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 […]
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 […]
So who discovered America anyway?
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.
Why do we need temperament in the first place?
Think Greek mysticism is gone from the church? Think again.
Lessons from mowing grass.