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"Hear and Play is a wonderful company" |
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"…and Jermaine Griggs is absolutely a genius, teaching people how to play gospel music by ear!"
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"Hear and Play is a wonderful company" |
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"…and Jermaine Griggs is absolutely a genius, teaching people how to play gospel music by ear!"
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"He had very limited results before he came to us… |
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"After studying GospelKeys 101, she decided to try to play Silent Night by ear ONLY… |
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…She was shocked that in 10 minutes, she had the song mastered!"
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"…Since purchasing the course, I am currently playing for three different churches!" |
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"…and I play in all styles now, not just gospel."
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"It is hard to find someone willing to teach a visually-impaired person… |
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"What can I say… It’s been a Blessing… |
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"I can’t imagine how excellent I will be playing… |
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…I was wrong, because there are A LOT!"
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"After years… |
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"I now find myself playing songs that I have never even heard before… |
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""I believe this site is a God-Given…… |
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…This has opened my eyes to much more than book learning""
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"She was trained in classical music and could only play what was in front of her… |
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"World-Renown Drummer & Television Host Enhances His Piano Playing…" |
 Hello, My name is Charles Shelton Jr., and I’ve been playing keys for about 10 years now. This site has really helped me out a lot by various lessons and being able to learn the newest songs out on the market. Especially with the virtual chord finder that is a major help if you can’t read music. Especially, being a world renowned drummer it helps so I can help write keyboard parts or whatever. A lot of y’all have probably seen me on the Word Network. I’ve been on shows like the Charles Shelton Jr. show on the Word Network, Dr. Bobby Jones Show, Pax Network, Sky Angel, as well as touring and doing clinics in many different cities. I also have an instructional Gospel Drumming Dvd that I have for sale for all ages. Jermaine Griggs is a blessing. Being a promoter and endorser of different products, I don’t advertise or endorse just anything. Jermaine, you are a blessing… keep up the good work. Charles Shelton Jr. |
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"God sent me to you! I’d encourage anyone to read every single word of this site!" |
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"Classically Trained at Julliard!" |
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"Playing Gospel Has Always Been One of Lonnie’s Goals"
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"Just the clarity of the course through its theoretical and concise nature… justified my entire investment!" |
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"I now play just about any keyboard instrument put in front of me — event a grand piano!"
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"He’s been playing for 40 years and in a matter of minutes, saw and heard many aspects of playing that he could never get his wits around!" |
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"Hear and Play is one of the best things that have happened to me and my fiancé!" |
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"We Thank You… We Thank You… We Thank God!
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"The Zone community of HearandPlay.com has truly been a blessing" |
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"Thanks Hear and Play for providing me with resources to help improve my playing!"
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"Now my Piano playing has improved greatly" |
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"I found HearandPlay.com and could not believe the wealth of info… |
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"I have met over 700 buddies… |
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"I was skeptical about this course at first, but~~~" |
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"After doing the lessons, I must say that I was very impressed!"
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"It has improved me spiritually from the testimonies, daily comments, and divine messages I receive" |
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"I can now play in the key of F, C, AND G"
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"BOY – it is INFORMATIVE and RESOURCEFUL!" |
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"Now, I’m complimented over and over about my new found new found ‘style’ and professional ‘touch’ of music"
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"HearandPlay.com has been the most reliable and recommendable site I’ve ever visited" |
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"I have been able to form my Major, Minor, and the inversions of may others"
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"Every day I find something new!" |
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"Reading the Forums, Learning new Songs, and chatting with the members willing to lend a hand make it ALL worth while :)"
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"I have met people all over the world!" |
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"I have been blessed via instructional, spiritual, encouraged"
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"I love the Hear and Play Zone!" |
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"Now, I’m also indulging in a life long desire to play the piano"!
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"It’s F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C!" |
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"You’ll be greatly rewarded if you invest in these DVDs"
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"I’m 16, and I understand EVERYTHING!" |
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"You’ll be greatly rewarded if you invest in these DVDs"
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"It’s been helping me a whoooole lot"
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"I’ve been playing seriously for about six years…" |
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"I’ve learned more from the material on the website and DVDs than I learned from ‘private’ lessons"
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"I’m Thankful…" |
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"It’s really helped me a lot in enhancing my skill in playing Gospel music"
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"It’s unbelievable how good I’m getting…" |
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"Jermaine didn’t just show, he taught and gave the understanding!"
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"The Piano lessons online have been wonderful for me…" |
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"Now I can play my chords and scales on the keyboard with other modifications"
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"I have ONLY been playing for 6 months and…" |
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"Hear & Play has taken my piano skills to another level"
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"What helped most was finding someone online with the same problems as I do"
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"Mr. Griggs, you are true blessing to this industry"
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"HearandPlay has been a tremendous blessing to me"
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"GospleKeys has been a blessing to me…" |
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"I just would like to thank Jermaine for this wonderful chance"
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"I ordered the Techniques & Fundamentals…" |
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"…Which has helped me more than I can say"
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"I’ve only been playing the piano for a short time…" |
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"…but already learned A LOT from the Zone"
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"Discovering you and your world has been one of the blessings of 2006…" |
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"…We both are so grateful for all the information that you so generously share on your sites!"
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"I’m gradually unlearning most of my bad techniques of my younger days …" |
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"…The website is helping me rebuild my confidence and wish I would’ve discovered it a lot earlier!"
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"…very helpful for foundational instruction"
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"I was very impressed…" |
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"…I will order more for sure"
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"I found out there were holes in my learning…" |
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"…I enjoyed learning online from the short video clips"
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"I count it a privilege to be a part of this GREAT family …" |
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"Don’t wait, Do it NOW …" |
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"…AND in a few months, people will be talking about you as though YOU are the expert"
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"It has taken my album project to a whole new level…" |
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"…I’ve already noticed TONS of improvement with my playing"
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"…It enables me to better understand music quality and draw closer to my Music Ministry"
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"Through GospelKeys, I’ve learned… |
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…I now know the secrets the other guys I knew were hiding from me!"
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"Jermaine course is the answer to my prayers… |
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…My Knowledge AND playing has grown leaps and bounds !"
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"4 years ago, my church had no keyboardist… |
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"GospelKeys courses are by far the BEST tools available… |
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…It’s very difficult to find a teacher that will give you this type of musical foundation!"
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"If you need to learn to play the piano in a simple way… |
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"I learned to play the piano in an EASY way… |
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"People used to diss my playing… |
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"I played… |
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"I ordered ALL the materials and DVDS… |
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"I can’t be held down anymore and can’t be held back… |
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…YOU cannot go wrong with any of these courses!"  I will say this to all beginners as well as advanced
players. If you want to learn gospel music as well as the
theory behind the music, you cannot go wrong with any of
these courses! Jermaine has got the right thing! I bought
the 300 pg. book and I have the first series of the
Gospelkeys CD’s.
Both are awesome sources of instructions! I encourage everyone to make an investment in your musical career by purchasing any of Jermaine’s material. You will not be sorry you did it! Peace! Midiman!!! http://zone.hearandplay.com/pages/midiman |
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I have purchased the GospelKeys 101. This video has inspired me to
want to learn more about playing the piano. The lessons are very easy
to follow and I was able to learn full length songs in one day. I am a
beginner and never really understood musical note reading.
Jermaine
Griggs’s resources have helped me tremendously. I have been playing
keys since 1993, but didn’t really understand the concept of theory,
progressions, and all my keys until I heard of Hearandplay.com. I
purchased his thick course, the 300 pg workbook. I got through with it
within 3 months. Since purchasing the book, I am currently playing for
three different churches. One church as the main director, and two as
a keyboardist. I don’t really have a favorite key anymore. It used to
be Bb, until I heard of Hearandplay.com. I play all styles now, not
just gospel. So if you are serious, and serious only, then this is the
site to invest in your playing. Thanks & be blessed!
I
have been playing the piano for 10 years and I’ve never been able to
place at the level I should be until I ran across Jermaine’s Hear and
Play website. After I ordered my first set of DVD’s, "Mastering
Worship Chords," and I began to master those chords, I now find myself
playing songs that I have never evern heard of before. Jermaine, what
you guys have done to come up with a way to teach slow music learners
like myself… MAN, THIS IS AWESOME STUFF!!!!
I’ve
had a strong desire to play piano since I was 12 years old. My
aunt was teaching me and she died suddenly, but I never lost
the urge to play.
GospelKeys
has helped me tremendously! The chords Jermaine has shared with me has
afforded me a new melody I’m working on right now. The melody is
upbeat, uplifting and I look forward to learning more chords through
this on-line service.
I
Thank God for the Gospelkeys courses. Classically trained at Juilliard
by some of the best, playing gospel was always a goal of mine. The
inspiration I received from Griggs, The Hear & Play web site,
community, and my new friends is awesome!
Rising
from troubled musical history, I have found that Hear&Play has been
fundamentally helpful in getting me back into playing the piano and
keyboard. I was in a position where I found I had some excess cash. I
asked my family if they wanted the money and they said, "Treat
yourself" so I (…cautiously) decided to buy a keyboard. I knew a few
things but realized how much more I had to learn; the keyboard
actually owned me!
I
have been playing for 40 years and have not had many lessons. These
online keyboard courses are the most organized method to getting a
well rounded keyboard education. There is no substitute for this
course. In a matter of minutes I saw and heard many aspects of playing
that I never could get my wits around…thank you for this
opportunity.
Jermaine,
It is always an honor and a pleasure to share blessings! Hear and Play
is one of the best things that have happened to me and my fiancé
Albert Williams! We just THANK GOD for giving us an opportunity to
learn from and be a part of such a wonderful and vibrant productive
family! We have seen the glory of God through all of the lessons and
resources!
I have been playing the organ by ear for a few years and
decided I needed a boost to my techniques that seemed to be
totally stagnating. I found Hearandplay.com and could not
believe the wealth of info available to the musical
community!!!
Hi,
I’m LadyD… I was surfing the web one day and found
Jermaine Griggs website. I have enjoyed playing the piano
since I was 8 years old! I read notes well and play keyboard
on the worship team at my church. I have always longed to
play without sheet music and to learn what it means to play
by ear!
My
name is Ed and I am a trumpet player and instructor in Florida.
Honestly, I was skeptical about this course at first. I went through
the entire site and read everything I could about this system. I
decided to sign up for the free lessons to prove or disprove my
reservations about this course.
My
name is Joycee from Equatorial Guinea, Central Africa. I
discovered the zone through my inquisitive way of searching
the Internet. I was so much attracted by it with the love
and interest I have for God and Music, I succumbed to
it till date. I don’t think I’ll ever regret being a member
of this wonderful site.
I’ve been a musician for more than 9 years, and I had
reached a point where I felt as if I was playing the same
thing over and over as if I had hit a musical wall (…you
get the point). At this point, I began searching for help
online, and that’s when I found this website; BOY – is
it INFORMATIVE and RESOURCEFUL!
I want to thank the President of HearandPlay and his
crew. HearandPlay has been the most reliable and
recommendable site I have ever visited. To be sincere, I
have not been able to acquire his DVDs, CDs and Course
Materials. But his Midi-files and online lessons have been
my reference point specifically.
Certainly
its has been a blessing to have come across a website just
for musicians. I have been blessed via instructional,
spiritual, encouraged. I have great expectations in the
future it can only get better.
I
love the Hear and Play Zone Forum! I’m a grandmother of 8
girls, and a novelist. I’m also lately indulging in a life
long desire to play piano by ear, and the help I’m getting
from all the wonderfully talented people on the forum is
invaluable. Thank you so much.
I
had tried everything I knew to do and being that my father is a very
accomplished musician, I’ve always wanted to play like him. I would
ask him to show me things but I never really got too far with that.
I either got yelled at or overlooked, but I thank God I stumbled
upon this site. I have a totally different outlook on music and I
love it more and more.
I’d
just like to thank you and hear and play for allowing a
musician like myself to learn how to play by ear. The next
time you make another DVD, you should have a list of songs
and play the CD first.
I
thank God I was lead to this website about a year ago and my
playing has gone to the next level because of it. My playing
was okay, but I felt I wasn’t quite where I needed to be.
I’m
thankful and glad in your site. It’s really help me a lot in
enhancing my skill in playing Gospel music. I’ve been
playing for more than 4 years, but this just recent year
I’ve been more good in playing.
Bless
you everybody! I’d like to thank God first of all for this
brotha, Mr. Griggs. I’ve been playing the keyboard since I
was a kid, and I’ve even been producing beats since 1997.
I’ve
been playing piano for nearly three years now and always say
I owe much, at least 60% of what I know to Jermaine Griggs
and GospelKeys. In fact, I can go a little bit further and
say 70+%. When I first began playing piano at age 18, I only
knew major and minor triads in root position.
My
special thanks goes to HearandPlay.com. Their wonderful teaching
that they rendered to me. That is why I’m grateful. For the
past three months, the piano lessons on line have been wonderful for
me. I don’t know about others, I have benefited so much. Now I can
play my chords and scales on the keyboard with other modifications
in keyboards today.
I
had never heard anything about Hear and Play Zone until a very good
friend of mine came rushing to me with much energy and excitement to
tell me about her experience.
HearandPlay
has been a tremendous blessing to me. I have been playing for
sometime and filling in the gaps as far as musical knowledge has
been easier.
I
would truly like to say that the GospelKeys series has been a
blessing to me and I recommend it to any one that has a mind to
further their playing.
My
name is Ernestine Smith. I’ve played piano for years. I heard other
people playing fuller more beautiful chords and I wanted to do that.
so I surfed the web and found Jermaine.
I
have been playing the piano for a short time now but already I have
truly learned a lot from the zone. I thank God everyday for my many
talents and I indeed thank him for this very rare talent found
across the world (that is playing the piano).
Hi,
my name is Marcus and I just wanted to let you know that I bought
the book written by Jermaine Griggs called "The Secrets to Playing
Piano By Ear." With this book and the emails from J. Griggs, I have
enhanced my live play at church tremendously. The books, emails, and
online lessons have taught me a lot of musical terminology that’s
just awesome. I can’t wait to get more new releases. God Bless you!
GREETINGS
JERMAINE!!! I SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND MY FIANCÉ, TEMPIE, THAT
DISCOVERING YOU AND YOUR WORLD, HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BLESSINGS OF
2006.
I
started at a young age and then quit piano. Then again as a
teenager, I went to a very well known, orthodox, and conservative
piano teacher trying to acquire appropriate skills and technique to
fulfill my dream of being a professional concert pianist. I failed
miserably and later ended up with a Marketing career instead!
Praise
the Lord everyone! I wanted to take a moment to share my
testimony about the wonders of the Gospel keys series. My
name is Elder Chris Evans and I am a Servant of the Lord
with a heart for Worship and Praise. During my early years
as an Associate Minister I wanted to develop my keyboard
skills so that I could serve the Lord in Excellence within
the confines of the Music dept. at my congregation.
Mr.
Griggs, I purchased your DVD courses and I was very
impressed by the professional quality of your product. As
soon as I get thru with them, I will order more of your
products for sure. This is in great contrast to another product that
I ordered on-line. I ordered instructional materials from
Duane Shinn, and I was not impressed.
I
recently ordered the 300 page Hear and Play course and am
about half way through it. Since I have played keyboards and
primarily by "ear" for over 35 years now friends asked me
"why" I thought that I needed your course.
Hi,
I thank God for Griggs and the great job he’s doing in
building the Kingdom of God via praise and worship. His
websites, lessons and amazing DVDs have helped me in the
level of our worship at my local church and my Music
Ministry in its entirety.
Over
the years I’ve purchased many teaching books for the
trumpet, guitar and more recently in the last 4 years for
the piano/keyboard. In my band and in college with a Concert
Choir I had the opportunity to sing and play in various
countries and have been surrounded by musically talented
people most of my life.
Hello
my name is Tremayne and I have just recently joined hear and
play website about a month ago and have already noticed tons
of improvement with my playing. I am learning the concept of
chord changing towards my music to make it sound better and
fuller.
This
is one of the most blessed opportunities available to a
novice like myself. I can play with much more noticeable
confidence. As a pastor it enables me to better understand
music quality and draw closer to my Music Ministry staff I
can talk the language (i.e. inversions and root).
I
am a living… no, playing testimony of the transformation
Gospelkeys music resources that can do tremendous things in
the life of an individual. From early out i was a music
enthusiast, never knew how to speak properly though (music
wise).
When
I retired, I set a personal goal to learn a musical
instrument. I had no musical background. Two years ago, I
bought my first Lowrey electronic organ (beginner model)
from the local music store. They also provided lessons but i
wasn’t satisfied with the lessons since they are designed to
teach you how to use all the buttons rather than musical
theory. I looked around and found Hear and Play. I joined
the website and took many of the online lessons. I was
pleased with the lessons but I needed more since my music
background was lacking, Some of the lessons were too
advanced for me.
4
years ago, my church had no keyboard player, so I decided to
teach myself how to play. At first, it was tough, then I
bought the "The Secrets to Playing Piano by Ear" book.
Gospel
Keys Courses are by far the best tools available on the
market today. These courses will actually teach you how to
play from the ground up. It is very difficult to find a
teacher that will give you this type of musical foundation.
Hi
every body, I just want to share some wonderful things about
how Griggs has helped me a lot in my piano training… I’ve
been struggling to know the chords of the piano, but the way
Griggs learn me is very simple… I mean the ‘whole step’
and ‘half step’ stuff, if you know what I mean….
Hi,
HI,
My names Amarish. I can say that these online piano lessons
helped me a lot. I learned many things, one of them being my
main problem: chords.
Hi
people,
I
am a born-again Christian and a Kenyan citizen living in
Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. I have benefited so much
from your online lessons because I never knew anything about
chords, but now I know and i can play music very well in the
church.
I
ordered all the materials and DVD’s and I must say they have
been very good. I have really improved on my playing. I have
been watching the DVDs and practicing as much as I can.
The
H&P community has been greatly helpful to me. Despite a busy
schedule and therefore not being online as frequently as I
wish, I benefit from the help that other Zone members
render. I find and print the songs posted with the chords
and study them and ultimately easily (and happily) play them
when I have the time.
I’ve
loved music since I was a child, but never had the support,
encouragement, and environment needed to really nurture my
musical gifts… so music kind of took the side seat to the
rest of my life… though my passion for it never left. I’ve
tried taking expensive lessons which move way too slow for
me since I’m a fast learner and a natural musician … and
then I tried taking cheap lessons from a friend who had more
important things in his schedule and pushed my lessons to
the side. I wanted to learn piano and I wanted to be able to
add music to the songs that I sung in my personal prayer
time. I was sick and tired of relying on others to help me
develop my gift so I went online to find free lessons…