This is the final post of an online lesson in Basic Chord Theory and the Nashville Numbering system. This lesson deals with how to put together scales and chords. It is built on lesson one which talked about intervals and whole and half steps and lesson two which dealt with scales and chords.
Part III -Using [...]
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Online Lesson- Basic Chord Theory and Nashville Numbering Part 3
September 2nd, 2008
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Online Lesson- Basic Chord Theory and Nashville Numbering Part 2
August 29th, 2008
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These are lessons 2 and 3 of an online lesson on Basic Chord Theory and the Nashville Numbering system. This lesson deals with how to put together scales and chords. It is built on lesson one which talked about intervals and whole and half steps.
Part II – ScalesA scale is made up of a combination [...]
Online Lesson- Basic Chord Theory and Nashville Numbering Part 1
August 28th, 2008
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Imagine this- You are in rehearsal and you have your chord sheet for “Lord Let Your Love” sitting in front of you. You are ready to rehearse when your group realizes that the key it is written in is too high and it needs to be changed. At this point you have two options. Scratch [...]
Working With Youth Worship Bands: Back to Basics
August 22nd, 2008
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This is part one in a series of posts entitled “Back to Basics”.
Maybe this is familiar. You are listening to the radio or latest worship CD and hear a great new song. You go home, type out the chords or find them online, grab the CD and head to rehearsal. You then play the [...]
“Embracing Technology in Working with Youth Bands”
July 21st, 2008
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One of the most difficult challenges in working with youth bands is dealing with students who are in the beginning phases of learning an instrument, particularly guitar or bass players. This can be frustrating for a youth worker/band leader who is an experienced player because you don’t want to spend a large portion of band [...]
Working With Youth Bands- Same Chords
April 29th, 2008
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An easy way to learn several songs with your praise team is to use songs that use the same chords and chord structure. Teach your team a basic chord pattern like G C D C. Once they can play that consistently and in time then reveal the songs that go along with that.
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Theoretically Speaking #1
March 26th, 2008
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This is the first in a series I have wanted to write for a while called “Theoretically Speaking.” Each article will deal with some aspect of music theory as it pertains to leading worship and working with worship teams. If you have a theory question please send it in and If I can answer it [...]
