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10 Chords You Need to Know
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
Click the "Download this File" button for the PDF of this lesson.
3,065 downloads
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What Good is a Diminished Chord?
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
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.
1,875 downloads
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How to Practice Guitar - Tips and Practice Logs
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
How to Practice Guitar - Tips and Practice Logs
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Easy Chord Moves
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
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!
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Playing Smooth - Eliminating the Robotic Sound in Your Playing
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
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!
1,422 downloads
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Hammer Ons and Pull Offs
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
Grab your guitar and let's learn this important guitar technique!
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Irish Tunes Medley
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
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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Chord Connections: Multiply Your Soloing Options with One Simple Trick
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
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
2,920 downloads
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15 Ways to Master Scales on Guitar
By Steve Krenz in YouTube Lessons
Download the FREE PDF 15 Ways to Master Scales on Guitar by clicking the "Download This File" button on the right.
Learn all you can! Comment below with any questions!
11,997 downloads
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Soloing Over 7th Chords & the Blues
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
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 Top Guitar Chords in Any Key
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
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.
2,322 downloads
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Silver Bells and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
Two Holiday Classics: Silver Bells and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
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Jingle Bells - Travis Picking (Intermediate Arrangement)
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
Here is a fun intermediate arrangement of "Jingle Bells" done in a Travis picking style. Have fun!!
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20 Turnarounds for Jazz Guitar
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
Learn 20 Turnarounds for Jazz Guitar. Ready to use in any situation. Learn the concepts, the chord shapes and the progressions!
4,882 downloads
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The Chords You Need to Know Workouts
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
This is the PDF of exercises for the Chords You Need to Know Workouts
5,423 downloads
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Chord Substitutions for Jazz Guitar
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
Chord Substitutions for Jazz Guitar PDF
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Finger Stretching Exercises
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
Hey, have you ever thought... "My hand just doesn't stretch that far?" Let's fix that!
We can't change the size of your hand but these exercises can definitely give your hand more flexibility and power.
Grab your guitar and try these finger flexibility exercises to improve your reach.
Make sure to download the PDF for the Finger Stretching Exercises Workout and let's get started. Learn all you can!
4,315 downloads
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Learning the Nashville Number System for Guitarists
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
The Nashville number system is how the guitar pros in studio read music. Learn how this notation works and how to incorporate it into your own playing and musical understanding.
This series includes and in-depth lesson and a play along guitar workout for you to master the skills - ending with you reading Nashville studio charts!
Make sure to download the FREE PDF for this lesson and workout before you start.
Learn all you can.
NASHVILLE NUMBER SYSTEM (IN-DEPTH LESSON)
NASHVILLE NUMBER SYSTEM (PLAY ALONG GUITAR WORKOUT)
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Learning the Fretboard PDF
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
This is the full Learning the Fretboard PDF. (version 2: 7 pgs)
This PDF goes along with the How to Learn the Guitar Fretboard lesson and workout.
Learn all you can! - Steve
11,287 downloads
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Barre Chords Workout Book
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
This is the PDF for the Barre Chords Workouts 1-3.
Topics Covered:
Proven Finger Strengthening Exercises Notes on the 6th String The Most Common 6th String Barre Chord Forms Notes on the 5th String The Most Common 5th String Barre Chord Forms Pro Tips for Building Endurance and Success with Barre Chords
10,397 downloads
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Modes for Guitar: An Easier Way
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
Download the FREE PDF to Modes for Guitar: An Easier Way. The video lesson is below. Learn all you can!1,226 downloads
- live lessons
- modes
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Triads Book (Major-Minor-Seventh)
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
If you're tired of playing the same old chords in the same old places let's learn some techniques to play great sounding guitar parts with chords all over the neck.
This is a free course on Triads!
Three In-Depth Lessons on Major, Minor and Sevenths Triads Three Play Along Guitar Workouts for You to Practice With PLUS a 30+ PDF Downloadable Book with All Examples Written in Music and TAB. (DOWNLOAD THE BOOK BY USING THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON ON THE RIGHT) Here are the Lessons and Workouts. Learn all you can!
LESSON 1: MAJOR TRIADS
WORKOUT 1: MAJOR & MINOR TRIADS
LESSON 2: MINOR TRIADS
WORKOUT 2: MINOR & SEVENTH TRIADS
LESSON 3: SEVENTH TRIADS
WORKOUT 3: BONUS WORKOUT
7,429 downloads
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Drum Loops for Practicing
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
Here are a set of Drum Loops for you to use when you practice.
They are four different tempos - 90bpm, 100bpm, 110bpm, and 120bpm.
These are the loops used in the Triad Workouts
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Solo Guitar Arrangement: "It Is Well" Hymn
By Steve Krenz in Weekly Live Lessons and Workouts
This is the solo guitar arrangement to the hymn "It Is Well" as shown on the April 7th, 2020 Live Lesson.
Download the MUSIC/TAB by clicking the download button to the right.
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Triads: Seventh Chord Triads (Part 3/3)
By Steve Krenz in Files
The 8 page PDF book for lesson 3 of the special teaching series Triads.
Let me know how it works for you and if you have any questions. Just comment below.
Learn all you can! - Steve
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