I could do what I've been doing, which is learn song on my own (listen to a song, play around with it till I find the bass line progression, add suitable chords, lather, rinse, repeat)
This grueling process you have used to learn songs is a fantastic way to begin learning
There really are few that can match it. it is very hard work but the rewards are well worth the effort
if you want to make it pay of even more
keep a note book handy
and after you learn the song try to play it in a different key
now what will happen is that you will be using both your ear and your mind to make this happen
this is difficult too but again you cant beat the ear and physical skills this will deveilop
There is another thing you can do get a chord book one that has chords that harmonize all twelve melody notes
they have quite a few that do that
but even if you dont and you need to get one of the books with the picture chords thats fine too
lets say your melody note is a c
and you want to make that chord sound better turn to the c chord section and begin playing around with the various chords shown until you get to one that sounds good
then practice that chord in in half steps all the way up the keyboard
if you do these things you will see that by september you will be able to play a lot of songs and your ability to pick up and heaR have improved a great deal
without a theoretcial base this is the best way to learn and approach gospel playing because most of what we do is by ear anyway
and the theory for me anyway was a way to get around doing what you are doing right now
and guess what now that i want to get to the next level i am doing exactly what you are doing right now,.
so keep shedding man dont quit its tough stuff you are goin through right now but with each song it will get easier and easier
by the way that note book i told you to get
when you are learning a song in a new key you will stunble upon a chord that was a mistake but sounds good
well write it down eventually you will have several of these mistakes but sound good chords and you will have your own bag of tricks
dont doubt yourself you are doing what all the old masters did that didnt have a teacher they learned from records
think about it you are studying from the masters right now Kirk Fred Hez tye syhirley
the world is yours keep on keepin on
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