22. 

    Guitar Soloing Hacks: Outlining Chord Tones

    By Steve Krenz

    Download the PDF that goes with this lesson.
    

    1,261 downloads

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    Submitted January 24, 2023

23. 

    Next Level Chord Secrets

    By Steve Krenz

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    1,865 downloads

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    Submitted February 21, 2023

24. 

    5 Easy Blues Riffs

    By Steve Krenz

    Download the free PDF for this lesson.
    

    1,827 downloads

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    Submitted February 28, 2023

25. 

    Pentatonic Scales

    By Steve Krenz

    Download the Free Pdf here
    

    5,205 downloads

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    Updated May 16, 2023