Cindy

I'm glad to see he still has it available. Thanks for the info, Doug!

I have been listening to Christmastime by ... Steve Krenz! It's a Christmas guitar CD that he released over 10 years ago. No clue whether he still has it for sale though.

It's been a long time, but I remember you! Glad to hear you are doing well. I have to laugh ... I think you should update your signature since you mentioned finishing the course! Back in the day, I remember several members listing their current session in the signature area. Take care and have a wonderful holiday!

I do remember you! Clearly you've been busy utilizing the skills you learned. Glad to see another familiar member!

Dennis was one of the early members of LMG. He posted videos showing what was possible going through the course. If I remember correctly, he played trumpet so was familiar with notation. His accomplishments on guitar were really impressive!

What about going back over some of the Christmas tunes that Steve did on YouTube several years ago? This time of year would be ideal to pull them out. 🙂

Hello there. It's been a very long time since I've visited the forum. Back in the day, Steve's forum was bustling with activity. Does anyone remember all the videos Dennis used to share as he worked his way through the course? His skills were tremendous. So how are all of you? And how is the LMG content coming along for everyone? Who has finished the course? And if you haven't yet finished, are you stuck on something (either not understanding concepts or needing to develop more finger dexterity)? Wishing everyone in the US a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

Nicely played, Maria! And what a beautiful guitar!!! Kudos to you. The piece of music is really nice, too - Mauro Giuliani's 120 Right Hand Studies even has some relaxing sounds to it so I'm not surprised this piece of music is sweet! Have fun with your new acquisition.

Also to answer your earlier question on the slur, as Diane mentioned, yes it is a slur. It means you articulate the first note while the second note is played very smoothly - as though the 2 notes are joined together smoothly. I don't think Steve covers much of any articulation. Music contains markings on how to articulate notes. In addition to the legato slur markings, some articulations might be staccato (a small dot above a note meaning the note is quick and detached) or accented notes (might be an upside down V or a sideways V).

Hi Dan and Happy New Year! To answer your question, the two eighth notes (both C's) form beat 1. The eighth rest and the eighth note G form beat 2. The last two beats of a quarter note and two eight notes form beats 3 & 4. Once you start to play the note G, the rhythm changes to a syncopated rhythm which might be what's throwing you off. The (4) should be moved slightly to the left though with a + beneath the last eighth rest. Does that help?

The only thing I could find in my book was alternate fingerings for the 7th and 8th string SUS barre chords. The alternates I added came from other sources though. I think Steve's fingerings might have omitted one of the chord tones. But that's the only marking I have in my book other than adding fingerings for Pachelbel's Canon.

Many of the corrections were posted on one of the original LMG forums. I'll have to look thru my book (I use the ORIGINAL book) to see if I can identify some of them.

Thanks kindly.

I was VERY active here at the beginning since I was a Beta tester. I kept watch of the leader board but couldn't pass Doug's high post count! Maybe some of the beta test posts were deleted? All I know is I was WELL beyond the 140ish mark within those first few months.

I should have elaborated a little more on this. When a diminished interval is inverted, it becomes augmented. And when an augmented interval is inverted, it becomes diminished. And it's the same way with major and minor intervals. A major interval becomes minor when inverted and vice versa. But a perfect interval when inverted remains a perfect interval.