Archive | Piano & Keyboard

09 June 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Ultra Basic Arrangment Tips – Part Two

Do you ever find yourself wondering how you can add variety to your praise and worship music or hymns but have no idea how to do it? Here are some ultra basic tips that can go a long way in making the music played for your worship gatherings much more interesting, regardless of if you have a full band or just a piano and some singers on your team.

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08 June 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Ultra Basic Arrangement Tips – Part One

Do you ever find yourself wondering how you can add variety to your praise and worship music or hymns but have no idea how to do it? Here are some ultra basic tips that can go a long way in making the music played for your worship gatherings much more interesting, regardless of if you have a full band or just a piano and some singers on your team.

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15 July 2008 ~ 17 Comments

The Pitfalls of Teaching to Piano Players to Play By Chord

For a long time I’ve subscribed to the school of thought that playing by chord off of lead sheets or chord sheets is a much better way to go for piano players than playing straight from the actual piano music.  You only have to have a couple of pages to turn through, you learn how [...]

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02 July 2008 ~ 6 Comments

What do You do When…Your Guitar is So Badly Out of Tune You Have to Stop the Music?

I’ll give you a little hint behind this one.  This post comes directly out of personal experience.  Keep that in mind as your reading. There are probably going to be times when something is out of tune.  Badly out of tune.  It could be your own instrument.  It could be the instrument of an inexpereinced [...]

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14 April 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Back to Basics: Piano & Keyboard

The most common thing I encounter when working with piano players in a church is that they are usually classically trained. This is a good thing and classical training on the piano should never be lost. However, in learning how to play modern worship music styles, piano players need to shift from being a piano [...]

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