@@AndrewTaylorJr My bad bro. I’ll try to make it clearer; can you do a video of popular congregational songs in the key of Db? (Very popular hymns like: Glory, Glory, Hallelujah…I get joy when I think about, what he’s done for me…. Solider in the army of the lord) I’m playing on a keyboard with no bass player, so I would need some kind of baseline.
I know father God going to bless me with the skills I just can't wait to receive it brother but God bless you for yours and I'm trying to keep looking at what you doing on here so it can be a start
I'll add this to my to do list, but in the interim, here is a vid I already did on a praise break theme in Ab. See below th-cam.com/video/me373XAvZcI/w-d-xo.html
Okay so I’m slowly catching on, SLOWLY lol. How do you approach a song if you’ve never heard it before? It happens to me all the time in service, someone sings a slow song of which I have no clue how to play.
Okay, so this one can be tricky, I'd even venture to say difficult in some circumstances. The reason is this; when you've never heard a song that is being being sung, you have no clue for what the fundamental basis of the song is. Meaning, the pattern. Mostly all songs have some form of a pattern. Without knowing this, you don't know what changes to make and when they should be made. I've done this operation both successfully and unsuccessfully. When it's unsuccessful, it feels horrible. My token of advice is to not play at all if you have no clue of what to play. Let them sing. On the other hand, if you just have to play, or they have asked you to pick up behind them, start off playing very low in volume. Try to acutely hear what they are singing while figuring out what chords should go where, then once you have it, increase volume slightly. Again, you don't know the song, so what you play is going to be subjective to your level, your style, your ear, and how you interpret melodies. So it may be a total 180 of what the music is supposed to do, but can still fit depending on what you play. I hope that helps.
@@AndrewTaylorJr maybe about a year and a half to 2 years constantly, but for a long period of time I wasn’t per say leading gospel. I was learning from a classical teacher. I play in church though so I’m kind of thrown in the fire even though I’m not very competent. I do the best I can but I’m just trying to maximize the little time I have to get better in the most efficient way 🥲😂
@@TBb____ Lol, well that makes sense. Classical does help as well though. Gospel music is probably one of the most complex genres you can play. At least it has become that. Everything is mixed into it now days. When I said listen to lots of music, I didn't mean "church" music only. Again, because it is now mixed with so much other stuff. It helps the ear in hearing notes, melodies, chords, and so on. But it's not a quick operation. Some musicians play stuff they've never heard better than others. It just depends on their level and ability to hear what notes should be applied. In plain terms, nobody can really teach you to play songs you've never heard, but can give you tips and advice in what to do to help train your ear and grow chord vocabulary so that you have "options" on what you choose to play when playing something you don't know. Another tip is, when in this situation, play "simple". Dont try to do too much. Keep chords basic. Your Gail is just to give enough accompaniment to get them through the song.
@@andythompson6622 Okay, gotcha. So, you're not doing anything wrong. It can just take a good amount of practice to master the coordination. And it is actually more mental than physical. Meaning it's not your hands that has the load of the work, it's your brain. The brain is like a muscle, and like all other muscles it can be strengthened in whatever areas we may want to target. One key of advice is to slow it way down. Practice walking the bass line real slow, after doing that a few times, introduce your right hand in slowly. But separately practice what you want to do with your right hand alone a few repetitions as well. Then you slowly work to bring them together. I will try to make a video displaying this. As you do it daily, your coordination is guaranteed to improve. But you have to be consistent. Remember, practice is ALL about quality, not quantity. If you only have 10 minutes, use the whole ten repetitively practicing one thing, or concept. That gains you way more than doing multiple things for 10 minutes.
Drew, What's the best way to practice in order to get my brain to handle my hands doing different things? Are there exercises, or do I just practice them both separately then put them together? Is that primarily how you've gotten that down so well?
@@AndrewTaylorJr Thanks for response Drew. So basically, when playing congregational and shout music, the left hand is usually doing some totally different rhythms and patterns from the right hand. For instance, in this video you did, the left hand is walking and doing whatever and your left hand doing something totally different. How do I practice to get used to that kind of playing? Are there any excercises that help me play like that?
I think this is one of the best instructional videos and teaching I've ever seen on congregational and this type of playing. Much appreciated.
Wow!!! That's an amazing compliment! Thank you so much!
Always happy with your magic touch, I love traditional styles. Keep up sir!.......Blessings 🔥 🔥 📛 👨🚒 🚒 🧯😘
Blessings brother!
Thank you so much for this 🙏🏾🖤
Excellent teacher
Can you please make a video with different right hand patterns and left hand bass line runs in Db? (Playing with no bass or organ)
Not really clear on what you're asking. Are you referring to only the song/s I'm the video? When you say "patterns" what do you mean?
@@AndrewTaylorJr My bad bro. I’ll try to make it clearer; can you do a video of popular congregational songs in the key of Db? (Very popular hymns like: Glory, Glory, Hallelujah…I get joy when I think about, what he’s done for me…. Solider in the army of the lord) I’m playing on a keyboard with no bass player, so I would need some kind of baseline.
Man I can't wait till I can get bless playing like that 🙏🙏🙏
Aw bro, you can do it man!
I know father God going to bless me with the skills I just can't wait to receive it brother but God bless you for yours and I'm trying to keep looking at what you doing on here so it can be a start
@@marcquispartlow7949 Yes He will! Man I appreciate it bro! I hope you find my tutorials helpful.
A new subscriber 🙋🏻♂️
Thank you!
@@AndrewTaylorJr thank you for blessing us. I will use it for the kingdom of God.
Good morning sir can you play and teach victory shall be mine
Need a private lesson
Can you do a praise break tutorial in Aflat
I'll add this to my to do list, but in the interim, here is a vid I already did on a praise break theme in Ab. See below
th-cam.com/video/me373XAvZcI/w-d-xo.html
Are you using the Ab pentatonic or blue scale for your licks? Or both?
You are correct bro, it is both.
When you add the D in the pentatonic ot makes it more relative to the blues scale.
Okay so I’m slowly catching on, SLOWLY lol. How do you approach a song if you’ve never heard it before? It happens to me all the time in service, someone sings a slow song of which I have no clue how to play.
Okay, so this one can be tricky, I'd even venture to say difficult in some circumstances. The reason is this; when you've never heard a song that is being being sung, you have no clue for what the fundamental basis of the song is. Meaning, the pattern. Mostly all songs have some form of a pattern. Without knowing this, you don't know what changes to make and when they should be made. I've done this operation both successfully and unsuccessfully. When it's unsuccessful, it feels horrible.
My token of advice is to not play at all if you have no clue of what to play. Let them sing. On the other hand, if you just have to play, or they have asked you to pick up behind them, start off playing very low in volume. Try to acutely hear what they are singing while figuring out what chords should go where, then once you have it, increase volume slightly. Again, you don't know the song, so what you play is going to be subjective to your level, your style, your ear, and how you interpret melodies. So it may be a total 180 of what the music is supposed to do, but can still fit depending on what you play. I hope that helps.
@@AndrewTaylorJr so how did you learn to hear melodies because I feel like I can’t for the life of me!
@@TBb____ Well, honestly, that comes with time and experience. In addition to listening to lots of music. How long have you been playing?
@@AndrewTaylorJr maybe about a year and a half to 2 years constantly, but for a long period of time I wasn’t per say leading gospel. I was learning from a classical teacher. I play in church though so I’m kind of thrown in the fire even though I’m not very competent. I do the best I can but I’m just trying to maximize the little time I have to get better in the most efficient way 🥲😂
@@TBb____ Lol, well that makes sense. Classical does help as well though. Gospel music is probably one of the most complex genres you can play. At least it has become that. Everything is mixed into it now days.
When I said listen to lots of music, I didn't mean "church" music only. Again, because it is now mixed with so much other stuff. It helps the ear in hearing notes, melodies, chords, and so on. But it's not a quick operation. Some musicians play stuff they've never heard better than others. It just depends on their level and ability to hear what notes should be applied.
In plain terms, nobody can really teach you to play songs you've never heard, but can give you tips and advice in what to do to help train your ear and grow chord vocabulary so that you have "options" on what you choose to play when playing something you don't know.
Another tip is, when in this situation, play "simple". Dont try to do too much. Keep chords basic. Your Gail is just to give enough accompaniment to get them through the song.
I can play the traditional run but when I go to add the (r) hand I just flop and my run is messed up. What am I doing wrong?
When you say "run" are you referring to the walking bass line?
@@AndrewTaylorJr yes, the traditional base line as in the video. I really don't know how to coordinate the two. It's so frustrating.
@@andythompson6622 Okay, gotcha.
So, you're not doing anything wrong. It can just take a good amount of practice to master the coordination. And it is actually more mental than physical. Meaning it's not your hands that has the load of the work, it's your brain. The brain is like a muscle, and like all other muscles it can be strengthened in whatever areas we may want to target.
One key of advice is to slow it way down. Practice walking the bass line real slow, after doing that a few times, introduce your right hand in slowly. But separately practice what you want to do with your right hand alone a few repetitions as well. Then you slowly work to bring them together. I will try to make a video displaying this.
As you do it daily, your coordination is guaranteed to improve. But you have to be consistent. Remember, practice is ALL about quality, not quantity. If you only have 10 minutes, use the whole ten repetitively practicing one thing, or concept. That gains you way more than doing multiple things for 10 minutes.
@@AndrewTaylorJr Much needed advice for years. Thanks
@@andythompson6622 Yes sir,
I will make a vid discussing hand coordination.
Hi I am a beginner learning nashville number and system and by ear it possibly to do a bass-line chromatic in Ab Major 3 4 #4 b5 6 B7 7 1
Hello, thanks for watching.
For your. Comment, I need more context in what you are saying?
No problem man. So having Chromatic bassline walk up in gods a good god. Using these notes C Db D Eb F Gb G Ab
@@emwilliams97 Oh okay, gotcha. Do you have a question regarding this?
Could I use this bassline in the key of Ab for the song
@@emwilliams97
3:31
Yes sir, you sure can. Check out that time stamp, I show the bassline you're asking about.
Drew, What's the best way to practice in order to get my brain to handle my hands doing different things? Are there exercises, or do I just practice them both separately then put them together? Is that primarily how you've gotten that down so well?
Kerby, I'm not sure I understand your question. Could you expound on what you mean as it relates to your brain and your hands?
@@AndrewTaylorJr Thanks for response Drew. So basically, when playing congregational and shout music, the left hand is usually doing some totally different rhythms and patterns from the right hand. For instance, in this video you did, the left hand is walking and doing whatever and your left hand doing something totally different. How do I practice to get used to that kind of playing? Are there any excercises that help me play like that?
Hey Kerby, so I have a video discussing this. Check it out th-cam.com/video/O6iBV3ubEaM/w-d-xo.html
@@AndrewTaylorJr Awesome!! Thank you so much.