Musicademy Courses
 The Musicademy Worship Bass CourseDescription: The Musicademy Worship Bass Course is three 2-hour DVDs in a box set. The courses are taught by top Christian session musician Matt Weeks whose credits include Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Chris Tomlin, Brian Doerksen, Paul Baloche, Graham Kendrick, Vineyard Music and many others. The Beginners Worship Bass DVDs lead you through a 3-DVD course and teach you how to: Play open, fretted, long and short notes and develop left and right hand technique, Create different grooves in time with the kick drum, Play worship songs in different keys using major and minor scales, Discover intervals, Nashville numbering and transposing, Use arpeggios, octaves, passing notes and harmony lines, and Learn and play along to Blessed Be Your Name, Here I am to Worship, Hosanna, Everlasting God and Beautiful One.Plus gear guide, practice tracks and tips from some of the world’s best known worship leaders and bassists including Chris Tomlin's bass player Jesse Reeves. This course covers a years’ worth of worship focused lessons and is suitable for complete beginners as well as guitarists who want to transfer their skills to bass.The Intermediate Worship Bass DVDS: By following this 3-DVD course you will learn how to Develop your timing, skills and learn a range of new grooves, Play in different styles using slap, string skipping, damping, and chromatic runs, pedalling and harmonics, Develop your music theory knowledge of intervals, major, minor and chromatic scales, Learn about chord construction, substitutions and inversions, Play by ear, indifferent keys using Nashville numbering Develop your positional playing and left and right hand technique, Use 10ths and arpeggios for creating melodic bass lines, Create fills and licks using pentatonic scale shapes, Develop 16th note playing and sub division awareness, Improve your communication, dynamics and learn three steps to shaping a bass line. This course covers a years’ worth of worship focused lessons and is suitable for existing bass players who want to broaden their skills. The intermediate DVDs are not available as individual volumes. Includes 2 hours of lessons, practice tracks, loops and tips from top worship bassists on each DVD including Chris Tomlin's bass playyer, Jesse Reeves. Click here to view a video clip from The Musicademy Worship Bass Course!Click here to view all Musicademy products!. Topic: Musicademy Courses
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 Musicademy Worship Vocals CourseDescription: Musicademy Worship Vocals Course is teaching DVDs specifically for people involved in worship. The teaching covers professional techniques for breathing, projection, control, and harmony skills all built around well known contemporary worship songs.The DVDs are designed to increase the confidence and delivery of the student both as a singer and worshipper. Subjects covered include:* Correct breathing* Harmony skills* Using the diaphragm for power, projection and control* Use of the head and chest voice* Falsetto, vibrato and vocal frei* Lead and backing vocals* Working with a band* Moving from traditional to contemporary singing styles* Essential music theory made easySuitable for men and women, soloists or groups of singers.Each of the four 2-hour DVDs also features a comprehensive set of warm up exercises designed to extend the range, tone and power of the voice. Click here to view all Musicademy products!. Topic: Musicademy Courses
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 Musicademy Beginner Keyboard SeriesDescription: Teaching keyboards for worship with a proven step-by-step method without having to wade through traditional piano lessons Learn to play well known worship songs and hymns in different keys Use major, minor and slash chords as the basis for contemporary playing Follow contemporary chord charts rather than traditional music scores Play scales, arpeggios and chords and understand how to use them in modern worship songs Understand and use voicings for smooth sounding chord changes Develop right and left hand rhythm skills and introduce variety using broken chords, auxiliary and passing notes 2 hours of teaching on each of 4 DVDs including interviews and advice from worship leaders Stuart Townend, Brenton Brown, Vicky Beeching, Tim Neufeld (Starfield), Tommy Walker, Noel Richards, Leeland Moring and Andy Piercy (producer for Delirious? and Graham Kendrick). In Beginners Volume 1, suitable for complete beginners, you will: Learn the basics of simple keyboard playing Learn about scales the building block for playing How to work out the notes in any major key Discover how to use chords to play songs simple left and right hand techniques Play along with the song "Lord Reign in Me" How to use a sustain pedal Practice tips Gear guide which keyboard is right for you and your budget. Volume 2 is for students who have either followed volume 1 or already play a little. In this volume you will: Learn how to play songs in the key of D using simple chords based playing Play along with the song Here I am to Worship Learn about the theory behind different types of chords - tones, semitones, major chords, minor chords and slash chords Play triads, explore alternative fingering and find suitable chord voicings Plus tips on reading music and playing without looking at your hands. Volume 3 is the next stage on from volumes 1 and 2 in the Musicademy Beginners Keyboard Course. It is also ideal for existing classical players wanting to learn simple chord-based playing techniques. In this volume you will: Learn how to add interest to your playing by changing register, using broken chords and passing notes Play along with the songs Come Now Is The Time to Worship and There is a Redeemer Learn more scales and arpeggios Learn how to play with feeling and expression Plus tips on listening skills and using the transpose button Volume 4 is suitable for player who have already developed confidence in playing worship songs used a chords-based approach. In this volume you will: Learn how to add syncopated rhythm to your playing Develop left hand independence Play along with the song Beautiful One Learn to tackle hymns confidently on the keyboard Play along with the hymns Amazing Grace and How Great Though Art Plus advice on singing and playing at the same time and playing in public for the first time.Click here to view all Musicademy products!. Topic: Musicademy Courses
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