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Worship Guitar - Moving Lines
Worship Guitar Acoustic Playing – Strumming
Subdividing is the concept of breaking down a unit into smaller parts. If you subdivide a dollar, for example, you could break it down into four quarters, ten dimes, etc. In music, subdivision means breaking the beat down into smaller units. In order to subdiv
In churches today, the guitar has replaced the piano as the most commonly used instrument in worship. Contemporary worship music is usually composed with the guitar, or at least the guitar in mind, and recorded with the guitar as prominent instrument in the mi
There are three basic strumming patterns that can be used to build a solid and interesting strumming pattern. Get the Full Course eBook here: INTRODUCTION TO STRUMMING PATTERNS:
This session unpacks instruction on developing a great strumming technique by turning simple strumming patterns into complex ones. Diminution—dividing notes into shorter ones—is the first step in this process. Get the Full Course eBook here: STRUMMING PATTERNS
The next scale pattern you need to become familiar with is a two-octave major scale. Get the Full Course eBook here:
You can use these lines to create your own melodies or hooks. The video below will demonstrate how you can use these moving lines to realize hooks from two popular worship songs. Get the Full Course eBook here:
In this lesson, you will learn how to add moving lines to your chording. This is similar to what a piano player might do, but in a "guitaristic" manner, and in a way that you can easily implement. Get the Full Course eBook here:
The pentatonic scale is a familiar pattern to most guitarists. This video will demonstrate how to play the movable scale pattern and how to play the pattern in open position. Get the Full Course eBook here:
We will use the notes on strings 3 & 4 to play a four note moving line. Get the Full Course eBook here:
Now we will combine the four note moving lines, those from the pentatonic scale, and use notes from the major scale pattern to have six notes at our disposal. Get the Full Course eBook here:
