Rule of 1
A one piece band plays all the music. In a five piece band each member should play a 5th of the music. A temptation for keyboardists, particularly if you have come from a classical background is to overplay and step across other peoples parts.
Play just with right hand
If you struggle with overplaying one option is [...]
This is a lesson taken from our Beginners Worship Keyboard DVDs. The clip explains how to play the song Lord Reign in Me. It is then demonstrated by the band so that you can watch and play along. There is a chord chart in the members section of our website (login to your account to [...]
Reg Garner from Middlesex in the UK emailed saying:
“Thanks for the intermediate keyboard course; I’m enjoying it very much. I wonder if you could give me a bit of advice? If you were to play something starting in a minor key, say the key of ‘Am’, what would be the auxiliary notes to use for [...]
Set up where you can always see the face of your worship or band leader. Signals and communication will be much more intuitive
Don’t just stick to piano sounds. Pads, Rhodes, Whirly, Hammond, strings. Variety is the spice girls of music.
You are playing in the same sonic spectrum as the lead guitarist so try to hear [...]
Here is a free clip from our Intermediate Worship Keyboard DVDs. Tim Martin gives 10 ideas to make chords-based playing more interesting.
There are six hours of great instruction like this on the full 3-DVD course. Volume 1 starts with some simple lessons explaining how to move from traditional to chords-based playing; it then shows you [...]
