Find a practice schedule that works for you. Choose a time every day or at least three times a week that you block off to practice. Let your family know : )

Click the link to download and print the check off sheet.  This will be important motivation for you.  Leave it out in the open to remind you what you are working at accomplishing. 

Worship Path Step 2 (PDF)

Learn how to take a melody and create harmony around it.  This lesson will teach you how to construct a simple arrangement from this timeless song.

1. Away in a Manger (All Videos)

Now learn how to use pads with fills and by create bigger chords.  With bigger chords you can really create a soothing a prayerful atmosphere.

1. Fills
2. Bigger Chords

***ONLY Do this in case you are having trouble with the Sustain Pedal

1. The Basics
2. Training (Do as much as you can/need)

Keep it Up! Work hard. Give glory.

Key of D

Before You Start

Note: Understanding the Scale and Diatonic Chords below will help “Connect the Dots” as you go through the lesson.  You don’t have to perfect them…just know what is going on : )

Review: D Scale
Review: D Diatonic Chords

Chords Used (D, G, A and Bm)
*Similar to the chords in “Oceans”

Checkpoint 1 – Grounded in Prayer – Basic Chords

Hello! The first thing we need to do is start in prayer. Next I will show you the chords with the Right and Left Hands together. It may take a while to learn them…so be patient…and enjoy!

Prayer and Chords

1. Prayer and Chords
2. Basic Jam Track

Sustain Pedal

Checkpoint 2 – Broken Chords

Breaking up the chords and playing them in a unique pattern will change everything…and give you a new dynamic to play the song in.

Broken Chords

1. Broken Chords
2. Jam Track

Checkpoint 3 – Chord Shapes

Using these shapes with your root chords will change the way you sound forever…and help give you that characteristic worship sound.

Chord Shapes 1

Chord Shapes 2

Checkpoint 4 – Setting the Mood and Advanced Broken Chords

CAUTION: The Advanced Broken Chords are fairly difficult. If you find it overwhelming I recommend skipping it and coming back later once you have developed your skills a little more.

Setting the Mood

Advanced Broken Chords

Checkpoint 5 – All Together

When playing a song in worship you will want to change the dynamics to add emotion and energy. In the next example I’m going to use everything shown in this lesson…watch how it changes the feel of the song.

All Together

Celebrate all of your hard work…go high five someone!

EXTRA CREDIT – More Songs

Choose one (or all) of the songs below to work through from Wade’s free YouTube channel.  Notice the different ways to play in the key of D with inversions.  Take some time to expand your skills by applying some of the tricks above to the following songs.

As The Deer
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
What a Beautiful Name

*You can find a big list of songs in the key of E HERE

It gets a little deeper here…but don’t worry!  Remember, when you learn WHY and HOW something works you can start to create new things on your own.

1. Inversions Intermediate (All Videos)
2. 7th Chord Trick (All Videos)
3. 7th Chord Trick with Inversions (All Videos)
4. Major Scale Construction
5. Key Signatures
6. Aug, add9, and sus chords (All Videos)
7. Diminished Chords (All Videos)

If you need more help learning key signatures you can check out:
Musictheory.net

It already takes a lot of brain power to play the piano…but when you add in singing it takes it to a whole new level.  If you are new to singing and playing together you can use this classic hymn to get you going.

1. Amazing Grace (All Videos)

Believe it or not, everything you’ve done to this point has been developing your ear.  Here are a few tricks to some common needs musicians run into.

1. Find the Key by Chords
2. Find the Key by “Home Base”

Keep it Up! Work hard. Give glory.

Key of E

Before You Start

Note: Understanding the Scale and Diatonic Chords below will help “Connect the Dots” as you go through the lesson.  You don’t have to perfect them…just know what is going on : )

Review: E Scale
Review: E Diatonic Chords

Chords Used (E, F#m, A, B and C#m)
*Similar to the chords in songs like “Here I Am to Worship”

Checkpoint 1 – Grounded in Prayer – INTRO and Basic Chords

Hello!  The first thing we need to do is start in prayer. Next I will show you an Intro Lick (Signature Lick) and some Right Hand chords.

Prayer, Intro, Chords

Prayer and Intro

Chords

1. Right Hand Chords
2. Chord Progression
3. Jam Track

Checkpoint 2 – Sustain Pedal and Left Hand

Keep working on using the sustain pedal correctly so that the chords are connected smoothly.

Sustain Pedal

Left Hand

1. Left Hand
2. Jam Track

Checkpoint 3 – Rolling Chords and 5125 Fills

These little secrets will really make you sound amazing!

Rolling

1. Rolling Chords
2. Jam Track

5125

1. 5125 Fills
2. Jam Track

Checkpoint 4 – More Fills

CAUTION: These fills are a little more difficult to play…so if they give you trouble…just come back later to work on them.

More Fills

1. More Fills
2. Jam Track

Checkpoint 5 – Other Important Information

Setting the Mood
Playing with a Band
Pads

Celebrate all of your hard work…go get a pizza!

EXTRA CREDIT – More Songs

Choose one (or all) of the songs below to work through from Wade’s free YouTube channel.  Notice the different ways to play in the key of E with inversions.  Take some time to expand your skills by applying some of the tricks above to the following songs.

I Can Only Imagine
Way Maker
Fighting For Me

*You can find a big list of songs in the key of E HERE