Hear and Play Music Learning Center — Tips, tricks, advice, articles, and music lessons about playing by ear from musician extraordinaire and online teacher, Jermaine Griggs.

Intermediate Players: Here’s How To Apply The Tritone In Worship Songs

A special lesson for intermediate musicians who are interested in learning how to apply the tritone in worship songs.

Are You Finding It Difficult To Learn Major Chords? Now Here’s What To Do!

If you’re finding it difficult to learn major chords, this lesson will get you started the easiest and fastest way possible.

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Understanding Your Person As A Musician

Understanding your person as a musician is one of the self-actualization processes you need to become a great musician. Find out more in this lesson.

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How To Imply A Seventh Chord Harmony Using Only Two Notes Your 3 Year Old Can Play

Find out how you can imply a seventh chord harmony by just playing two notes that even a 3 year old can play on the piano.

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Who Else Wants To Stop Playing Regular Turnaround Progressions?

If you are bored with regular turnaround progressions, here’s a variant of the turnaround progression that you can spice up your playing with.

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Justice For All: Music Isn’t Silent

At Hear and Play, we’ve always approached music as a language – the only universal language capable of bringing people from all over the world together. “Notes are like alphabet letters, chords are like words, progressions are sentences, verses are paragraphs, and songs are stories,” we often say. “It is the lingua franca of the […]

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Here Are Some Of The Chords You Can Apply In CCM Songs

There are chords you can apply in CCM songs and they’ll make you sound like your favorite artiste and we’re covering well over a dozen in this lesson.

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