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Holy Lord

September 8, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Greetings Fellow Worshipper,

Blessings to you in the Lord

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Metronome Package…
2. “Holy Lord” arrangements…
3. New Stores…
4. DVD Volume Three…
5. Past Newsletters…
6. In Closing…
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1) Metronome Package…
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Sorry, No longer available

2) “Holy Lord” Arrangements…
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I’m listening. A number of students have
requested the chords for “Holy Lord.” one of my
songs on the ‘Friends of the Heart’ CD. I had
promised to publish it in a Newsletter. You
have my permission to use this song for
personal and public worship in your church.

The video is below. When your cursor
is over the video, you’ll see the play
buttons. Click here to get the music
first. Then put your cursor over the
video below and click the start arrow.

3) New Stores…
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If you haven’t seen the store list recently, you
should check it out. The stores have doubled
since last year. The Worship Guitar Class DVD’s
and Videos are in stores all across the US and
even in Canada and Singapore. Save shipping
costs and buy locally.

I know many of you already have my program, but
you might consider giving a DVD or Video as a
gift to a loved one who has expressed a desire
to play the guitar.

List of Stores:

4) DVD Volume Three...
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DVD Volume Three is finished. We’re just waiting
for the duplicating and assembling. It’s now up
at the site, and should start shipping in about
a week, Lord willing.

5) Past Newsletters…
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It was precious how many of your filled out that
poll a while back. There were areas for
comments and suggestions of what you wanted in
these Newsletters.

Several of the questions had already been
answered in previous Newsletters or on the FAQ
page (Frequently Asked Questions). I’m trying
to compile a bunch of the previous Newsletters
at the site and have just changed the Home Page
to help you access the site easier.

5) In Closing…
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Hibernating bears. Every time I look or think
about God’s creation I marvel at his
creativity. This week I was thinking about
bears. If you were creating a world, would you
have thought about making an animal that weighs
hundreds of pounds, then creating him in such a
way that he can ‘sleep’ for 6 months without
food or water?

How can anyone deny His existence? My prayer
group watched ‘Journey Toward Creation’ by Hugh
Ross. If you haven’t seen this, it’s a
wonderful DVD showing God’s hand in the
creation of the Universe and life on earth. It
will change the way you view this world and
view our Lord!

Worship Him with ALL your heart, because He
loves you with ALL of His!

Love & Blessings in the LORD,

Jean Welles

Filed Under: Guitar Technique, Our Guitar Courses, Song Arrangements

Never too old

September 8, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Greetings Fellow Worshipper,

Blessings to you in the Lord

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Free Video…
2. Too Old To Play?…
3. Singapore & More Stores…
4. In Closing…
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1) Free Video…
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I’m so exited to share a two minute video than can help you with
your guitar playing. It’s one of the left-hand exercises I use
a lot. You can view it here…

2) Too Old To Play?…
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I often receive emails from people who want to know if they are
too old to learn to play the guitar. The people asking have
ranged in age from early 20’s through late 60’s.

This last week I was glad to see an article in ‘U.S. News &
World Report’ about this topic. It validated what I already
knew. It’s never too late to start playing an instrument. I have
taught beginning guitar students in their 80’s and 90’s.

The article mentioned that there are amateur community bands of
adults 50 & up across the US and Canada. Not only is it good
for your mind, it’s good for your soul

3) Singapore & More Stores…
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For those on this list from Singapore, or who visit Singapore,
there is great news. The Worship Guitar Class instructional
DVDs are now available to you locally.

Please tell your friends about:

Rhodes Marketing Pte Ltd
No 50 Telok Blangah Road
#03-05 Citiport Centre
Singapore 098828
Tel : (65) 6276 1106
Find it here…

There are also 7 new stores in Canada ordering soon.
Find them here…

If you haven’t looked at the store list recently, there are now
over 900.
Find them here…

4) In Closing…
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It’s amazing what God can do in a person’s life! I just heard
about a professor’s Grandmother from India. She was born in the
‘Untouchable’ caste and was sold as a bride at age 6. At 40,
she was kicked out of the house because she had no children.

She was going down to the river to commit suicide, but instead
met a British Missionary who led her to Christ. He prayed and
God healed the pain she had carried all her life.

She reunited with her husband and had three children. God
blessed the works of her hands and she became a blessing to her
community, both financially & spiritually! (Founded the first school
and hospital in her community.)

You are never to old to start something new. One of my students
told me her Mother taught her that you stay young by continuing
to learn new things. Her mother learned to swim at age 90.

Love & Blessings in the LORD,

Jean Welles

Kids Guitar

Filed Under: Guitar Technique, Thoughts

Teaching Little Kids

September 8, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Greetings Fellow Worshipper,

Blessings to you in the Lord

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. How to teach little ones…
2. DVD’s…
3. In Closing…
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1) How to teach little ones…
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I’ve gotten several emails recently asking about how to
teach little kids. The videos and DVD’s are great for ages
9 and up, but I would suggest starting slower for ages 5 – 8.

You can start them off by helping them recognize strings
and frets. Tell them the strings numbers…1 through 6, and
ask them to play various strings.

Then show them the frets. They need to know that their
little fingers go behind a fret so the string can sound. Have
them count the frets and learn which is the first, etc.

Then, just call out a string and fret and make it a game to see
how fast they can make that note sound. After they have an
understanding of strings and frets, then I would teach them
some chords.

Instead of starting with A & E7, I like to start with one
finger chords for little guys. You can teach them C & G7.
See the chart here…

CandG7

Get them to do these chords with just their first finger.
For C, which is the second string, first fret, they need
to strum the top three strings only. For G7, they just
strum the top four strings.

Work on the chords and ask them…”Now how many
string do you strum for C?” “Wow, you’re smart…that’s
right!!!” They probably wont remember right away, but
they will get it, and be sure to give them LOTS of praise.

When they are ready, they can play ‘He’s Got The Whole
World In His Hands’ using C and G7.

Click here for the Music

Kids love games, and you can present this material like
a game. I taught a class of Home School boys from age
5 – 9 and they just loved it. They didn’t even want to
take a break for summer vacation!

2) DVD’s…
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DVD 2 is at the Mastering House. The sleeves and booklets
are printed. I will let you know as soon as they are ready!
I thought it was going to be done months ago.

I’ll start working on DVD 3 this week, Lord willing. I know
many of you have been waiting for these, and it’s my first
priority. When the DVD’s are finished I’ve got many ideas
in my head for ways to help you.

I’ve had Volume Four in mind for a couple years and know
what I’d like to teach. But I’d also like to make a DVD of
how to teach little kids and there has been a request for
teaching how to transpose songs into different keys.

I’ll be getting a survey system up in a few days to see
what you’d would like next.

3) In Closing…
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Blessings to you in this end of the holiday weekend. I pray
God’s love fill your heart. He is so GOOD!!!

Praise Him with all your heart, because He loves you with
all of His!

Love & Blessings in the LORD,

Jean Welles

Filed Under: Guitar Technique

Joy To The World

September 8, 2010 By admin Leave a Comment

Greetings Fellow Worshipper,

Blessings to you in the Lord

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NEWSLETTER CONTENTS

1. Christmas Song for You…
2. Christmas eBook…
3. Play By Ear Piano…
4. Just Got Permission…
5. In Closing…
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1) Christmas Song for You…
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Christmas is just around the corner. I understand that Jesus probably
wasn’t actually born on December 25th, but I sure love hearing
songs about Him everywhere!

For this Christmas I’ve made an new eBook of various arrangements
of seven Christmas Songs. My gift to you is three arrangements of
Joy to the World.

Here’s a 2 minute audio of the song arrangements…
If the button doesn’t work Click Here for mp3 file.

CLICK HERE for the FREE Music in .pdf format.

2) Christmas eBook…
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For more information about the Christmas eBook visit
http://worshipguitarclass.com/christmas.html

3) Play By Ear Piano…
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Over the last few years, so many people have asked me if I knew
of or could recommend a piano instructional method using
worship songs. The wait is finally over. I’ve found a very good
method, that I can highly recommend.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn to play the piano by ear, or know
anyone, check it out at:
http://worshipguitarclass.com/lessons/piano-by-ear.html

4) Just Got Permission…
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With all the copyright laws, you have to be so careful. I wanted
to print all the words and chords for ‘I Love You Lord’ last month
but the person I needed to get approval from was out of town.

He’s finally back and has given me permission to share that with
you. The song is up, with the two audios, at…
http://worshipguitarclass.com/news11.html

5) In Closing…
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It sure is easy to get overly busy this time of year. Take some
time to adore and worship your King!

Worship Him with all your heart, because He loves you with all of His!

In His Love,

Jean Welles
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Filed Under: Guitar Technique

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