Amye F.

Currently, the only orchestral instrument I offer lessons for is violin. In my violin lessons, I can teach classical and worship/Christian generes, worship being my specialty. In all of my violin lessons we will work through the Essential Elements books for strings players and discuss each concept in further detail, working through extra exercises I learned from my most recent private mentor as needed. For students wanting to focus on worship music, we will also talk about the heart of worship in our lessons and the dynamics of playing with a worship band. Additional music theory (such as chords and chord charts) that does not appear in the Essential Elements books but is essential to playing in a worship band, will also be discussed.

Currently, I only teach song writing in the worship/Christian music genera, as that is where my education and experience are. In worship and Christian music, I believe the heart behind the song is more important than anything else. In my lessons, we will talk a lot about the heart of worship and how it leads to creating worship songs. We will work through one or two books that combine both the heart of worship and practicals about writing songs. Assignments will come from the books and methods I learned from Christian song writers in school. I will also introduce some music theory, as it is critical to understand when writing songs. You must have a keyboard or a midi keyboard available for lessons. If you don't know how to use them, that's okay, I can teach you the basics. If you have a guitar and know how to play it, you may use it in place of a keyboard.