Where to start?

[rlwalker3087]

Hi All,

I want to begin playing piano for my church. I've played classical piano for 17 years and I just began playing pipe organ. However, I'd like to add gospel style praise music and improvisation to my music library. When I was in college, I took a jazz improvisation class, and it helped a little. I worked out of a fake book, but reading chords is difficult for me. We also worked on all the scales and variations thereof...but I'm still not strong in this area. I can sight read everything from Chopin to Rachmaninoff but my theory background is weak.

Do you have any suggestions on where to start?

[chevonee]

There's lots of links in the Helpful threads section here it is...http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,59144.0.html

[betnich]

With your Classical background I would reccommend going through some printed Gospel music books, like Richard Smallwood or Brooklyn Tab. Choir.

A good selection can be found at www.ntimemusic.com ...