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"Play Better Than You've Ever Played Before In Half The Time With These 57 Phat-Sounding, Contemporary Worship Chords!" ***Crucial Piano Report*** For the first time ever, piano expert, Jonathan Powell sits down in the studio and records everything he knows about playing contemporary, urban-styled gospel music by ear! Once again, you can expect not only to hear super phat chords and full-sounding progressions in this 2-hour audio course, but he really takes his time and breaks everything down... STEP-BY-STEP and in an instructional format! The Hear and Play Music philosophy is to "teach," first and foremost before anything else. They can't stand those courses that are just "CONCERTS" and a way for musicians to show off. While they are surely inspirational, they often times lack substance. Not here! With that said... you get the best of all worlds. The "how," the "when," and the "why." In this revolutionary course you'll... Learns the secret about major scales that most top musicians use in their urban gospel playing but never want to talk about. Understand the underlying similarities and differences between the 3 most popular types of seventh chords used in urban playing and how to place them in a way you'd never imagine! "Individualize" your style and set yourself apart from the pack by utilizing tons of extended chords and two-hand voicings that are only known by a few (he's risking his reputation by giving away these secrets). Learn the secrets to building fancy minor seventh chords for use in contemporary worship settings (....this is extremely important and will have you sounding several times better the minute you implement them). Find out the secrets to the "7th tone" and when to lower it. Between the 3rd and 7th tones of your chords lie many secrets that allow you to instantly manipulate almost any chord to produce the sound you want! ...And so much more! Click Hear To Learn More

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Types of Ear Musicians

* The "Natural" Ear-only Type

* The "Theoretician" Type

* The Natural/Theory " Hybrid " Type

Traditionally

The traditional method guides a student by using the most basic fundamentals as a foundation, then slowly introduces increasingly complex lessons. The benefit of a traditional learning experience is that the student gains a greater understanding of the keyboard, music theory, the relationship between notes in the scales, and so many other details that make sense out of an unfamiliar skill. And when it comes to performing, you will eventually gain the proficiency necessary to play your desired piece of music as the original artist or composer intended. The drawback to this method of learning is that it takes a significant time commitment and great patience to get up and running.

By Ear (Aurally)

Do you “have an ear” for music? Can you translate what you hear into notes and chords on an instrument? If so, you have a talent that significantly streamlines the learning process. Learning by ear eliminates the task of learning to read music. But to be effective at playing by ear, you still ought to learn how to place your fingers in the appropriate patterns, learn the name of the notes, etc.

Chord-Based

If you’re the type of person who’s looking to play as soon as possible (is today soon enough?), then the chord method is for you. Each chord is a basic note combination that provides enough audible information to sing along to. Even though the actual song you are “covering” may contain a complex series of notes, chords represent enough of the music to get the party started and have some fun. The great thing about this method is that learning chords takes relatively little time. That said, chords tend to oversimplify music. A song’s distinctive melody, or a signature run of notes that lend to a song’s popularity, cannot be expressed in a chord. Put another way, you could mix together bits of steak, potato, green beans and a dinner roll; compress them into bar form; and eat the conglomeration for dinner. You would get most of the nutrition of the ingredients, but wouldn’t enjoy the bar nearly as much as you’d enjoy all the elements of the entrée separately on a plate.

Pattern-Based

This learning method teaches you shortcuts that supposedly mimic most popular music. I say supposedly because some argue the pattern based method disregards the actual nuances in a song that differentiate it from other songs. Yet, it is another popular way to reach your piano playing goal more quickly than more traditional methods because you can learn a few key playing patterns and then proceed to sound like a professional with little other training. It’s more complex than the chord method, so it enables you to sound more like the original artist. However, like the chord method, it tends to oversimplify the music, and a trained ear in your audience will pick that up.

As you probably discovered, if you want to learn to play the piano, you can take your time or you can be up and running by dinner time. Think about the kind of player you want to be, choose your method, and then proceed to piano lessons and music resources.

Best wishes on becoming a better musician,
LadyD

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Early Childhood Music Educator

The physical benefits of early childhood music are outstanding. Motor skills can be improved through improvisational dancing and handling of the instruments. Vocal and speech development improve through singing while listening skills and concentration improve with aural training. The old-fashioned goals of sharing and cooperation are reinforced with the sharing of instruments and encouragement of other students.
The most important benefit, however, is the proven positive effects music has on brain development. This has been thoroughly researched and documented and is most crucial during the first six years, when the most important brain development takes place. NPR radio broadcast a program called Gray Matters: Music and the Brain, which included Dr. Gordon Shaw, who first described the Mozart Effect.

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