• Approach the keyboard as a chords based instrument and lose your dependency on the music score
• Integrate added, suspended and extended chords into your playing
• Use inversions and alternative voicings for smoother playing
• Develop left and right hand rhythm skills to fit the ‘groove’ of the song
• Improvise using melodic fills, auxiliary and passing notes
• Use string, pads, electric piano and organ sounds
• Develop techniques for leading worship as a keyboard player
• Choose the right equipment for you
• Understand the tools that help you play by ear

Who is it for?

If you are already a relatively accomplished player (i.e. already playing regularly in a worship band – including those playing using the full musical score) or have significant classical experiece (say to grade 5 or higher) then this is the right course for you. It begins with a really nice simple lesson introducing how to play using chords and then gets more challenging.

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Our “Collection” lessons (we have Keys, Bass and Guitar) teach a wide variety of techniques but each lesson is structured around a song. The idea is to discover the way a professional musician would build parts for the song on your instrument. You can then apply those techniques and approaches to lots of other songs as you progress. Collection (and Song Learner) lessons are generally suitable for people at an Intermediate standard.

Learn session keyboard musician parts of 18 worship songs teaching the chord shapes, voicings, rhythms, fills, passing notes and textural sounds that make up a comprehensive approach to a song on keyboard.

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This Advanced course is designed for people who have all the musical know-how from the Intermediate course but want to explore more about different keyboard sounds. The course unpacks the multiple keys parts to 10 professional worship song recordings so that you can recreate those sounds in a live setting.

In this four hour course made up of 10 lessons (each featuring a well known worship song) you will learn how to:

• Play tasteful, well executed keyboard parts
• Find interesting piano chord voicings
• Use Hammond organ
• Play authentic string, pad and synth sounds
• Use riffs to develop effective parts
• Create melodic interest
• Use modulation and delay effects
• Replicate time-synched effects live
• Understand when and when not to play
• Ideas for two simultaneous keys players
• Make use of more keyboard sounds

What skill level do I need to be at?

For regular worship band players or those who have progressed through Musicademy’s Intermediate Worship DVDs.

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