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Learn and Master Guitar Review



by No1Reviews.com. Last updated: 14 April 2009

Learn and Master Guitar is our top choice from the 41 Teach Yourself Guitar Guides we've reviewed and wins our No. 1 Choice Award in this category! Read our review below to find out why...

 
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Costs:

  • Original edition - $219 (currently on special offer for $119)
  • Expanded edition - $249 (currently on special offer for $149). This offers twice the content for an additional $30. It is also possible to pay in either two or four instalments.

This package also includes a 60 day total satisfaction guarantee. Simply return the product within 60 days to receive a full refund, no questions asked.

Steve Krenz's books, CDs and DVDs can be shipped internationally as well as within the US. The DVDs are not regionally encoded and so can be played on any DVD player, PC or Mac. If you live outside the US, please allow a few extra days for delivery.

 

Features:

  • 10 professionally produced DVDs (20 in the expanded version.) featuring:
    • Easy to Navigate menus allowing you to quickly jump to any exercise or topic you may wish to revise.
    • Progressive assignments so you never feel confused or frustrated as you learn.
    • Onscreen music notation and tablature to help you learn both.
    • Clear demonstrations and onscreen graphics making it easy to follow and play along.
    • Helpful close-ups on each hand so you can be sure to nail each and every technique.
  • Lessons divided into 20 sessions covering a huge range of playing styles, techniques and theory. Each lesson consists of:
    • An instructional portion where renowned guitar tutor Steve Krenz teaches you each concept in detail.
    • A video tips section, where Steve gives you expert advice on how to overcome any difficulties when learning the technique in question
    • A workshop portion where you practice and play along together.
    • A checklist so you can be sure you've mastered everything you need in order to progress to the next lesson.
  • 5 Jam Along CDs:
    • Nearly 100 tracks covering a wide range of styles specially mixed to allow you to adjust the volume of the guitar part in each song simply by varying the balance on your stereo and
      professionally recorded and mastered with world class musicians such as:
      • Dino Pastin: Keyboard player for Alabama and Barbara Mandrell.
      • Javier Solis: Drummer and percussionist for Usher, Kenny Loggins, Faith Hill, Jaci Velasquez and many others.
      • Abel Orta: Bass player for Jaci Velasquez and Promise Keepers, and a major Nashville session player.
      • Steve Krenz: The author of Learn & Master Guitar, and your personal instructor.
    • Jam-Along tracks early in the course play at different speeds (slow, medium, and fast) so that you can gradually pick up your pace as you improve.
  • Advanced training in all popular playing styles:
    • Acoustic guitar.
    • Electric and rock guitar.
    • Classical and fingerstyle guitar.
    • Blues guitar.
    • Jazz guitar.
    • Country guitar.
    • RnB and funk guitar.
    • The course is also geared towards allowing you to discover your own unique style of playing.
  • 100+ page lesson book:
    • Beautifully presented and immaculately printed.
    • Provides a print version of all the lessons covered on the DVDs, allowing you to practice away from your computer or DVD player.
    • Lots of additional material and exercises.
  • Free student support site:
    • A large online community of learners.
    • Expert support and speedy response, often from Steve Krenz himself!
    • Even more material and exercises for you to cement your skills.

 

Learn and Master Guitar

 

Editor's Verdict:

So, you've decided to take the plunge and embark on a musical voyage towards guitar mastery. Well done! At No1Reviews.com we can recommend no better product than Steve Krenz's Learn and Master Guitar from LearnAndMaster.com to help make your journey as enjoyable and fulfilling as possible. This set of 10 DVDs (20 in the expanded version), 5 CDs and an immaculately printed and well laid out book is as comprehensive as it gets - everything you need to take you from your first tentative strums to a fretboard shredding guitar god!

One of the main difficulties in learning guitar is that niggling feeling that sets in when you wonder whether you're actually improving or just wasting your time. Unstructured practice can mean slow progress, frustration and reinforcement of bad habits that could impair your technique for years. Learn and Master Guitar is so well structured and intuitively designed that these setbacks can be completely avoided.

The most important feature of the package is the set of 10 or 20 DVDs which contain the video lessons that you will follow as you build up a complete and well rounded guitar playing style of your own. The lessons cover everything from the basics of guitar maintenance and buying your first instrument, through the important steps of learning to play from both tablature and music notation, to advanced technique and developing your own unique playing style.

Each lesson is divided into three sections:-

  • Section one is a play along video lesson with Steve Krenz; the man himself demonstrates the techniques that will be addressed and mastered during the lesson.
  • Section two is a video tips section where Steve gives his expert tips and advice on how to avoid any pitfalls when learning the technique in question.
  • Section three is an ingeniously structured practice workshop that actually feels like getting personal one on one tutorship with one of the world's most accomplished guitar teachers!

All of the material covered in the DVDs is also available in print form along with additional exercises and examples so you can keep up and extend your practice when away from your computer or DVD player. The course is all laid out for you step by step and is incredibly thorough, so you'll never feel lost or confused. With his years of teaching experience, Steve seems to know exactly which areas are likely to give you trouble and spends extra time dealing with these issues and answering any questions you may have. If you are still having trouble in a certain area of your playing you can pay a visit to Learn And MasterGuitar's fantastic student support site, where any questions you may have will be answered remarkably quickly, often by Steve Krenz himself! Calling this feature of the Learn and Master Guitar package a support site really doesn't give a full impression of how great this online forum is. A better way to describe it would be an online community where you can chat and share insights with thousands of other learners and gain personal knowledge and advice from Steve and his expert team, or even just let him know how you're getting along!

The final component of this excellent package is the 5 jam along CDs. These contain nearly 100 professionally played and recorded tracks for you to jam and and rock out to. The ingenious thing about these discs is that, while you are still feeling unsure about a particular piece, you can play along with the guitar part, and when you're feeling more confident the tracks are mixed in such a way that you can turn down the volume of the guitar simply by adjusting the balance on your stereo. This allows you to take center stage and perform with a full band backing, which is not only a great way to practice but is also fantastic fun!

In Steve Krenz's own words Learn and Master Guitar is "serious training". The author himself is not only an incredibly accomplished player but a gifted communicator and has vast experience in guitar teaching at all levels. If you're a complete beginner, this package is perfect for you. It will give you a solid grounding in all the fundamentals of theory and technique and take you towards complete mastery in a fun and accessible way. You'll be amazed how quickly you'll be able to play in a range of styles from blues, to classical, Spanish and country fingerstyle. If you invest and commit to Learn and Master Guitar.com, in under a year you could be shredding, vamping and picking with the best of them. If you're currently at an intermediate level, this package is perfect for filling in gaps in your knowledge and taking your playing to the next level. Even if you're an advanced player, this package will be an invaluable resource for consolidating and reinforcing your skills.

In short, LearnAndMasterGuitar by Steve Krenz is the best and most complete package for teaching yourself guitar available right now. If you're ready to begin the exciting and life changing voyage towards the complete mastery of the guitar, what are you waiting for?

The relatively high price point may be a drawback for some, but in comparison to the thousands of dollars you could be spending on private lessons, and considering the quality of tutorship offered here, learn and master guitar would be a bargain at twice the price!

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