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In the Gospel Keys Ministry Musician, Jason White helps one discover how to use the melody of any song to create chord voicings and other “crazy” chords that can prove to be artistic. He also reveals the techniques on playing while playing with a bass instrument, which is different to the style when playing solo. More than that, Jason White teaches how to incorporate small rhythmical variations in playing so as to add spice and flavor to the music.

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The Hear and Play Drums collection contains 4 discs of instructional videos, totaling over 3-and-a-half hours. Each component of the series is designed to bring the player up from the basics to secret tricks used by professional drummers. Bonuses are also available for early buyers.

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Hear and Play Jazz 101 intends to show how to accelerate the jazz learning curve by combining 3 secret elements, which are actually the secrets of the professional jazz musicians. Hear and Play Jazz 101 teaches how to ensure that for whatever voicing and blues licks you play, perfect harmony is produced. One of the best offers that Hear and Play Jazz 101 has is the revelation of the 7 secrets to playing signature solos just like a pro.

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Hear And Play Jazz 201 is presented in a 4-disc package containing five hours’ worth of recorded instruction. The pieces are broken down into easily playable parts, and the player is taught to play step-by-step. Included are a large number of improvisation techniques, to help the players achieve that “professional” jazz appeal. There are also several bonuses for buyers, including free access to the live training seminar via webcast.

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Christmas is a special time of year for many people. The season has its own class of songs. Christmas carols are always well-received, since they evoke feelings of joy and goodwill. Playing Christmas carols is usually done on the piano. Sometimes, players would prefer to learn and play by ear, since they do not get many chances to play it around the year.

Jermaine Griggs, president of HearandPlay.com and GospelKeys.com, aims to help those who want to play Christmas carol music by ear. He is a skilled and experienced piano player and teacher. Through Christmas Keys, he intends to share the methods to playing by ear.

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The Hear and Play Chords program is presented as two packages. The first, Hear and Play Chords 101, is a 2-disc package with two hours of recorded instruction. It covers chord classes, play techniques, and triads. The second package is Hear and Play Chords 102, a 2-hour, 2-disc set. It goes into more depth about seventh chords and more advanced chords. Hear and Play also offers substantial discounts when buying both packages together.

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Mastery is the keyword for Gospel Keys Xtreme dvd course. It purports to guide interested parties how to be competent at playing contemporary worship chords by ear. It is especially meant for those who have felt the need to have more in the way they already play. Gospel Keys Xtreme contains tricks, jazz neo soul, chord progression variations, substitutions and other dvd extras. Many other gospel musicians are moving forward and this series intends to lead one to the same track with additional spins that bring the fullness or the “phatness” of urban chords into the music.

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Gospel Keys Urban Pro 625 offers an alternative to discovering how to play urban gospel music while going about with daily tasks. It is an audio instructional series that can be played while driving, cooking, walking, and others. The author appropriately calls it learning on the go and is based on the assumption that much learning actually takes place while listening.

This audio series is composed of 2 hours of step-by-step guide to getting deeply acquainted with two-handed chord formations. One disc is full of the basics while the other contains specifically contemporary worship sounds. There is also an early bird super bonus of two live training sessions with the instructor himself.

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Gospel Keys Urban Pro 600 dvd series is a training course that focuses on discovering how to play modern west coast music by ear. It assures musicians, who want to take playing the piano and the keyboards to the next level, to learn the newest chords, progressions, licks and tricks. This way, any instrumentalist becomes a multi-talented musician being able to competently swing from style to style.

A total of five and half hours make up this dvd course. It has three discs that provide an audio-visual method of learning how to play differently. If a customer belongs to the first 350 persons to order, then he gets another disc that features bass player Bryan White with his practical examples. There are also an online workbook and live training sessions for early birds.

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Gospel Keys Organ 450 intends to build upon the foundation of Gospel Keys Organ 350 by enhancing one’s skills with some additional chords and voicings. This particular training is promoted to teach gospel musicians chords and voicings for every tone of the diatonic scale until they are able to play rich and high quality congregational songs.

Entitled “Advanced Worship Chords and Voicings” Gospel Keys Organ 450 runs for two hours and features polychords, two-hand combinations, real-life examples, and updated hymns. Those who purchase online through the official website are given 3 bonuses including a Worship Chords pamphlet, Shouting Music mini-course dvd, and a mini-tutorial on organ controls and settings.

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Gospel Keys Organ 350 is a two-hour dvd course that helps musicians play full songs with the organ after practicing alternative walks, bass lines, vamps and others. A bonus reference pamphlet that contains pictures of every chord and movement in the video is given for the first 250 customers.

Gospel Keys Organ 350 dvd course is being billed as a side-by-side journey that is supposed to help one with the basics of playing congregational songs by ear on the organ while skipping the common mistakes associated with learning on one’s own. Jermaine Griggs, the product’s creator, goes on to say that getting instantly competent with the organ takes only mastery in what he calls a “third element.”

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Gospel Keys 300, entitled “Exploring Praise Songs and Charismatic Styles,” contains over-the-shoulder demos, informational segments, close-ups and images, techniques, and new progressions. Customers who order online also receive 3 bonus items including an extra dvd with more complex techniques, 15-minute free staff consultations, and weekly training chats with company president himself on Mondays.

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Gospel Keys 202 is the second course in the Gospel Keys series offered by Hear and Play. The course includes a total of 3 dvd’s with approximately 5 hours of instruction. Disc 1 takes on tones, basic chords, extended voicings, and music edutainment reality clips. Disc 2 contains ear-training, chord prediction techniques and the “couple” system. Disc 3 is all about vocal accompaniment, real-life worship songs and applications. There are also two bonus items of online audio lectures if one orders Gospel Keys 202.

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Gospel Keys 101 is a 90-minute dvd technical course on melody harmonization with more than 6 parts for every single tone of the major scale. It includes close-ups, titles, and charts for visual and mental support. For effective learning, concepts on playing gospel music and some practice techniques are also given. The course also comes with three bonuses including an online chord chart pdf, 15-minute free staff consultations, and weekly training chats.

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Gospel Keys 500 is presented as the ultimate experience in uptempo shouting music. The course is contained in one disc that features more than an hour of step-by-step recording of musical movements and progressions with titles and descriptions to every chord or note. The samples are also played two or three times for easy follow through. With this dvd comes a bonus disc which contains another hour of advanced techniques in modulation and linear shouting patterns. Consultation for this dvd series is offered free of charge.

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Any musician who’s dared to master the piano or keyboard has had to deal with some of the challenges associated with learning scales, chords and music theory. Some acquire these skills and become the envy of their friends while others tinker around until they learn how to play piano by ear.

For musicians in the latter group, piano lessons like those offered by Hear and Play have become quite popular. According to Jermaine Griggs, the creator of Hear and Play, users can quickly and easily learn to play any song by ear.

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