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Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar - Part 4 - Substitute chords & tricks in C

35 minutes of worship guitar lessons in a 504MB video download.

Taken from Musicademy's Intermediate Acoustic Worship Course DVDs. 

This lesson includes:

  • Using substitute chords in C 
  • Vicky Beeching on choosing a set list
  • Tim Hughes on preparing for worhsip
  • Licks and tricks in C 
  • Musician signals
  • Noel Richards on song selection
  • 35 minutes, 504MB video download

Now we begin to get into the real meat of the Acoustic Guitar course as we take the chords further and look at cheats and substitutes in the key of C. Again we take it deeper with some licks and tricks that work well with ‘C’ shapes and finally have some great tips on song selection and set lists from Tim Hughes, Vicky Beeching and Noel Richards. If you’ve been the kind of worship leader or player that has always stuck mainly to some ‘G’ based shapes this lesson will massively expand your chord library. 35 minutes of detailed material.

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Substitute chords for the key of C

Substitute Chords – part 2 Previously we looked at a whole range of chords you can get nice alternative voicings with in the key of G. For many players once they start using these G based chords they simply put on a capo for other keys and never learn any other shapes again! This is a […]

Substitute guitar chords in D

Substitute Chords – part 3 In the last two posts we looked at alternative chord voicings in the keys of G and C. Now let’s look at my favourite set of shapes which is for the key of D. I’m a big James Taylor fan and many of his songs use these exact voicings so if […]

Substitute guitar chords in A

Substitute Chords – part 5 Before we check out some chord subs in typically awkward keys like B lets look at the last of the open keys. A is very similar to E and in some situations you can readily swap the shapes between these two keys. You will also have seen most of the shapes come […]

Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar - Part 3 - Substitute chords & tricks in G

55 minutes of worship guitar lessons in a 845MB video download.

This lesson includes:

  • Using substitute chords in G 
  • Alan Frow how do you choose songs for a worship set
  • Cheat and substitute chords in G 
  • More licks and tricks in G 
  • Tre Sheppard on what to do if your congregation doesn't like contemporary worship
  • Acoustic guitar buyers guide 
  • 55 minutes, 845MB video download

This is where we start to explore useful chords for acoustic guitarists. We set the scene by working through a whole set of cheat or substitute chords that work together well in the familiar key of G. We then explore some really useable licks and tricks in G, have some great congregational worship tips and finally and acoustic guitarists buyers guide. 

Taken from Musicademy's Intermediate Acoustic Worship Course DVDs. Teaching by Andy Chamberlain, co-founder of Musicademy, guitarist for Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Brenton Brown, Vicky Beeching and many others.

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Time limited extra discount on these downloads. Get 25% off this lesson when you buy the other 12 lessons from the Intermediate Acoustic Guitar DVDs at the same time (coupon will be applied at the checkout).



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Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar - Part 5 - Substitute chords in D

20 minutes of worship guitar lessons in a 292MB video download.

These lessons include:

  • Substitute chords in D
  • Tim Neufeld (Starfield) on what goes on in his head when leading worship
  • 20 minutes, 292MB video download

Again continuing our chord shapes we look at the key of D and some great shapes that help you move from chord to chord just by moving one finger. Incredibly useable, especially for songs with quick chord changes. Plus again some tips, this time from Tim Neufeld, lead singer with Starfield.

Taken from Musicademy's Intermediate Acoustic Worship Course DVDs.  Teaching by Andy Chamberlain, co-founder of Musicademy, guitarist for Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Brenton Brown, Vicky Beeching and many others.

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Time limited extra discount offer. Get an extra 25% off this lesson when you buy the other 12 lessons from the Intermediate Acoustic Guitar DVDs at the same time (coupon will be applied at the checkout).



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Substitute Chords - B with a detuned E

Substitute Chords – part 7 This next little trick is again about playing in the key of B without barre chords or a capo but this time uses all the open strings and gives you some great new voicings simply by detuning the top E (string 1) down 1 semitone or a ½ step to D#. […]

Intermediate Acoustic Worship Guitar - Part 7 - Substitute chords & tricks in E & A

47 minutes of worship guitar lessons in a 704MB video download.

This lesson includes:

  • Using substitute chords in E
  • Substitute chords in A
  • Tre Sheppard (Onehundredhours) on his hopes for the future of worship music  
  • 47 minutes, 70MB video download

These lessons complete the cheat and substitute chords in the fundamental open keys for acoustic players. This time we look at chords in both the keys of E and A. Great for players who want to explore working up the guitar neck.

Taken from Musicademy's Intermediate Acoustic Worship Course DVDs. Teaching by Andy Chamberlain, co-founder of Musicademy, guitarist for Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Brenton Brown, Vicky Beeching and many others.

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Time limited extra discount offer. Get an extra 25% off this lesson when you buy the other 12 lessons from the Intermediate Acoustic Guitar DVDs at the same time (coupon will be applied at the checkout).



Please note that this is a large video file about 704MB in size. Once you have gone through the checkout process you can then click through to My Account to download the file. Click on the download link and the file will immediately start to download. This will take some time and we do not recommend attempting the download without a broadband connection.

Substitute Chords in B

In this little mini series we’ve looked at substitute chord shapes taken from our Acoustic Intermediate worship guitar DVDs that with help you find some easy one finger changes and hopefully inspired you to you use some different voicings with different sounds. Now let’s look at a key that most guitarists shy away from unless […]

Substitute guitar chords in E

Substitute Chords – part 4 After exploring some substitute shapes in G, C and D now let’s look at the key of E. In E some of the shape move away from the first position and start to explore the dusty end of the fret board.  For instance the very first shape (E) is actually the […]