November Learn & Master Guitar News

 
Video Tip - Flatpicking Bluegrass Licks

Bluegrass is a load of fun to play. It's a mixture of downhome and virtuoso, spun together in the same family gathering. This month's tip is gonna get you hooked... I just know it.

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Learn & Master Fingerstyle Guitar--Pre-Release Sale!


We're offering a special "Pre-Release" price to Steve's Newsletter readers before the course releases in only a few more days. Instead of the $119 retail price, you can pre-order the course (which will ship out in less than 2 weeks) for only $89!

So grab your favorite guitar and limber up your fingers. Get a copy of one of our most anticipated courses at a special pre-release price: Learn & Master Fingerstyle Guitar.


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Learn & Master Guitar LIVE Lesson!
Tuesday Nov. 13, 7pm CST US
Bluegrass Guitarist Ron Block
Win a guitar, & more!


Ron has been the acoustic guitar/banjo backbone of Allison Krauss and Union Station for over 20 years. His knowledge of flatpicking and bluegrass guitar has been the inspiration for many players. Ron has recorded with Allison Krauss, Dolly Parton, Brad Paisley, Vince Gill, Clint Black, Dan Tyminski, Bill Frisell, and Josh Turner. He received an Album of the Year Grammy Award for his work on the famed soundtrack to 'O Brother, Where Art Thou".

Giveaway! During the Live Lesson we're giving away a new Epiphone guitar and more!

See you there!

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Bluegrass Guitar Resources Sale

This month we’re featuring some of the best flatpicking bluegrass guitar resources around. Ron Block (guitarist for Allison Krauss and Union Station) hand-picked the DVD "An Intimate Lesson with Tony Rice" as one of the most important videos he had ever seen for playing bluegrass guitar.

And you can't play Bluegrass without knowing the tunes! The "Real Bluegrass Book" is the largest collection of Bluegrass tunes I've found.
— Steve


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The 4 Keys to Learning Guitar

I’ve been teaching people how to play guitar for years and over those years I’ve seen that there are four main keys to learning how to play the guitar and reaching your musical goals. Each is important and without all four you won’t reach your musical potential and be the guitarist you could be.

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This Week in Gibson's Skills House

Latest Song Lessons: Highway Star (Deep Purple)
                    This City (Patrick Stump)
                    King of Anything (Sara Bareilles)
                         Rock and Roll is Dead (Lenny Kravitz)
                         Brass in Pocket (The Pretenders)
                         Luckie St. (Cartel)
                    

Guitar Apprentice: Get Back (The Beatles)

New Videos from Steve Krenz:

Interviews: Gordon Kennedy (Parts 1-3)

Foundation Lessons: Using the Entire Fretboard

Style Lessons: Major 7th Chords

Power Workouts: Barre Chords



 
November Very Special Student of the Month--in Memoriam

Name: Warren Crane

"A Rut or a Groove, the Only Difference is Attitude"

It was Thanksgiving of last year. I lay in a hospital here in Tennessee with a bad case of double pneumonia. It was late at night and I could barely speak but I could type and was checking some emails late at night as I lay there in the hospital bed.

One of our longest and most dear students, Warren Crane had just emailed me. He told me how wildfires the month before burned his home to the ground, along with his boat, RV, and all of his possessions. He was able to make it out with his guitars...

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