In my opinion, understanding music theory is critical if you plan to learn to improvise. If you are already improvising by ear, you can be successful for a long time without ever knowing anything about theory. However, in the long run, you will help yourself by learning the theory behind your music. Over the next […]
Category Archives: Free Lessons
Before you start down the journey with me, evaluate yourself in the eight areas below. I have listed them in my opinion of their order of importance. Passion to learn. Good pianists understand that they have not arrived and feel a desire to continue to develop their skill. This trait is fairly rare among church […]
A video discussing different things about the free arrangement I posted last week.
If there is one common thing I hear over and over from pastors as I
travel, it is that they want to find some way to breathe new life into
their music without throwing out the proverbial baby with the bathwater.
Which should you use?
Demonstration of how numerous chord possibilities can be applied to one phrase of a song.
Thinking through harmony.
Ideas for improving the patterns you play in your music.
More on the debate between mysticism and reason in music.
Polychords are just chords stacked on each other, or you could say they are just extended chords (chords with 9ths, 11ths and 13ths).
There is much to learn about music philosophy and theology from an unlikely source: the science of tuning a piano.