By Andy@Musicademy | March 28, 2013
Here’s a lesson taken from our Intermediate Acoustic Guitar Course. The course is available on DVD or as individual downloads – see trailer below. We’ve created cheat sheets like the one below for each of the keys where we teach substitute chords on the course.
By Andy@Musicademy | March 16, 2013
A few months back I was filming a new Beginning Worship Guitar course DVD series which is essentially a remake of the very first Musicademy DVD I did eight years ago (where does the time go?). Partly the update is to reflect more recent songs that a beginner musician would want to learn and partly […]
By Andy@Musicademy | February 28, 2013
Workbook Songbooks We have released four Workbook Songbooks to go with our new Beginning Guitar DVDs. Learn 40 extra worship songs including chord charts. 277 pages packed full of extra tests, new chords, strumming and picking patterns, even transposing exercises! They are designed as optional extras to help you maximise your learning as well as […]
By Andy@Musicademy | February 5, 2013
Our original Beginner’s Guitar DVDs were filmed back in 2004. That product still stands on its own as a great value way of learning to play guitar from scratch but as you can imagine we’ve developed a lot since then. So our new Beginning Guitar 4 DVD set is very much a culmination of everything […]
By Marie@Musicademy |
Lenny Kravitz is in downtown New Orleans when he hears The Voice of Praise Choir from the First Baptist Church performing his song ‘Fly Away’. Watch what happens next.
By Andy@Musicademy | January 16, 2013
If your playing experience has mainly been with worship bands, approaching something that looks like a jazz or extended chord can seem pretty daunting. One way around this is to find some kind of pop/jazz crossover song with just one or two new chord shapes that can be drip fed into your technique kit bag […]
By Guest Blogger | January 15, 2013
Transitioning and flowing between songs In formal church traditions, where the service is often of the ‘hymn sandwich’ variety, there is obviously no need to consider how to transition between songs. However, with the rise of less formal, contemporary worship (due in large part to the charismatic renewal of the 1960’s and 70’s), there has […]
By Marie@Musicademy | January 12, 2013
We’ve had a few emails recently from customers who have seen that we’ve recently upgraded our Beginners and Intermediate Guitar DVDs and concerned that we are about to do the same with Bass, Drums, Vocals, Keys etc. I can confirm that we have no plans this year to replace any other of the Worship Course […]
By Andy@Musicademy | December 14, 2012
Strumming patterns for worship guitarists If there’s one piece of advice I’d give to acoustic guitarists to improve their tone and dynamics it is to think about their strumming patterns. Very often when we first learn to play we get pretty good at changing chords with our left hands but don’t pay so much attention […]
By [email protected] | December 10, 2012
It’s that time of year again when rehearsals for Christmas services are ramping up and everyone is working on their best O Come All Ye Faithful chops for Christmas morning. On top of which everyone is shopping like mad for presents for friends and family. But have you thought about getting presents for your worship […]
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