April 22, 2010
- How to extend worship songs
I'm enjoying creating our new Music Theory for Guitar course. One of the musical concepts in the course is called a Deceptive Cadence. Worship leaders use this technique quite often to extend a worship song.
It's common for a song to end with a chord called the V, or V7, to a chord called the I. [...]
March 16, 2010
- Music Theory Course
[media:http://www.worshipguitarclass.com/movie/What-is-in-NC640.flv] The new 'How to Read Notes and Music Theory' course is ready! It's a 17 week course with streaming videos, music, a forum, phone calls and more. Visit the website to get the music for the first Lesson free.
Free Guitar Reading Lesson.
November 18, 2009
- Christmas Songs and Solos
Would you like to learn some fun arrangements of Christmas Songs? I have just made a new book and DVD that contains both the solo arrangements and chords for 14 familiar Christmas Songs.
In this new course you can learn to play 14 Christmas Song arrangements. You get lessons for playing the solo arrangements in the [...]
July 24, 2009
- Travis Pick Fingerpicking
A Video Lesson On Travis Picking
The Travis Pick works well with songs like 'What A Friend We Have In Jesus.' I'm working on an instrumental arrangement of this song and planning on adding it to the Finger Picking Course along with some other songs using the Travis Picking patterns.
April 16, 2009
- I Know That My Redeemer Lives - Song
We just celebrated Resurection Sunday and I wanted to make you a song arrangement of 'I Know My Redeemer Lives.' I was hoping to have it for you before Easter Sunday, but didn't get a chance to get it out. Click here for the song. Hope you enjoy the song!
February 18, 2009
- Be Thou My Vision
'Be Thou My Vision' is a beautiful worship song that has been enjoyed by Christians for centuries. The original melody is from Ireland in the 4th century. A woman in the Newsletter list, from Hawaii, wanted to learn to play it. I've made four arrangements of 'Be Thou My Vision' ranging from very easy to [...]
March 8, 2008
- Amazing Grace - Arrangements for you
In deep gratitude John Newton wrote ‘Amazing Grace’ over 200 years ago. Ex-slave trader turned preacher, John knew first hand God’s amazing grace!
Later, John Rees wrote the last verse, which is my favorite verse:
When we’ve been there ten thousand years bright shining as the sun. There’s no less days to sing God’s praise than when [...]
April 4, 2006
- New song - 'Mi Vida Es Para Ti', or 'My Life, It Is For You'
I recently finished a Beth Moore Study called 'Believing God.' She certainly is a wonderful teacher and vibrant speaker/encourager. On the last night we watched her, via DVD, demonstrate how short our lives are by putting a sign post on one end of the stage that said '0 Years' and another at the opposite end [...]
December 17, 2005
- What Child Is This?
Here is an instrumental arrangement of 'What Child Is This?' that I put together as a Christmas gift for you this year. Get the music first and then watch the video. If you don't read music, it's also in guitar tab. You should see an article of how to read tab below. If [...]
September 2, 2005
- My Jesus Tab
Thanks for all your letters, calls and emails inquiring if Worship Guitar Class Volume Four is ready. It's not ready yet, but the first three lessons are filmed. I was looking at 'My Jesus, I Love Thee' and this instrumental arrangement came into my mind. I thought, "Hey, this can be a lesson for some [...]
June 18, 2005
- 6 Picking Patterns + Writing Songs
I often get emails from guitarists that are stuck in a rut using the same strumming pattern for every song. Here are 6 finger-picking patterns that you can use with 4/4 time songs. I wanted to teach them to you with a song, but I can't use popular worship songs because most are copyrighted.
You can [...]