The Missing Ingredient in Playing By Ear

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THE MISSING CHAPTER...

Heres How You Can Apply The SecretMusician Transformation System To Your

Daily Practice Re imen!!! An" Start#$periencin Next Level Growth T%DAY&'

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 butgives 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 gospelplaying today...


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!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" ! waslike =#hoaaaa">

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$hey were really e@cited about the 3usician $ransformation '+-disc package ! brieflymentioned on the last two pages of the report. &ne guy said, )*et me sales materialimme#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.

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!t got so bad at one point that my web hosting company (rackspace.com called to warn methat my memory and server load were approaching the Auota. ut !m so glad everyone whosigned 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 was8&392/2 5 to that. $hey e@pected at least a =watered down> free version but !m not likethat. !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...

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ut my heart has really been warmed over the past couple days so !m just gonna go for it" !mgoing 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 willdefinitely cover some really good stuff.

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-irst Things -irst...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 givemy 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 somefresh air, not knowing where youre headed. !ts another thing when that approach constantlygets applied to your playing.

2nd sadly, thats what most of us do... not just for some =fresh air>... but 255 $1 $!3 . #epull out our instruments and lollygag pointlessly, hoping to get better. #e just sit down andplay 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 withhaving 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.


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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... nice-looking. 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 feelgood... 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 toeffective 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 knowtheres 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 yourpractice.

/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 magicalhappens.

4ou )ha,ituali1e( the activity and it becomes a part of your life rather than a =chore> you haveto 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.>


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$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 aboverather 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!&768&39 $ 8 > from the first report? . ut when it comes to playing something thatschallenging, 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 battleto 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 throughthe glass. ) oull 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


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that my gran#mas Leu'emia has gone into remission. "er chemotherapy &or'e#+ Praisethe 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 , butdont understand their =story.> 2nd that story is usually a story of patience. 2nd patiencetakes faith. 4ou have to be able to keep practicing - and even though you may not seeimmediate 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 justmusic (and you already know this... but just / 3 3 / it.

practice. !f youschedule 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 mindalmost does the opposite.

;or e@ample, lets say youve e@ercised nonstop for '** days in a row without breaking onesingle day. ! mean the same time (B


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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!&768&39 $ 8 > from the last report .

$he problem is the fingers cant memorize something that keeps happening a different wayeach 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 yourelearning 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 youreplaying +*, J*, )*, or '** times with 9 /; 8$ 2887/284. !f you mess up --- even if youreat 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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6o lets start with the elements 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 finallyfeel 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 S (??!' 4ou gotta stick with this. 4oucant just practice any time you want, here and there. !f you want to be good, you gotta put inthe 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 willkeep your rhythm.

6tart at a comfortable speed.

/ 3 3 /< !ts not about speed as much as its about accuracy. P#R0#CT PRACT(C#MA #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 (oneof the 9s over time to speed it up.


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1eres where you can kill J birds with one stone (...hmmm another animal cruelty saying... isit 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 anddown one octave (meaning from the starting =8> to the very ne@t higher =8>... then back to thestarting =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 the73 /6 of the scale as youre playing each tone.

6 7 9 : ; < = 6 = < ; : 9 7 6'

$hat way, youre also reinforcing the =number system.>

;or a full-length video lesson ! created on using and remembering the number system, visit


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2nd go in the same order. $he only difference is instead of starting with =8 major,> youll start with =2 minor> since 2 is the relative minor of 8 (remember the rule about the B th tone frommy first report? !f not, / 2: !$"

!f you look at the same circle of fifths, you will see the / 52$! 3! &/6 illustrated in themost 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.>

$his is the order youll play your minor scales. 2nd remember, minor scales are simply majorscales starting and ending on the B th 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 ofthem. ut the first '* are enough to double, triple, or even Auadruple your speed and comfortlevel. #e teach the first one for free in a sample video at www.1anon:vd.com . !f you wantthe 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 withthe 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 for e@ample , and play them in all '+ keysmoving 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 mainidea is to take every interval and play them in the order of the circle of fifths... of course8&7 $ /-85&8F#!6 .

! know this takes time and if you only have ' hour to work with, just focus oneven 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 yourselffor =real world> scenarios where this will really happen.

7nlike most repetitious e@ercises that have no real world value, practicing stuff with the circleof 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 happens8&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 successin advance.

1eres what you can do...

#hen ! got married, they told my #ife 6arah to have on that occur.

&f course there are more but these are the main onesin one key is a =J-B-+> in another... but the flow is the same. 2nd as you practice thesepatterns 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 manysongs 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;9929 = o #eapon,> =Eesus is 5ove,> and manymore. 1! $< 7se diatonic chords on these tones and youll be able to play all thesesongs .

&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 onlydifference 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 keepmastering and building on the last thing. :ont be intimidated by all that !m writing. Euststart 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 toprepare us for easy song learning.


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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. !tsat< http


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(4oull know theyre passing chords because you can easily take them out and the song stillmakes sense .

3y videos above will really help bring this process to life for you. 2lso, 6ong 6tation (which isin the '+-disc package youll receive covers the process of learning a song from 0! ! 0to :. 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-tuningthe 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& songsso this gives our inner circle mem,ers something to &or' on ?@?% &ee'. Plus/ &e al&ayscover 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 thesereports.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 hasover I** e@ercises that help you to train your ear. !t covers every note, every interval, everychord, every pattern. 4ou can even sing into it with a mic and it will grade you.

:ownload the M-day trial version at http


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;or e@ample, a very popular pattern is< 6G progression. 2lready ! see an opportunity to add something.

!f this were in the key of 8 major, the keynotes would be you will find every tone is neighbors e@cept forthe =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 pattern.

ote< #hen you =slip> chords in like this, $!3! 0 is very important. !f the song is already toofast and the chords already feel rushed, then dont go trying to add this =J> chord to analready tight situation.

T(M()* (S (MP%RTA)T!

0randma plays and she recently had an epiphany. ! remember e@actly what she said and =error> (when youre practicing so you dont have to make the blunders inpublic .

@periment. 1ave fun. 0row.


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efore this program, there has never been a =real> gospel resource that shows e-erythin !

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finally reGrelease" /after 7 years of .ein off the mar8et2&

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$he last time we had a major launch back in 2pril +*'*, we sold out our entire inventory in just $1/ 1&7/6.

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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 throughliterally everything you need to know to build a solid foundation as agospel musician.

2fter this : :, youll have that rock solid base upon which everythingelse will be built.

MA)Y *%SP#? M4S(C(A)S S (P TH#S# 04)DAM#)TA?S A)D (T CA4S#STH#M T% E# ST4C 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 tosee a glimpse of how all chords are related. Chor# County will delveinto 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. 1owthey 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

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