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

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).