accompaniment introductions

This comes up a lot with students in Accompaniment… which way to play the chords, move them up or down? For instance in Amazing Grace students tend to go up for the F and G chords. Also, should C (or any tonic root notes) be…

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I’m just beginning to teach the accompaniment track to some of my students. I am wondering if I should deal at all with having the student work out an introduction to lead the singers into an accompaniment piece. As a long-time church accompanist, I know…

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