Hello all! I just wanted to give a special thanks to Matthew Daniel who so graciously stopped by and added some thoughts and things I was missing and/or mistaken about with the Nashville Number System. In my haste to do a comparison post I didn’t research as much as I should and wanted to give [...]
Nashville Number System vs. Roman Numerals (cotinued)
Wednesday we looked briefly at the Nashville Number system. Today I’d like to talk about the Roman numeral system equivalent and touch briefly on the benefits and disadvantages of each. The NNS system basically works like this:
Comparison
C - D - E - F- G - A - B - C
1 - 2- 3 - 4 [...]
Random Friday - The Worship Community and Gravatars
Hello all! Friday is here and the weekend is almost upon us! I wanted to share a couple of random things:
Music Theory at The Worship Community
My first article at The Worship Community has been published. Check it out, especially if you’re wondering why it’s important to know music theory as a worship leader.
Gravatars
Secondly - do [...]
Practical Music Theory Tips #9 - Intervals (Major and Minor Thirds)
And we’re back to diving in to music theory!
The next several posts will be spent looking at different intervals in music. Knowing intervals helps us with a lot of things:
We can train our ear better to sing and play things if we understand and know intervals.
We can know and remember how to build chords by [...]
Practical Music Theory Tips - What Next?
So, I would love to continue to do some practical music theory posts, but I’d love your help. What kinds of things would like like to learn more about? What are some common questions in your worship teams about music theory? Shoot me a comment or an email and we’ll dive in [...]