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Have you ever heard someone talking about what “key” a song is in and just thought, “What are you even talking about???”

Or heard someone talk about how they had to change the key of a song to another key in order to better fit a singer’s voice, etc?

Chances are you’ve heard the conversations…

And chances ALSO are that you’ve had ZERO idea what these people were talking about.

I have some good news for you…

It’s all EASIER than you thought 🙌🏻

And the even better news - I’m going to show you exactly how to do this TODAY!

Imagine being able to actually know what people are talking in those conversations about “keys of music” and “transposition”!

And even more than that, imagine being to actually put this info to good use!

Imagine being able to accompany someone on the piano or guitar and being able to shift the key around WITHOUT it being a huge deal!!

Pretty awesome, right?

Well, let’s go ahead and jump into it!

Have you ever wondered how Electric Guitar players write such amazing hooks?

Is it just something they come up with on the fly?

Is there a rhyme and reason behind a hook?

Sometimes just listening to a hook or lead line can be overwhelming.

So many notes being played so quickly, moving all over the neck, on any and all strings…

Well, fortunately, there is a format for each most guitar hooks!

Major scales, minor scales, pentatonic scales and others are used to create these lines and more importantly, to learn these lines.

Once you understand a particular scale, you then can begin to see exactly how a line is being played and WHY!

They WHY provides so much insight and understanding, which helps you learn more of these hooks down the road easier and more effectively!

It’s huge!!

Because it’s such an important piece of the puzzle, we decided to create a video, coaching you on how you can begin to better understand these lead lines or hooks.

One of our coaches, and amazing guita...

If you have never learned your first worship song on Piano, this is a great time to get started!

Maybe the piano has been overwhelming to you…

The fact that there are 88 keys and you can never seem to remember where each one of them are.

Maybe, you feel like music just isn’t “in you”, like you weren’t “born with it”.

Maybe you’ve tried lessons before, and no matter how hard you tried, what your teacher was saying just sounded like gibberish.

Whatever the case may be, today is a new day!

And I promise you, what we go through today WILL make sense!

And even better, I will be walking you through how to play piano using one of the most common keys on Piano (the Key of A)...

And will be teaching you step by step how to play the song, “King of My Heart”...

FOR FREE!!!

This will take a bit of focus and attention on your end, but I can promise you, if you stick with me, you WILL be playing this song sooner than you think!

And maybe…

You’ll actually learn your FIRST worship today!...

What separates an amateur player from a true pro?

Maybe you’re thinking how fast they can play…

Maybe how many songs they have logged away in their memory…

Or maybe in your mind, it’s how quickly they can learn a song and then play it well.

All of those things are definitely true of a professional player and are things you can work on to become better at with some practice!

However, there is another ingredient that really takes a player from amateur level to having the mark of a true pro.

I’ve seen it in player after player that I’ve come into contact with and is something that with a little help, you can master as well!

This other ingredient is having the ability to play fluidly in ANY key of music.

Now, you may be thinking, what is a KEY? Or what does it mean to be fluid in the different keys of music?

Well, here’s a quick run down to get you up to speed…

Music has many different notes available to be played.

Just think, if you look at a piano, you see (on most pianos) 8...

Learning to change chords quickly is one of the hardest things to do when you’re learning to play Guitar, right?

I’ve heard it from so many students and have seen students quit because it was difficult for them to get the hang of it.

Really, before you hit the point where you can move fluidly and easily, there isn’t much you can play.

Even if you’re able to play the chords, without being able to move from one to the next, the chords don’t really sound as much like the song as you would hope.

This is exactly why we want to help you learn to do this,

AND do it in an enjoyable way!

Practice, a lot of times, can be very hard to WANT to sit down and take on, but if we can make it more enjoyable, then we’ve got a chance!

What we’re going to teach you to do, through this tutorial today, is how you can begin to practice learning to play from chord to chord fluidly.

We’re going to walk you through the chords to Hillsong’s tune “So Will I” and will do it in a way that will make so much...

One of the most important assets you can have as a piano player who wants to play worship music,

Is the ability to play in multiple keys of music.

To be able to modify a song on the fly by changing keys (transposition) is hugely valuable to anyone in any type of band scenario.

Which is why I’m so excited to show you another one of those keys called the Key of D today!

We’ll be learning and applying the scale and chords of the Key of D as we learn the song “Build My Life”!

How amazing will it be to be able to play a song like this to your kids,

To your friends,

To lead yourself in worship with lyrics like this:

“Holy there is no one like you
There is none beside you
Open up my eyes in wonder
And show me who you are
And fill me with your heart
And lead me in love to those around me”

What powerful words to sing!

I pray that as you learn it, that it becomes a song you can sing to the Father over and over again.

One that brings you closer to Him and helps place proper perspecti...

Who loves playing along with a metronome?

If I’m honest, I’m probably hearing crickets from that question :)

I hear comments like these from students all the time…

“Why??????”

“Can’t I just play how fast or slow I want to?”

Or my personal favorite…

“That metronome thing is EVIL!”

But, let me ask you a question...

Have you ever tried to play along with a song?

Chances are, you have.

Was it easy to do?

For most, probably not.

Why?

Not because you couldn’t play the song -

Not because you couldn’t remember the chords -

BUT, because you had to match their tempo exactly, or the whole thing would sound awful, right??

Imagine opening up Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music or whatever service you use to listen to music,

And pushing the “play” button on your favorite worship song.

Maybe it’s “What a Beautiful Name” or “Living Hope” or even an older song like “How Great is Our God”...

Now imagine yourself playing the song about 5 beats per minute faster than the recording and how t...

If there’s one thing question we’ve heard from nearly EVERY single guitar student that we’ve had come through Rooted Music, it’s this one…

“How do I know what strumming pattern to use for different songs?”

It can be tricky, right?

Sure, there are a few basic strumming patterns that CAN work for a few different songs, but how can you KNOW that you’re playing the RIGHT pattern for the song you’re learning?

How can you be sure, without a coach present, that your strumming pattern fits and sounds as good as it can?

Wouldn’t it be amazing to simply be able to listen to a song and know, beyond any doubt, that your patterns were going to sound good?

Wouldn’t it be incredible to know that when you played the song with others, maybe even in a band setting, your patterns would sound PERFECT for any given song?

Of course it would! 


Which is exactly why we’re going to help break this down for you today!

Ready?? Let’s dive in.

So, there are really three items you need to listen for in t...

Have you ever wondered what it means when someone says, “Let’s play this one in the Key of Bb”?

Or better yet… How in the world is someone able to play in the Key of Bb verses the Key of A on a dime?

What ALL do you possibly have to know in order to make that happen?

It sounds like a lot right?

I remember the first time I was confronted with this very idea....

I was watching Sister Act.

That’s right, Sister Act, with Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, etc.

In one of the scenes, Whoopi’s character (Delores Van Cartier) was helping the choir learn how to sing essentially.

She turns to the piano player accompanying the choir and tells him to play the certain song they were singing in C (or whatever key she specifically mentioned).

I had no idea what that even meant!

How in the world, could this guy, or anyone, know what it meant to move a song around to different keys... ON THE FLY??!!

Well, later as I began to understand the Nashville Number System, I learned one very crucial th...

Have you ever been at a concert, watching one of the guitar players, and wondered how in the world they could finger pick through the chord changes with such smoothness and ease?

Or maybe, you’ve just been playing with a friend and they started to play some incredible sounding melody by finger picking through some chords…

You might have even asked them how they do it.

More often than not, you know what their response will be?

“Oh, I don’t know, I just do it.”

Which is a big help, right?? :)

I mean, it would be amazing to be able to pick through a simple chord progression, and make it sound so beautiful, right?

And really that’s all they’re doing.

They’re taking a simple chord progression (nothing crazy, I promise) and are playing the notes of the chord one at a time in a manner that sounds incredible!

Now, In order for YOU to do this, the biggest item you need to learn is what type of pattern to use when finger picking.

There are several different patterns, but you have to ...