{"id":61,"date":"2008-06-01T20:43:19","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T03:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=61"},"modified":"2024-12-25T23:36:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T07:36:26","slug":"spicing-up-your-worship-playing-mike-bereal-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/spicing-up-your-worship-playing-mike-bereal-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Spicing up your worship playing, Mike Bereal-Style!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently sent out a couple of tutorial clips from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> Mike Bereal&#8217;s dvd<\/a> and musicians literally ate them up! Some even talked  about using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> these chords<\/a> for their worship services the very next day! So that was great  news for me to hear&#8230; that people were benefiting even before <em><strong>Wednesday<\/strong><\/em>,  when the course officially launches.In this special newsletter, I actually wanted to take the first clip and  break down some of the concepts you&#8217;ll learn in the dvd even further. It doesn&#8217;t  matter if you&#8217;re personally interested in the dvd or not&#8230; I want you to  benefit from this newsletter. So pay attention below and take out your pen and  pencil because it&#8217;ll be good!!!.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So let&#8217;s get started!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>==================================<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s several ways you can learn this worship progression.<\/p>\n<p>1) You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> watch the tutorial<\/a> first, then return to this newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>2) You can read this newsletter first, then put it all together when you  watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>3) You can mix and match. Play the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> tutorial<\/a> up to a certain point, then return to the newsletter to see what I  have to say about it. Then back to the tutorial. Or you can read my newsletter  up to a certain point and then play the tutorial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Up to you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: There are two tutorials on the same page. I&#8217;m only referring to the  first one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>==================================<\/p>\n<p><em>(You may want to print this out)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start off with the basic chord progression. Just like the video  tutorial, we&#8217;ll start with the basics and then get into &#8220;Mike&#8217;s&#8221; changes later  on in the newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>This progression will be in the key of <em>Db major.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The bass for the entire progression is also Db (the first tone in the  scale)<\/strong> so you won&#8217;t have to worry about memorizing a super-complicated left  hand arrangement&#8230; at least not right now.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s focus on the right hand:<\/p>\n<p><em>(It&#8217;s amazingly simple but once you start adding Bereal&#8217;s feel to it,  you&#8217;ll see the power of basic chords <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> arranged<\/a> in such a way&#8230;)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/mikeberealchords.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/mikeberealchords.jpg\" src_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/mikeberealchords.jpg\" border=\"0\" height=\"374\" width=\"515\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7 Chords (from illustration above)<br \/>\n==================================<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/    Right Hand: Ab + Db + F<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass Db     \/\/     Right Hand: Db + F  + Ab<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/     Right Hand: Bb + Eb + G<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/     Right Hand: Eb + G + Bb<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/     Right Hand: Db + Eb + Gb + A<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/     Right Hand: A + Db +Eb + Gb<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/    Right Hand: Ab + Db + F<\/p>\n<p>So as you can see, the foundation for this progression isn&#8217;t very hard. In  fact, incredibly simple to be coming from a pro like Mike Bereal right?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the thing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Nothing is really that hard. It&#8217;s <strong>what you do<\/strong> with what you <em><strong> already have<\/strong><\/em> that makes the difference, as you&#8217;ll soon see below.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s keep it moving&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Db major scale is:<\/p>\n<p>Db  Eb  F  Gb   Ab  Bb  C  Db<br \/>\n1    2     3    4    5     6     7<\/p>\n<p>While our bass is constantly holding down the &#8220;1&#8221; (the first tone of the  scale: Db), the chords are moving in a particular pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Notice that <strong>every two chords<\/strong>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> progression<\/a> switches scale tones.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the first two chords are simply<strong> Db major chords<\/strong> (one  is voiced in second inversion with Ab as the lowest note on the right hand  &#8212;and&#8212; the other Db major chord is voiced in root position with Db as the  lowest note on the right hand).<\/p>\n<p>Then it moves to the second tone of the scale, which is Eb.<\/p>\n<p>But what&#8217;s so different about this chord is that it doesn&#8217;t naturally occur  on the second tone of the scale.<\/p>\n<p>If you have our 300pg course or any of our other GospelKeys courses, you&#8217;ve  probably ran into a chart like this:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75; border-collapse: collapse\" id=\"AutoNumber2\" border=\"1\" bordercolor=\"#111111\" cellpadding=\"6\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"42%\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"30%\"><strong>Scale        Tone<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Chord        Type<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"30%\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"70%\">Major<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"30%\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"70%\">Minor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"30%\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"70%\">Minor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"30%\">4<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"70%\">Major<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"30%\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"70%\">Major<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"30%\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"70%\">Minor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"30%\">7<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px dashed #7f7c75\" width=\"70%\">Diminished<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center>This chart basically tells you what chords naturally occur on what tones of  the scale. So if we&#8217;re in the key of Db major and the second tone of the scale  is Eb, we would normally play an Eb <strong>minor <\/strong>chord.<em>(Keep in mind that I&#8217;m only talking about triads or <strong>three-toned chords<\/strong>  here since that&#8217;s what Mike uses in his tutorial. There are some small changes  you make when you play four-toned or what we call &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\">seventh<\/a>&#8221;  chords and you&#8217;ll notice differences in a chart that references seventh chords).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So why doesn&#8217;t Mike just play a regular Eb minor chord?<\/p>\n<p>Well, first of all, it wouldn&#8217;t give him the sound he&#8217;s looking for. With the  Db constantly held down in the left hand (or by the bass player), an Eb minor  chord would produce a TOTALLY different sound&#8230; <strong>but altering the minor chord  to a major chord gives the intended sound he&#8217;s looking for during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> worship part<\/a> of the church service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I could talk all day about <em>secondary dominants<\/em> but we&#8217;ll reserve that  topic for another lesson.<\/p>\n<p>For now, understand that when you change a minor chord to a major chord, it  CAN work and just may produce the exact sound you&#8217;ve been trying to imitate but  couldn&#8217;t figure out what it was in the past (especially if you&#8217;re confident  you&#8217;ve figured out the bass note but the &#8220;normal&#8221; minor chord just doesn&#8217;t sound  right).<\/p>\n<p>So Mike uses the Eb major chord and does the same pattern with it. He goes  from the Eb major chord (in second inversion with Bb as the lowest note on the  right hand) to an Eb major chord in root position (with Eb as the lowest note on  the right hand).<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s move on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Next comes a couple of different chords.<\/p>\n<p>He uses a <em><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> half-diminished<\/a><\/strong><\/em> chord on the right hand. This is also known as a  minor seventh chord with a flatted 5th tone in it.<\/p>\n<p>He uses an Eb half diminished chord. I know it&#8217;s hard to tell because <strong>Db<\/strong>  is the lowest note of the first one and then <strong>A<\/strong> is the lowest note of the  next one (&#8230;if you haven&#8217;t figured it out already, there&#8217;s two of each type of  chord in this progression&#8230; Mike just plays them differently).<\/p>\n<p>But in your mind, temporarily try to look at this chord with Eb on the bottom  even though he doesn&#8217;t play it that way. It would look something like this:<\/p>\n<p>Eb + Gb + A + Db<\/p>\n<p>(It&#8217;s the same notes, it&#8217;s just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> arranged<\/a> with Eb on the bottom).<\/p>\n<p>Now, try to recall what the regular Eb minor 7th chord looks like:<\/p>\n<p>Eb + Gb + Bb + Db<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the only difference?<\/p>\n<p>Well, you tell me!<\/p>\n<p>Eb + Gb + <strong>A<\/strong> + Db<br \/>\nEb + Gb + <strong>Bb<\/strong> + Db<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;A&#8221; and the &#8220;Bb&#8221; right?<\/p>\n<p>And since the <strong>A<\/strong> is a half-step lower than the <strong>Bb<\/strong>, that&#8217;s why we  call it a &#8220;flat 5&#8221; or &#8220;flatted 5&#8221; because Bb is the 5th tone in that chord and  we&#8217;re literally lowering it by a half-step. But that&#8217;s just some information  about the chord. <em>Let&#8217;s get back to the actual progression.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So we&#8217;re working with an Eb half-diminished chord (or Eb minor b5&#8230; however  you want to look at it).<\/p>\n<p>Mike then goes on to do the same thing with this chord. He starts it off in  this inversion:<\/p>\n<p>Db + Eb + Gb + A<\/p>\n<p>And he inverts it to:<\/p>\n<p>A + Db + Eb + Gb<\/p>\n<p>(Note that there is no difference in ACTUAL notes played, just a new order).<\/p>\n<p>Then, to end the progression, the very last chord in the series is the SAME  as the first chord.<\/p>\n<p>So now you have a great understanding of all 7 chords. Let&#8217;s take it a step  forward, making some of the changes Mike would make to this chord progression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> Are you ready to review what we&#8217;ve covered so far by watching the live tutorial?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>==================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The next phase&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/mikeberealchords3.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/mikeberealchords3.jpg\" src_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/mikeberealchords3.jpg\" border=\"0\" height=\"373\" width=\"515\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Did you catch that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are the notes written out:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/    Right Hand: Ab +  F<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass F     \/\/     Right Hand: Db + Ab<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Eb     \/\/     Right Hand: Bb + G<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: G     \/\/     Right Hand: Eb + Bb<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Gb     \/\/     Right Hand: Eb + A<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Eb     \/\/     Right Hand: A + Gb<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/    Right Hand: Ab + F<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a very popular west coast secret.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What you basically do is take most chords you normally play (especially  triads) and take the middle note out of the right hand and play it on the left  hand.<\/p>\n<p>So notice that we took the normal <em><strong>Db + F + Ab<\/strong><\/em> chord (Db major  triad) and took the F out of the right hand (leaving us with <em><strong>Db + Ab<\/strong><\/em>)  and played it on the left hand.<\/p>\n<p>We did this for every chord. When we got to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> four-toned chords<\/a>, we had to make a decision of which note to move to the  bottom (&#8230;since those chords had Db in them and we know that the common  underlying bass for the ENTIRE progression is Db, there is no need to repeat the  Db).<\/p>\n<p>Wait! I can just hear someone getting confused here.<\/p>\n<p>One of the first things I pointed out in this newsletter was that the entire  progression is played over a constant Db bass, whether played by an organist or  a bass player or occasionally by you in between chords. <em>So that is a given  now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now that we are actively changing our left hand, we can&#8217;t play that constant  Db as much as we&#8217;d like (you&#8217;ll sometimes see Mike playing the <em>deep<\/em> Db  note in between chords when it&#8217;s convenient). But it&#8217;s still present as the  underlying bass note for everything.<\/p>\n<p>So when it comes time to figure out what notes to keep and what notes to  omit, always look at what&#8217;s already being played as you don&#8217;t always need to  &#8220;double up&#8221; notes.<\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;s why this chord:<\/p>\n<p>Db + Eb + Gb  + A<br \/>\n(Eb half diminished)<\/p>\n<p>Ended up being:<\/p>\n<p>Bass: Gb    \/\/\/   Right hand: Eb + A<\/p>\n<p>We basically ignored the Db in the chord and proceeded as if it didn&#8217;t exist.  That would give us:<\/p>\n<p>Eb + Gb + A<\/p>\n<p>We took out the middle note (Gb) and that&#8217;s how we got:<\/p>\n<p>Bass: Gb    \/\/\/   Right hand: Eb + A<\/p>\n<p>Same thing for the next chord.<\/p>\n<p>It would have normally been A + Db + Eb + Gb<\/p>\n<p>We left out the Db:<\/p>\n<p>A + Eb + Gb<\/p>\n<p>Then we applied Mike&#8217;s special rule and took the Eb out of the middle and put  it on the bass. Thus we got:<\/p>\n<p>Bass: Eb    \/\/\/  Right hand: A + Gb<\/p>\n<p>==================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you apply this to virtually all your chords?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The answer is a resounding yes! If you didn&#8217;t get the formula, just re-read  this section of the newsletter or watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is what I call a <strong>PRINCIPLE<\/strong>. It is something that you don&#8217;t just  apply to the situation you&#8217;re using it in but it works in MANY situations. It  changes the way you think. It&#8217;s everlasting. It can work for you many places.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn many PRINCIPLES, not just tricks, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/gkmasterclass.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/gkmasterclass.html\"> master class dvd<\/a> releasing on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/gkmasterclass.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/gkmasterclass.html\"> More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>==================================<\/p>\n<p>Now, I realize this is already a life-changer for someone who wasn&#8217;t doing  this kinda stuff before (i.e.- omitting notes in the right hand just to play  them in the left). The good news is that there&#8217;s more!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Changing the order of chords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Realize that you&#8217;re only really playing three chords:<\/p>\n<p>Db major &gt;&gt;&gt; Eb major &gt;&gt;&gt; Eb minor 7 (flat 5)<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there&#8217;s 7 chords but all the other ones are either <strong>duplicates<\/strong> (as  in the first chord and the last chord) or <strong>inversions<\/strong> (just the same chord  played differently).<\/p>\n<p>So Mike invites you to flip the order of the chords to get a different feel.<\/p>\n<p>But you must stay in this MASTER order:<\/p>\n<p>Db major &gt;&gt;&gt; Eb major &gt;&gt;&gt; Eb minor 7 (flat 5)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example:<\/p>\n<p>1) Left Hand Bass F     \/\/     Right Hand: Db + Ab<\/p>\n<p>2) Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/    Right Hand: Ab +  F<\/p>\n<p>3) Left Hand Bass: G     \/\/     Right Hand: Eb + Bb<\/p>\n<p>4) Left Hand Bass: Eb     \/\/     Right Hand: Bb + G<\/p>\n<p>5) Left Hand Bass: Gb     \/\/     Right Hand: Eb + A<\/p>\n<p>6) Left Hand Bass: Eb     \/\/     Right Hand: A + Gb<\/p>\n<p>7) Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/    Right Hand: Ab + F<\/p>\n<p>In this order, I basically switched every other chord (compare this one to  the order above). I chose not to do it to chord #5 and #6 because they were  already descending. In other words, before I made this change, our left hand was  going from Db <em><strong>UP<\/strong><\/em> to F, then from Eb <em><strong>UP<\/strong><\/em> to G.<\/p>\n<p>But now, I&#8217;ve made the left hand and the chords go from F <em><strong>DOWN<\/strong><\/em>  to Db, from G <em><strong>DOWN<\/strong><\/em> to Eb and since our #5 and #6 chords were  already going from Eb <em><strong>DOWN<\/strong><\/em> to Gb, it worked perfectly!<\/p>\n<p>You can even mix-match them! What if you went <em><strong>DOWN<\/strong><\/em> from F to Db  in the first two chords but <em><strong>UP<\/strong><\/em> from Eb to G in chords #3 and #4?  And then kept chords #5 and #6 the same. Essentially, you&#8217;re doing like an <strong> &#8220;DOWN-UP-DOWN<\/strong>&#8221; type of movement.<\/p>\n<p>1) Left Hand Bass F     \/\/     Right Hand: Db + Ab<\/p>\n<p>2) Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/    Right Hand: Ab +  F<\/p>\n<p>3) Left Hand Bass: Eb     \/\/     Right Hand: Bb + G<\/p>\n<p>4) Left Hand Bass: G     \/\/     Right Hand: Eb + Bb<\/p>\n<p>5) Left Hand Bass: Gb     \/\/     Right Hand: Eb + A<\/p>\n<p>6) Left Hand Bass: Eb     \/\/     Right Hand: A + Gb<\/p>\n<p>7) Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/    Right Hand: Ab + F<\/p>\n<p>The idea is that you have many possibilities to explore!<\/p>\n<p>Now are you starting to see why some of the best musicians sound so much  better than average musicians?<\/p>\n<p>Is it really super-hard chords or is it about being more creative? Even  though the first can be true, I believe the latter question can apply to more  growing musicians!<\/p>\n<p>==================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Adding even more &#8220;Mike&#8221; flavor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll have to see the end of the video tutorial for this one but I just  wanted to give you a heads-up.<\/p>\n<p>The last part of the tutorial talks about little &#8220;grace notes&#8221; you&#8217;ll add to  your chords both on the right AND left hands.<\/p>\n<p>These little &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\">grace  notes<\/a>&#8221; are characteristic of the west coast sound and if you&#8217;ve heard the  albums Mike has played on, you know exactly what I&#8217;m talking about.<\/p>\n<p>For example on this first chord:<\/p>\n<p>Left Hand Bass: Db     \/\/    Right Hand: Ab +  F<\/p>\n<p>You wouldn&#8217;t just hit the <strong>Ab + F<\/strong>. You&#8217;d add a quick &#8220;Eb&#8221; that won&#8217;t  stay for long. You&#8217;ll just press it very quickly right before you hit the Ab +  F. These little &#8220;filler&#8221; notes are the secret to that contemporary sound you  hear on albums.<\/p>\n<p>But for this one, I won&#8217;t dare try to explain it with words. Check out the  end of the video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\" href_cetemp=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/miketutorial.html\"> tutorial<\/a> for details as he covers grace notes to add to just about every  chord in the sequence.<\/p>\n<p>==================================<\/p>\n<p>Well, I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. I didn&#8217;t expect it to  be this long but I get carried away when it comes to explaining music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"productinfo\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/new\/assets\/images\/mikebereal1.jpg\" alt=\"hear and play\" height=\"235\" width=\"185\" class=\"videopic\"><\/p>\n<h2> Mike Bereal&#39;s GospelKeys Master Class Volume 1 <\/h2>\n<p>In this 3-hour master class series, the legendary Michael Bereal, who has played for just about everyone in the gospel industry (Donnie McClurkin, Mary Mary, Kim Burrell, Judith McAllister, Marvin Sapp, etc), will show you how to spice up various parts of your church service by applying his closely-guarded chords, progressions, &quot;runs,&quot; and tricks. By the end of the course, you&#39;ll have new and exciting chords and movements to play during worship, praise, shouting, and even &quot;talking&quot; moments of the service. <\/p>\n<p>If you&#39;ve always wondered how the professionals voice their chords and movements, then you can&#39;t afford to miss this master class series! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/gkmasterclass.html\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to learn more<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/ordermasterclass1.html\">Buy now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Until next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re always looking for more stuff to do during worship, you&#8217;ll definitely enjoy this tutorial as I take one of Mike Bereal&#8217;s contemporary worship chord progressions and break it down, 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