In his article 18 Tips to Help His Church Sing Better, Jonathan Leeman gives 4 tips so that his church praise doesn’t become a spectacle:
4. Choose?Songs from the congregation? Instead of “performance” songs. Here is a general (not absolute) principle: the more a song depends on musical accompaniment and cannot be sung by two children in the car, on the way back, it is likely to be more interpretive and less congregational. melodies that are easy to sing and memorize. Just because a Christian artist has created something beautiful doesn’t mean it suits the congregation. The melody may not be very melodic. It may be too high, too severe, or too wide. Too rhythmic, perhaps syncopated in a way that makes singing difficult for inexperienced singers. It can be too complex, with its bridges, choirs or height changes. Such a song can look beautiful with the accompaniment of the recording. Maybe the worship group can do it. However, the more a congregation needs the musicians to come and finish a song, the more you can expect them to murmur the words as they watch the band make their appearance.
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- Please.
- Oh.
- Please turn on the lights.
- Turning on the platform lights and.
- At the same time.
- Dimming the lights between people makes people a single?Public? And everyone on the platform.
- As artists.
- This makes the whole event an imitation of a theater or concert hall.
- Keeping the entire room accessible.
- On the other hand.
- Suggests that everyone be invited to participate in the?Presentation? God.
6. Please oh, please turn down the volume of the musical accompaniment. You don’t want your guitars, organ, drums or chorus microphones to cover the sound of the congregation’s song. You could even say that the loudest sound in the room should be that of the congregation. Lead singers can sing the song’s first verse aloud, but then go back a little bit in the following verses. A good accompaniment accompanies. It makes it easier. Encourages It does not attract attention or overlap. If you lead a small group or choir, it must be an auditory microcosmos of the congregation, that its volume is natural and without much amplification. If you’ve prepared the hymn for rehearsal, will you?With your sound.
7. Consider the dangers of rehearsal, “high quality” music and excessive instrumental music. There’s room for musical rehearsals. But why are you repeating, what end?Musical essays often involve inserting creative elements that work in presentations, but not in the singing of the congregation. Musicians and singers should use all their rehearsal time to consider how to make singing in congregation as easy as possible, not how to impress. The usual emphasis on “excellence”?can, ironically, distract musicians from seeking to serve the congregation, why?Excellence, is defined without thinking in terms of good presentation. What a big difference would make aiming to facilitate with excellence and not to present with excellence. For the same reason, elaborate instruments can sometimes overwhelm the congregation’s singing. A simple acoustic instrument tends to favor the voice.
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