I think more in terms of creating a full composition, and that’s really what makes me happy to be alive and excited to live every day, is the ability to create from scratch an entire piece of music. I’m more comfortable doing that than I ever was doing an...
Just about the time I was ready to speak up and ask him to stop, it seemed that he had come to his senses. The music began anew. Beautiful chords, utilizing the entire fingerboard and all six strings, rang out. The melody was heard once again. I breathed a sigh of relief. Too soon!
Henceforth, the human spirit would be moved, not only by words and emotions, but by music. Notes and chords, strung together and played or sung, would make their way inexorably and irretrievably into the hearts of men. For those of us who hold a worldview shaped by Scripture, music wo...
There are chords in some of the compositions he has never seen. He brought them in to me for help in learning the chord forms. We worked out a number of them and he caught on quickly. He even played and sang one of the newer songs for me, including a couple of the chords we had...