A worship piano improvisation technique book for accompanying congregational singing alone or in a worship band. Intermediate level, 213 pages. Tools to build your own musical style (language) for the glory of God. 300 notated examples. Accompanying audio MP3's are available online (for free). Listen, play and get the sounds into your fingers. Learn to think in music. Employs classic hymns and contemporary worship songs. Deals mainly with harmonic possibilities. Learn effective voicings and chordal pathways, starting with basic progressions and many ways to voice triads, major and minor sevenths, and alternating harmonies ("doubles"). Generated for the worship program at Biola University (LA) and directed at two diverse kinds of students: classical pianists who read fluently but cannot improvise; improvisers seeking musical concepts to further develop their ideas. Many easy examples. Detailed, running commentary explains in simple English what is going on musically on theoretically, breaking down concepts into small, achievable chunks. Includes seven complete arrangements which illustrate keyboard playing in a worship band. Should have minimum background of two semesters of music theory or the equivalent. Dr. Liesch is also author of The New Worship (Baker Books, 2001).

Keyboard Worship: Learn, Integrate, Apply Basic Chords, Voicings, Progressions (Keyboard Worship Books 1 - 4)

Computers & Technology

KEENE, Tom

Liesch, Barry Wayne

Programming

Barry Liesch

A keyboard improvisation book for Christian worship. Step by step instruction. About 165 pages and over 200 music examples.

Keyboard Worship Book 3A of 4 Advanced Harmonic Techniques: Up/Down Thirds, Descending Fifths, Secondary Dominants (Keyboard Worship Books 1 - 4)

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Liesch, Barry

Music

A piano worship improvisation book for accompanying congregational music, alone or in a worship band. In depth exploration of contemporary chord colors, voicings, and progressions involving drones, added second chords, sus chords, quartal chords, "four over five" chords, and rootless sonorities. Over 300 notated examples, 215 pages. MP3 online playback of all music examples (free). Five, full arrangements with complete piano parts for playing in a worship band. Listen, play, and get the sound shapes into your fingers. Step-by-step instruction. A running commentary in simple English communicates what is going on musically and theoretically, breaking down concepts into small, achievable chunks. Intermediate Level to Moderately Advanced. Best for worship keyboardists who have have acquired two or more semesters of music theory or the practical equivalent. The material was generated at Biola University (LA) in the worship major program to meet the needs of two diverse kinds of students: (1) classical pianists who read fluently but don't know how to read chord charts or improvise; (2) improvisers who desire robust concepts and structures to better develop their ideas. Endorsed by Bob Kauflin, author of Worship Piano.

Keyboard Worship: Applying Contemporary Chord Colors

Liesch, Dr. Barry Wayne

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