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wow, jermaine! you are awesome. this guide really kicks butt. thanks so much for what you do. when do you sleep man?
Amazing material. I’ve never seen anyting like this and I’ve been playing for over 21 years. You are blessed.
Melissa
Yet another great resource from Hear and Play. Two thumbs up!
Germaine- Awesome Guide and Chart! Wish you would provide the Audio without having to leave a Twitter comment. I do not use Twitter and prefer not to. Please advise if you will honor my request for the audio without the Twitter comment. I am a current customer.
Thanks, Mike
Germaine, I tried to download your report, but it came through garbled, with only th graphics and photos as they should be. The text is completely unusable. I’m working on a Mac. Do you have anything for me?
Thanks Jermaine, you have a gift. Even the things that normally seem really complex you simplify and make extremely easy. You have put mastering the piano within reach of everyday people! I am ready to be a ‘transformed musician’ :)
@Elma – I use mac. What is the file size? Perhaps it didn’t download all the way. it should be around 1.3 mb.
@everyone – Thanks for your comments so far!
@Mike – hey, just create a twitter account with an e-mail address you don’t use anymore. Don’t let that stop you from this 90 minute audio bonus. It’s an awesome resource!
Jermaine,
Thanks for all the valuable resources and info over the years. You’ve been an inspiration is so many ways. Your blessed and keep at it!
T.(Chrisma)
Jermaine,
You are truly a genius. This is really great. Thanks for sharing your gifts. This is so awesome, now we have no excuse for becoming professional muscians.
Much Love,
Ronald
urnestly sir, want to apprecaite the love you have been showing to other gospel painists,you have really been a great source of encouragement.all your lessons had really been a perfect one.only God can really repay this kind of work.
Thank you Jeramine.
God has give you a beautiful gift, really you are the blessed.
I enjoyed very much. You are making the music very simple.
May God bless you.
Thank you Jeramine.
God has give you a beautiful gift, really you are the blessed.
I enjoyed very much. You are making the music very simple.
May God bless you.
Hallo Jeramine, you are a really great musician! Thank you very much for doing this for oter people. By the way, have you ever been to Prague? My best regardes from Prague, Lenka
Hi Germaine,This is music theory made easy and condensed into easy to understand concepts. I love it! Thanks for sharing. God bless you.
hi germaine, you are a really great master and teacher..sir your music notes has really really improved my playing.i also want to thank you for the musician transformation chart that u sent to me.i will advise other who have gotten it to HURRY NOW AND GO AND GET THIERS……….HURRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY
hi Jermaine thnks this really helps alot.
God bless
shalom
Hi Jammell thanks very much you’ve been so helpfull,very soon i’ll compose a song and dedicate it to you.Thanks again.I will discuss some thing with you later on.Dick
The good stuff keeps coming! Thanks Jammell for keeping us in the loop. It’s nice not to be forgotten. Happy Thanksgiving my friend.
Hi Jermaine, I have been upset with Hear n Play for sometime because an Uncle, Edmund Martin-Lawson ordered for me Jazz 207 last year, which never got to me and seemed not to have been returned to you.
I was very happy to see this report today. I found a lot of consolation in it. Thanks for simplifying everything for us so well.
I will be making some new orders soon. I am convinced that you are the one to help take me to my next leve. God bless u!!
I just want to say I am happy to hear about your family.I was starting to get a little discouraged about playing the keyboard until I read this report.I thank our Father that you discovered purpose and potiential and are not selfish.Heck you are younger than me and I am learning a lot from you.
Thanks
Numbers 6:24–26
Hi Jermaine,
I purchase your system several months ago, but is taking my time to learn all of the basic before moving on. I am almost 50 years old and have just completed 101. You really are a god-send. with the 300 page workbook and your video my goal is to be playing for the sunday school by the end of the month with confidence. I have put my keyboard in my bedroom so when i get the urge in the middle of the night i practice my scales, correct fingering and the song on 101. Thanks again and God bless
this is what i call “usable working/street theory” .. theory that is applicable to working musicians ..
Thanks Jermaine
Your report describes exactly where I’m stuck at musically right now, only being able to play basic chords, in all keys but not having the ability to transform the chords. I’ve read your report and believe i’ll be able to improve by what you have kindly taken the time to prepare.
Thank you and God bless
Venesha
London
thank you,thank you and thank you again!
Wow. I was stunned when I saw that you have a mailing list of over 300K people. I thought you were talking directly to me alone. (insert smile.) Here’s the struggle-though I understand everything your write and have waited my whole life for you to write it, at the end of the day one has to practice – a lot. I’m lacking in CC and EE. I’m barely holding on with 20 minutes of Hanon in the morning and whatever time I can snatch in the evening while my kids are doing homework. I try to follow “the P’s of practce’ýyou published and myguess is that two hours a day is what’s needed at a minimum. I’m hesitant to buy more products because I don’t have time to absorb the ones I have. Does anyone develop without doing this seven hours a day? I’m getting old- I need to be efficient……….
Sir,
Thank you for your hard work
and Thank you for your free help
God Bless you
Sir,
Thank you for all your hard work
and Thank you for your free help
God Bless you
Hi Jermaine
Excellent it really helps
Thank you.
I’ve got to say you are a rare and beautiful jewel. Nobody GIVES AWAY the kind of information and knowledge you do. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!!! There are those who genuinely desire to learn piano and are unable to do private lessons, and you’ve put piano in reach for us. Thanks for ALL you’re doing!
Hi Jermaine, I am so grateful for you and your visions to help struggling musicians. I bought your 300 pg. workbook to learn on my own . I started out well but kind of fell of a bit but I have recently gotten back into it because i recieved an offer by a gospel group to play keyboard as a beginner (because they donot have the money right now to employee an experienced keyboard player).I think all your info is greet and I look forward to advancing in my piano playing. Thank You Jimmy Hines
Hey Jermaine
Just want to say thank you for resources. Keep up the good work. Your stuff is greate and uncomplicated.
God bless
Jermaine,
God bless you for this one. After reading your report (in which I’m still going through it) I’ve found myself in a couple of the categories mentioned. I don’t have to experience frustration any more when I practice, because I can apply these principles. Thanks, Jermaine and I will surely pass this on.
Hi Dear Sir!!
Really you did good job!!!
very very usefull for me and other learners also.
Pls keep it up
Thnaks take care!!!
God bless you and your family also.
Sri
it is my desire to know how to play the piano, either hymns or contemporary and so far you help has been fantastic.keep doing good and may EL-ROI(the God who sees) continually bless you. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
God bless you aznd keep you
&
Make His face to shine upon you
Jermaine,thank you for your miracle system. I’m begginer, but I feel this is a beautiful gift. I’m glad to see the pictures from your family.
I am just one of your student’s having some road bocks, provitting me from buying, my music course’s as I would like. I am Now” in my new home, in a new City. and begaining to start in a new walk;! however with the move I know it’s
delaying from getting and starting your class.
but don’t give up I still going to get my learning course from you Sir mystro;”.
your almost study: will be soon hearing and playing with the best;” GOD Bless you. “O” could I put you on what I am useing right now; yahoo!messenger. I
have a website as of yet, and that other site up here, I’m just learning how to use messnger.
No comment. Thanks.
Thank you. I’m a christian musician living in Brazil and I’ve been really blessed with your teaching material. You have a gift from God and your using it. Right on!!!
Hey Jermaine,
You’re the great! I love the material so well. as A MATTER OF FACT, THEY RIGHT IN TIME.
You are challenge to this generation. I saw the beautiful picture of your wife and the children the LORD HAS endowed you with.
May the Lord God expand your horizon, may he teach your hand wisdom (Amen)
EDWARD VICTOR
“No” just read what I just sent you think’
Hi,
Jermaine, as an faithful listener to your radio talk show, I want to know when will you start your show again? I hope realllllllll soon. You are a great teacher and you are truly missed.
Thanks Jermaine.With time so precious these days but not too precious to give my undivided attention to your emails which really are quality reading.It,s coming up to three years now and i,ve learnt so so much and to your credit.I recommend Jermaine’s beginner courses as the core to learning to play piano.Whichever you course of study you choose include Jermaine’s too.Or if your real smart you,ll need to look no where else it,s all there at hearandplay.com…Enjoy and remember
everything yields to practise.
Jermaine:
I really appreciate all the info. I was really skeptical about any music programs because in the past I have invested in programs that were to advanced for me and of course they are collecting dust rite now. I have had the desire to play for years. I can hear music so well because I have been singing for years so I think. but to make a long story short, your gift is making it easy for me to understand what seem like german to me for so long. For that I want to say I really thank you. I even got my husband interested in playing the keyboard, who is a drummer. I will be investing in more of your material in the near future.
I know The Lord will continue to Bless You because You are A Blessing To so many others.
Jermaine:
WOW I really appreciate all this info…. I’m a musician from Jamaica, reading through this Guide has open my eyes to a lot of things I did’nt know (right on Jermaine). Its really amazing because everything you mention in this guide is so true, I would never image that the music could be broken do so easily.Thanks alot man I would not have gotten this anywhere else. Your a Blessing!!!.
HEY JERMAIN NICE MATERIAL THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION,I PLAY QUATET MUSIC BUT I’M FINALLY GETTING OUT OF THAT STYLE GRADUALLY GREAT HELP I’VE BEEN PLAYING FOR MANY YEARS AND TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT QUARTET STYLE.SO IF YOU YOU CAN HLP ME WITH THATI WILL APPRECIATE THAT THANKS AND GOD BLESS.
Wow I Never Thought About All Those Little Things In That Order
And I Can Tell You Im Self Tought And I Apply everything I Can To Learn To Be a Better Musician If This Is As True As She Gos Im Going To Love It
Thanks For Shareing
After years of lessons, this is what I really needed
Thanks
Wow, This information is invaluable Jermaine. I appreciate your dedication to help others that have a desire to play the piano. Especially someone like myself. I thought my dream of learning to play the piano by ear was over. I’m desparately interested in purchasing your 300 hundred page book in the next few weeks. I purchased your 702 series & your Gospel 202 series and now I just got to get my hands on you book.
Thanks you for your willingness to share your gift. Stay Blessed My Brother!
Thank You!
Brother Jermaine-
Each time I think you can not do more, you find a way to out do yourself. That is the evidence that GOD is at work because we now that growth with him is truly limitless.
Thank you for sharing and your candor makes is real.
Nice pics of you and the fam and I pray that your addition soon to arrive is healthy and your wife has a safe delivery.
God Bless you and keep up the good work.
Thank you for being different than the rest of Gospel musicians and allowing yourself to be a willing vessel to impart knowledge to others without fear.
Best regards,
Paul Shelton on the East Coast (D.C.)
Awesome,Awesome!!!!.Great info,looking forward to receiving package when its
available.
Hey Jermaine,
I wanted to thank you for all of the free lessons you provide us. man this has helped me sooo much in learning what i need to know. I ran across hear and play by accident and got stuck here and i’m glad i did. Hopefully when i get to the point i want to be in my playing I hope to help people just like you do. may god bless you like you and keep doing what your doing.
Thank you again.
Hello Jermaine,
Just wanted to say I just downloaded the 44 page report and am excited about this new resource. I just can’t wait to try it but wanted to give a quick response to say Thank you! I really love the pictures of your family and the little history. I wanted you to pass on to them a special THANK YOU as well from me. I know it must be a sacrifice sometime for you to write and provide all this free stuff… so that tells me that you really care about your students’ (like me) progress. But as you give of yourself, they too must give! They give by way of their time in allowing and supporting you to write all of this. So a great big thank you to the entire Griggs Family (+ one).
If I were to send you a thank you note each time you give, it would not be enough. So I’m praying that God will return to you three folds (and more) what you have given to the Gospel Music Community! May He continue to Bless You!
Sandra
Jermaine
Thanks so much. I haven’t had time to read the whole guide but I just downloaded it and glanced at it. In 10 minutes I have learned more than I have in years. I know that this is going to be a great help to me.
Again….thanks.
I have not yet check what you have sent, with the comments I have seen here written by my colleagues, I mean, you guys are just too much. I wonder what kind of a blessing you are to the whole world. As far as from Nigeria I am, we are feeling your impact. Thanks to Jermaine, thanks to Hear and play. May God bless you and your company.
I will still comment when I am through.
Mateteco
Hello Jermaine,
Wow! What an incredible gift! Thnaks much bro! Great help!
Keep it up! God bless!
Shouting a Mega Thanks to You,Jermaine all the way from Nigeria!
Jermaine,
You are the best man; you must be a man of God to offer such an informative material, such as musician transformation, free of charge. God will continously bless you and all that you aspire to do. Remember my name, one day soon through God and hard work i’ll have a number one hit.
Floyd.
This is a really great report. I think so because i am a classically trained pianist who even plays pieces like the “Rahapsody in Blue” by Gershwin and still have some chalenges playing gospel the right way.
I checked out your guide, how awesome. Thank you for such valuble info. And thank you for sharing your photos. You have a beautiful family, and Congratulations on your second child!
I pray God will continue to bless you as you continue to be a blessing to others. I had lost time and desire for playing and God has allowed you to encourage me to get it going again. Looking forward to getting it back and going to another level now the desire is back.
Thanks again & God Bless
Alison
This is really a treasure for me and it’s free!!! God bless you and your family. This is the greatest gift ever given to me and I thank you all the way from Jamaica. A really priceless gift!
Jermaine, Jamaicans have a term to describe things that are exceptionally GOOD. We say “JERMAINE YOU WICKED… MY YOUTH.” This is the best thing I’ve come across in my musical lifetime. MAY GOD CONTINUALLY BLESS YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING…DON’T EVER GIVE UP MY BROTHER.
I HAVE HAD CLASSICAL TRAINING to play the violin and the piano, but I’ve always heard phenomenal sounding chords… beautiful complex chords especially in gospel music and wondered when i would be able to play what I have been hearing for a long time now. I am excellent at sight reading, give me anything on a score I will play it… but some of these lovely gospel songs… can’t gett a score sheet. I was stuck til you came and freed me.
I ain’t giving up. God has placed you into my life. I need to be a better musician to praise God how I really want to praise Him.
Love always, and God’s anointing on your family
Arlene
thank you. GOD BLESS YOU.
I have been working on my playing skills for seems like years and my prayer was that God would send a mentor my way…If you allow Him to work in is on time He is faithful..So I commend you for giving to others what you could very easily charge a fee…May God continue to bless you…Thank You so very much…Bob
I just want to thank you for the 44 page information booklet. I believe it will be a great help to me. I ordered your gospel keys booket and video about 2 years ago and It has really help me to understand how to play in a certain key.
I am currently playing for my church devotional service. Thank You Much.
Dear Jermaine, Your 702 Series Course is informative and helpful and I appreciate you sharing your enthusiasm and knowledge. Looking forward to learning to play what I hear. Thank you. Lois
Hey Jermaine, the material is awesome man. you are truly blessed for your willingness to share this information. I pray that God will continue to bless you and your family.
Jermaine,may God always expand your territories and add you more knowledge on music to enlighten others.Thanks for the information,i have improved abit in playig the keyboard.from Kenya.
Jermaine, you are truly a blessing. Thank God for your life and your family.
JERMAINE,AGAIN I MUST SAY THANK FOR ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDE ME WITH.IT’S SO SAD THAT I HAVEN’NT MET YOU BEFORE NOW.WHAT I HAVE RECEIVED FROM IN THE PASS WEEKS,NO ONE WOULD EVEN TAKE THE TIME TO SHOW OR EXPLAIN ANY THING TO YOU. I MUST AGREE WITH WHEN YOU SAID THAT PEOPLE WOULD TAKE THE THE TIME TO TEACH YOU,ESPECIALLY CHURCH FOLKS.I HAVE EXPERIENCE IT,AND ALL I WOULD GET FROM THEM IS PROMISES.I SHARED SOME OF THE INFORMATION WITH MY WIFE AND SHE IS OVER JOYED. HOPE TO GET MY KEYBOARD BEFORE CHRISTMAS,BUT I HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION SAVED. WHAT I HAVE RECEIVED THUS FAR,AND READING SOME OF THE OTHER STUDENTS COMMENTS,I AM QUITE SURE THEY ARE WELL PLEASED.THANKS AGAIN MR.JERMAINE,KEEP UP THE GOOD WORKS.A LOT OF PEOPLE DONT REALIZE THAT GOD DONT WANT THEM TO COME TO FULL, BUT EMPTY. MAY GOD CONTINUALLY TO BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, YOURS IN CHRIST,
WALTER AND FAMILY.
hi..thanks a lot for this free download..you’re really helping a lot of people..thank you once again. God bless you and your family! :D
I love it !! the concepts have been broken down into simple undertandable techniques…great job!!
hi mr germain,i am still on the basic of learning piano,i really appriciate your opinion on musician hidding to share what they knows,i will share with you some comment from Oliver Wendell holmes:
MANY PEOPLE DIE WITH THEIR MUSIC STILL IN THEM.WHY IS THIS SO?TOO OFTEN IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALWAYS GETTING READY TO LIVE,BEFORE THEY KNOW IT,TIME RUNS OUT.
i hope that these few words will give you the courage to share what you have with people like me who cannot afford to buy your course.
all the best love from Seychelles.ramapillay@hotmail.com
Thank you very much for the good works and may YahWeH bless you.
i can play by ear i do not know how to play in all the keys but enough that i play in church sometimes please help me play so i am confident enough to play in church
Thanks and God bless for your good works.
I thought the guide was very interesing and informative. thank you
Jermaine,
Just like celebrity Actors, Singers, Business Moguls, etc… You are celebrity to me (and I am sure to other) in the gospel paiano music world, except I can feel the connectedness that you have with your subscribers, inclusing …ME.
I want to say that I would love to meet you in person. I am a Jamaican and would love to meet you when I next visit the United States. I will keep praying for you and your lovely family (including your expected daughter) that God’s richest blessings will multiply for the many years of your lives and that He will bless you for your continued sharing of your talent to me.
Absolutely awesome! It is a rare thing to find someone in this world that is willing to freely give anything and yet Jermaine has freely given so much knowledge! THANK YOU so much….I am a homeschool teacher that is attempting to teach my son music theory and the piano…I would not have been able to even start teaching him had it not been for all your great resources.
Jermaine – Keep up the good work. Started out with you a long time ago. Talked to you on the phone. Received your first package in the mail. Became confused with the downloading and such that I just quit. Now this program says download. I know it’s easy. But I’m confused again. And it’s free TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Can you imagine, I can’t download to a CD. I keep missing out but I’ll learn before it’s too late. Thanks anyway. Abe
I wanted to take adventage of your 30 days trial offer. (singing) but could not find the link….can you help me?..Laura
I was just at that site laura, i think its tryhearandplay.com
May Yah continue to richly bless you and your staff on teaching potential muscians on how to hear and play!!(M.T. sounds like the motherload!!!)
I’m enjoying learning. from your site.. Keep up the great work….
Man Jermaine let me first start off by saying that “YOU ARE PREACHING UP IN HERE”!! I have a hard time here in south Jaw-guh (Georgia) getting more experienced musicians to help me with the simple things. One time I was at an anniversary and this guy was playing, I asked him would he teach me somethings and he said yes. Anywho I just happen to get on another keyboard and play around and when he heard me he stormed out saying that he was late for another meeting. It’s just like you said though, that episode only blessed me more. Thank you so much Jermaine for helping us so freely. The only way that you can do this is because of the fact that you are secure in God. A person can always give freely to others when they know who they are in God. Thanks again for all that you do….and thank you Mrs. Griggs for allowing your husband to help us.
Hey Jamaine, this is indeed an eye opener ! It’s mindblowing…
I just can’t wait to get to the next level in my piano techniques…
me
I am really learning alot from your site.
Great Job!!
Dr. Griggs,
You are awesome. But, I give the Glory to God for using you to enlighten us who are in darkness. I enjoyed reading and learning from this 44 page report. It definitely exposed my weaknesses. Although i have alot of other books and courses (including your learning to play jazz course),this one is the ultimate must have. It puts it all together.
PS I heard from the Lord on this one. He said ” Whatever he tells you to do,
Do IT.
Thanks Bro for keeping me informed
Peace and Blessings,
Clay
I could not download the information Marion
This is an awsome presentation. It will be good to have it all at one time. You are a blessing and that is why God is blessing you. You are always sharing your information to help others. Give and it shall be given unto you. This is my first time responding, but I really do appreaciate you very much for the work you are doing. I am not a professional yet.
Thanks,
Ira
I have been trying to learn how to play for years but could not understand what my music teacher was trying to say. I started geting your cds and other lessens from you and have learned more then I ever did from lessons.the way that you explain things is great. Some day I hope to be able to play
God Bless you and your family, plus staff, great work!
I enjoyed reading the 44 page report and was able to play Thank You Lord with the base notes given in the report. (So beautiful) I learn so much from your hard work and thanks for makeing it available to me. May God continue to bless you and your family.
can’t wait to buy this product may God bless you
I have downloaded your information. I will give it a try. I will let you know.
I have been looking for lessons for so long.
Thanks
Jan
THIS IS AWESOME;;;;…..REALLY MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THE BEST…..
…..SON OF GOD, MAY GOD BLESS AND CROWN UR EFFORTS…..
Hi, Mr. Griggs
I have downloaded the information from the web site and I’am ecited about trying those techquies that you have sugguested. I have also learned tones of new techquies from the DvD teaching system I purchase from hear and play music. You always give us such good and usable matiarl to work from that builds a soild foundation and great confindence in up coming muscians. May God bless you and your family always. Thank you so very much.
Jermaine
Thank you so much. You have already caused me to go to another level. I can see what I’ve missed.
God bless
thanks and god bless you always…
Jermaine thanks for all your hard work. As an elder musician who likes to study to ehance the gift the Lord has given me on my instrument (guitar), I am excited and proud to see a young man as yourself reaching out to others to share freely as well as trying to support your family, in teaching others how to increase their gift for the Lord and themselves.
Because of your heart to see Gods music played with excellance you will be highly blessed. Congratulations on the new arrival to the family. My wife and I will be celebrating our 37th anniversary in December and have been blessed with six children, 4 sons and 2 daughters, that are all adults now and such precious treasures from the Lord.
I plead the precious blood of Jesus over you and your family and ask the Lord to bless you with a special annointing that takes you to the next level in your ministry. Brother Jerome
Greetings Rev. Jermaine,
Wow!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your family pictures. Your wife looks like a classic princess. Is she part Spanish? Your daughter is absolutely adorable! I am not leaving you out. I think you are very handsome. The few extra pounds looks good on you. You must simply love your grandma. You always speak about her. The story of never knowing your sister and now you finally meet her, that is some story Rev! I have a similar story, but it is long and I will tell you another time.
The information about how stingy muscians are, is simply the truth! I had to leave a church because the worship leader’s jealousy was eating her away. She did not want to share the music throne with me. The church was handed over to my husband, but people were not willing to be flexible and make simple adjustments. Lots of rebellion in the churches today. That’s another long story I will reserve for later.
Rev. Jermaine, you are so giving. I listen to your music theory CD’s almost every night. These lessons were great because I now don’t have to transcribe everything you said on your Gospel Keys 101. This is now all review for me, but I sometimes forget a few things and have to go back and listen. As you know, I still have not found the right medication to help my swollen hands. They are very painful as I write. I cannot practice as often as I would like to. This is why I listen and watch you and JC teach at the GMTC. I know that the practice part on the pyramid is missing. Yes, as you say; “perfect practice makes perfect.” I will soon catch up! You will be seeing me on YouTube when that happens. I will joyfully say, “Rev. Jermaine taught me.” Ha! Ha!
God bless you for all you do for your student. You keep me inspired.
Miriam Tierno
your material is awesome
your material is awesome!!!!!!!>_< luv em!!
Mr. Griggs. Thank you so much for all the imformation. Glad to be a member of GMTC. My playing is at another level.Thanks & God bless you always.
Jermaine
You’re the MAN. God has blessed you with something big and He is going to enlarge your territory. You Just wait and see.
you just made a lot of things easy. God bless you man
May the almighty God bless you richly!
JERMAINE,
I kinda don’t know what to say about this material. Am speechless! The materials are all right in time.
May the Lord God in His infinite mercy and grace begin to expand the horizon of your wisdom such that the world will not be able to comprehend nor fathom it.
You might not really know that this material is of great value and has gone so far.
May the Almighty God enrich in all things. May He protect you, keep you, be with you, lift you up, teach you wisdom and honour your before kings and queens. (AMEN)
All the best.
EDWARD VICTOR
Am so thrilled about the whole new method you adopted. It’s like you really knows what is going deep down within the mind of people.
Been an answer to people’s longing at a time like this is a great one.
More grease to your elbow.
EDWARD VICTOR
Good Morning
I think that what you are doing is great. For a while my finances has been shot to pieces. I am now starting to come back. I have been thinking about getting a musical instrument to practice on. I enjoy your emails.
Thelma
Thanks for being so kind. I don’t know anyone who would give this kind of information away for free. May God continue to bless you!
Hey Jermaine,
I think you have a very beautiful and blessed family. Congradulations on your second child. I know you have a gift to do what you do and the material is great. May God continue to bless you all.
Hi Jermaine, This document is very great. I was just about to give up on playing by ear as I was suck with one type of playing and could not transform it further, this will be of great help.
Keep up the good work and may God continue to bless you and your family.
Sydonie
Jermaine – Thank you so much for your insight. I am especially grateful for your generousity – few understand the concept of ‘Freely-Giving’ of themselves from an abundance mind-set. You clearly have it! Your Musician Transformation report is both timely and effective. Why? Because it lets me know exactly where I am as a musician. Further, it provides me with a clear understanding of what I need to do in order to become the musician I desire to be, and a path to get there.
You are a miracle, and I see an abundance of miracles in store for you and your family.
Thank you once again.
Sincerely,
Cassandra
MAN!!! you know…Sometimes you have to read things twice to understand what you are missing, and i’m so glad you posted this because i know what i need to do in order to take my playing to another level. Thank you my brother. I’ve learned more from you than i have any where else including private lessons. So again Thank you M.r Griggs and may god bless you in everything you do.
PS: Beeeeeeuuuuuutiful FAMILY – Thanks for the pix.
Thanks for this wonderfull work. May God bless you and family.
Jermaine
I wish to say thank you for the email with the 44 page guide which I couldn’t stop reading as soon as I got it. It is just so informative beyond belief, especially the chordal command section.
I enjoy all your tutorials, but this one in particular.
Cheers
Robin
Thanks for all the work that you did to put 44 pages of your knowdledge for free for us to understand .God bless you.
Donald
Hey thank you Jermaine
I bought you very first product on VHS and I could learn because it was too fast. I swaped with a friend for your worship DVD in C# and I can pretty much follow a lot of song but since then I have been buying products from everyone trying to improve with no success. thank you for the report and I hope it is exactly what I need to go to the next level in my playing as I just really work hard but the fludity in playing creativity seems to be missing
This is awesome, Jermaine. The Lord will surely bless you more for your generosity in sharing your talent and wisdom.
Thanks for the page on learning gospel , may God bless you and keep you.
Jermaine, thank you so much for helping me go forward in my understanding of music theory. I am playing my way round the circle of 4ths and starting to understand chord progressions thanks to you! Your 44 page guide is inspirational. Best Wishes and keep up the good work.
I don’t seem to be hearing the teleseminar though every thing is on and working. What may be the problem?
Really great stuff, Jermaine!
Fantastic Work Man…..
Its Really Helpful, easy to understand and much knowledge to gain.
Dillon Govender
South Africa
Young man, wife and daughters, may God continue to Bless you with the gift of sharing. Hopefully I will be able to take advantage of this wonderful material. Please pray that I do the necessary things to get this program up and running. My desire at this point is only to be able to play enough to make decent sounds however I feel if I could just keep up with all of what you keep trying to get me to learn I will put a whole lot of people in the shock including myself. Can’t wait for that day to come. ( I realy don’t know how to play I just simple have a desire). I Love what you are doing. Keep up the good work.
Love Sis. Christine
Thanks, Jermaine for this material. I shall use it for improving my musical skills.
I am responding now after finishing the download. I listened to a few of your comments as you were going through the audio. Thanks for sharing unstintingly your great knowledge with the world.
Samuel Jackman.
Your 44 page report is dynamite. This lesson should start with your first music lesson. Yes we do unlearn what we thought we knew and it’s in a more simplified manner. Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much Jermaine. It is beginning to come clear to me, and how exciting is that. I so appreciate your graciousness in sharing your knowledge. I have been a pastor for many years and have always given like you do, to the Lord’s people, and it is wonderful to me to find someone who can help me now to lead in worship at our home group, as this has always been the desire of my heart. I was definitely born a Worshipper, singing all my life, continuously almost, and my heart longs and longs for the depths of our God, so this teaching is opening up my life and giving me the confidence to play, worship and sing all at the same time, so that I can not only enter His throne room, but take others with me. Do you know, that all my life people have knocked me, and withheld from me the joy of actually doing this, and I became almost stunted in what I love, so thank you so very much for opening up the doorway of “how to” sing to Him all that has accumulated in my heart.
Blessings to you and the team. With much love, Robin Knapp.
God bless you so much for all the help you’re giving to gospel musicians out there.
You’re a real kingdom-minded person and i really appreciate all you do.
You have a very nice family…saws the pics in the guide. always good to know of young people who are sold out to God and His work.
Keep up the good work and God bless.
Thanks Jermaine, I appreciate all the help with my last purchase… May God continue to Bless you abundantly as we await his very very very soon return!
Jermaine, I believe you offer the best resources there are on the web. Much success and a long future.
This is awesome,God bless you.
Dear Jermaine,
1> Thank you for your email and also the 44-pg report on “Muscian Transformation”. My humble comments on your report:
“Your 44-pg report is awesome and you have opened my inner most eyes making me to realize the deficiencies I have in the field of music. The 5 secret hidden strategies and the well defined roadmap has made me more confident and enthusiastic to enhance my piano keyboard skills. I am highly grateful to you for your never-ending encouragement to transform your students to good Gospel Piano musicians”.
Best wishes from India
Alphonso
Dear Jermaine,
I greet you in the name of the good Lord, Christ Jesus. You are a real blessing to people like myself. For quite a long I had wished if I could learn and play piano. My wish almost faded away until I show your web site “HearandPlay”. Thanks very much for the free information and lessons you provide online. Your free 44 pp report is a great Christmas present to me and all your student around the globe.
May God continue to bless you so you be a blessing to others.
Thanks for the photos of your three beautifull children with your wife. May God take care of you all during the Christmas holidays.
God Bless.
Ben Pisoro.
Papua New Guinea.
Hi Jermaine,
Thanks for the 44pg material. they are just great. Your wife and kids also. God bless you and your family.I think that this is just what i need to help me get through the lessons. they are very simple. Keep on going with the good work.
Dennis
Jermaine this report could be the key to helping me get to the next level of playing, which is great, but it also reminded me of the importance of attitude and approach. Too many people guard there creativity when it should be shared. The view of abundance impacts your whole life, you have to give first.
Bless
Dom
God will give u a new song to sing every day of ur life. God bless u
Hi Jermaine,
I am so excited about these courses you provide so free heartedly. You are truly a blessing to me and as I read your site, to so many others. I believe because of you and your programs, I have finally tapped into what will help me reach my musical goals. That is to sing while playing for myself, and to play the songs I hear on the radio. And just to be able to play the music I feel inside of me. I can’t play OR sing very well, but I see the possibility so clearly now. My story is long and I won’t bore you with all the details. But I am over 50 yrs old and I can tell you I’ve been waiting for a long time to get this enthusiasm again. I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 and stopped when I was 14 because I feared a recital in a symphony hall. As an adult I’ve had a piano in my home since 1976, my children even had lessons, but I rarely touched it. I started lessons again 1 1/2 yrs ago but I was so frustrated, I was just learning songs, she could put the notes together, but I couldn’t. Since purchasing your GK’s and Secrets to playing by Ear, and with all the instructions and lessons, I can hardly believe it, but I practice everyday for more than an hour usually. And I actually read the materials. I am still so excited and I have learned so much in just over a months time. I don’t know how you do all that you do, but it is certainly a Gift from God and I pray He to continues blessing your life.
Hi Germaine
Many thanks for your astonishing 44 page and 29 page material. I was totally blown away with how simple it all seems to be. I can’t wait to get started as, not unlike you, we have “the builders in” doing some re-decorating so I can hardly hear myself think! Not the best situation to try and concentrate :~}.
Also, Good luck to you and your family with the imminent arrival of the latest(!) addition to the Griggs household.
Can I just ask a quick question – “The chords as laid out here – caan they be used for Left Hand accompaniement as well as Left Hand,and,if so, why does it not sound right?”
I would welcome your comments – or is that another chapter on it’s own?!”
I can’t believe you are actually giving this material away. What an early Christmas gift.
Many thanks, Germaine.
Kind Regards
Dave
Very interesting, the information is worth its weight in gold
Jermaine:
I’m in Orange County like yourself and am active as a volunteer with the “Praise Venue” (Gospel) at Saddleback handling the Tech Side of things. About six months ago we communicated about your web site and I purchased a course which gave me the motivation to go ahead and buy myself a piano. Jermaine, I think your explanation of “Black Gospel” is spot on. I spoke to a singer last week (he’s Black and I am a white guy) and told him that not only can I not jump, but I am trying to internalize the feel, rhythm, syncopation and chord progressions of Gospel having not grown up around a Black Gospel Church. He looked at me like I was crazy!
Eric Lige is one of my favorite Gospel Artist and Eric has been kind enough to send me the music to his latest album, which has been residing in my CD player in the car for months. Eric is an exceptional example of being willing to share with me what he knows to help me learn Gospel. Thanks Eric! I love your music and appreciate your willingness to help give me a lift up the ladder to understanding and learning Gospel!
Jermaine, as an older guy who studied Classical Piano for twelve years I have a pretty good grounding in Music Theory, but I flipped the switch off when I joined the Army to fly helicopters and have only turned it back on twelve months ago. So, I am playing a lot of catch up (pun intended). Jermaine your 44 pages covers to essentials and also gave me an insight to making different chord structures. By the way, the difference between “voicings” and “inversions” was pretty simple for me. Inversions are me standing on my head upside down getting the new chords committed to “Unconscious Competency”. Believe it or not, it has a lot in common with learning to fly helicopters, but isn’t nearly as dangerous.
God Bless You Brother! I look forward to becoming more involved with your courses at HearandPlay.com. You truly are a gifted instructor!
This is just what I needed!!!!! I know there was something I was missing, I can understand alot of the information I recieved from the awsome HearandPlay site, But did not understand how to put it all together. This chart is really going to take me to the next level. I have only used it for one day and can tell this is going to be a hit. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!!
Andre
Hi Jermaine,I just want to say when someone cares more for the people than money it touches the heart.Listening to you is like listening to someone I have known for years and am very confortable with.This makes learning easier and fun.Thanks for just being who you are,more than likely that is why you get so many responses,you have become a friend to so many people.God our Father knows what he is doing.
Hi,
It is very kind of you to share and well explain your gifts what God has given you in these materials.
I am sure many will be blessed by this website.
Thanks for your great help.
Paul
Hi Jermaine,
I thank you for all the great tools you just give away. We all know where your heart is. I have never been hasseled once to “buy” a thing, although I would like to. It is not that I am cheap, I’m a disabled VietNam era veteran, who spends what ever extra money he has on my only solice, my studio. I will be back to purchase. Thank you so much for all you do for musicians around the world.
Charlie Black
WOW Jermaine! I think that God is blessing you every single second because you are always helping your students and sharing your music experience with us just for free. Thanks Jermaine for the 44pg & 29pg Guides. God bless you, your busness and your beautiful family.
From the bottom of my heart
Alberto
Hey Jermaine,
I downloaded these two things to put out there but can I also use this as a Rock Musician? I would think so! Maybe?? If not could you also put something similar out for the other music people out here!!
Thanks
Bill
Thanks Jermaine,
You have located my problems in playing piano and how the problem came. Now I can see how I can get out of my state and be the pianist I want to be.
Hi, Jermaine –
Thanks so much for this terrific information — and motivation!
I’m one of those folks who tries to learn music, then gets frustrated and drops it, only to come back again and again because I WANT to play and understand it so much. Well, I think you
ve given me the keys to this kingdom!
I’ll be practicing in an your recommended way, and I’ll be moving forward all the time.
Your the best,
Judy in Florida
My problem with music is I do not commit enough time to it. how sad! However when I do make the time (Again) I am sure by using your tuition; further advancements will be made. Thankyou sooo much
I was all over the place with my playing and was confused about where to go next, but this report showed me the light. Thank you Jermaine.
I just had a 1st separation in my AC joint in my right shoulder and was about to stop playing but i’ve been re-inspired to continue on. God bless you Jermaine.
Jermaine,
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? The blessings that God has for you are too great to number!! What you have here is really great. I have gone from a drummer of 20 + years to a bass player of 8 years to now a piano player of 3 months. I have been trying to get my friends or musicians that I know to help me learn piano. As you have stated in your writings, they either do not have the time or they do not want to show me what they know in fear of their “thunder” being taken. If we are minsters of God’s music, then why are the really good musicians stingy about sharing their knowledge with others who want to play for God? What if ministers in training went to another minister to ask for help in sermon preparation or other ministry business and is told “sorry brother, you have to get it on your own.” That would be a sad day for ministry.
I thank God for you and what He has placed down in you heart to help out the masses in regards to serving the Lord musically. As you know, the number one thing that churches and new church start-ups is looking for is a keyboard player. You have leveled the playing field. Now, the person with the humble heart and wants to play for God (He/She can now with Hear and Play) can replace the arrogant piano or organ player who thinks that they are God’s gift to music. Your products and methods are indeed terrific. I am eager to see where I will be in 6 months. I am going to shoot video of my growth in 30-day intervals to measure my progress for 6 months.
Thank you again and God continue to bless you!!
Jermaine – what a GOD send, I’ve been so lost recently with practice and been feeling like I’m stagnating.
Thanks to your report I now have direction.
Stay blessed brother – one…PaL
Hi Jermaine,
Thank you so much!! Everybody says you’re “blessed”, and you are indeed! The good thing is you share with others and that makes you a “Blessing” to us all!!
Got to say that this is one of two sites that I found works really well. I’m 51 and have just started my music degree as a mature student. The joy of learning is increased with this site. There are treasures to be found on this site.
Thanks for sharing.
hey, i really appreciate the stuff you deliver us. haven’t read the free guides yet, but im sure they are great and very helpful. Thanks for presenting this material in such a direct and graspable way!
Hey, Jermaine,
Thanks for all the information in the 44-page report. You are right about
a lot of musicians not wanting to share, but we should all get better at
sharing. We all like to hear good music.
Congratulations on the family. God bless you as you share and encourage us
to do more with our talents and music.
wow, i just signed up for the priority notification list. I really hope i get one of these 1000 musician transformation packages you’re offering regardless of the price. Plus, you’re always fair with that so I’m not worried. I just want to make sure I get one.
If the dvd package is anything like what you’ve shared for free, we are in store for a mighty treat and I honestly can’t wait. I told my wife that this is all I want for christmas. You are my santa clause this year son!
Mike Washington
Dallas, TX
Hi, Jermaine
I wish to appreciate you for the report. It’s content is very rich and thrilling.
I am working hard daily ever since I bought your Gospel Music Course (202). It’s a treasure course. It has enlarging my musical horizon.
I also had a problem in downloading the addition 29-pages report. Can you help?
Have a lovely day!
Fende
Hey Jermaine,
First I want to say I thank our Lord Jesus Christ for you and your team and your family because I think they probably have some type of encouragement also for you to do what you do. Be forever blessed.
I also want to thank you for your 44pg and your 29pg guides, plus all the other materials you provide for us. I am very greatful for your site. I have been looking for help and now I think I’ve finally found the help I need. I know I got a lot of work ahead, but at least I can get started the right way. I have no time to waste. Until next time, you and yours be blessed.
Jacquetta
Hey man, I have nothing but love for you and your family. Just downloading the info from you has opened a wealth of knowledge, and I went to Berklee College of Music!!!!!!!!!!!.
So with that said, once (God willing)I get my funds together, I will support you and your family by getting the cd sets.
I have used the material I gotten from since the first book I brought. All of your material and lessons are super helpful. My playing is better my ear has improved as well. when I hear a song I can get the exact key their in. I love it. God bless you richly and your family. Keep the lessons coming. Love you with the love of the Lord. S. Ham
Oh My goodness. Just download and read as it was printing. I can’t believe it. You have really done it now. You read my mind. I read the 44 page version and thought to myself, “Self, Discipline” will get you thru this but if only you had a calendar that broke down all the steps into chucks of time. Booyah! you sent it. You are amazing! Thank you thank you thank you. God just keeps blessing and blessing and blessing. I have one question? Is there any way to order more than 1000 copies? I’m worried that i may not get one–believe me when i say — i have waited my whole musical life for this– i cannot miss out… please order more copies. I’m on the list but you never know… I’ll keep watching my email. Still can’t thank you enough! Still praying that God will continue to bless you and your family. Sandra
goos stuff looking forward to the new material….. trult a teaching music web site!!!!!!!!! EMANALPHA
Man it’s almost like you read my mind. Before i could ask the question you answerd it, Thanks Jermaine, this helps more than you know. God Bless…
Jermaine, I don’t know if I’ve said it before – maybe I have, maybe I haven’t? But you sir, are a PRINCE among men! I pray to GOD that he would continue to bless you and your family, as you continue to educate people such as myself. My music is “shooting” to another level all because of you and what you’ve been sharing with the world. Superb!
Passed it along to some pan players — tenor pans are layed out in 5ths/4ths. The players have little or no theory, and learn only to play songs. So you guide will help them learn some theory.
Jermaine
Finally someone has tied it all together in a format that is easy to understand. You have demystified the circle of fiths and laid out a plan to effectively practice and enhance the learning experience. Thank you for giving me this oportunity to make great strides in my understanding of music theory and thank you for opening the door to a cohesive practice method that will produce the results I desire. Your efforts on our behalf are greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Sam
Jermaine, just when I thought your 40 page report was the absolute bomb! You added more. You have revolutionized the art of learning how to play Gospel Music. You have affected so many lives. You are a blessing to the industry of music, and particularly to the ministry of music, for those of us who serve and desire to serve through music. God Bless You and your beautiful family. You make it so plain that anybody who really want to learn to play have no excuse. Never again should anybody ever ask you “How should I practice and what should I do next? You broke the ceiling! What’s next? …. I just stay posted!…Bless You Indeed!
Jermaine, just when I thought your 40 page report was the absolute bomb, you came back and gave away more. You have affected so many lives and have revolutionized the industry of teaching gospel music. You have cracked the ceiling! Never again should anyone ask you “How should I practice – or what should I do next? Anybody who have a desire now have no “excuse”. THIS IS IT! A system that brings it all together. It bridges the gap in my practice routine. What’s next?… I will just stay posted! God Bless You and your Beautiful Family.
I started reading the 44 page last night and this is WONDERFUL!!!! You are so right about schools not teaching people how to play the music they REALLY want to play. I’m so glad you are doing this ministry! I just glanced at the 29 page now and looks like you’ve done it again!
Blessings.
Thanks a million.
Nothing like this “down under”where I live.
You are one great person.
Lots of love and thanks again
Jermaine,
I consider this a gift. The guide alone was excellent(can’t imagine how great the DVDs will be). You are an excellent teacher and I believe your heart is in the right place. Keep on keeping on brother.
God bless
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2 Pet 1:5-6
5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;
Hey Jermaine and Family!
I remember when I had to leave GMTC, it was one of the saddest days of my life because what you are diong is so enriching for so many people,(“I’ll be back”) yet you continue to issue forth awesomeness’.I haven’t had a chance to read the report yet,but I am absolutely sure it is going to be a pure delight. Thank you for sticking with me through my thins, and I will be back when it gets thick. God Bless you going out and coming in friend! Will post again as soon as I’ve devoured this latest goodie you’ve sent. Be well.
what else can I say but a BIG THANK YOU.God bless you so much. There is no reason for me not to rise to the level of a transformed musician. I’ve always wondered how I can effectively practise…..and there….you’ve done it again. Many blessings!!!!
I want to thank you for your insight and knowledge in music. This is great and although not getting the time to practice as I would like to, I welcome these two (2) reports. There are masterpieces in theory and otherwise.
All the best to you and your family.
Forgot to say, This is a good birthday present. Birthday on the 21st.
Thank you again
Jermaine you are really a God sent man and I am a new comer to this sight but have found it to be just awesome. I pray God’s continued blessing on you and your family. I was trying to download the 29 pages but I haven’t got it to come thru yet. Thank you for all your teachings.
Gwendolyn Dianne Embree
Thanks for this resource, although I have’nt gone thru it yet, I know from other peoples comments that it’ll be perfect. I actually just downloaded it over a 1kb/s connection. Thanks for all the good work, God is the only one who can reward you the way you should be. You really do not know, how many churches now have good worship and praise just as a result of your tutorials and all. You have brought heaven to a lot of local churches, particularly here in Africa. Once more God bless YOU! BIG!
HI JERMAINE, EVEN THOUGH I DONT HAVE A KEYBOARD AS YET,I STILL BE UP UNTIL 2AM 3AM JUST READING THROUGH YOUR HELPFUL TIPS. I PRINTED THE 44PP,AND MY WIFE, CARRY IT AROUND WITH HER.WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR THIRTY YEARS,WITH 2PLUS3 CHILDREN,AND FIVE GRANDS,SO I CAN IMAGINE HOW PROUD A FATHER YOU MUST BE.
I KNOW THAT AS SOON AS GOD BLESS ME WITH THIS KEYBOARD I WILL DO GREAT.YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER.
THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
FROM, walter/debbie
Jermaine,
Excellent report! You make it so easy to understand, you are awesome. The information is very user friendly. Thank you so much for your willingness to share your craft.
Jermaine each time I try to download the 29page bonus the pdf file doesn’t open.
I downloaded the 9.0 reader but for some reason the file is not coming up. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong. The same thing happened when I downloaded the 44 page report but it finally came thru. Help please. I don’t want to miss the additional information.
Gwen
HELLO!
I AM IN THE EARLY INTERMEDIATE STAGES AS A GUITARIST BUT FIND THESE THEORY VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE AND INSPIRING.
YOU SURELY POSSESS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE IN MUSIC AND YOUR TEACHING ABILITY IS OF A VERY HIGH STANDARD !
ThankYou,
Arnim
@Gweondolyn – try right-clicking on the file and pressing save file as or save target as. Then once it’s saved to your computer, open it from there.
Wow, thanks for all your comments. You guys don’t know how great it makes me feel to know all of you are helped by the things we do here at hearandplay.com! I’ve read EVERY single one of your comments and am very inspired! Thanks for all the encouragement and keep up the great work!
Jermaine Griggs
Jermaine, you’ve done it again!!! Yo doc I gotta tell ya. You basically broke it down to each phase that a musician (let alone a gospel musician) needs to know and achieve to be successful. I am so glad that I found your website. I have purchased courses from you in the past, and they have definitely been helpful. I plan on purchasing this one too. I hope it has alot of contemporary stuff in it. Continued success and blessings to you my brotha!!!!
Cannot put it down.This is a piece of the puzzle missing for energizing to get a better practice habit. For some reason you stated the correct word and was not selfish to share . You have given me something to always keep in mind share and you will be blessed. God will keep his blessing upon you for what you have shared in a special way. I really do thank you because it sure reenforce my other video I have purchased for you, they are great. Thank you so much.
Hey Jermaine, my situation is like one of the comments I read about not having enought time to study, your courses is making a big difference in my playing , I think maybe you should try including with your instruction the correct fingering also , that is where I am weak, so I keep rewinding your video’s trying to watch which fingers to use in order to accomplish the quickness needed for example your 300 page course, if you know what I mean,anyway thank you for every thing I will keep buying your products, Peace– and may God bless you {Jerry}
Hi Jermaine:
Thank You – ma-a-a-an! I love this! And, by the way, the pyramid does work. I’m a teacher by profession and I utilize it in my teaching – all the time. For instance, it’s amazing how quickly and easily my students transcend thru’ UI – CI – UC- … even to CC (in Math)when they learn the secets of ” sharing with someone else a concept as soon as they understand/learn it!” I call it my “each one teach one’ approach.! Anyway, I just want to express my profound gratitude for your unselfish approach to music. I’m really learning a whole lot from you. Keep on doing what u doing Jermaine! For who knows… You are brought to the music world (Kingdom, if you wish) for “such a time as this!” I am really a bass player – probably somewhere between the CI and the UC stages. But, I’m learning a whole lot from you that I’ve been ‘Transposing, if you wish) to the BASS. Hopefully, some day soon, I’ll start the keyboard. But for now, It’s amazing how much I’m learning about music, in general, from your products and articles. GOD Bless you! Keep up the good work – I believe you are indeed blessed with a GOD-endowed Gift. Yes, it’s a gift from God that you possess. Keep Sharing it!!! LOVE You, Man!
GOD BLESS YOU AND OTHERS LIKE YOU JERMAINE FOR SHARING THE GIFT THAT THE HEAVENLY CREATOR HAS ALLOWED YOU TO HAVE.
Hey Jermaine,God bless you for all you doing for us but there is one concern that i want to raise; ordering for a copy of your all crucial DVDs has been a problem for me, since credit cards are not operational in Ghana as it is out there. I would be much grateful if you would find other avenues for me to get copies of the materials for your lessons.See, i may have the resource but the how is my problem.Please do something about it.
Hey Jermaine,God bless you for all you doing for us but there is one concern that i want to raise; ordering for a copy of your all crucial DVDs has been a problem for me, since credit cards are not operational in Ghana as it is out there. I would be much grateful if you would find other avenues for me to get copies of the materials for your lessons.See, i may have the resource but the how is my problem.Please do something about it.thank you
Sir; Your systematic gospel music teaching is amazing and perfect.As a mather of fact, it is a blessing to the new generation gospel musicians; especially,I Moses.You have given freely, God will reward you abundantly.People who are blessed by your work will remember you.Thanks!
Jermaine,
May God continue to bless you for the work you have done. Thank you, as your material has greatly helped me to enhance my playing. I do have one question however….I am struggling with when to use the bass in my left handas as oppose to chording. I know when I have a bass player, the bass should be left up to that individual but I find myself still wanting to include it on the piano. Please advise. God bless.
This really sounds like the missing peice for me. Now I can see why I’m stuck where I am and can’t seem to reach “song solidity.” Looks like this is just what I need.
I can hardly wait until Nov. 24. I want and need it now!
Thanks for all you do to help musicians like me, who want to do a good work for God, yet struggles because of lack of fluency in the areas that will be presented in this course.
Awaiting Nov. 24,
Zenobia Coleman
God bless you for sharing. Some programs out there want you to buy, but don’t give you much information, which makes it hard to know whether it will help you or not. But you freely give so much information about your programs which to me shows that you are all about really helping people and its not just a money thing. I love you for that.
Z. Coleman
I WISH I WERE YOUNGER. EVERYTHING IS CLEAR TO UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUCH. I AM 65 YEARS OLD. ME AND MY WIFE PLAY GOSPEL IN THE CHURCH EVERY WEEKEND. WE USE AN AUDYA KETRON KEYBOARD. WHAT YOU TEACH IS VERY VERY USEFUL.I WANT TO BE YOUNGER SO I COULD BECOME A MUCH BETTER MUSICIAN. ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU VERY VERY VERY MUCH
Jermaine,
This stuff will become me a better musician because you show the target, it is time to pratice right, who teach others also learn.
Clarindo
from Brazil
I truly thank god for you .
Ich bedanke mich für alles und wünsche Jermaine viel erfolg, der hat schon…
God bless you
Hi Jermaine
I discovered your material last year “by luck” and the Internet. I’m so happy and grateful to you for all this.
I’ve made great progress thanks to your holistic & pragmatic method.
Also congratulations for your mindset : you’re right. You share information, give a lot of free reports that are very valuable.
And this only gives me more intention to buying more materials from you !
Keep up this great work Jermaine.
cheers
Delphine from France
Thank u Jermaine, you have given me so much more than I expected, and in the simplest way ever. God bless you
Virginia
Hi everybody!
I am a great fan of germaine.
His piano lessons are great sources of inspirations.
If you want to play by ear and improvize like I do, try his products.
When you do, you will at least find something to bring to church.
Psalmes 150
You will be admired by God and by His.
Jacques
Oh My God!!!! Thank you so much for this Jermaine. I can’t wait for the 24th and I wouldn’t like to miss any of your courses anymore because they’re all reliable, I mean from 2006 when I first heard about you until today, I still haven’t regretted the time invested with you.
Gladman (South Africa)
Hi, Jermaine, this is the most important information I ever got from somebody about music, I really appreciate very much and I am going to study very hard in order to get a very good level, following all your instructions I am sure to make it, and I am open to all the information from you, thank you very much. (Excuse my english it is not very good, I live in Colombia),
Martin.
Hi Jermaine. You inspire me! I’ve studied piano off and on for many years. I bought your 300-page book and all GospelKeys cd’s in 2007 because I was stuck. I’m almost finished the book, which has helped me play a lot better, but as I read and listened to your 44-page MT, I’m very excited about learning in a more creative way and sharing with the kids in my community. GOD bless you and your family for what you do!
L.T.
Thanks for the report and the guides. As a former management major, I know all this goes along well with your marketing plan. Plus, I have read your interviews elsewhere where you express the “business” side of what you do. All in all, I condone it, because there is no way we are going to “muzzle this ox that feeds”. Besides, no one else is doing it with a product line that provides so much promise for the budding gospel musician. Keep up the good work, and excel at the business model that God put in your heart for both you and thousands of now-musicians to profit alike.
Just finished the missing chapter reading and want you to know that I have been shown a wonderful method of preparing my practice proceedure and preparation. Thank you for again for giving this writing to us. Many would have charged for what you’ve presented to thousands who could not afford the program.
I also want to let you know that the cycle of 4ths and 5ths chart is one of the best I have seen. The visual of the minor triads tones in the chart is a great feature and takes a lot of the guess work out seeing the total relationship of the chart to music. That is one of my favorite things of the writing. Thank you abd blessings to you and your family. Jerome (jc)
Thanks Gregg for your devotion in helping the handicap learn to play piano. God bless you and your family, you go above and beyond.
hi, i am trying to get the 29 pp, but its not letting me without the 44 pp. which i already have. is there something i can do about this?
they also send you an e-mail with all the links. when i put in my email above, i saw the 44-pg report but underneath it i saw the new 29 pg report. you may have to refresh or just check your e-mail when they send the confirmation links.
Thank you for the wonderful report. May the good Lord bless you for sharing with us your knowledge.
Thank tou once again
A very sobering report on learning piano, and not really confined to Gospel music either. The Musical Transformation & Learning Pyramid diagrams really do break down skill levels in a way that wakes a student up. I’ll be the first to admit that I do need a fire lit under my butt to practice more to evolve.
I know a senior musician set in his ways who has been playing piano for about 40 years – pretty much all self-taught by ear. Now this guy is not a prodigy but he does have a natural flair for playing(we all know them). After several conversations with him, it occurred to me that even though I am not at the same level of playing as him I still know more about theory than he could ever care to know.
Big Deal.
Well it is. When I read your report it woke me up to how I was not living up to my own true potential as a musician. I am willing to learn (obviously more motivation is needed, but its something I can work on). If I can understand these concepts I should be moving forward a lot quicker shouldn’t I? I stopped private music lessons for the exact reasons mentioned in the audio message by Jermaine – getting morsels of good music knowledge strung out over a long time. Maybe an all encompassing system that works on different aspects of music is more practical to me than a traditional approach.
Hello Jermaine,
Thanks very much for your unvaluable help. I am a guitar player, or better said, an autonome guitar student, and your guide is serving me as a roadmap to better structure and simplify all my learnings and practices, something I had been looking for during the last years without success.
Thanks again from all of us who does not have the possibility for any reason to learn our instrument in presence of a teacher in a music academy.
Jose, Spain
Wow. I just listened to how you got fired and I’m amazed. I never knew that. I think what they say is true. That is when people don’t have information, they just make it up in thier heads. (LOL). Listen to this picture i had of you: You were about in your 30′s to 40′s (even though i’ve seen all your videos and you don’t really look that old–just wise), you had graduated from UC Irvine after studying music the traditional way of course but had this amazing way of teaching music by ear that was unbelievable given your classical training background. (LOL). Just the other day, i mentioned to someone that “I think UC Irvine has a great music school because germaine griggs went there and if you knew germaine griggs you would immediately hop on it. LOL again. All I can say is “oh mah goodness”. I’m a classically trained pianist trapped in a wanna playbyear body. All my life, i’ve loved music and wanted to play the piano. My parents “made” me play everything but the piano. So when i became an adult, I found myself a piano teacher (both of my children also play the piano), brought myself a piano (not just like that but i’ll skipp that part) and bammed there it was. Until i got saved, wanted more than anything to play for the Lord but found myself limited playing traditional sheet music in a hopping baptist church. I searched everywhere, read books, scoured the internet and found your site years ago. I purchased the 300 series–still have them on VHS and still watch them over and over, purchased the 300-page book (i was probably one of those early ones), purchased some other stuff along the way from you, later joined the GTMC and now i can’t wait for the Transformed Musician. All the while thinking that you were this formally educated musician–lol. Well i have to say to all of your readers, Germaine is absolutely correct when he says he is giving us short cuts without sacrificing any of the theory– i can’t figure out how this guy even knows half of what he knows but its spot on–I’m not a professional so don’t get me wrong but i have literally paid thousands of dollars for what he is sharing for free and i still could not figure out how to apply all the expensive stuff i learned until HearandPlay came along….I was just like your first student==nobody wanted to s show me anything–even my piano teacher (one of them because the other one was great) told me that playing by ear WAS NOT music. The closest she would let me get to playing black gospel music was Rag Time from sheet music. That’s because she wanted me to keep coming back– I even tried moving ahead always, on my lessons, hoping she would speed it up a bit after all i already knew how to read music just did not know how to play the piano but no, she said it takes time. Well i’ll stop here but wanted to say Thank you and Thank you– You are awesome to say the least. May God continue to Bless You. Sandra
Hi Greg. I have been checking out your web site for some time now and enjoy the drum techniques. However, I am in the process of recording some gospel music on the Saxophone as a soloist. Are there any hear and play stuff for this type of instrument? A number to call would be great. Excited already in hearing from you. Gina.
Thank you for the informative 44 pages. I am unable to download the 29 pages on my Mac Lap Top. Thanks, Lois
See my post under The Basics Forums, Beginner Questions and Discussions, “Jermaine’s Role- Not so Much Revealing Secrets” for details.
Basically, I’m so ignorant that I fall off of his chart. Green beginners need to have a place on the chart, because they need to transform themselves from a music lover to a music player. Everything is a weakness and everything needs to be improved, and nothing is understood. It has been very hard for me to figure out where to start, that is, where the very beginning is, and to ignore everything else until I get Hear and Play 702 under my belt. It took a lot of looking and reading and listening to even find this course on the site, as well as figure out that this is the place to start. After this, maybe I’ll be ready for the 300 page book, and perhaps after the book, I’ll have a place on the chart- be enough of a musician to be transformed.
Please don’t ignore us new ones– I’m been trying for years to get a handle on this (I’m 60, and lessons using notation were a failure), and have put in a lot of time and thinking this past week trying to figure out where I need to go and where I fit in. I DO know that ear training is the route (I’m not sure what a key is, but I’m often able to pick it out by ear, although I did not understand the CD “Finding the Key”) but that’s all I know! I’m sure there are many thousands of “latent, frustrated musicians without a clue” like me out there, just waiting for this opportunity!
And please consider adding guitar stuff, which is much harder than piano; there are a lot of guitar lovers who are even worse off than those struggling with piano. Around here, acoustic guitar is often used in churches.
Jermaine, you’re not only blessed, but are a great blessing. Thanks for everything.
Thank you for your inspirational audio. More than a gifted musician, you are a mentor in strong moral life values. God Bless you and your family
I am very grateful for the theory and practical applications of the hear and play program. This offering of the 44pg and 29pg missing chapter is more than expected.
From the first Gospel Keys Organ DVD offering through the emails and updates, I have been very energized in improving my musical skill.
THANK YOU Jermaine!
Allen
can’t wait can’t wait can’t wait can’t wiat
Thanks Jermaine,
This is the clearest I’ve ever seen this stuff presented and it has shown me where I am (level wise) as a musician. Now I am more than motivated to learn properly and to practice properly before I just waste time playing. Thank you once again and please stay the course with your aspirations at hearandplay.com…By the way, I was impressed to hear of your humble beginnings and to realize your real passion for instructing in the area of Piano playing. Your honesty was brilliant and motivational and I will keep it as my fire to propel me forward…You may have forgotten me but I was the guy who met you and was trying to get your products into some stores…I’m now residing in Houston,TX and have recently learned of a way that you can get your Audio CD products in distribution mode within in the Best Buy chain of retail stores. I’m sure that you probably know of these things already but if you are interested in more info, I was referred to REGIONALCD.NET and now I am referring you. I love you guys so keep up the good work.
Stay Blessed,
Thanks a million Jermaine!
You are really a genius! Breaking things down, and making it easy to understand for us! Thanks for sharing your gift to us! You’re the bomb!
Hey,
Thanks for sharing your personal story with us. I can relate on several different levels, including marrying my childhood sweetheart. From playing in church since I was 10 to teaching others how easy it is to play.
We should get together & do lunch sometime. My treat!
God Bless!
I started taking piano lessons in third grade and continued into college. I never had one teacher teach me theory! I have learned so much in just the first few pages of the reports. Thank you! Blessings to you and your ministry!
Thank you so much for blessing me with your music theory. Iam really trying to digest it all,so please be patient with me .Again thank you very much.
I felt very humbled by reading your reports. I have never seen or heard such insight into where a musician could be lacking in various areas. It certainly showed me where much improvement can be made by identifying weakness. A big Australian thanks for you and your organisation.
I really appreciate the free 44 pages and 29 pages report I downloaded from your sites. It is a very practical and easy to follow guidelines and now I practise daily using those reports. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a better musician. GBU
Hi Jermaine
Thanks so much for sharing your passion for music. May God use you mightily to raise musicians for His glory!
Hi Jermaine,
I was on this site several months ago working through some of the 60 or so free lessons you had posted for beginners. I was deciding between your original course or some other guy’s. I bought the other guy’s course because I thought some of your lessons were quite heavy on theory and while I ate it up, I was sure the 300 page course was going to be overwhelming, and I wanted a simpler approach. Well, I worked that other course and soon ran out of steam because it lacked THEORY. So then I came back just in time to see the new video lessons you put out and was following the blog posts and now these new reports and the new MT course coming out just feels so perfect..I only hope I can get on that priority list and be at my computer the moment this thing is launched so I can get my copy! I’m not necessarily out to play black gospel music, but the course is so comprehensive I don’t see how any aspiring piano player could pass it up!
I also ordered the 702 course and got the Monthly Music Mentor package before you announced the MT course but I am not sorry and I will still do the MMM thang because in that original audio “No Time to Waste” CD you got me all fired up with your talk about goals and persistence and patience in practice and I realized I was not giving my piano playing a chance unless I committed. So I really did, Jermaine! I wrote my goals down and taped them to my piano and decided on a time when I could practice…5:38 in the morning. I am a housewife with 3 little kids and I homeschool, so this is the only time I can commit to. I even made it part of my goal page to account for this time to you and the community by posting my practice times weekly (sorry for the long post, ya’ll but this is finally working for me and I hope you guys give the Monthly Music Mentor a chance):
11/11 5:38-6:46
11/12 5:44-6:57
11/13 5:44-6:49
11/14 5:45-6:35
11/15 5:45-6:49
I now look forward to this time, and it gets me so excited about music that I have to get on the computer sometime during the day to see what’s going on at hear and play…and plan my practice for the next day. I used to work out at this time every day back when I was in the Coast Guard..and the reason I know I can do this practice time was that when I was faithfully going down into the hold every morning to do my 1/2 hour on the StairMaster, one day I went down and the thing was broke…I mean, it didn’t break under me, but I was almost sure I was the one who broke it! Then later they asked the person who broke it to come forward but I was too scared…maybe my goal should be to break my piano so I can get a fancier one but then how could I do without it??? Thank you so much Germaine!
Just wanted to say thanks for all the free audio and written piano lessons.. whether free or paid its really worth it and you are truly a blessed man of God for sharing your talent of music with the world!
Jermaine, You are a Godsend. I have had many a lessons but the instructors were really not interested in my learning. They were more interested in how much money they could make from me. I was held back and never moved beyond certain points. So I ventured out on my own. I have been very frustrated but when you came along, it was like God sent and Angel. Thank you for Listening to the voice of God. Love ya..
I’m a professional record producer. no 9-5 necessary for me :) Since Hear and play’s emails and 44 pg report I can now play around and improv without necessarily feeling constrained to the notes of a specific key. I always knew the circle of 5ths and forths, but now I know how to apply them. I’m still waiting on you to hopefully get into a free quick explanation of jazz reharmonization and splitting scale degree chords into tonal, sub-dominant, and dominant. lol You know really break it down so people know how to replace chords in their patterns to give it a different feel.
The Transformation article really hit home on what to practice. I was randomly picking up things to practice and occasionally did chords and theory and used my metronome but mostly I picked out new stuff. (I get bored easy). Now I divide my practice as per your article and find that I am progressing much faster. Thank you for this and all your website!
THANKS JERMAINE!
I took some piano lessons in grade school, then laid out for about 45 years. Since buying some of your courses I’m really enjoying playing the piano again. My kids are amazed — I never played the piano when they were growing up, and now I can do it. I’m playing stuff we all know, like Beatles songs, and having fun.
THANKS AGAIN!
As you pointed out, it’s rare for those who have “seen the light”…on anything…to want other people to see what they see! God may have shown you the light of music, but you’re exercising the choice to share it. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Hey Jermaine,
Thanks for this report. It really helped me focus in on the problem that has limited my playing from reaching another level. Your course “The Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear” has been and continues to be like a dictionary to me in my piano playing self education. Thanks again and God bless.
Hey Jermaine,
Thanx a lot for guide musician transformation… since i bought different courses at Hear&Play, i m very blessed et passionate for music and to become not only a simply musician, but the best musician i can be. Thanx again and may God bless your work!
All those long years of piano lessons…all that money…but I never did learn how the notes and chords relate to each other. All I could do was read sheet music, and that gets old! The piano teacher was sorry to lose my money when I left, but I’d have left A WHOLE LOT SOONER if I’d had Jermaine’s lessons back then (grin)! He has the genuius to break big subjects down into small, spoon-sized bites so anyone can “get it.” Not just musicians, but ANYONE. Nothing out there compares to his courses–nothing else out there will get up up and playing (and sounding good) as fast. It’s such a thrill when you can play something and it actually sounds really, REALLY good!!
Germain,
We have never met, but you know me sooooo well! I am 61 and have been retired since 55. I have been blessed to have been around and worshiping with “anointed” gospel musicians for the last 10 years. Two of my best friends (one now with the Lord) are/were “off-the-chart” talented and work/ed hard to keep their skills (and they would say gifts) polished so they could lead God’s people in worship. These guys would share anything with me, but for the most part, and I think partly out of respect, I would not ask them for advice. BUT, I knew that they had something special, something that was very different from the red-green-blue (C-E-G) that I painted with. They added the most interesting and beautiful pastels and variations to their palet (like lavender and rose) that turned the ordinary into the spectacular and really enhanced the worship.
I have several of your courses and even though I have been playing for most of my life, they were and are challenging. The “Next Level” guide, for me, really pinpointed exactly why I am still where I am in my playing. I “know” a little bit, in some areas more, about each of the elements in the matrix. But, I haven’t really mastered any one completely. I loved the 44 page manual and the missing chapter.
Until a month ago, I was a premium member, but being a bit discouraged, and kind of adjusting for the recent economic events, I dropped my membership. I just wanted to tell you, that these last two freebees and the promise of a chance to get in on getting “Transformed” has changed my mind, and I am going to sign up again.
I was impressed by your honesty and gentle spirit in the audio of how H&P came into being. Great story all around. Thanks for sharing it and thanks for what you do.
Blessings,
Rick
Jermaine,
Sorry for mis-spelling your name. Can we call it a “senior” moment? (;-}
Blessings,
Rick
Its AWESOME!!!!!!
Hi Jermaine,
I am a retired music teacher who learned piano by reading notes, but was not able to play by ear. Your publications have helped me teach my students in ear-training. I am also working on my ear training. I am a church pianist, but my training was for a concert pianist.
Jermaine,
Thanks for the reports. This has helped me to see what areas I am lacking in and where to concentrate my efforts. It also really helps me to see what products to buy from you so that I can work on those areas. I am new to the piano (about 1 year)and all of the products can be a little overwhelming especially if you don’t know what to work on.
Good Job…
Russel
I am so thankful that you are willing to share so much information for free. There is no way I could learn these things without you being so generous with all of your knowledge. Thanks so much and may God continue to bless you in your ministry.
You set me on the road to looking at those keyboard playing differently. Your catch phrase of “If you can hear it you can play it” was instrumental in helping me know deep down that if I could hear it then I could play it. Your sharing philosophy is phenomenal and reminds me of a line in a song – “Give and it will come back to you, good measure pressed down, shaken together and running over”.
Thank you very much. Keep the good work.
You set me on the road to looking at keyboard playing differently. Your catchphrase of “If you can hear it you can play it” was instrumental in helping me know deep down that if I could hear it then I could play it. This and your uncanny ability to explain music theory has really helped me in my keyboard playing. Your DVD’s have helped me to feel unafraid of those unwieldy chord names because of your clear explanation. Your sharing philosophy is phenomenal and reminds me of a line in a song – “Give and it will come back to you, good measure pressed down, shaken together and running over”.
Thank you very much. Keep the good work.
we got the same name!!! lol…
thanks alot Mr Griggs, I have been following for a few years now and have loved your humbleness and willingness to share. I have went for piano lessons from a young age, and I felt that the music sheets restricted my playing, and eventually I drifted away from them- then came you :-) yor play by ear system has helped in ways that I cannot express, now I dont have to fumble and look to sheets as I can now apply your systems and work out songs in a short peiod of time, I am still working but I know that I will get there soon ad very soon- tc
we got the same name!!! lol…
thanks alot Mr Griggs, I have been following for a few years now and have loved your humbleness and willingness to share. I have went for piano lessons from a young age, and I felt that the music sheets restricted my playing, and eventually I drifted away from them- then came you :-) yor play by ear system has helped in ways that I cannot express, now I dont have to fumble and look to sheets as I can now apply your systems and work out songs in a short peiod of time, I am still working but I know that I will get there soon ad very soon- tc
This is so great…5 years of personal, formal music instruction weren’t able to quantize that for me in such a way! I think that somewhere up Jermaine’s sleeve, he had some crazy revolutionary, tucked-in-under-his-sleeve resource that taught him all of this. Either that, or the School of Hard Knocks is now handing out honorary doctorates. :) Either way, now I know exactly where I am at and exactly where I am going, or where I need to go. Before, my learning was always about getting the next chords, or getting the next new contemporary way to play the same old progressions, but I see this has progressed and graduated into such an intricate system, that I can only envision down the line music courses in college (and I have studied Music Theory in College) will be struggling to incorporate into their curricula. Now I have a flowchart, or rather a road map to set concrete plans, goals, and directives to reach a new other level in my ministry. And I see exactly “in living color” the areas in which I majorly lacked.
Thanks again a million times over, Jermaine and dedicated staff and instructors!
Your marketing skills are awesome. I am trying to duplicate your skills in my life but I am falling way short. Applying the same skills and dedication to developing music skills can make anyone a success!
Awesome man! Thanks for all the free lessons! God bless!
I grew up playing in the church. I took piano lessons at an early age. After a short while I would memorize pieces when my teacher thought I was reading the music. I learned my gospel techniques by listening to a lot of CD’s. I learned the gospel chords in my favourite keys of C, F, G and D. Any other key limited me to playing the basics. I didn’t properly understand or could name the chords I was playing. Your courses have taken me back to basics where I am learning about scales and chord theory to build towards what I have already learnt by ear and to progress further having that understanding. Thanks Jermaine.
Jermaine,
Your guides are absolutely amazing. I first came across your site from a YouTube link. I am so glad that I joined your mailing list, because I have learned so much from you. Thank you so much! God Bless.
Thank you for the emails and the Musicians Transformations Report. I actually don’t know too much about playing the keyboard, but I was placed in a position where I am required to learn more about playing music. I honestly only know few basic chords by memory and I am trying my best to learn as many chords as I can and fill-ins, etc. I also have learned through your website how important it is to focus my attention on practicing my scales & learning the number system. I tried to get help from a few people, but they were hesitant to help and it was really encouraging to see that you started out in a similar situation. As I stated before I really don’t know much about playing the keyboard, but I try to purchase different programs, books, videos, etc. (including a program from hearandplay.com) to help me get a better understanding of what I need to do and what I am missing. I noticed that in the report you stated that this report is to help the players get to the next level & I am one of the people that have a strong desire to move from where I am currently because it gets frustrating knowing you want to go somewhere but not knowing where to go or how to begin going where ever. It’s also hard trying to ask different people questions and each person give you a different explanation. I have been continuously reading the report over and over to make sure I have an understanding. I even read different sections to my husband because I was so excited to have a new resource to help me improve. God blessed me with someone that helps me for about 15 min. every week. It’s awesome although sometimes I lack the understanding that’s needed at that time. I always try to take listen & take notes for later because I will eventually understand it. It is nice to see that you explained the 2-5-1 pattern in more detail because that is one of the things that I am currently struggling with. Listening to your audio files and reading your reports have really encouraged me to keep moving forward with learning and trying to perfect my keyboarding skills because I am frequently approached by others that desire to play the piano. I always tell them I will show you what I know although I don’t know much and God keeps blessing me as I bless others.Anyway, I said all that to say thank you for sharing.
Dear Jermaine,
I never had piano lessons, but learned to play by ear and then expanded by “looking over the shoulders” of players and watching their chords. Then I would sit at the piano and just experiment with chord variations, without understanding what these were called. From reading your free instructions I feel I now have the tools to expand on this, understand what cords to use and really get my cords to sound richer. Thanks so much.
Hi Jermaine, I thank God so much that I came into contace with you and Hearandplay. I’ve always wanted to be a very good musician, especially on the piano. You have really broadened my horizon and opened my eyes into the world of music. I’ve always wondered how and what to practise to get to the next level. These two new reports you sent out has brought new life and zeal to me.
God richly bless you for availing youself to be used in equipping vessels in his Kingdom.
Thanks Jermaine for all of your many gifts. You have been well blest because of your kind generosity – your Grandma did a good job.
Jermaine you’re a star.
Thanks for the MT Report. There is enough info in there to keep me occupied for quite some time. Simply by applying your strategies I am able to apply the instruction to different applications. That’s the difference between remembering what someone has told me with the benefit of learning one new trick compared with understanding the principle and gaining many new tricks.
I don’t feel like such an old dog now!
Am so blessed and inspired by the information and great lessons.Am looking forward to purchasing your products soon.Am a beginner and thank God that i found your site coz i know am gonna be a real transformed musician and pianist as i follow your step by step lessons.God bless you for the good work.
I think the ‘Muscian Transformation’ will be a great guide to fill in gaps my playing skills.
Thank you Jermaine
Thanks Jermaine. This is huge. I’ll spend all my extra time to really dig into this material.
“I give think’s unto thu Lord GOD” for Elder Curry my very good frind who’s play’s but he saids even thou he could not teach me,he beleved I could learn “If I had the right preson to teach me.
“So Elder Curry just looked you up!” and I know now’ from hearing your very Beautiful and inspairing Story, you was sent to me, from me to learn how to Play.
and yea’ I know you will know, from this wtitting’s that I am very short in the spelling’s of works;!…….however I see that you are whom I am to learn to play musice from.
“So now I’m in my new home now’ in the city with “My Sister whom I had been seperated from since childhood for over 30 some year’s, and I was around a about 33 or 34 the 5-Five of us mate one a other from the first time seinc we where children back in 1973.
So now I came back to the city where we all first mate one a other back in 2005 to get to know my Sister she and I are the oldies of the 9-Nine even throw we have ever seen the other four seber’s.
anyway I’m saying I have find tearch that is you and with your hear and play lesson’s and my Sister’s pushing me. I know I will become your other best story.
plus…my Sister don’t know it yet” but I very must so plan to get her back into playing Music her self too. tolk music in school but she stop. but she do not have you!……even throw I am the oldies my Sister is a hero in my eye’s, and as I Learn from you I am going to give you to my Sister too and I Think you and thu Lord GOD for you. and alway rain down Blessing upon you and your Family too. Aman;…
Ok so i’m finished reading the 44 pager and the 29 pager and WOW! I also listened to your personal audio–it was very inspirational–I still can’t believe you are not a formally trained musician–where do you get this stuff? God is Good! I was amazed at the practice chart so i wanted to let you know that I WORKS. People, it works! I kid you not. I have just learned (it took me 2 hours straight) all 12 Major keys! and get this, i used the fingering chart from the 300 page workbook to make sure i had Perfect Practice. I started at turtle speed, just like you said and bam. (now i must admit that i already knew C, F, G, Ab) but I never ever played the keys in sharps in any sheet music in because, well what’s the use– I’ve always told myself that sharps were way too hard– i never imagined my self playing 5 flats muchless bothered to figure out that it was the 6th tone of the scale right before it. And you know what, sharps are easier (at least for me) to play than flats. I took the scales box out of the PP list and just worked on that because the chart told me that was one of my weaknesses. I still can’t believe it. I went back down stairs, plugged in electric piano and put the headset on (folks are sleeping and for the life of me i can’t understand why they don’t want to hear me playing all day and night–LOL) just to try and play all 12 major scales in the order of the circle of fifths to see if i still remember (silly me cause i could not believe it) and guess what– i can still play it. I’m also learning a lot of other stuff from your freebies–like i need to stop robbing God of His time–i need to crave out a time to practice each day and stick to it–because i know He’s not pleased with leftovers. I was convicted when i read the part about practicing because it reminded of how many times i rushed out to church services to play without proper practice. So thank you for reinforcing the necessary of discipline in “practice”. I also dug out my metrodone out of a box in the garage as well as my Hanon exercise book (i brought it years ago and used to play the exercises regularly but never really knew why i was playing them (’cause my teacher said so–LOL) I checked out the free Hanon lesson (#1) and it was similiar to number 1 in my book so i think i’ll use the book and work on the 1st ten until i can buy your DVD on Hanon (demonstration is better for me than the plain old sheet music). Well that’s what i learned today. I’ll keep waiting for the email for the MT. Sandra
Well, Jermaine, this is just what I’ve been looking for! I’m still studying your Play by Ear guide I bought years ago. Something was definitely missing with my coordination, or I thought. I just couldn’t fill in the appropriate sounds I wanted to make my music come alive. This definitely did the trick. Thank you so very much!
What can I say! Thank you so much! All of the material is awesome! The lesson that really boosted me was how to make the polychords! How knowing four main chords in all 12 keys help you quickly make bigger chords. My playing was sounding so empty! But this technique makes me sound like I know what I’m doing! (smile)…thanks to you!
I was about to take some extra organ lessons and suddenly there was a significant unexpected shift in my finances so that caused me not to be able to take the lessons…then a couple of says later I checked my email and here you are with a FREE 44 page manual!
Jermaine, I was so excited…I knew God had blessed me with this…he knew I could not afford to take anymore lessons and here I am still getting the lessons I need for FREE!
Thank you Jermaine. You can’t possibly know how much you are adored and appreciated! Little people like me with a desire to play with limited resources cant say thank you enough!
Blessings to your family!
Alicia…Meridian, MS
Jermaine,
I’ve been playing piano for 30 years. I’ve been struggling to take improvisation to another level but just have been stymied. Your Chords courses and all the written material–especially these last reports–have just opened up another path to explore. Your suggestions on how and what to practice should be engraved on the walls of every music classroom–you have to spend time every practice working on the basics and you have to work on new stuff. I’m really in awe of the depth of your knowledge of chords and harmony, and I”m inspired to try and achieve that same level of understanding. Thanks so much for sharing your love for music with us!
It is nice to have people like you on this planet earth who are not money conscious but rather are bent on helping others to grow and become great in life. I downloaded the stuff and i read through it. It was just mind blowing and it has helped me to believe i can transform my play by using your technique and with more practice. I fall in the category of people without a basic foundation per Se cos when i start i didn’t have anyone to teach me. I search for books and materials on the internet cos they were not available then in my area just for them to say “Our Service is not available in your Country”. well thank God you Came. God Bless you as you decide to impact your knowledge into others. Thanks and i hope that the baby is a boy? Yes he is a boy. Say me well to your family.
Stay Blessed
Joshua
Great new presentation of some really deep materials. Thanks.
Jermaine,
I like the step by step explanation in your “missing chapter” saying how we need to partition things down to learn them. That’s been my experience too – that’s a great way to make sure you learn things well and fast.
Thanks for the advice. Keep up the good work.
John
Hi Jermaine,
I really want to thank you for always making things easy for us to understand. Now I know what I should focus on to improve my playing. God bless
Hi Jermaine,
I really appreciate all your hard work for this new course and I would like to let you know that I think it’s great. Praise the Lord and God be glorified
Hey Jermaine,
Word cannot express how grateful I am to God for putting you on this planet for such a time as this (now, that’s real talk). I am really grateful to you for being who you are, you are in one word to me “A Giver” and where I come from there is a saying that says Givers never Lacks, Jermaine you will not lack anything, now, that is not a prayer, it’s your reality and if you are a millionaire already you will be soon, it’s only a matter of time, it will happen (mark my word). you see you have tapped into a principle, that many cats out there don’t know about or may be know about, but won’t practice. I may not know you personally but the bible says that by their fruits you shall know them. In essence what I’m trying to say is thank you.
Thank you for your obedience, thank you for your tender heart, thank you for your understanding, thank you for the time you spent in laboring to acquire these knowledge and most of all thank you for sharing these knowledge.
You see the reason why I am overwhelmed and touched by your generosity in this report that you have put out there is because basically you were telling my story and I’m sure same goes for many others out there .You see, I have tried for many years to learn and master keyboard playing and music for that matter but no one to teach, the musicians that surround me were too busy hiding their stuff in fear that I would get better than them (basically the old age problem in the Gospel Kingdom as you have mentioned), then came along you (Jermaine) and troubled the water and you have helped a brother get whole. What works for me on this report is the way you have filled in the missing links. All my past queries such as how you use chords, progressions, circle of 5th and a lot more were answered and I cannot wait to jump right in and practice (“the right stuff, the right way”). Jermaine you are not only inspirational, you’re a Champ!
Man, you are blessed!!!!
Much love to you, your family (it is well with them) and your entire crew.
Peace!
Hakeeb Awoyemi (London)
Hi Jermaine,
Yeah…..what’s cool about MUSICIAN TRANSFORMATIOM METHOD to me is the polychord concept knowledge. This is a quick tool for building fat chords and stuff.
Even when just playing chord I (diatonic) its amazing hearing how different it sounds.
Tks for all good work (and will). God bless ya and yours.
Daniel (Brazil)
Hi Jermaine,
I’m grateful to your generosity
many thanks
Hi, Pastor Jermaine
From Cape Town, South Africa, I just want to say a very great big thank you and give you an awesome “God bless you”. I started out six months ago, saying that I would like to play the piano within at least six months. Well thanks to all your lessons, during prayer meeting two weeks ago, I put down my guitar and shyly walked up to the electric piano and played a few gentle tunes whilst a few people were sharing some experiences how God blessed them during the past week. Then in pre-practice for worship in church the following Sunday, I played a bit on the piano. Amazing. Before my six months target I actually was brave enough to venture out and play the paino in front of other skilled musicians. I really do thank you. Now all this “new” material and guidance. I think you must be an awesome and blessed person.
I actually started to learn to play piano because I wanted to teach disadvantaged children in our townships (I think that could be the same as your projects) to sing and to play musical instruments. (I play flute and guitar, without having learn’t to read music.) I felt the need to add piano, which will force me to learn to play it AND learn sight-reading, which in turn I then can share with my kids, as well as helping me with my other instruments. Your material has helped me tremendously to achieve that that objective. Not only did I benefit, but children with no money and no access to the net will also benefit from your lessons.
There is only one down side to this whole piano thing… my wife giving me the look when she walks past the piano and I have been sitting there for about two hours. She also has to patiently listen when I explain to her what one Pastor Jermaine Griggs so unselfishly made avaiable to his multitude of students…
God bless you and your family.
Dear Jermaine,
I do very little commenting on the internet, but I retain many thoughts of all the wonders that you continue to do. You are the subject of my bragging wehen I talk about learning to play the piano. Thanks
I’m struck by your abundance mindset. May you be truly rewarded a thousandfold for your deeds. I never had formal piano lessons so since I started playing the piano 3 years ago (now I’m 24), I’ve relied on online piano lessons, my ear, and spiritual inspiration for my growth. I find Hear and Play Music, Inc one of the top 3 resources for low beginner pianists, and easily the top resource for high beginner / intermediate pianists (My opinion ^^)
Hmmmm…what are the important changes/insights that I’ve applied to my playing as a result of the musician transformation system?
Chordal Command: the concept of “polychords” to form all the “big” and “bad” chords. Knowledge of the shortcuts and formulas made it so much easier
Pattern Proficiency: I used to just rely on the 1M,2m,3m,4M,5M,6m,7dim pattern. I’m in the process of acquiring the circle-of-fifths flow of music. I like the 2-5-1 2m or 2m7 >>> 5M or 5dom7 >>> 1M or 1M7 concept.
Ear Efficiency: To use the ear to come up with alternatives, the “Circular Major Scale” revolutionizes everything. I rely on my ear oftentimes and the concept of the “Circular Major Scale” makes me realize why songs flow in a certain way. I carry on these realizations and store them in my creative memory.
I’d like to be more detailed in my testimony and I hope to do that next time.
More power and may God bless you always!
wow! it amazing how things were made easy and now i can take long hours on my keyboard cause i now understand what i’m doing.
thanks Jermaine, you are a star may God bless you and your family
I’m disabled and have severe OA in my right hand, so practising any sort of scales is tough, but this guide has helped cut down on wasted time messing around not really knowing what I was doing. Was a proficient player when I was younger but 25 years away from it has left me struggling heavily now, but your courses are superb in enabling me to learn things so much faster. Much appreciated. Blessings, Romayne
hi Jermaine
i just wanted to say
THANKS FOR ALL THE COURSES. THEY ARE AMAZING.
I am a beginner and have been putting off learning to play. Jermaine, I’ve perused your site numerous times over the years . I’d like to introduce my family to music in a more meaningful way and I’d like to start learning. Thank-you.
Hello Jermaine, I’m gonna try to make this short, but I don’t know how successful I’ll be. :) Your programs, and dvds have not only made me better as a musician and a minister of music, but as a teacher as well, I give piano lessons, and it feels so great to know that I had a part in helping someone else became I musician for their church, whether they become a MOM (minister of music) and an MD, or just an associate musician. You have also been a blessing to me in the youtube world, I didn’t know how to post videos until you answered my questions, I started putting youtube videos up 8 months ago, and now I have 51 subscribers who tell me how much they love my playing, and ask me to learn, play, and teach songs to them, it also encourages me to know that some of my female subscribers are encouraged by the videos I post and by how well I play (in their opinion). Lately, I haven’t been taking youtube seriously, and I think I’ve been posting videos that have not been a very good quality of music, so I plan on doing better in that area, because my subscribers deserve better. I can now play major, minor, blues, and pentatonic scales in all 12 keys, (minors including harmonic and natural, I’m a little rusty on the melodic because it’s not very popular to me). I guess I better stop typing, you probably have enough to read… Thanks again, God’s richest blessing to you and your family, and I can’t wait for what ever else you have to offer. YOU ARE SUCH A BLESSING! Thanks again.
Tamara Adams
North Carolina
Thanks Jermaine may God richly bless you ,wonderful stuff indeed,now learning to play is no longer boring thanks again
Hi Jermaine,
I just want to show my appreciation for the great job you have done. you have really helped me to advance in my playing. I purchased some of your DVDs sometimes ago, but many of them are too advanced for me to start with. But with this new Musician Transformation you have done, I could now see how to move from one level to another until i get to the advanced stage. Those information are quite interesting and enlightening. We need more stuffs like these, that will show deeping insight into chords analysis and combinations for getting advance and crazy chords.
May God bless and increase you more and more.
Thanks
God bless you
hie Jermaine,
thanks very much for the guide and i am really looking forward to the completion of the course.
i love the document
Jermaine:
You’re Music Transformation System is my Christmas miracle! I could hardly believe all the free information.
I am missing so many letters in the System that I am like an alphabet waiting to happen. (smile) I will use the System & I really believe it will transform my playing.
Thank you so very much for everything you do for all of us.
God bless you & your beautiful family,
Barbara
You have opened a new door for me in music… I’ve always longed to have the ability to play anything I hear, but with those comlicated piano chords, playing the left hand was almost impossible!! Now, you have given me enthusiasm to work on your courses…
“Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting”.
Thanks,
Ruba
I thank God for you! I have learned so much from you! I asked God to double what you have now because it is done in excellence! I want God to take you where no one has ever been! Thank you!
May the Lord of hosts continue to bless you and your music ministry.
hello prof
Thanks for all the good stuff,i really thank and am gratefull.
How can i recieve progressions and chords on some gospel songs from kirk franklin and others.
love to talk soon
Jermaine, you’re a genius. God has given you a great and powerful talent. Keep using it for His glory.
Great stuff Mr. Griggs. Great stuff.
Wow! Thanks for sharing your best you actually inspire creativity. I like your phrase “If you can hear it you can play it” and sure think am begin to “hear it right”
Keep it going. I truly believe God will use you as a resource to revolutionise the study of music.
Jermaine,
You certainly are the epitome of the scripture that speaks of “whatever you sow, that you will also reap”; God’s blessings are all over your life and that is as a result of your generous spirit. Thanks for this Music Transformation Project which has helped even me with a college degree in music. Continued blessings.
David Wasmundt
What you are doing is a blessing to so many. I just want to thank you. I don’t seem to plan my practice session in a meaningful way. The musician transformation chart will be a great help for me. In Nov 2008 I lost my job of 18 years and so I decided to follow my passion and practice the piano everyday. It started out good but it seems that once again it landed on the back burner. This article I hope will jump start me again. Is 65 to old to learn to play the piano?
Yours in Christ
This is great Jermaine. Thank you so much. It seems like a whole new world has opened up to me. I will definately be applying this to my playing. You have made it so easy to understand. May God bless you and keep you and may he give you all the desires of your heart.
Thanx so much Mr. Griggs for helping some of us who can not afford tuition fees may God richly bless you.
regards
Zamokuhle
Your “Musician Transformation” helped me to divide up my practice time much more efficiently.
Cool product. Looking forward to the fundamentals that will enhance musicianship.
Take Care & God Bless.
I really enjoyed your reports you gave for free! They are helpful to me and I can see now where I have to go with my practice! Back to Basics for me and then on again. As for the exercises I have the Hanon book and cannot say enough about it. It has increased the flexibility in my fingers tremendously!
So I am going to “Pray it back” to you with prayers for you and your family! This is the only way I know to thank you for your encouragement and help in my path to learning to play the piano!
With Lots of Prayers winging their way to you from WV.
Wanda
I have always loved music and wanted to play because somehow I felt that I possessed an innate talent. Over the years, I kept beginning lessons and
discontinuing them because of this talent never manifested itself. After
downloading some of the lessons and practicing them, I feel that there is
hope for me to succeed in playing coherent music. My gratitude cannot be
expressed for the insightful and simplistic ways chords and other music
fundamentals are taught. However, before I am considered an ingrate, let
me extend my thanks and appreciation for the wealth of information received
and the hope it gives me in becoming the gospel musician I, and my husband,
have graved. May you continue to have ‘good measure pressed down,shaken together and running over.’
Daphne – Bahamas
I have always loved music and wanted to play because somehow I felt that I possessed an innate talent. Over the years, I kept beginning lessons and
discontinuing them because this talent never manifested itself. After
downloading some of the lessons and practicing them, I feel that there is
hope for me to succeed in playing coherent music. My gratitude cannot be
expressed for the insightful and simplistic ways chords and other music
fundamentals are taught. However, before I am considered an ingrate, let
me extend my thanks and appreciation for the wealth of information received
and the hope it gives me in becoming the gospel musician I, and my husband,
have craved. May you continue to have ‘good measure pressed down,shaken together and running over.’
Daphne – Bahamas
i realy thank u jermaine Griggs for all u have done to transform my life in playing the piano. u have realy inspired me. And i pray that the Lord will spare your life to live long so u can continue to be of help. The 44pg guide is realy helpful
Jermaine, this is amazing- I’ve been getting your emails for years but this is the first time that I’ve actually looked through something fully, and I am extremely impressed. Thanks for doing what you do, and making so much valuable information free for struggling musicians who need the help!
Jermaine – I have organized my practice regimen to follow the layout for your Musicial Transformation chart. I am soooohooohooo ready to be transformed. Thank you for accepting your call to guide us to that happy place where we can play piano by ear with passion – in any key!!
Cassandra
Thanks for the tips. It really helped me out. I’m going to definitely forward this to the other musicians at my church.
Hi dear Jermaine, you are special and God sent freely you have receive this wonderful talent and gift and freely you share it with the world awesome man.
I believe God inspired you every single day, this is it God anointing music flowing from Him into you, there is now way to describe it.
May God bless you, your family and your ministry has you bring to us the anointing of music to the world.
Glenn
Thank you for this blessing. I have not even gotten through every video yet, but it is helping me tremendously. I thank God for you and the gift and calling you have. This will allow me to reach my goal in my ministry. Thank you once again.
Exactly what I was looking for! You are a genious with such great generosity! Thanks!
Great Audio Jermaine!!
Maybe at some point you can do a series of youtube videos like you did a few months back regarding the techniques. Just some food for thought.
Thank you again for these reports I will study them always!
Bill
I have been struggling for a long time to understand the rudiments of music. I have read theory books and paid for lessons, but never understood it enough to be motivated to practice.
In just one half hour beginning to read your section on Fundamental Fluency, I now understand how music works. I became very excited and actually began to love it.
I nearly gave up in despair of ever understanding it to the point that i could love it enough to want to excel in it. I NOW DO! I thank you for sharing this with us.
God Bless you!
Hey thanks very much for this report man, i was really stuck in a loop for almost 6 years and since i have started practicing using your method i am really seeing results. I am planing on getting the download course 202 to boost what i am practicing now. thanks much man, God bless
Hi Jermaine, With my whole heart I give thsnks to you for this free report. I played piano as a child and now at 58 got a urge to play again. I do sight reading but never knew anything about chords and how scales were formed ect, What a lot I have to learn and what a challenge. What a good thing the Lord has send apon my path to take my mind of my problems. I have a son who had a accident (fell off a horse) seven years ago. He has severe brain damage and suffers from epilepsy and violent mood swings, He is Gods walking miracle as he can do a lot of things for himself, though still severely mentally handicaped.
Anyway I received your e-mails for the past few months and are always looking forward to them. I love the pictures ect, feel like your family. When you sew you reap, may your harvest be as abundend as you have sewn into my life as well as in others. Be blessed in the Lord. Anna-Marie
Nothing special to say, since I am still a beginner.
Georges B.
The Friday 13th of November, afetr two months, my principal e-mail was up.Also, that day I received yor e-mail. I heard someone said that Friday the 13th is unlucky day. Thanks for your e-mail.
P.S. if you ever come to Croatia, I’d like to visit me.
I’D LOVE TO WIN THE ENTITRE COURSE. IT WOULD MAKE MY LIFE SO MUCH SIMPLER NOT HAVING TO CONSTANTLY DECIDE WHICH PORTION TO ORDER NEXT.
Wow! These downloads are wonderful…so much information. Thank you for making them available. You are awesome!
Hi Jermaine, I would love to win the entire course. Please enter me.
Jermaine, I just want you to know that, I am by nature a drummer and bass player by nature, I have also mastered guitar as my primary instruments. I have always wanted to learn to play the keys though, and until I came across hearandplay.com, I have always found that most piano courses offered very little explanation that made any sense to me for the lessons they covered. Basically, I am sure I am not the only one to find these types of courses intimidating, and thus, ended up just being a dabbler if you know what I mean? Since I have started receiving your emails with lessons made in a format that was very simple to follow and that made total sense of what you were trying to convey, I have become a much better musician on the piano, even my colleagues have nopticed the difference in my playing. Now, the “Musician’s Transformation Method” and accompanying charts have made so many more things I had been in mystery about crystal clear to me, and on a level I never thought I would ever achieve. I remain in awe with this method, its’ ease of use and clarity of information being delivered. I just want to thank you for finally breaking open a door for me that had been so much a mystic art in my mind. I now have such a love for playing the keys that I have never before experienced by any other means(and I have tried many), and I now can add to my talents, the ability to play piano in even an improvisational situation, with success and no more fear of where to go, what to play, when to play it. Again, thank you so very much Jermaine, I will always treasure the “Musician’s Transformation Method”, which you have allowed me to download for free and the accompanying charts, 29 page additional supplement and the associated audio file. This has totally changed my musical life, again, all I can do is thank you and continue to spread your name and website to everyone I come across, that I see struggling just like I was to make sense of the piano, so that they too may experience what I have in a very mystifying door finally being opened up, in such a way, that it actually makes sense to me now. I am sure I am not alone in this sentiment, just read your comments, they say it all…:)
This is a great tool to get even better at playing piano! Thanks for providing us with such a guide. It’s going to help me focus on what to work on to improve my playing. It also helps to see everything in a clearer way. Thanks again!
Since reading the music transformation report and the follow-up “missing chapter” report, my practice sessions have reached a whole new level. I now have purpose during my practice sections. I warm up with scales and some hanon finger exercises. Then I play chords (triads currently) following the circle of fifths. I already see progress. Next I play a familiar sing for a while. I listen while playing to find things I can do differently and places I can add a little something extra. Then I practice a new song that my choir is working on or that I just want to learn on my own. Then I wind down and play a familiar song again, so that I end my practice sessions on a happy note. The music transformation has helped a lot, and it came right on time because I used to just sit at my keyboard and play randomly. I found myself stuck playing the same old thing, and believe me it was the same old and boring thing. But now, I’m learning and understanding new exciting concepts and principles that help me and others. I felt proud to be able to pass on your report to other aspiring musicians I know. Many problems you spoke of in the report about musicians in the church were spot on, so I’m glad you let God use you to spread your talents so that those talents can go out and make more talents. Thanks Jermaine.
I want to thank you for all of the information you give us, I’m sure if we were to purchase all this information it would probably cost thousands. Being a para and not able to work my resources are limited so I’m trying to teach myself how to play Piano and I am able to read although not sight read yet, so I felt fourtunate to have been able to use your free lessons. Thanks again for what your doing. G.B.Y
Frank
I’m excited about the practice report you did. I’ve never given much thought to what I was practicing, but I’ve been playing the songs/chords I already know. No wonder I’m not seeing a lot of improvement. Thanks for the help.
Jermaine,
I am really enjoying the information you share. I am completely overwhelmed by how much I did not know, now that I have the Musician Transformation Method. Thank you so much for sharing this and helping musicians to reach a new level of playing. I hope to share my new skills in playing music at my church.
Tom
Your report will help me to practice the correct way Jermaine. Thank you very much. You do a great job explaining things.
Dale
The material is awesome, i have not read it all through but the little i read blew my mind, am still reading it . when am through i will make a full comment. God bless you and may the peace of God guard your heart and mind
Dear Jermaine: I cannot believe you would go so far to help all of us struggling musicians. You have a heart of gold. Most out there are in this to see how much money they can pull, but I feel you are truly out there to give us the guidance and encouragement we need, and on top of that, for free. How unselfish you are. God will surely bless you !
Thank You Jermaine,
Your stuff is really powerful, it’s been life transforming for me! This free report reveals really cool and new stuff, i love it. I think i will read it again and again..
Thank You one more time, You are blessing for all of us, musicians, may God will be with You and Your Family!
Greetings,
Daniel
You always seem to have a surprise in store. First there were all the free videos, you give more and more of your knowledge away – all for free.
I’m so very grateful for that! All that stuff helps me extremely!
Thank you so much Jermaine for the transformation course. It along with God’s grace has taken me to another level on the keyboard.
I have been a member a couple of years and have purchased several of your courses. I have learned a lot of good helpful information to upgrade my skills.
Just continue to do what you do to help all of us musicians who is seeking out better ways to enhance our playing abilities.
May God continue to bless you in this endeavor.
Hey Jermaine,
this is an awesome website!! Thanks for all your tips and lessons, they are amazing! I always thought I was “tone deaf” and could only play by sheet music, but you helped me to understand concepts for playing by ear that I have never heard anywhere else, thanks sooo much! Keep up the good work and using the talents God has given you. Your emails are so helpful=D
I just received a new(used) piano and have found your e-mails and reports to be very helpful. I am reading, and rereading the information as it comes in. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of music theory with the rest of us.
Thanks for that information on the circle of fifths. It sure does make the flow of music more understandable. Keep up the good work.
In Jesus,
Bob
This is all new to me , but , after downloading your 44 and 29 page book , I can see this is going to be great . Can’t wait to get started . Thanks
I have throughly enjoyed reading and actually understanding the theory and concepts of playing the piano. This has been a missing piece to my puzzle. I am a drummer but I have always been fascinated by pianist and now I can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel for me. I am learning things through you that others was not willing to teach and I thank you for stepping out and being the “ONE”.
“A very Blessed Morining you my Brother’S & Sister’s at H&P and all who inter’s in chat’ today with you. it’s been a good rainly night and it may still continual to rain some more to day and throu the week and that’s alright by me too. You know I was looking over what I had written’ last night, and I can see that some words are missing.
it was in my head as I was saying it’ however I alway’s seem to leave words out as I am writting them down as the printed words from my thoughts; “Now if you can desifer what I am trying to say GOD Bless you, if not well shot!” GOD bless you anyway. I am saying I don’t know you all but that don’t matter I still Love you all the same anyway!… GOD Bless You all Doc Elder Jermaine Griggs & wife Sister Sarah and your beautiful Daughter’s GOD Bless this Family and your house and the people at hear&play. you have just a really Blessed componly at H&P. and After I learn it I am going do what I whated to do?…give what I learn to some one elsa…becouse I beleave to share one’s gifth’s is to Bless some else how you been Blessed. “You know;”….and as I leave here may thu Lord Bless you all on this chat line too and receive and do work with the full gift’s GOD was bestored upon your mine,your hands and feet to become what we all are sent here to do. and think you agein hear&Play …..Michael from Ponca City OK;.
Dear Jermaine,
Thank God for blessing you with the gift of teaching and the ability to make a complicated subject simple!!!
I have learned-and am still learning-so much about music over the last year and a half thanks to you, local guitar wizard and teacher Bobby Griffin and bass guru Alex Sampson. Even though I am a basssist, using your piano studies have helped me more than I could have ever imagined, especially your reports regarding Musician Transformation, Number System, Chords and Patterns, in addtion to you Piano By Ear course.
Again, thank you so much, Jermaine, for blessing so many musicans by sharing the gifts that God has blessed you with!!!!
May God continue to bless you, your family and your business!!!!
God Bless,
Keith
I’ve been learing so much–you’ve made the fundamental concepts easy to understand. Thanks for sharing this knowledge with the rest of us!
Hey Jermaine, Thanks, I make very few mistakes in my playing now.
Thanks for everything Jermaine. I am passing my knowledge to anyone who is interested in learning. I am also directing them to your website.
thank you so much for sharing your knowlege!! i was trained in classical music as a child. playing piano for church now and you’re right!! people don’t want to share. i even took lessons a few years ago to learn to play church style music and try to learn to play by ear. she wasn’t helpful, didn’t want to show me anything, and when she did, it was so fast, i couldn’t see what she did. you are a blessing and i wish many blessings on you and your family.
Good read. Made me think about a number of blindspots I’ve got. The first one will be mastering the chords! Just beginning this journey as time permits.
Jermaine, thanks for all you do and share with us newbies.
- Don
Keep up the good work Jermaine. Great help for my future ministry. Thank you.
Hi Jermaine, Words cannot expressed the awesome spiritual breakthrough I have just coming by your website a couple of days back ‘cos of prompting within my spirit that I have possibly the ability to just play by hearing piano. This has been an unexplainable gift that I used to possess years back when I was young. For many reasons, I have not the priviledged to pursue this talent until recently in my church fellowship activity did I share about my once lost talent that I have not developed further or invested well for the Lord’s glory. This has prompted me to search the website for people like myself to teach myself. Glad to have found you and your website. Although I have yet to comprehend everything that you have shared even in your first few lessons, been a newbie at my age, my spirit danced with joy and I am truly excited and confident that under your open sharing from your sincere open heart, I feel safe that I will progress well with your comprehensive ‘Musician Transformation’ course and be able to play in my fellowship group sooner. The Lord’s granting me the desires of my heart through your website. Thank you so much for caring to share your gift and talents with us. Musical Worship ushers the presence of the Lord and releases the blessing of the Lord to His people. May the Lord bless you and your family abundantly in the coming launch and all the works of your hand. Be Richly Blessed in your givings and rejoicing with you. Pauline, Perth, Western Australia
Jermaine:
Your play by ear program is phenomenal! In trying to get back to playing piano, your techiniques even help someone like me with rusty piano skills get back in the game!
Thanks and God bless….
Mark
definitely puts all these concepts in an easy to understand format. thanks!.
I cannot explain with mere words how much this material has really helped me update my skills on the piano. I have been hearing about the theory on the usage of the circle of fourths and fifths, but has never been able to apply it.
With this simple and well self-explanatory instructions on the 44-pg download, I have been able to apply and use that which had eluded me for a long time now. I am more than grateful for this input.
I only pray that you continue this good work so that people like me can get to appreciate some of the theories in music. Thanks and thanks again for this. I really appreciate it.
My prayer is to get to play like you very soon, applying every techniques I have learnt from this and discovering other application routes.
Hey Jermaine,
Varum ich muss mich schuld fühlen? Eigentlich habe ich nicht gedacht es so ernst ist. Ich habe die beide: und Report ,und der Chapter gedruckt. Mein problem ist dass ich ferstee nicht so gud Englisch und du sprichst einbischen schnel, dan dein Rede klingt wie lied. Es tut mir wirklich leid und sei nicht so böse und angry mit mir, Bitte. Was muss ich sagen, ich bin auch übrascht, wie ernst ist in chor zu singen und jetzt ich muss lernen Keyboard spielen!…
Doch, ich bin Dankbar, ich habe dich gefunden und es gibt so Menschen wie dich überchaupt.
Danke
We are really tight on finances now and your free download came at the right time. I really believe it was a gift to me. I play in the church- accompany the youth choir and would really love to be able to improvise a lot more than what I do and also play gospel music.
I have been playing piano for years and i do follow the circle of fifths but your teaching on how the minor scale starts on the 6th degree of the major scale is awesome. Never thought of it that way – makes it so simple.
I loved the section on building polychords. Such a rich full sound.
Thank you so much and God bless you abundantly.
Cheryl
Hey Jermaine,
Thank you so much for posting many useful tools to help further musical education. I live in a country that is not educated musically. I’ve been doing my best to teach those that are interested in learning. It’s not an easy task but what is a world without music and knowing how it’s made. God bless you and your family!
Carmen
jermaine I’ve feasted of of your teaching for a couple of years, and I ordered most of your DVD courses, and I’ve learned a lot, and I applied the theory you’ve taught, and it helped me to play in every key, but I still have to phat-en up some of my chords, I believe this new course will enhance my playing. I pray in Jesus name that the Lord continue to bless your music and preach ministry and your family, I also pray that you get the proper rest that you need. I see your mind racing, I speak peace to your mind in Jesus name.
I listened to your audio testimony this morning. You are such a blessing to your customers. I have been a customer of yours for years. I bought your first product the 310 page course. To be honest, I didn’t understand it until I started buying your DVD courses. You have been a blessing to me and I’m sure that I’m speaking for your other customers as well. I just wanted to leave a word of encouragement for you and your family. BTW congrats on the new additions to your family and I will continue to pray for you and your family that God’s favor will continue to rest upon your household and ministry.
Charlie Jones
Hey Jermaine, Thank God for you and for sharing your knowledge with us. Everything that I’ve read so far has helped me. I was taught to play by ear and just started a few years ago on learning contemporary music, so you are helping me so much. Thank you and may God Bless!!
Hi Jermaine! Thank you so much for your spiritual support musically. I am developing well and getting transformed to recognize the the patterns and ear strength in my musical walk. I like the fact that you are open to everyone and you teach music to all creatures, unlike what we normally hear from other people justifying their selfish ammbitions by trying to think that they are different in any way. You treat music in a universal way, i like that. May God Bless you more and more with the family and loved ones. I am always free to read your guidance, because it is clear to everyone and acknowledges diversity. With these few words I would like to express my attitude of gratitude, thanks.
Hey Jermaine,
thanks a lot for sharing all the stuff with us. Much appreciated!
Cheers,
Stevie
I can’t wait til Nov 24. I hope i get one. I REALLY need this Jermaine.
You are a really awesome individual and it really shows in your works.
Thanks,
Keep up the good work and don’t change.
Thanks,
Dear Jermaine, THE LAW OF ATTRACTION: YOU GIVE AND GOD RETURNS TWO FOLD.
Very inspiring for someone like me who is just starting to learn.
Thanks….John
God is Great and Greatly to be Praised…He has done great things! THANK YOU So Very Much for sharing with the world! Your light is shining brightly!!
Dear Jermaine, I want to let you know that you have answered my prayers. For the last five years, during which I have been learning to play the piano, I got to a point where I could not progress any further. However, after reading your Musical Transformation report my eyes suddenly openned. I discovered where the problem was. For that reason I want to say thank you. May the Lord God almighty bless you for your generosity. Martin.
MAN … I’ve been trying to play like a seasoned for about 15 years now. I’d play for my church choir”S”, but get kicked to the curb every time somebody new would come. Those musicians would leave and I would be asked to play again, but only to get kicked to the curb again when someone new came. So I lost my motivation to play and practice. I also felt kinda used (I was the only musician for years, and I never made more than $40 a week playing for 2 or 3 choirs every week and teaching all the parts, so I imagine im not TOO bad).
After reading your 44 page download, it made the light come on and I feel motivated now. I feel I can go past the ceiling I seem to have hit. I have a few of your products, but for some reason that 44 pages ignited something. THANKS
Good looking out Jermaine!
Great practice tips that I neede man!
I am still having big problems. oh well, i guess i can call it old age..
Hi Jermaine,
I am steadily practicing and getting results.
I have dvd 300 & 200 and have been working on hymns from what i’ve learnt. It is slow but i’m getting it as i get familiar with the chords.
One step at a time i,m taking it to be a sweet sounding musician.
Why don,t you do a dvd on hymns.
In Canada, we use alot of hymns in our services.
It would help me alot.
Everold
Everold, they do have a dvd on hymns. its gospelkeys 101. Just thought i’d help.
Wonderful practice tips…you make it so easy to learn the fundamentals. The tips are so helpful! It’s like the lightbulb came on…wow! I wish more people were as kind as giving as you are. This is why God will continue to bless you because when He blesses you, you turn around and bless others.
Blessings,
Angie Watson
Hello Again
I Wanted To Say That Im More Then Half Way Deaf
But I Also Took To 2 Things from Your Guide
# 1 I Did a 30 Song Check On The Songs Structure 24 Were Spot On
Very Impressed At All The Key Changes And it Was Still Beautifull
# 2 I Checked The Bass Notes Out On Coutless Songs Again
I May Be Deaf But Now Im Not Dumb Sweet Stuff
Now For My Own Personal Words On Your Reports
Im Very Skeptical About Things I Learn I Always Test Stuff On Paper
Because I Like To Learn Theory Too
Ive Collected 30 Years Worth Of Things Ive Drawn Up
Could This Be The End ? I Doubt Ill Be Able To Get The Rest Of The Pakage
But I Sure Am Happy with What Ive learned So Far
My Dream For A Christian Band Will Come When Recovering Time Is Over
( Lung Cancer ) Been 18 Months Now And Its A long Way To Go
But I Will Continue To Be Blessed With What Youve Tought Me
In Your 2 Reports
You Rock
Your Brother In Arms
Michael