BUILD PATH. Arranging Essentials For Worship Musicians Lesson 3: Understanding Your Rhythmic Space

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "BUILD PATH. Arranging Essentials For Worship Musicians Lesson 3: Understanding Your Rhythmic Space"

Jody Washington
5 years ago
Views:

1 BUILD PATH Arranging Essentials For Worship Musicians Lesson 3: Understanding Your Rhythmic Space

2 Arranging Inside the Rhythmic Space

3 If the arranging on the sonic spectrum is about what notes and chords are being played or sung, the rhythmic spectrum is about when and how often they re occurring.

4 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation whole note

5 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation whole note 1 (2 3 4)

6 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation half note

7 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation half note 1 (2) 3 (4)

8 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation quarter note

9 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation quarter note

10 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation eighth note

11 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation single two beamed together eighth notes 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

12 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation sixteenth note

13 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation single beamed together eighth notes 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

14 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation dotted half note dotted quarter note dotted eighth note 1 (2 3) 1 (& 2) 1 (e &)

15 Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation quarter note

16 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical Our goal in arranging on the sonic spectrum is to create complementary rhythms.

17 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical In most modern worship songs, the rhythm of the verses are often complex and syncopated to fit the lyrical phrases.

18 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical The instruments need to create space for the melody by either playing complementary rhythms or by laying out.

19 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical REST

20 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical REST whole half quarter eighth sixteenth

21 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical REST Music is the space between the notes. ~Debussy It s not the notes you play, it s the notes you don t play. ~Miles Davis

22 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical One of the biggest mistakes worship team members make is trying to fill every moment.

23 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical One of the biggest mistakes worship team members make is trying to fill every moment. As a result, we end up with a blob of sound and constant wall of noise.

24 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical When there s a section of the song that calls for less, all of us just playing quieter won t achieve what we need.

25 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical When there s a section of the song that calls for less, all of us just playing quieter won t achieve what we need. Some of us have to stop playing and singing.

26 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical We need to learn to that the art of laying out actually serves the music and the congregation more fully than any note we could sing or chord we could play.

27 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical You ll learn how to create intentional space.

28 BlesstheLordohmysoulOhmysoulWorshipHisHolynameSinglikeneverbeforeOhmysoulI'llworship YourHolynameThesuncomesupIt'sanewdaydawningIt'stimetosingYoursongagainWhatevermayp assandwhateverliesbeforemeletmebesingingwhentheeveningcomesblessthelordohmysouloh mysoulworshiphisholynamesinglikeneverbeforeohmysouli'llworshipyourholynameyou'rerichi nloveandyou'reslowtoangeryournameisgreatandyourheartiskindforallyourgoodnessiwillkeepon singingtenthousandreasonsformyhearttofindblessthelordohmysoulohmysoulworshiphisholyn amesinglikeneverbeforeohmysouli'llworshipyourholynameandonthatdaywhenmystrengthisfai lingtheenddrawsnearandmytimehascomestillmysoulwillsingyourpraiseunendingtenthousandy earsandthenforevermoreforevermoreblessthelordohmysoulohmysoulworshiphisholynamesin glikeneverbeforeohmysouli'llworshipyourholynameblessthelordohmysoulohmysoulworshiphi sholynamesinglikeneverbeforeohmysouli'llworshipyourholynameyesi'llworshipyourholyname LordI'llworshipYourHolyname

29 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical As you and your team members learn these simple arranging hacks in this class, your songs will serve your church s gathered worship time so much more effectively.

30 Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical We have to learn to trust in the power of a simple arrangement to serve the song and the congregation.

User s Manual. Safari Park VTech Printed in China UK

User s Manual. Safari Park VTech Printed in China UK User s Manual Safari Park 2014 VTech Printed in China 91-002926-007 UK INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the VTech Toot-Toot Animals Safari Park learning toy! Go on a trip with the Toot-Toot Animals