Finger picking is a great way to play more intimate songs, or if you just want to have a completely different feel from flat picking. In this lesson, you’ll learn the basics of fingerpicking – how to place your hand, which fingers to use and your first basic finger picking pattern. It starts with your…
Man of Sorrows is a great song for Easter, spanning both the death and resurrection of Christ.
This song is covered by several artists, but the Matt Maher version is probably my favorite. Very congregational song.
This song is a ton of fun to play and a great opener. Four chords on repeat the whole way through.
[button link=”http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/boss-rv-5-digital-reverb-effects-pedal” size=”large” window=”yes”]Purchase an RV-5[/button] Nick demos the Modulate setting on the Boss RV-5 Reverb, and it sounds delicious. This is by far our favorite setting on this pedal, and where we feel it really shines. Perfect for swells and ambient sounds.
[button link=”http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/boss-rv-5-digital-reverb-effects-pedal” size=”large” window=”yes”]Purchase an RV-5[/button] The RV-5 is a great sounding and very versatile reverb. In this demo, Nick walks through the Spring, Plate, Hall, Room, and Gate modes. In Part 2, we’ll show you the beautiful Modulate setting. Our favorite setting of these modes is the Hall setting, but they all sound pretty…
[button link=”http://www.worshiptutorials.com/pads/” size=”large”]Purchase Pads here[/button] In the above video, I walk through the process to set up ProPresenter to play any audio file (specifically Pads) during a song or any other service element. How to set it up The process if pretty simple and straightforward. Import the Pads (or other audio) into ProPresenter in the…
If you play guitar long enough (and if you use a capo), you will inevitably run into people who tell you that you shouldn’t use a capo ever. Or they’ll scratch their heads and ask why you’d ever use one in the first place. The most common things I’ve heard are this: Why not just…
A mini review of the three different capos that I’ve owned. Kyser Quick Change Capo (~$15) [button link=”http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/kyser-quick-change-capo-6-string” size=”large” style=”tick” color=”green” window=”yes”]Purchase a Kyser Capo[/button] The Kyser is probably the most widely used capo that I’ve seen – you even see real working professional musicians using these all the time. Seems like everybody has one…
The Anthem can feel difficult at first due to the number of chords, the bass walk-ups, and the key change, but once you get all the progressions down, it’s not too bad. This is one of the most powerful songs out there now.
One very cool trick you can use capos for is playing the same song with different key voicings. To illustrate how this works, let’s take the song Oceans (Where Feet May Fail) by Hillsong United. Oceans is in D, so naturally, you can play without a capo in the key of D. But, you can…
Nick reviews the Fulldrive 2 Mosfet overdrive and boost pedal by Fulltone [button link=”http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/fulltone-fulldrive2-mosfet-overdrive-clean-boost-guitar-effects-pedal” size=”large” style=”tick” bg_color=”#44ABD8″]Purchase a Fulldrive 2 Mosfet[/button] Overdrive The Fulldrive 2 Mosfet is a Tube Screamer based overdrive and boost dual pedal. The left side of the pedal is the overdrive section, and features the following controls: Gain Tone Volume The…