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Cast a Spell from Halloween Adventures

Listen to three brand new spells. Start your own Halloween Adventure!

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12 Song Challenge

This past year I did the Resound Worship 12-song challenge. This is how it turned out. January The opening challenge for this season is to write Gathering Songs, something with which to kick off a corporate worship service. Sing, Rejoice … Continue reading

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Make Musical Monsters

What does a Monster sound like? We will be discovering it in this new composing primer. Learn to write your own songs. Get the book here. Add your name to the list to be notified when composing class starts.

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Happy Birthday, Isaac Watts

As part of the 12-song challenge, I wrote a new tune using Isaac Watts lyrics. Isaac Watts wrote more than 1000 psalms and hymn settings so it was a challenge to choose just one. You can listen to the tune … Continue reading

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Composing Project 4

Print the staff paper. Draw your clef. Write time signature of 4/4. Use quarter notes, quarter rests, half notes, whole notes and the notes C and F. Write 8 measures of music. Label your notes. Remember your bar lines. Use … Continue reading

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Composing Project 3

Print the staff paper. Draw your clef. Write time signature of 4/4. Use quarter notes, half notes, whole notes and the notes C, D,E, F and G. Write 8 measures of music. Label your notes. Remember your bar lines. Use … Continue reading

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Composing Project 1

Print the staff paper. Draw your clef. Write time signature of 4/4. Use whole notes and the notes C and G. Write 8 measures of music. Label your notes. Remember your bar lines. Use a double bar line at the … Continue reading

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New Music Map

The music map has been updated. It is easy to see where people are enjoying my sheet music.

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Write a Song

1. Print the staff paper. 2. Draw your clef at the beginning of the first staff. 3. Draw your time signature. Your choice of 2/4, 3/4 or  4/4 time. 4. Pick a scale you can play well. Using notes from your scale, … Continue reading

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Write a Song

1. Print the staff paper. 2. Draw your clef at the beginning of the first staff. 3. Draw your time signature. For today’s project, make it 4/4 time. 4. Pick 5 notes. Using quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes, … Continue reading

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