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News from the 2022 Retreat
Steve Krenz replied to DianeB's topic in Guitar Gathering Conferences & Retreats
Wow, I'm just now stumbling across this play by play. So wonderfully written, capturing the fun and learning of the event. Already making plans for next year! - Steve -
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The Three Types of Blues You Need to Know
Steve Krenz replied to QuietlyBold's topic in Weekly Live Lessons & Guitar Workouts
Is there a specific example that you are thinking of? If so, I could take a look at it and try to write out a few. Glad you're learning! - Steve -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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. -
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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! -
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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! -
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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.