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The Musician Transformation Next Level Practicing Chart. Copyright 2 ! "earan#Play.com. $ll %ights %eserve#.

Using this chart in conjunction with the Musician Transformation Next Level Troubleshooting chart (www.hearandplay.com/mtreport), you can ensure your practice sessions are well structured, organized, and as productive as possible. This chart not only demonstrates how to divide your time but gives you specific blocks of focus to cover during each segment. Mastering each element of the Musician Transformation formula is vital to reaching the next level in your playing! Rea" this entire M(SS()* CHAPT#R' to discover, step-by-step, how you can use this Musician Transformation system in your #aily practice routines to skyrocket your gospel playing today...

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What Youll Discover Inside: +hy ( create" this M(SS()* CHAPT#R' se,uel ui"e and how you can use it and the resources ahead to get the most out of your ongoing practice sessions. How to "i-i"e your limite" practice time for ma$imum pro"ucti-ity and how making just one t&ea' can revolutionize your growth... even if you cant practice an hour or two a day (...who can these days? How you can .orrow my secret formula' /00 1 CC 1 PP 1 SS 1 ##2 an" use it to structure your practice in the most effective way possible (...and !ll show you specifically what to practice too" . How to learn more a.out Musician Transformation and what it can do for your gospel playing...

Part %ne3 +hy ( Create" This M(SS()* CHAPT#R' Se,uel *ui"e!!!

#ow" $he response to my first M4S(C(A) TRA)S0%RMAT(%) %%-pg guide has been absolutely crazy" &ur support desk received over ',()* replies in a +% hour period. (!,- .-,-/ 0&$$-. $12$ 32.4 --32!56 !. 6781 2 61&/$ 9-/!&: &; $!3- !. 255 &; 34 $-. 4-2/6 &.5!.-. !n fact, to be honest, its getting a little out of hand. ! now have support reps, phone reps, and even my graphic designer and programmer helping to reply to e-mails. #e havent gotten any of our latest projects done since ! released the report. (6idenote< !s this what !ve been missing? 4ou guys should have just told me that you like my youtube videos but that you prefer to read informative and insightful reports like this ... or maybe this is just beginners luck since this is the ;!/6$ $!3- !ve ever sat down to write a report of this kind. 3aybe you guys will be =over> the whole report thing after ! do a few more??? ! dont know what to think but typically ! dont get big surprises like this since !ve =6--. !$ 255> over the years. ?ut all ! can say is this M4S(C(A) TRA)S0%RMAT(%) thing !ve stumbled across seems to have =clic'e#( with many folks in a big way. -2-

! even got a te@t message from a celebrity (who will remain nameless for now thats on our mailing list. 2nd no, its not 6inbad (although it reminds me that this e@act time last year, ! was having dinner with him and giving him some of our products... many dont know hes a musician . !ts not any of the #inans either, although they freAuent our courses. 3aybe !ll get permission to reveal who he is but lets just say this latest report really impressed him" ! was like =#hoaaaa"> !f that werent enough, ! got calls from about ) or B of our top affiliate partners. $hese are website owners who also sell our products and courses for a commission. $hey were really e@cited about the 3usician $ransformation '+-disc package ! briefly mentioned on the last two pages of the report. &ne guy said, )*et me sales material imme#iately+ Christmas is going to ,e goo# this year after all+( ! told him that ! only had ',*** copies and after seeing the responses that poured in, those will probably be gone in literally hours from people on my o&n mailing list, let alone partners. ?ut he made me reserve at least )* just for him and since we go back real far, ! agreed. 2nd then theres 4&7" &ver +',()* people downloaded this report and over )** of you =tweeted> about the report on twitter, causing thousands of your friends and followers on there to find out about it. !t got so bad at one point that my web hosting company (rackspace.com called to warn me that my memory and server load were approaching the Auota. ?ut !m so glad everyone who signed up got the report and we didnt have a server meltdown or anything like that. &n our private CD2 teleseminar call, my 0ospel 3usic $raining 8enter members were going ,ananas over the report. 3any were a little jealous that ! would give that much away for free, considering they pay for the training they receive inside the club and this report was 8&392/2?5- to that. $hey e@pected at least a =watered down> free version but !m not like that. !f !m gonna do it, !m gonna do it right. ($hanks for all the blog comments, by the way. ! read many of them to 6arah and Eadyn, especially the ones that mentioned them. $hey wanted me to tell you, =$12.F 4&7"> ... or =$2.F 7> as Eadyn says. 6o that brings me to why ! wrote this seAuel... :espite all the chaos, !m really thankful to know my work has touched folks in a special way. !m talking about folks from the 7.6. all the way to ?elgium, .orway, 6ingapore, 3alaysia, ?razil, 6outh 2frica, .igeria, 6amoa, and more. (!f you didnt read the first report, visit http<GGwww.hearandplay.comGmtreport to get it . ?efore reading all your comments, ! was only going to talk about the information contained in this report on a private teleseminar ! would hold &.54 for people who get the '+-disc package. ! never intended to write another report. -3-

?ut my heart has really been warmed over the past couple days so !m just gonna go for it" !m going to take the 3.$. concept a little further and show you how to organize your 9/28$!8around it. ! will still probably have that private teleseminar for customers but this report will definitely cover some really good stuff. (! almost forgot... heres the =early bird> link to sign up to be the first to know about the release of 376!8!2. $/2.6;&/32$!&. H www!hearan"play!com5mt . 5ets get started.

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How To *et The Most %ut %f Your Practice'

?efore we delve into using the 376!8!2. $/2.6;&/32$!&. formula in your practice, ! want to cover some concepts that ! hope will stick with you for a long time. 2ctually, they are =2$$!$7:-6> you should possess when it comes to practicing. ! gotta give my buddy 2le@ 6ampson credit for most of them. $here are I. Practice must be: 62 Purpose" 4ouve heard it before... ).ithout a vision/ the people perish.( !ts true here too. (ts a.solutely impossi.le to reach for *R#AT)#SS without a clear -ision of where you want to o! !ts one thing to just get out of the house and lollygag aimlessly down the coast to get some fresh air, not knowing where youre headed. !ts another thing when that approach constantly gets applied to your playing. 2nd sadly, thats what most of us do... not just for some =fresh air>... but 255 $1- $!3-. #e pull out our instruments and lollygag pointlessly, hoping to get better. #e just sit down and play something in the name of =practicing.> ! have news for you... !f youre always sitting down and playing only stuff you alrea#y 'no&, its not practice... its /-1-2/625. !ts 9/&8/26$!.2$!&.. $here are times and places for =rehearsal> but if you want true momentum, it starts with having a long term vision (purpose that you can break into smaller, more digestible chunks (goals you can work on during each J*-(* minute practice session. -4-

4ou know that feeling you get when your room is just messy? #hen things get out of control? (8ome on, dont act like things dont get disorganized in your life""" .ow... you know the feeling when you finally get things straightened up... organized... nicelooking. 1eck, ! :&" (?ut as ! look around, my office is starting to get back to =junk mode> so ! needa watch it" ?ut doesnt it feel good? #hat if practice felt that way? #hat if there was a strategic plan and every time you sat down, you knew you were positioning yourself closer and closer to the end goal? #ouldnt that feel good... just like a raggedy workspace that has been transformed into one of those 10$,K =:esign on 2 :ime> makeovers" 1aving purpose' and organizing everything around it feels good and is the first step to effective practice.

72 Planne" $heres another saying... )0f you fail to plan/ you plan to fail.( ! know some people are spontaneous and ,eing on the e#ge works for them. 2nd ! also know theres many ways to skin a .......... (ummm, ! think =cat> is the word !m looking for but that #ont sound right and ! dont want any animal rights folks protesting me ... so !m going to say =orange.> ?ut then ! should say =peel.> #ait, am ! babbling? 6orry. 4ou get the point. 1aving purpose and vision will only go so far if you dont ta8e action by planning your practice. /esearch studies actually show that when you carefully plan a routine activity (like e@ercising, =laundry days> and do it as close to the same time, -,-/4 $!3-, something magical happens. 4ou )ha,ituali1e( the activity and it becomes a part of your life rather than a =chore> you have to do. 6o, if you can (and ! realize everyones schedule is different , try to pick a time and make it an =event>... 6omething you plan and 8eep and watch your growth skyrocket"

92 Pushe" 9ractice must also be =pushed.> -5-

$his means you have to get outside your comfort 1one and challenge yourself. 3ost musicians want to merely =rehearse> what they already know (as ! alluded to above rather than push themselves to learn new stuff (like playing in unfamiliar keys, learning bigger chords that are hard to reach or weird for the fingers to play . ;or some reason, theres just something about =harder stuff> that gets boring for musicians who fall into the rehearsal trance. $hey feel good knowing they can play what they know (remember =8&.68!&76 8&39-$-.8-> from the first report? . ?ut when it comes to playing something thats challenging, if they cant do it in ) minutes, practice is over. :oes this sound familiar? !f so, make it one of your priorities to consciously keep practice P4SH#D and watch how far you get.

:2 Pumpe" $his one may sound foolish but keeping high energy is important. 1ave a spirit of expectation and anticipation, knowing that youre going to tackle something youve never tackled before (...well, that is, if youre making your practice pushe"' . ?e e@cited about practicing. :ont look at the J*-(* minutes per day as a mundane task. 0et pumped up. 8hange the association your mind has to practicing. !n fact, its the same thing as e@ercising. !f the mind links the part of your e@ercise where you feel like you cant go on (...you know... that part at the =tail end> when youre thinking about giving in ... well if the mind links that to =pain,> then the e@perience will be gruesome and you probably wont stick with it for long. ?ut if your mind links that part of the e@ercise to triumph' and overcoming this last art o! the battle"# then what was seen as pain is now a meaningful goal to reach... a battle to conAuer. !f you want to shatter the glass ceiling thats holding you back from getting to the ne@t level, you must first get pumped or you wont build enough passionate momentum to ram through the glass. )2oull en# up &ith a ,ig 'not upsi#e your hea#/( as grandma would say. 34p#ate on *ran#ma5 Many ,log rea#ers &ill 'no& my gran#ma &as #iagnose# &ith Leu'emia last year. $s 0 &as typing this report earlier/ 0 got a call from my $unt saying -6-

that my gran#mas Leu'emia has gone into remission. "er chemotherapy &or'e#+ Praise the Lor#+6

;2 Patient ! know youve heard this one before but its true. 9ractice must be patient. /esults dont come overnight. ?ut one thing that doesnt fail, is that they "o C%M#L if youre patient. $he master musicians didnt get there overnight. #e see their =glory> (as ! always say , but dont understand their =story.> 2nd that story is usually a story of patience. 2nd patience takes faith. 4ou have to be able to keep practicing - and even though you may not see immediate results - you have to be able to know they will come. ;aith is believing something that isnt there. 9atience is key in everything we do, not just music (and you already know this... but just /-3-3?-/ it.

<2 Persistent #ith your patience must come persistence. 4ou gotta stay on the course. $his also goes hand-in-hand with =planned> practice. !f you schedule your practice for everyday at M pm, then stick with everyday at M pm because when you break the pattern, then your mind will tell you to break it againL and again. ?ut something supernatural happens when you become more and more persistent. $he mind almost does the opposite. ;or e@ample, lets say youve e@ercised nonstop for '** days in a row without breaking one single day. ! mean the same time (B<J* am everydayL rain, sleet, or snow N what does the mind tell you when you have the slightest thought of not e@ercising the ne@t day? !t says, )2ou mean to tell me youve #one this nonstop for ! #ays an# you &ant to ruin everything an# start all over7( (maybe your brain doesnt sound like that but mine does . 6o compoun#ing persistence works for you where inconsistency works against you (the more you break commitments, the more your mind tells you that youre not reliable and that youve broken tons in the past so &hy not this ne& one . !f thats you, ?/-2F $12$ 8485- $&:24. 9resident Eohn ;. Fennedy said< We $hoose %o Go %o %he &oon'# 4ou have a moon too" .othing is impossible. 4ou just have to =choose> to go there.

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=2 Perfect ! mentioned this in the first report. $hey say ractice ma(es er!ect)# $heyre right and wrong. 9ractice "oes make perfect. !f you practice sounding bad, youll be perfect at sounding bad. !f you practice bad habits, youll be perfect at bad habits. 6o ! guess, they are right. 9ractice does make perfect. ?ut ! prefer P#R0#CT PRACT(C#!' $hat way, ! get perfect results. 9erfect practice makes perfect. 2nd the only way you do this is by slowing stuff down. 65&# !$ :&#." &ne of the biggest frustrations ! hear is from folks saying they cant play it e@actly like =this> or =that.> $hen ! ask them if theyve slowed it down to $7/$5- 69--:. $hey say =no.> ! say, thats the problem. #hen you see players ripping up and down the board, much of that is muscle memory. $heyve done it so much their fingers have a mind of their own (thats called =7.8&.68!&76 8&39-$-.8-> from the last report . $he problem is the fingers cant memorize something that keeps happening a different way each time. 2nd thats what happens when you attempt to mimic something at the same speed you hear it. !t always leads to frustration. 6o slow it down. 0et a metronome at the local music store and put it at B* beats per minute (the same speed your clock moves at . 0o as slow as it takes for you to play whatever youre learning 9-/;-8$54. $o go fast, you must first go slow. 1eck, do like 3ichael Eordan and turn this thing into a game. 2ttempt to play what youre playing +*, J*, )*, or '** times with 9-/;-8$ 2887/284. !f you mess up --- even if youre at (( about to finish --- start over. &nce youve mastered it at one tempo, speed it up. .ash. %inse. %epeat. #anna see growth? :o this kinda stuff.

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>2 Partitione" $his is the last =9> and ! saved it for last (not because its a big word... but because it leads perfectly into the ne@t part of this report. 9ractice should be split into easily =digestible> sections. !f you have B* minutes, you shouldnt look at it as a full block of time. 4ou should look at it as smaller chunks of time that combine together to make up your full session. ;or e@ample, if !ve allocated + hours for practicing (notice ! said )allocate( because practice should be P?A))#D' , it may look something like this<

&f course, you dont have to sit there with a stop watch, making sure you dont go a second over 'I minutes. !ts just a general rule. ?ut this is the idea. 2nd of course, e@pounding on each one of these sections is what well turn to ne@t.

Part Two3 How to "i-i"e your limite" practice time for ma$imum pro"ucti-ity!!!
2s we just discussed, practice must be broken into strategic =chunks.> $hey say the best way to eat an elephant is one bite (chunk at a time. 1eres the cool part. ?y reading the first report, you no& know the ) elements necessary to become a $/2.6;&/3-: 0&69-5 376!8!2.. ?ut now, well take it a step further and give you a specific roadmap that incorporates the ) elements into your practice. -9-

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6o lets start with the elements< 0un"amentals 0luency /0!0!2 Chor"al Comman" /C!C!2 Pattern Proficiency /P!P!2 Son Soli"ity /S!S!2 #ar #fficiency /#!#!2

-ach one of these must be a focus during -281 and -,-/4 practice session. $here are many ways to do it depending on your skill level and e@perience, but heres the route !d take<

-ssentially, with this plan, were giving 6;@ of our allotted practice time to the fundamentals... 7A@ to deepening and reinforcing our understanding of chords... another 7A@ to doing the same with patterns... 7;@ to systematically learning songs... and 7A@ to building and using our ear skills to enhance and alter songs and patterns. ;or your convenience, heres how this looks with a ' hour, + hour, and J hour session<

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A"Bustin these num.ers!!!

&f course, if youve mastered your scales (major and minor , numbers, intervals, and things like that, maybe youll dedicated only '* O of your time to ;.;.. 1eck, maybe youll just start by doing both your major and minor scales in every key in the pattern of the circle of fifths (that means you start with the 8 major scale, then you do the ; major scale, then the ?b major scale... in the same order as the circle of fifths, but going 8&7.$-/-85&8F#!6-, as we learned in the first report . $his will take literally + minutes, depending on your speed. (3ore on the specifics later . $he point is, its ok to self-assess yourself and adjust these numbers accordingly. ?ut my guess is that most folks will (and should use my allotment above. 2nd like ! said, it doesnt have to be super #uper strict. !m not asking you to go to www.online-stopwatch.com and count down religiously until it reaches -P28$54 +M minutes (oh yeah, this is a good site by the way if you dont have a stop watch... ! use it all the time . ! mean, some might find this effective. !m not against a 6$/!8$ =up to the minute> schedule. 2nd for some, if youre practicing before going to work and dont have fle@ibility, go for it. www.&nline-stopwatch.com awaits you" ?ut the idea is to break practice into chunks like this, give or take a few minutes here or there. ;or most of you, this will be a $&$25 61!;$ from what you do now... and practice will finally feel purposed, productive, and organized.

Part Three3 How to use the secret &usician %rans!ormation formula /00 1 CC 1 PP 1 SS 1 ##2 to effecti-ely structure your practice!!!
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.ow, the fun part" ! will cover specific things you should focus on under each element above. /emember, R#P#T(T(%) (S TH# M%TH#R %0 SC(??!' 4ou gotta stick with this. 4ou cant just practice any time you want, here and there. !f you want to be good, you gotta put in the work (as =clichQ> as it sounds .

0un"amental 0luency /0!0!2

6tart your practice by warming up with major scales. 3ake sure to use a metronome. 4ou can purchase one at any music store for cheap. !t will keep your rhythm. 6tart at a comfortable speed. /-3-3?-/< !ts not about speed as much as its about accuracy. P#R0#CT PRACT(C# MAC#S P#R0#CT so start at a speed that is comfortable enough for your fingers to move without constantly messing up. ?uild that muscle memory first. $hen =9761> yourself (one of the 9s over time to speed it up. -12-

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1eres where you can kill J birds with one stone (...hmmm another animal cruelty saying... is it me or are =common sayings> really kinda violent??? . 9lay the scales in the order of the circle of fifths. 4ou learned this in the first report.

6o youd start your metronome, let it play a few beats, and jump in playing 8 major up and down one octave (meaning from the starting =8> to the very ne@t higher =8>... then back to the starting =8.> . !f you want, you can play two octaves when youre comfortable. 6o not only do you warm up your fingers with scales, but you further reinforce the =8!/85&; ;!;$16> movement that is so essential to the structure of songs. $his is harder to do when you start going faster, but when you first get started, try saying the .73?-/6 of the scale as youre playing each tone. 6 D 7 D 9 D : D ; D < D = D 6 D = D < D ; D : D 9 D 7 D 6' $hat way, youre also reinforcing the =number system.> ;or a full-length video lesson ! created on using and remembering the number system, visit< http<GGwww.youtube.comGwatch?vRhfBAEw2t%/g. $heres a special pdf report that goes along with that video at http<GGwww.hearandplay.comGnumbers (it covers a really effective way to get the =numbers> #o&n in your system... ;&/ -,-/4 F-4" . 2ll the work is done for you too so check those two links out 2;$-/ you read this entire report. &nce you play the major scales, do the same thing with the minor scales.

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2nd go in the same order. $he only difference is instead of starting with =8 major,> youll start with =2 minor> since 2 is the relative minor of 8 (remember the rule about the Bth tone from my first report? !f not, /-2: !$" !f you look at the same circle of fifths, you will see the /-52$!,- 3!.&/6 illustrated in the most inner circle of the chart. .otice =8> is on the outskirts but if you look towards the inner area, youll see its relative counterpart, =2 minor.> Relative Minor

$his is the order youll play your minor scales. 2nd remember, minor scales are simply major scales starting and ending on the Bth tone. 6o rather than getting all worked up about playing =2 minor,> just try to think of 8 major being played from =2> to =2.> !ts so much easier. 6o once youre done with scales and the number system, youll do 1anon finger e@ercises. $here are tons of them (B* different e@ercises and it can literally take years to master all of them. ?ut the first '* are enough to double, triple, or even Auadruple your speed and comfort level. #e teach the first one for free in a sample video at www.1anon:vd.com. !f you want the first '* on dvd presented in a step-by-step format, youll want to get that dvd (or else, youll have to look at really confusing sheet music --- thats why we did the dvd . :oing these 1anon e@ercises with a metronome will also help with rhythm. !n fact, doing 2.4 type of e@ercise with a metronome will help because youre forcing yourself to stick with the beat. !m very surprised at how many folks dont know how to stay in rhythm. 9racticing with a metronome will ensure you develop good timing. E76$ :& !$. $he last thing is intervals. ,iew this lesson on my blog for help on intervals< http<GGwww.hearandplay.comGmainGperfect-and-major-intervals.

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?ut once you know your intervals, the key here is to also practice them with the circle of fifths. !n other words, you can take your =major thirds,> for e@ample , and play them in all '+ keys moving along with the circle of fifths. ;or e@ample, a major third built off 8 is =8 S -.> 2 major third built off ; is =; S 2.> 2 major third built off ?b is =?b S :.> (2gain, youll have to view that lesson above if you dont know your intervals but the main idea is to take every interval and play them in the order of the circle of fifths... of course 8&7.$-/-85&8F#!6- . ! know this takes time and if you only have ' hour to work with, just focus on< 3ajor and minor thirds 9erfect fourths and fifths 3&hich you alrea#y 'no& if youve mastere# the )circle(6 3ajor and minor sevenths

2ll the other intervals are important, dont get me wrong, but these are the /-25 important ones when it comes to creating chords and stuff (that is, if youre not using my shortcuts from 81&/:25 8&332.: . 6o there you have it. !t seems like a lot because !ve written it out. ?ut really, this section can be as short as '* minutes or as long as +) or so, depending on how much time youve allotted. 2fter all, much of it is just repetition. $he only twist is that we incorporate the =circle of fifths> even in our =warm up.> $hat way, youre working on more than one thing at the same time.

Chor"al Comman" /C!C!2

&ne of the big themes youll find repeated over and over in this guide is the use of the =8!/85- &; ;!;$16.> ?y practicing scales and, now, 81&/:6 in this direction, youre basically preparing yourself for =real world> scenarios where this will really happen. 7nlike most repetitious e@ercises that have no real world value, practicing stuff with the circle of fifths is like practicing chords in the same ways theyll be used in the future. 2nd this isnt obvious because many people practice stuff 81/&32$!82554. ;or e@ample, theyll learn 8 major, then :b major, then : major, then -b major. $hats great and all but youll rarely see songs moving in that direction.

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4&7 #!55 see songs moving from 8 to ; to ?b. 1eck, that one movement happens 8&33&.54 in several different major keys. !ts a +-)-' chord pattern in the key of ?b. !ts a J-B-+ chord pattern in the key of 2b. !ts a )-'-% chord pattern in the key of ;. !ts a B-+-) chord pattern in the key of -b. !ts a M-J-B chord pattern in the key of :b. 2nd even though ?b is not in the key of 8, it happens a lot as a '-%-bM chord pattern too" 6o basically what !m saying is by getting this circle in your system and practicing every chord you know in this direction (counter clockwise , youre already setting yourself up for success in advance. 1eres what you can do... #hen ! got married, they told my #ife 6arah to have on< 8omething ol#/ something ne&/ something ,orro&e#/ something ,lue. ! know it sounds silly but this is the approach you can take when practicing and learning chords. Somethin %l" $hese are chords you already know. :ont focus on them too long. 2fter all, you already know them. Eust cycle through them using our favorite direction of the circle. 6imple right? :o this with every chord you know. -,-/4 81&/: ! F.&#? #ell, of course if youve gotten to a certain level where you know a 5&$ of chords, it wont be feasible to go through every chord. 6o break them into Auadrants. 9erhaps you can focus on the ones you F.&# but havent known that long (to make sure they enter and remain in your 9-/32.-.$ 3-3&/4 like the ones youve known for years and will never forget . ?ut if you think about it... how long does it really take to play '+ chords? !t takes longer for me to type them out than it does to play so let me time myself... C TTTTT chord UUU 0 TTTTT chord UUU E. TTTTT chord UUU #. TTTTT chord UUU A. TTTTT chord UUU D. TTTTT chord UUU *. TTTTT chord UUU E TTTTT chord UUU # TTTTT chord UUU A TTTTT chord UUU D TTTTT chord UUU * TTTTT chord &k, so that took all of +* seconds or. !n other words, it should take you no time to cycle through a bunch of chords !; you know them very well. !f you dont, then you shouldnt be labeling them =something old.> -16-

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Somethin )ew 4ou should always have a list of things to do. 4ou may know chords in the =something old> section above that you dont know in 255 '+ keys. $hose chords should be on this list. $hese are the chords you need to analyze and take to all '+ keys. ! wrote a post about this. 6ee< http<GGwww.hearandplay.comGall'+keys 6o once youve learned the chords (using my advice from the post above , then you start playing them in the circular direction until its secon# nature to you. &nce its second nature and =you know that you know> those chords (conscious competence , then you may be able to drop them off the =something old> list because your chordal toolbo@ is filling up and you dont want to spend your whole hour doing E76$ chords. $heres certainly more to do. Somethin Eorrowe" $hese are uniAue voicings and stuff you pick up from our courses (0ospelFeys 7rban 9ro B**, Eason #hites 3inistry 3usician, 3ichael ?ereals 3aster 8lass . 4ou can study every =te@t book> chord out there but that still wont guarantee you =style> and what the young folks call, =swagger.> $his can come from listening to lots of styles. !t can come from immersing yourself in a particular genre. ?ut most importantly, in todays digital world, it comes from piggy backing on the e@periences and knowledge of those who have it... thus =borrowing> from other musicians, shedding with them, and meshing everyones stuff together to create a sound of your own. &nce you bring these into your arsenal, you still need to practice them in the circular direction just like everything else until they become natural to you. #arning< $he P4SH#D' part of practicing (one of the I 9s will really come to play here. 6ome of these chords the pros play are really far apart... they use orthodo@ fingering and movements... they reAuire grace notes and fill-ins and all types of little nuances. !f youre not used to this stuff, !$ #!55 $2F- 6&3- 9/28$!8-. :ont e@pect to get it in one session. ?ut once you do and are able to play the same voicing in all '+ keys using the circle of fifths, the feeling is 2#-6&3-. Eust stick with it. Somethin Elue $o be honest, ! dont really have anything for this section. ?ut ! guess you could work on minor chords? =?lue> ... minor... sad? 0et it? .evermind. -17-

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?ut the basic idea of this 88 section is to balance time between =rehearsing> old chords (or fairly old chords and getting a good amount of time in for new and borrowed stuff. 2 good ascension is from regular triads (J-toned chords to e@tended chords (%, ), B, and Mtoned chords like sevenths, ninths, elevenths, and thirteenths, respectively . $hen on to !.,-/$!.0 all these chords (which is simply rearranging them so that every note get its turn on the bottom --- dont leave any notes out... just make sure every note gets its turn and you will have covered all the inversions for a chord . *oicing is where you can leave tones out, double up on tones, and rearrange stuff according to your liking. !ts where you can get really creative and stylistic. 2ll of our advanced courses (like the ones mentioned above pretty much give you really uniAue voicings that you wont find the average musician using. $his is what sets you apart.

Pattern Proficiency /P!P!2

$his is where youre continually working on mastering patterns in 255 '+ keys. 4oull start with diatonic chords. 2ll that means is the chords that are naturally built on each tone of the major scale. #e covered this in the first report. ! shared this chart< 'st tone MaBor chor" +nd tone Minor chor" Jrd tone Minor chor" %th tone MaBor chor" 6o all you do is eventually master how to play these set of chords in every key. 6tep V' H Fnow your scales (easy 6tep V+ H Fnow your numbers (piece of cake 6tep VJ H 2pply these chords on every tone. -@ample< !n ; major, ! would play a major chord on 0, a minor chord on *, another minor chord on A, a major chord on E., and so forth. 6tep V% H #ash. /inse. /epeat. $hats what practice is for" !roning out stuff like this. Does it ta8e timeF 6ure. -18)th tone MaBor chor" (or
dominant, when bigger

Bth tone Minor Mth tone Diminishe" (or half

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(s that what practice is forF 4ou betta believe it. 6o eventually, if you take this part of your practice seriously, youll be able to play every chord on every tone of the scale just as fluently as you play the scales themselves. !n other words, if you can play your scales at a certain tempo (using a metronome ! hope , then the goal is to get so good at these diatonic chords, that you can play them in rhythm at a nice speed, up and down the scale. &f course, once youve mastered the diatonic triads (which are J-toned chords , youll want to upgrade them to seventh chords... major Mths, minor Mths, half-diminished Mths. ! cover this in the first report as well (... all youre doing is adding an e@tra finger . .ow, chords are nothing if you dont know how theyre used. 2nd thats why weve spent so much time reinforcing the circle of fifths! #eve played our scales in this order. #eve played our chords in this order. #eve played fancy voicings of chords in this order. 6o playing patterns is a piece of cake. 1ere are the most common ones, demonstrated in 8 major. (6orry for the crazy pic. !ll e@plain...

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?asically, what !ve handwritten (only for you... only for you are all the major =circular patterns> that occur. &f course there are more but these are the main ones< '-% (and %-' )-' (and '-) )-'-% +-)-' B-+-)-' B-+-) J-B-+ J-B-+-)-' M-J-B M-J-B-+-)-'

6ince this e@ample is in the key of 8 major, here are the bass notes (keynotes of these patterns< 6G:3 8U; ;G63 0U8 ;G6G:3 0U8U; 7G;G63 :U0U8 <G7G;G63 2U:U0U8 <G7G;3 2U:U0 9G<G73 -U2U: 9G<G7G;G63 - U 2 U : U 0 U 8 =G9G<3 ?U-U2 =G9G<G7G;G63 ? U - U 2 U : U 0 U 8

.ow, just apply the diatonic chords from above, keeping in mind that they work 3&6$ of the time but not 255 the time. 7se your ear to hear if other chords are more appropriate (see first report where ! e@pounded on this . 6G:3 8 major U ; major ;G63 0 major U 8 major ;G6G:3 0 major U 8 major U ; major 7G;G63 : minor U 0 major U 8 major <G7G;G63 2 minor U : minor U 0 major U 8 major <G7G;3 2 minor U : minorU 0 major 9G<G73 - minor U 2 minor U : minor 9G<G7G;G63 - minor U 2 minor U : minor U 0 major U 8 major =G9G<3 ? diminished U - minor U 2 minor =G9G<G7G;G63 ? diminished U - minor U 2 minor U : minor U 0 major U 8 major

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1eres the big secret< !f you just memorize the circle< C H 0 H E. H #. H A. H D. H *. H E H # H A H D H * H C /repeat2

TH(S 0?%+ +(?? A?+AYS E# TH# SAM# )% MATT#R +HAT C#Y Y%4R# ()!!!
5et me prove it to you...

.ow ! cant redraw this illustration (cuz it took long enough just to do this 2.: !$6 65&994 26 1-8F" ... but if you want to find the same patterns in 0 major, which is directly to the right of 8 major, all you gotta do is shift everything !ve done over to the right. !n other words, instead of =?> being the last key circled, it will e@tend over to ;V. 2nd on the other side, the =;> will be kicked off since its not in the key of 0. 4ou get it? #eve just redistributed things. !f you do this on your own (just make your own chart or print one of my clean ones out , youll notice that the patterns still look familiar. 4-6, they have different numbers now because were in a new key but the ;5&# is the same. ? is -21-

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still going to -... - is still going to 2... 2 is still going to :... : is still going to 0... and so on. #ere just in a :!;;-/-.$ #&/5: with different roles. Li'e myself 999 ! wear multiple roles... father, husband, son, grandson, nephew, teacher, etc. ?ut !m still Eermaine 0riggs. $his flow never changes... 8 always leads to ;... #ont matter &hat 'ey youre in. ; always has a tendency to lead to ?b... no matter what key. ;&7/$16 are powerful. $hey keep their bonds in every key. 4es, they change roles. 2 =+-)-'> in one key is a =J-B-+> in another... but the flow is the same. 2nd as you practice these patterns more and more, it will 85!8F for you. 2nd when it does, you better watch out" 4oull be a force to be reckoned with" $o be honest, if you just focused on circular progressions, it will keep you busy for a while. #hen youre ready, move on to stepwise motion patterns. !nstead of moving from 8 to ;, youre moving step-by-step from 8 to :... and from : to -... stuff like that. $here are many songs that move this way too (e@ample H =5ean on 3e> 8... 8... :... -... ;... ;... -... :... 8 --those are the bass notes for the first part . 8tep&ise motion at &or'+ -ventually, your job is tackle those too... !. -,-/4 F-4. ;ocus on dissensions. 5ike '-M, M-B, B-), )-%, %-J, J-+, +-'. $hen on ascensions. 5ike '-+, +-J, J-%, %-), )-B, B-M, M-' $hen on combinations. 5ike ballads< !9:9;9<9=9>929<9! (?elieve it or not, just this string of bass notes work for =Eesus is the 2nswer,> =.o #eapon,> =Eesus is 5ove,> and many more. 1!.$< 7se diatonic chords on these tones and youll be able to play all these songs .

&f course, when youre ready, all of these 623- patterns have advanced voicings, of course" 4oull find those in any of our advanced courses. $he same applies to them... the only difference is they are bigger and better but the 92$$-/.6 are the same. .ever forget that. 9ractice is about growth. 4ou dont start where you finish. 4ou never finish. Eust keep mastering and building on the last thing. :ont be intimidated by all that !m writing. Eust start with the basic stuff !ve described and work your way up gradually.

Son Soli"ity /S!S!2

$his is where you put -,-/4$1!.0 together. 5earning songs is critical. 2fter all, its the en" result! -verything else is 0/-2$. :ont get me wrong. ?ut all of the other things weve done are to prepare us for easy song learning. -22-

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#e know our scales. #e know our numbers. #ere comfortable playing (1anon e@ercises . #e know our chords. #e know our patterns... both circular and close movements (step . .ow, we tackle songs. ! actually have a J*S minute youtube video taking you through my song learning process. !ts at< http<GGwww.youtube.comGwatch?vRm;-5!ImFgt! ! have another one (%*S minutes at< http<GGwww.youtube.comGwatch?vR)@9p!rP?Puc $hese were recorded last year so e@cuse all the other announcements. #hen ! sit down to learn a song, ! 25#246 begin with finding the key. 8heck out this lesson on how to find the key of any song (J* minutes as well < http<GGwww.hearandplay.comGfindingkey &nce you find the key, the ne@t step is the melody. 6ince melodies come from scales, you shouldnt be guessing at random notes. 4ou should be using the scale of whatever key youre in to rule out certain notes. 2nd remember, most melodies move 85&6- together (stepwise motion . 2nd if they do skip (or =leap> , its not usually far and almost always to another note of the melody --- rarely outside of the scale and if it is, its very distinguishable. 2s you learned in the first report, the melody helps you to determine chords. 2nd if you dont get the chords from the melody, youll certainly get them once you move on to the ne@t step... ...which is determining the bass. 6imilar to melodies, the bass notes will usually come from the scale (but as we learned last time, there can be passing tones that are outside of the scale so be careful . :ont approach this randomly either. /-3-3?-/ #12$ 4&7,- 5-2/.-: 2?&7$ 92$$-/.6 2.: 6$-9#!6- 3&$!&.. 7se your ear to hear where the bass is going. 2 lot of this is trial and error but not =random.> #ere passed random. #e now know what were doing and can eliminate a lot of the random stuff we used to do. !f one chord doesnt work, we now have other possibilities to consider. &ne #!55 work. &nce you have the right chords, now its time to cover any specific nuances or passing chords you didnt cover when you were figuring out the 32!. pattern. 6ee, you dont always have to figure out every little chord... especially when youve determined the main pattern at work. &nce you have that, you can always go back and catch the Auick passing chords. -23-

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(4oull know theyre passing chords because you can easily take them out and the song still makes sense . 3y videos above will really help bring this process to life for you. 2lso, 6ong 6tation (which is in the '+-disc package youll receive covers the process of learning a song from ?-0!..!.0 to -.:. .othing is left out. 3ost of your time should be dedicated to mastering this process. 4ou may choose to work on a single song for a week. $hats fine... as long as youre fine-tuning the process as you go and not going at things randomly. 3The great thing a,out our *ospel Music Training Center is every &ee'/ &e teach ne& songs so this gives our inner circle mem,ers something to &or' on ?@?%2 &ee'. Plus/ &e al&ays cover a ,asic an# a#vance# version so theres al&ays something to reach up&ar# to. Aut if youre not luc'y enough to ,e one of the current : mem,ers in the training center/ you &ont have help an# fee#,ac' ,ut at least you have the process 0ve #escri,e# in these reports.6

#ar #fficiency /#!#!2

&ut of all the elements, this one can happen away from the piano... at least most of it. ;or e@ample, you can download a trial copy of P!(!T!C!H., our ear-training software. !t has over I** e@ercises that help you to train your ear. !t covers every note, every interval, every chord, every pattern. 4ou can even sing into it with a mic and it will grade you. :ownload the M-day trial version at http<GGwww.hearandplay.comGdownloadpitch 6o thats one part. Eust doing a few ear-training e@ercises a day can have a tremendous impact. 2nd the software will keep up with the lessons youve mastered, allowing you to gradually move forward one step at a time. $he other half of this section involves looking at songs you already know and finding ways to substitute chords and patterns. #e covered this in the first report so ! wont repeat much here but all youre doing is asking yourself two Auestions< ' #here ! am right now... what leads to this tone? + #here ! am right now... what comes ne@t... where does it commonly lead to? Fnowing the answers to these Auestions right on the spot can always provide you with a potential route to take (if its not the one being used already... that is, if the pattern isnt already circular . -24-

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;or e@ample, a very popular pattern is< 6G<G7G;G6! $hat is, a '-chord going to a B-chord, then to a +-chord, then to a )- chord... and finally back home to the '-chord again. !ts a classic =turnaround> progression. 2lready ! see an opportunity to add something. !f this were in the key of 8 major, the keynotes would be< 8U2U:U0U8 !f ! turn to my best musical friend, the =circle,> you will find every tone is neighbors e@cept for the =8> and =2.> $his is what ! call a =circular gap.> .ow, it doesnt always work this way but this is just how ! approach it. ! ask, what usually leads to =2?> $he answer is =-.> 6o ! can slip =-> in my progression< 8U- U2U:U0 U 8 ...thus making this a =' H (J H B H + H ) H '> pattern. .ote< #hen you =slip> chords in like this, $!3!.0 is very important. !f the song is already too fast and the chords already feel rushed, then dont go trying to add this =J> chord to an already tight situation. T(M()* (S (MP%RTA)T! 0randma plays and she recently had an epiphany. ! remember e@actly what she said< )Maine maine+ Aoy/ 0m ,a############ on this piano no&+ 0 have learne# so many ne& things. $n# guess &hat7 2ou can go $N2."?%? you &anna go on this piano... as long as youre ,ac' on time+( $hats e@actly what she said" 2nd she is right. $he substitutions and enhancements are endless. 3uch of it is simply about listening... mi@ed with =trial> and =error> (when youre practicing so you dont have to make the blunders in public . -@periment. 1ave fun. 0row.

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(f you really want to .ecome a TRA)S0%RM#D M4S(C(A)I then rea" what follows ne$t!!!'
!m thrilled to be re-releasing my all-new Musician Transformation program. $his is the only system that actually shows the -.$!/- 9/&8-66 from the basics and fundamentals all the way to advanced ways to play songs. !t is truly =2 to W.> ?efore this program, there has never been a =real> gospel resource that shows e-erythin ! Theres such a .uJJ a.out this alrea"y from the past three launches a couple years a o that it will pro.a.ly sell out on Thurs"ayI )o-em.er 6I 7A67I when its finally reGrelease" /after 7 years of .ein off the mar8et2& 2nd with all the e-mail replies, the %',***S downloads of my report series, and all the buzz, this package may very well sell out a few hours after we release it. (4oull get the -P28$ time later... and if youre on the =early bird> priority notification list, youll get an hour head start. 0o to www.hearandplay.comGmt . $he last time we had a major launch back in 2pril +*'*, we sold out our entire inventory in just $1/-- 1&7/6. ! wouldnt even call it a =527.81> since it sold out almost instantly. 2nd its no surprise theres such a pent up demand for this. ! believe itll really fly off the shelves when people discover this program has ) 6-92/2$- :,: 8&7/6-6, M 27:!& 8:6, and tons of bonus discs and stuff (... thats '+ discs, not including any bonuses" !ts literally the ?!00-6$, 3&6$ 8&39/-1-.6!,-, 3&6$ 8&395-$- (=2-to-W> resource weve ever released to date... in almost '* years of being online. 2s 3icheal Eackson says, TH(S (S (T!'

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#-ery DKD co-ers one element of the formula3 +undamental +actor, is where you master the 04)DAM#)TA? 0?4#)CY' strategies discussed earlier. !ts going to take you through literally everything you need to know to build a solid foundation as a gospel musician. 2fter this :,:, youll have that rock solid base upon which everything else will be built. MA)Y *%SP#? M4S(C(A)S SC(P TH#S# 04)DAM#)TA?S A)D (T CA4S#S TH#M T% E# ST4CC 0%R#K#R! .ot you. $hord $ount, is where you master the CH%RDA? C%MMA)D' techniAues and principles we talked about. 4oure going to learn -,-/4 81&/: used in gospel music. 2ll of them. !f its common and used in gospel music, its in this course. $he best part is that youre going to learn all the shortcuts. 4ou got to see a glimpse of how all chords are related. Chor# County will delve into each one, step by step. Pattern Paradise is where you master the PATT#R) PR%0(C(#)CY' concepts from above. !magine a :,: dedicated just to patterns. 1ow theyre formed. 1ow they work. #here to find them. 1ow to use them, step by step. 2nd if youve gotten &.- thing out of this free report, it should be that< S%)*S AR# 04?? %0 R#P#AT#DI PR#D(CTAE?# PATT#R)S THAT %CC4R %K#R A)D %K#R A*A()! 9attern 9aradise will make this plain with tons of real-life e@amples, demonstrations, and illustrations. -ong -tation is where you master the S%)* S%?(D(TY' strategies we e@plored... plus lots more. -27-

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Eust imagine a song being taught to you from the $&$25 ?-0!..!.0. ! mean the TBT$L A?*0NN0N*. 2nd by the end of the song, after applying everything youve learned, you have a beautiful masterpiece with advanced chords and movements that youve built up over time. $hats the beauty of XSon Station and by the end of this :,: alone, youll be transforming a basic hymn that you learn from Xground zero into an advanced contemporary piece of art.

.ar .levator covers the #AR #00(C(#)CY' methods and concepts we delved into towards the end of this report. $his will bring everything together by detailing how to use your ear to not only determine how songs are arranged and where theyre going, but to create your own renditions and routes BN T"? 8PBT. !t basically shows you how to take full advantage of your ear and how to use what you know to .-,-/ play the same thing, the same way... $#!8-" (9laying by ear is about having freedom... you dont have to play your songs the same way every time. #hewww" $here you have it... An" thats Bust the DKDs 4ou also get audio cd companions, bonus dvd footage, and more. $his package is loaded with everything you need to become a TRA)S0%RM#D M4S(C(A)! $hats why we call it M4S(C(A) TRA)S0%RMAT(%)! 2nd youll get all of it on Thurs"ayI )o-em.er 6I 7A67!!!

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$he reason ! say =3aybe> is because weve only ordered '*** packages. 2nd as of today, we have about J'+,)'( musicians on our mailing list (a whole I(,*** more than we had during our last dvd release that sold out in J hours . 6o !m e@pecting this one to definitely sell out even faster, considering it is the ?!00-6$, most comprehensive course weve ever offered, 9-/!&:" $heres literally nothing to compare it to.

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!f youre interested in getting your hands on this program, ! strongly urge you to get on our 9riority .otification list immediately at http355www!hearan"play!com5mt :oing so wont obligate you to buy the course, but you will get 2:,2.8- notice of when its released... therefore increasing your chances of getting your copy with all the e@tra bonuses and stuff. $hanks for reading and ! hope you got a lot out of this" 0 sure got a lot out of creating it+ 2ll the best, Eermaine 0riggs

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