By Andy@Musicademy | July 12, 2010
Which is the best guitar for worship leading? Barry Gilbert from Dublin, Ireland emailed asking: “I know this is a very subjective question, but generally speaking what make/model of guitar would you guys consider best for leading worship, Martin, Taylor, Lowden etc. I have a Martin HD-28 which I think is too bassy and a […]
By Andy@Musicademy | July 7, 2010
How to handle disagreements in your worship team Princess Pilime from the UK asks for some advice on warring musicians: “Do you by any chance have tips on how to understand each other with the instrumentalists, at the moment we have a problem where the instrumentalists refuse or argue that they do not want to […]
By Andy@Musicademy | June 24, 2010
Advice on a guitar amp for church use Andy Herbert from emailed saying: “I’ve been reading Andy’s recent posts with great enthusiasm because, as a recent switcher from acoustic to electric guitar, I’ve made a few bad decisions with regards an amp & multi-effects without really understanding what I was doing. Because of this I […]
By Andy@Musicademy | June 11, 2010
Guitar practice tips Neil Shuck sent this email about guitar practice. Its similar to a number of others we have had recently so we thought it worth publishing in a blog post. “I’ve just purchased the “Intermediate Acoustic” Worship Guitar Course, and I was wondering if you could help with a question. The ‘blurb’ states […]
By Andy@Musicademy | June 9, 2010
Ideas for notation on chord charts Tim Lunn from Wantage in Oxfordshire asks: “I’m interested to know your thoughts on the use of chord charts for worship groups. The problem is that although, in our case, the bass and guitar rely on them heavily they convey no sense of timing and can cause problems when the […]
By Andy@Musicademy | June 4, 2010
Matching drum grooves with strumming patterns Ian Greening from Aldershot in the UK writes: “After a few years away from it, I started playing bass in one of my church’s worship teams. The drummer is twelve years old and his technique is actually pretty good, but what he hasn’t got experience of yet is choosing […]
By Andy@Musicademy | May 25, 2010
What to do with a musician having problems with counting and rhythm? We had this email from a Musicademy subscriber in the US which I think flows pretty well on from yesterday’s post. “Our song leader cannot count very easily and has trouble with keeping rhythm. We have to jump through hoops to second-guess him […]
By Andy@Musicademy | May 21, 2010
How to play syncopated songs on the keyboard David Aldrich emails with an issue that lots of worship keyboards players wrestle with: As a keyboard player, I really struggle with playing syncopated worship songs. Playing on the off-beat just doesn’t come naturally to me. Do you have any tips on how to do this? Andy […]
By Andy@Musicademy | May 14, 2010
Tips for introducing a new worship song to your congregation There a number of ways to introduce new songs to a congregation. Graham Kendrick teaches his songs line by line, Stuart Townend tends to teach songs in sections as the lyrics change but the melody remains the same and Matt Redman often injects the new […]
By Andy@Musicademy | May 5, 2010
We had this request from Tomy in Florida “I am a beginning guitarist and I can’t find the beat for Open The Eyes of My Heart. I can find plenty of tabs, but no strumming pattern.Can anyone be of any help?” You need to play a 16th note strumming pattern. I.e. for every beat of the […]
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