DESCRIPTION:
In this video, Rodney East, Cornell Thigpen, and Wendell Lowe each play their take of "what a friend we have in Jesus" using unique gospel styles on a Hammond organ. Initially, Sean thought this would be an easy project but had to constantly adjust his "hearing" to the style, chord structures, and approach of the musicians playing. The entire presentation took Sean to a place he himself did not expect while reflecting on his own upbringing and also while studying Master Musicians who use out of control voicings. This video goes deep into some melodic and harmonic improvisation in a way that the prior videos have not yet touched. You'll see....

Some people may get confused between playing the melody and playing from a "melodic approach." They're different. Watch the video

MIDI Files Here: https://gum.co/EvgZ

0:09 Chordie plays MIDI file of 3 musicians
3:45 Intro: What this video is about
13:00 Quick Song Overview, Chords, notes, etc..
6:17 Rodney East Melodic Line
9:40 Rodney East Harmonic Approach
17:56 Wendell Lowe Melodic Line
20:15 Wendell Lowe Harmonic Approach
26:13 Cornell Thigpen Melodic Line
32:00 Cornell Thigpen Harmonic Approach
34:45 Overview of all approaches
36:00 Sean Melodic Approach

40:00 THE BIG SECRET APPROACH to playing

The Software I Use:
Chordie (shows notes/chords on screen but does not play MIDI files):
Chordie for Windows https://gumroad.com/a/1009529971
Chordie for Mac https://gumroad.com/a/70005875

To play the MIDI Files and slow them down to learn the notes
Midiculous http://gospelmusicians.com/midiculous...
Song Tutor http://info.hearandplay.com/songtutor...