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Strumming pattern – Open the Eyes of My Heart

By Andy@Musicademy | January 17, 2011

Continuing our series of strumming patterns to popular worship songs, here is Paul Baloche’s Open the Eyes of My Heart (which I’ve taken from the original Paul Baloche recording). This syncopated pattern form the bedrock of so many worship songs. If it seems difficult to work out on paper, slow it down, try clapping out […]

Strumming Pattern to Mighty to Save

By Andy@Musicademy | January 13, 2011

Last month we had a really interesting request asking if we would post up the strumming patterns to some well known worship songs. So I’ve chosen 20 popular songs s at random that I hope people will find helpful. Some of these are covered in our Guitar SongLearner series (available on DVD or as individual […]

The failsafe method of working out which chords fit a key

By Andy@Musicademy | October 11, 2010

You know the scenario, you’re either trying to remember the chords for a song that you don’t have music for, or you’re trying to find some chords to accompany a new melody, so you stab at all sorts – G F, C Em, A, Bb – some seem to work but some don’t. There is, […]

Ask the expert – diagram showing chords within keys

By Andy@Musicademy | August 1, 2010

Bob Crockford emailed asking us to look at his chord chart: “When playing by ear, apart from the common keys of C, D, E, F, G and A, I struggle to remember quickly ‘under pressure’ the equivalent chord sequences in other keys, and also the other chords beyond the normal four in any key e.g. […]

Chord symbols explained – a guest post by Kim Gentes

By Kim Gentes | May 27, 2010

What do all the strange names and symbols mean in guitar chords? First, understand that chord nomenclature is a colloquialism of modern music, and there are occasional variances on how people use the symbols. I used the common forms below, which are a mixture of common pop music (such as the half-diminished) and jazz influenced […]

Worship Keyboard Chord of the Month – Dadd9(no 3rd)

By Tim Martin | February 8, 2010

Dadd9(no 3rd) – add9 (no 3rd) chords can be used in place of major or minor chords but are a bit more ambiguous – I use them all the time!

Worship Keyboard Chord of the Month – E alt

By Tim Martin | January 14, 2010

E alt – I know this as a 1/2 diminished chord. It’s two minor 3rds and then a major 3rd stacked on top of each other. You can often use them in place of minor (or diminished) chords.

Guitar lick of the month

By Andy@Musicademy | November 6, 2009

Normally we put together a chord of the month type feature but in the light of a question from Jonathan below, ladies and gentlemen for November I give you… ‘Lick of the Month’! “Some of my favorite clips on the Intermediate Acoustic Guitar DVDs were the “Tricks in the Key of …” sections. My question relates […]

Worship Keyboard Chord of the Month – E7#9

By Tim Martin | September 23, 2009

E7#9 – Use in place of a dominant 7th. It’s effectively got both the major and minor 3rds so it goes crunch! Hendrix fans will recognise the sound of this. Click through for the guitar version of Hendrix’s E7#9 Other posts you might like: Keyboard Chord – A7#5 Guitar Chords of the Month – […]

Guitar Chord of the Month – Eadd9

By Steve Weeks | July 28, 2009

The “Eadd9 ” Chord works to enrich a softly played E Major, with a surprising easy-on-the-ear cluster dischord of three notes in a row (E, F# and G#). This first fingering is fairly well-known – and is a good start because it is easy to see how the basic E shape is modified to lift […]