If you’ve played worship music for any length of time, you know how important the keyboard is.

The keyboard is the carrier of the anointing, the sound of heaven. Matter of fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a keyboard, soft pad-playing angel in heaven.

Of course, I kid ever so slightly. What is true is how a keyboard can help create an atmosphere for worship music.

But what if you just don’t know how?

Maybe you’re a classically trained pianist and you’re the only qualified person at your church.

Or maybe you’re the worship leader and your keyboard player doesn’t know how to play like this. What do you do?

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How do you know when you become a pro musician?

Is it after you fully complete Alfred’s Basic Piano Library?

Is it when you surpass 10,000 practice hours and artists are beating down your door to hire you?

Is it when you can play sheet music like this with your eyes closed?

What is the official “Pro” threshold and how does one cross it?

Going pro is much more vague than that. It doesn’t depend on 10,000 hours of practice, though it may require that.

It doesn’t depend on a degree from Juilliard, though such an education would be helpful.

It’s not awarded to those who’ve taken lessons the longest.

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