Preparing Materials: Step Three - Audio And Visual Aids

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Once we have the song sheet done, we come to the most labor-intensive step which is creating:

STEP THREE - AUDIO AND VISUAL AIDS

The AV aids we will want to create are:

1. video clips showing the accompaniment for each passage in the song

2. a metronome that can help to keep the tempo (pace) for practice time

3. guide clips that contain melody lines for practice time

Let's start first with creating a video clip to show the accompaniment for the CHORUS of "Our God". We begin by using a special software I created to highlight the basic notes recommended along with a rhythmic pattern and pace.

Once the chord data is entered into the software, we can then proceed to screencast it, which is basically recording everything on my computer screen into a video file. Some editing is done to overlay the chords and lyrics to be in sync with the demonstration playback.