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Facebook Giveaway

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Facebook GiveawayChance to win Online Streaming Videos

In celebrations of completing our Worship Guitar Class main DVD’s into an online video format, we’re running another Facebook Contest. All the videos are now posted and to make it even easier, we’ve added more information inside the videos, like actually seeing the words and chords of the songs.

The new video format will work on any computer or mobile device, including iPads, iPhones, Smart Phones, and more. You can find the contest at the Worship Guitar Class Facebook Fan Page. 

Look for the big red tab that says ‘Giveaway’. When the current contest is over, you can find a signup form there to be notified of the next contest or event. If you have a mobile phone, tabs don’t show up for Facebook. To find the contest on a mobile device… click here. Be patient while it loads.

More info is here: Worship Guitar Class about the contest.

Filed Under: About Music, Worship Contest, Worship Resources

How to extend worship songs

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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. There isn’t space here to talk about the various chord structures and keys, but the I chord is the root chord of a key. For example in the key of ‘G’ the I is the ‘G’ chord. The V in the key of ‘G’  is the chord ‘D.’

A ‘D’ or ‘D7’ chord resolves nicely to the chord ‘G.’ A deceptive cadence is when you change to the VI chord at the end of a song instead of the I.

A good example is the song ‘Lord I Lift Your Name On High.’ I know many of you have our ‘Worship Guitar Class’ course and this song is in the first volume. The chords are predominately ‘G C D C.’ It ends with the chords ‘D,’ ‘Dsus,’ G…..

The deceptive cadence for the key of ‘G’ is the VI chord which is the chord ‘Em.’ Instead of playing ‘D,’ Dsus,’ ‘G’ … you can play ‘D,’ ‘Dsus,’ Em.’ The ‘Em’ is on the last word ‘high.’ Play it for a measure then half a measure on ‘Am’ and ‘D’ ‘Dsus’ for the 2nd half of the measure and ending on G. The ending is below…

|    Em     |  Am              Dsus       D           | G  C | D C | G
… high.             Lord I lift your name on high.

We often repeat the deceptive cadence 2 or 3 times before finally ending on G.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn to read music or to understand music theory, would love to have you join our music theory class. 🙂

Filed Under: About Music, Song Arrangements, Worship Resources, Writing Songs

Christian Drum Lesson Videos

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The Beginning DrummerCarl Albrecht has produced some excellent Christian drum lesson DVDs. He is not only a professional drummer and accomplished musician, but he is also a gifted teacher.

I am pleased to offer his drum/percussion training videos at the website.
http://worshipguitarclass.com/christian-drum-lessons.html

He knows how to teach anyone the basics of playing drums. He teaches how to sit, hold the sticks, placement of drums, techniques, drumming patterns, and much more.

I particularly appreciate his words of encouragement at the end of the DVD. He talks about honoring the Lord with your music and having a servant’s heart on a worship team. [Read more…]

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Encourage Young Musicians

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In talking with Alice Adams the other day it got me thinking about my own musical journey and how special it is to both worship everyday and also to play for others. Alice shared with me how much they they are benefiting from the Worship Guitar Class program.

What caught my attention was when she mentioned that her kids play once a month with a Christian bluegrass group. I remembered that as a young player I used to play once a month at hootenannies. These were casual musical evenings in private homes.

Some of you are Pastors or lead Home Groups. Keep your eyes open for opportunities to invite younger musicians to lead worship. If you are a worship leaders, why not ask less experienced players to join you?
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Filed Under: Friends, Thoughts, Worship Resources

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