Your Questions 1

December 22, 2012 By jeanw 8 Comments

Answers To Your Questions:

Do you have a question? Email us, or leave it in the comments below this video and I’ll try to answer those that may be helpful for others too. Here’s a short video with a question from Del and Bonnie.

Del wanted to know how to figure out the key of a song that has already started. I suggest making sure the instruments lead out so the songs will be in the same key as the music. If that isn’t possible, then ear training and knowing guitar music theory will definitely help.

Answering Your Guitar Playing Questions

He is also asking about playing without looking at the sheet music. That happens when you ‘own’ a song… when you’ve played it so much you no longer need the music. Again, knowing guitar music theory will be helpful here too since you’ll actually understand the relationship of the chords to the song.

Bonnie wanted to know about transposing songs… [Read more…]

Facebook Giveaway with Easy Christmas Songs For Guitar Book

December 7, 2012 By jeanw Leave a Comment

It’s simple to enter our weekly Facebook Giveaway. We are giving away a free copy of the new ‘Easy Christmas Songs For Guitar‘ every Friday until Christmas 2012. To enter the giveaway just:

1. Like our Fan Page at Facebook.com/worshipguitarclass

2. Then either leave a comment or like a comment

3. Winner will be announced on Facebook every Friday until Christmas

The giveaway ends the Friday before Christmas.

Fast and Easy Left Handed Guitar Exercises

July 27, 2012 By jeanw 4 Comments

Here are a few left handed guitar exercises that you can practice without actually plucking the guitar. They should help you with your dexterity and guitar technique. Guitar scales and arpeggio patterns are really good to practice but these two easy to learn left hand guitar exercises can specifically help your left hand.

Left Hand Guitar Exercise 1

Place all four fingers of your left hand on the first four frets of the the first string. Lift the four fingers and hop to the 2nd string first four frets all at once. Try to land squarely on the string for each finger. This is a hoping exercise to each of the strings. If you watch the video, it can help you get into a good left hand position. [Read more…]

Worship Set Ideas

May 7, 2012 By jeanw 4 Comments

Worship Set Ideas: How To Put Together A Good Worship Set

I’m sure there are many ways good worship set ideas. This is one I learned at a worship conference that works very well in helping people to worship our wonderful creator God. It’s good to start with ‘call to worship’ songs. Some good songs are ‘Come Let Us Worship’ or ‘Come, Now Is The Time To Worship’.

In the Lord’s prayer, it begins by focusing on the facts that God is our Father and He is Holy. Start with songs that talk of God’s attributes and greatness. Songs like ‘Indescribable’ or ‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness’ are good songs to use.

My preference, and what they also taught us in the conference, is to start with faster tempo songs, then end the set with slower more intimate songs. A fast song could be something like ‘Today Is The Day’. Slower songs to end a set could be songs like ‘Above All’, ‘Calling Out To You’ or ‘How Great Thou Art’. One of my all time favorite songs to end a set is ‘I Love You Lord.’

To break it down… here are good worship set ideas:

Call To Worship Songs and Songs Of God’s Greatness in quicker more energetic tempos.
Slower more intimate and personal worship songs.

What are some of your favorite worship set ideas or favorite worship songs?