Man of Sorrows – Hillsong Live – Resource Page
Man of Sorrows is a great song for Easter, spanning both the death and resurrection of Christ.
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The D Shape: Create chords and lead lines
Most of us learned how to play a D chord very early on in our history of playing guitar. You can actually use this shape all over the fretboard to create interesting sounding chords and melodic lead playing. The D Shape How it works The note where your third (ring) finger is on the B…
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Lord I Need You – Matt Maher – Resource Page
This song is covered by several artists, but the Matt Maher version is probably my favorite. Very congregational song.
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Alive – Hillsong Young & Free – Resource Page
This song is a ton of fun to play and a great opener. Four chords on repeat the whole way through.
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Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb Pedal Review, Part 2 (Modulate)
[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.
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Boss RV-5 Digital Reverb Pedal Review, Part 1
[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…
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How to trigger Pads (or any audio file) in ProPresenter
[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…
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Why some people say you shouldn’t use capos, and why I think they are wrong
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…
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Capo Reviews – Kyser, Planet Waves, and G7th Capos
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…
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Alternate Chord Voicings – Key of B
View all our guitar lessons here Introduction The Key of B is not a super common key to play in – especially on acoustic. Usually you just see people play key of G chords with a capo on the 4th fret or key of A chords with a capo on the 2nd. One of the…
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The Anthem – Planetshakers – Resource Page
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.
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Capos: How to play the same song in different keys
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…
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