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This should be the thread where you share you secrets, your tricks, things that have helped you along the way.


I'm gonna start with a little fill which I recently learnt whilst playing some Franz Liszt. It's really cool, and you can add it in many hymns and songs. Basically you play a crushed triplet making the middle the melodic note. It can be used to add a bit of flair, or 'vivace' to your pieces, but should never be overused.

Attached is me playing it. I do the first one slowly so you can get what I mean, then play you a couple of bars of Lizt, then kinda overplay it. As I say, keep it to the minimum, and you have an effective fill!

[Jozeca]

Cool deal. You have a nice sounding keyboard!

Strangely enough, I think that taking a college music theory course has actually helped me in my playing (subconciously...). I like adding diminished chords between V and vi. There's more, but I can't think that hard this morning...

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In most hymns and songs there is a certain sequence of chords which occur frequently. In the key of G this is; am-D7-G. I'd say it occurs in about 80% of the praise and worship songs I can think of. I have a few ways of playing this sequence. Here's one way.

I plagiarised this one from Keith Green. Basically starting with the 3rd, 'a' and 'f#' an octave above middle c, you play 8 quaver sets of thirds, which brings you down from D to G in a cool way!

I didn't explain that very well, so hopefully this mp3'll explain what I mean.

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Another little 'fill' I use when changing from am-D7-G is the scale run. This is used frequently by Keith Green. In the Key of G. Starting on the note 'A', in the 2nd octave above middle C; Play a 4 quaver lead-up before playing the scale of 'G' and finishing on the note G.

See attached file.

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Ok, this fill is borrowed from good ol' Dino Kartsonakis. It tends to be used in the slower hymns and songs. Often this sequence is played as a crescendo, and does add a lot to the piece.

The fill involves playing an am7 chord quickly, and holding down the pedal play the broken chord of am7 in octaves. When you reach the note 'g' you change chord to 'D' by moving to the 'f#'. See attached.