Steve Krenz

Yes, I'm working on the PDF now and will put it up when I'm finished. - Steve

The Tired of not being able to play barre chords? This three week series on Wednesday Guitar Workouts will guide you through... 1) Knowing Where to Put Your Chord 2) How to Form Each Chord Correctly 3) Strengthening the Fingers for Successful Barre Chords Bring your guitar and I'll guide you step by step as we play together. You can do it! Let's finally master these and move forward in your music! Wednesday nights 7pm Central US at https://www.youtube.com/c/GuitarGathering Learn all you can! - Steve

I'm so glad you are learning. It makes my teachers heart - three sizes too big! - Steve

Tuesday April 28th, 2020 Topic: Accompanying a Singer with Special Guest Debi Selby! 7pm Central Time US You can watch the lesson HERE. Thrilled to announce this week's Live Lesson will be on "Accompanying a Singer" with very special guest - one of Nashville's finest studio singers - Debi Selby! Learn important keys for accompanying singers so that your guitar playing provides the bedrock for incredible performances. As one of Nashville's top studio singers, Debi's extensive credits include singing with Michael McDonald, Celine Dion, One Republic, Reba Mcentire, Frankie Valli, Kristin Chennowith, Michael W. Smith, Larry Carlton and Vince Gill. Her work has also been featured in multiple movies, video games and by some of the world's largest companies including Disney, Veggie Tales and Yamaha. Even within the past week her work has been featured by Rolling Stone Magazine (Scroll down to the "It Is Well" video) and the NFL as she performed with One Direction. Grab your guitar and I'll see you there! - Steve There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE - Steve

The The finale - el ultimo! The last Triads workout - the one that ties it all together! If you can conquer this one then you've learned everything I envisioned that was important for this series. There is a special PDF that goes along with this one that you can download HERE. Bring your guitars and I will take you through some exercises and we'll all do it together. Learn all you can! - Steve

Tuesday April 21st, 2020 Topic: Got Guitar Questions? Ask Steve Anything! 7pm Central Time US You can watch the lesson HERE. What has you stumped in your guitar learning journey? We've taught a lot in the last 6 weeks so I wanted to devote tonight to answering any guitar questions you may have or are struggling with. It can be on things we've covered or something else you've struggled with. Ask them below or in the chat tonight. Let's get some answers! Grab your guitar and I'll see you there! - Steve There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE - Steve

As long as we're all isolating and quarantining we might as well be playing guitar! This is the second of two workouts on Triads that goes along with the Triad series. Please download the free PDF to follow along with the workout. Triads Complete Book.pdf You can see the Triads Workout 1 HERE. Bring your guitars and I will take you through some exercises and we'll all do it together. Learn all you can! - Steve

Tuesday April 14th, 2020 Topic: Making the Leap from Scales to Solos 7pm Central Time US You can watch the lesson HERE. So, you know your scales, arpeggios and a bit of theory but when it comes time to solo you have no idea how to put it together. Your solos sound like a scale fragment here and an awkward bend there eventually ending up on the same pentatonic scale pattern you learned years ago. Sound familiar? Let's learn some keys to making this important jump from knowing concepts in your head to actually creating music. It involves using your ear and tapping into your jar of creativity - BUT if your inner musical creativity hasn't been opened in a while it might take a few ideas to get the lid off. That's what we'll be learning. Grab your guitar and I'll see you there! - Steve There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE - Steve

Thanks Barb, Keep working at it!!!! Wait till this week's Workout 2!!! - Steve

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Diane, Thanks for being my spell checker! I guess I've been quarantined too long! -Steve

Hey all, I've added the sheet music to the first post in this thread. It's the full version that I do, so it might be a good challenge for some. But it's one I love to play and I hope you will enjoy it as well. - Steve

As long as we're all isolating and quarantining we might as well be playing guitar! This is the first of two workouts on Triads that goes along with the Triad series. Please download the free PDF to follow along with the workout. Triads Complete Book.pdf Bring your guitars and I will take you through some exercises and we'll all do it together. Learn all you can! - Steve

Doug, Thanks for posting. The H5 gets a good sound. Your strumming sounds good. Yep, it's always easier to keep a song together when there are a bunch of other musicians around. So, I'll imagine a whole orchestra behind you! I've just recently got the ZOOM H6 and am getting familiar with using it. I always enjoy playing at church. Thanks for all that you do! - Steve

Tuesday April 7th, 2020 Topic: Songs of Faith: "It Is Well" Hymn 7pm Central Time US You can watch the lesson HERE. Easter is approaching so let's learn a fingerstyle guitar arrangement of the classic hymn "It is Well". Here is the sheet music. It is Well With My Soul.pdf Grab your guitar and I'll see you there! - Steve There will be music, laughs, giveaways and more. Watch on our Guitar Gathering YouTube Channel HERE - Steve

Topic: Learning a Jazz Standard Ever wanted to learn Jazz but weren't sure where to start? Jazz has a standard repertoire, or group of songs, called "standards". This lesson shows you how to learn a Jazz standard - starting with the melody, the chords to use, and then how to approach soloing. I'll show you the exact process I go through when I'm learning a new song. We will be using the standard "All the Things You Are" as our sample tune. You can download that here... All the Things You Are(2).pdf Learn all you can! - Steve

Let's keep this thread active. I'm sure some folks need these great resources. - Steve

Hey gang, So sorry about tonight's audio problems. After a little post-broadcast trouble-shooting I found the problem and we should be much better next time. I'll re-record the lesson in the morning and it should be up by the afternoon. Thanks for your patience as we break in an entirely different video and audio system for tonight. We'll get the bugs worked out and it will only get better from here! Thanks again for your patience. The new and improved version will be up tomorrow. - Steve