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Which pedals do I need to get started playing in worship band? Part Deux

By Andy@Musicademy | May 21, 2009

Last time we looked at Tubescreamer overdrive pedals as part of a very basic set up to get you going in a modern worship band setting. Now let’s look at the delay side of things. A good delay pedal is the real secret to playing in many modern worship song styles. Delays can do so […]

Rehearsing Tips & Ideas for Worship Musicians

By Andy@Musicademy | May 15, 2009

Part of our Video Shorts series, Musicademy’s Andy Chamberlain gives some ideas on rehearsing.

Chord of the Month – Emaj9

By Steve Weeks | May 14, 2009

We’ve not done a chord of the month recently due to the plethora of substitute chords in recent posts. Here’s a “E” Chord with major 7th and a 9th – very John Mayer! Normally E9 would have a b7 You can take this down 4 frets for a CM79 The open 1st string is […]

Which pedals do I need to get started playing in worship band?

By Andy@Musicademy | May 5, 2009

This is the first in a series of three posts written by Andy on electric guitar pedals for worship. Actually you don’t need a huge amount of pedals to get going. I’d say that with a good Tube Screamer overdrive type pedal and a decent delay you should be able to reproduce most of what’s […]

Ask the Expert – how can I stop my plectrum/pick slipping?

By Andy@Musicademy | April 30, 2009

Mike WIlliams asks: “I often have a problem keeping hold of my pick/plectrum, which tends to slip around between my thumb and forefinger. This doesn’t do much for the sound or my nerves, and isn’t very helpful when the pick pings inside the guitar. I’m not particularly good but bold enough to play for […]

Ask the Expert – Getting the riff to work in I’ve Found Jesus

By Andy@Musicademy | April 27, 2009

Steve Slaughter sent us this question: “How does Stu G make the notes “stand out” in that riff of the chorus of I’ve Found Jesus? (Covered in disk 2 of the Musicademy Intermediate Worship Guitar Course) I’ve got the two chords of E and A that he’s playing and I know that he hammers on […]

Using a capo to play guitar in awkward keys

By Andy@Musicademy | April 21, 2009

Substitute Chords – part 10 (the last part!) We’ve now looked at 9 ideas for using substitute chords as an acoustic guitarist to add interest, strength and beauty to your sound. In this last post let’s bring it all together and use those shapes for playing in awkward, non guitar friendly keys. So far we’ve looked at playing […]

Worship Backing Band – Musicians Practice Tracks – New DVD Launched

By Marie@Musicademy | April 15, 2009

Would you like to practice playing worship songs with a pro band? 54 practice backing tracks on DVD with animated on-screen lyrics and chord charts. Select any song without either vocals, drums (click included), electric guitars, bass or keys and play along! Worshipfully produced by world class Christian musicians like Ben Cantelon, Paul Evans, Marc […]

Add9 guitar chords for adding beauty

By Andy@Musicademy | April 10, 2009

Substitute Chords – part 9 In the last post we looked at using ‘5’ or power chords for adding strength to the sound. Now let’s go the other way and look at adding beauty to the sound by using add9 chords. Add9 chords are named because they just take a regular chord and add a 9th note […]

‘5’ chords for strength and power

By Andy@Musicademy | April 6, 2009

Substitute Chords – part 8 So far we’ve looked at alternative or substitute easy to finger chords in a variety of keys. Now let’s look at some chord shapes to change the flavour of the sounds we make. Some times we want our acoustic playing to sound less ‘nicey nicey’ and a bit ‘stronger’ for some out […]