A Musical Director is a voice of leadership on the platform that helps to run the rehearsals, navigates the band through musical transitions, and fuels the worship leader with clear ideas that can create a moment where people can interact freely with God. A Musical Director adds unity and strength to the team on platform, …
Six String Theory // The Capo
Editor’s Note: This tutorial assumes that the reader has at least a general understanding of a guitar and basic fretboard theory, including key signatures, note names and guitar-centered terminology. If you are unfamiliar with these concepts, please refer to this post for a great introductory lesson about basic fretboard theory. A capo (short for the …
Comfort Zone
Micah brings us some technical advice for keyboardists
Guitar Theory 101 // Lesson 5 // Chord Construction: Major and Minor Triads
Be sure to check out the rest of the guitar theory series here. An understanding of chord construction is important since it allows you to create musically correct chords in “non-standard” ways, expanding your tonal possibilities. Plus, this knowledge lets you create chords on the spot: you may have never memorized the fingering for an …
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Slash Chords and the Nashville Number System
In this video, Dustin explains how to interpret slash chords you will find on your chord charts, and how to assign them a number in the Nashville Number System based on how they are used in a song. Download the chart for Hillsong’s “Forever Reign” in C here to follow along. Forever Reign-C (Rhythm Chart)
Music Theory // Intro to Nashville Number System
Dustin discusses octaves, scale degrees, and practical applications for the Nashville Number system. Download Charts mentioned in this lesson: Our God Charts Head here for part 2 of the lesson series!
MIDI Basics For The Worship Keyboardist
I get a lot of question on what EXACTLY MIDI is. I can say “I have a MIDI controller here, and this is sending MIDI notes to here, and then I have this MIDI drum pad here, and that is sending a MIDI Program Change to here” and once I finish my sentence, I get …
Worship Team Building // Ten Ways to Encourage Your Team
In our last post we talked about showing the members of our worship teams some appreciation and encouragement. This topic may seem like one that doesn’t need much discussion, but with all of the logistics that go into planning, rehearsing, and then leading a worship service, our team members can easily get left behind. Below …
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Hillsong United | Go | Electric Guitar Lead Tutorial
Electric guitar lead tutorial for “Go” by Hillsong United from their album Aftermath.
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Beginner Guitar Lesson 10 // Hammer-ons & Pull-offs
This lesson focuses on finger dexterity and introduces the hammer-on and pull-off.
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Beginner Guitar Lesson 9 // Note Names on 5th & 6th Strings
This lesson teaches the note names on the 5th and 6th strings
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Beginner Guitar Lesson 8 // 6th String Major Scale
Building on the Previous lesson, this lesson teaches the 6th string major scale.
Beginner Guitar Lesson 7 // 5th String Major Scale
This simple scale can be moved all over the fretboard.
Beginner Guitar Lesson 6 // Chords – C & G7
Lesson 6 PDF – C – G7 You’ll find that you’ll be using the C for a long time. The G7 not so much but it helps for this exercise.
Beginner Guitar Lesson 5 // Chords D & A7
Lesson 5 PDF – D – A7 Be sure to spend time between each chord. Make sure each note rings out.