"Revelation Song" is included as a bonus track from "Wake Up The World" full length DVD. Purchase your copy of "Wake Up The World" CD and DVD at your local Christian Retailer, iTunes or gatewayworship.com.
For a greater appreciation of this song, do read "The Story Behind "Revelation Song"" by Jennie Riddle.
1. Let's listen to an original recording of this song first
2. From the listening reference, we can gather the basic information that we need to get started, namely the song's Key, Beats, and Tempo. In this case, Revelation Song is in the Key of D, with a 4 beats pattern, and a tempo of 60 beats per minute.
3. It's not difficult to play the accompaniment for this song. We only need to use 3 harmony positions on our right hand. Do not worry about playing in the Key of D as there is only one black note required for this song.
4. Now let's move on to the left hand, which is your Bass hand. You only need to play one note at a time, so concentrate on playing the right one. Just follow the video closely and you should have no problems repeating it on your piano.
5. The final step is to put it all together, playing with both your right hand (harmony positions) and your left hand (bass positions). We start first by using a basic rhythm. Watch the following video closely to learn more about repetitions with your right hand (harmony).
6. You are now ready to play the whole song. Here is a demonstration of how it should sound when you put it all together.
How do you get the keyboard graphics shown above? Thanks, and God bless!
ReplyDeleteI created the graphics in photoshop and put it together in a desktop application that allows me to play using the computer's keyboard. Then I simply recorded my computer screen and audio for the lesson. Hope that helps!
DeleteThis song is in the key of G, not D. D has an F# and C# in the key signature, and this song has C natural. F# is the only accidental in the key of this song, so it is in the key of G.
ReplyDeleteThanks for chipping in. Actually, determining a song's key involves more than just watching the notes that are played. One should actually determine the Effect of the note, and notes together. In this case, the final chord of the sequence (the G in a chord) gives a suspension / tension feeling that is common in many modern compositions.
DeleteTo add weight to this assessment, just check out http://www.hooktheory.com/blog/music-theory-analysis-1300-songs-for-songwriting-part2 (which shows you that it's very popular to end on the 4, which in the Key of D happens to be the G, and gives that suspension/tension feel)
Also, you will probably find many conventional scores documenting this effect by putting the song to the key of D and then adding 'naturals' rather than just scoring in G and avoiding 'naturals'. http://www.onlinesheetmusic.com/revelation-song-p401704.aspx
There is actually another whole different, and interesting study on number patterns (chord progressions) that explains the 1 5m 7b 4 progression but that is probably outside the scope of this reply. :)