1/3/2024 0 Comments Guitarlayers appSpeaking of singing, emulating the recording’s arrangement for background vocals applies here too. Humility: Can we remove the performance from worship leading? Think about what will actually help the congregation connect with the song that they’re singing. Now obviously, if the recording has a pile of electrics, acoustic, piano, keys, loops, strings, banjo, jaw harp, and accordion all playing at once, you’ll probably have to pick and choose which are “important” in the overall scheme of things. If he moves up to a higher lead line or solo, I will slide my piano part down into the range he left open and bang out some powerful chords in a rhythm similar to what he was doing. I’ll often be playing acoustic piano in a song while the electric player is playing some big power chords. My opinion is that it’s better to use more traditional keyboard instruments to play parts that take up the same “space” in the overall mix as the part you’re trying to replace. Sure, not exactly like the record, but the gist of it will come through nicely.Ī side note on keyboards and electric guitars: yes, your keyboard probably has patches labeled “Power Guitar” or “Awesome RAWK Guitar” or whatever-that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to try and play the power chord guitar parts on your keyboard. Or if your keyboardist only plays acoustic piano, I’d bet that same line would sound great up high on the piano. And that would leave your electric player to rock out the big chords that really only work on a distorted electric.īut, maybe the acoustic is busy playing the strumming part that really helps move the song along on the recording, so let’s have the keyboard player bring up a Rhodes sound with a little distortion and that same delay set to the right tempo and play the high line in chorus. But, you could try adding a delay pedal in line on your acoustic guitar and playing that higher The Edge part on acoustic. For example, having the acoustic guitar try to play the power chords isn’t going to fly. Then use another instrument to play the part that’s missing. This will sound obvious, but, use your one electric guitar player for the electric part you hear on the record that is most important, or will only work on an electric guitar. If you left either part completely out, there would be a big hole in the most powerful section of the song! So the first thing to ask is, “With our church, team, and resources, is it best to emulate the recording or strip it down to a simpler rendition?” If you decide you want to go for the former, we need to figure out what to do with that section of the song that has big distorted power chords and an important high lead line or dotted eighth note delay part a la The Edge. ![]() But at the heart of every great recording is a great song. ![]() What, you don’t have four electric guitar players in your worship band? Well, we don’t either. ![]() ![]() What should we do with all those electric guitars we hear on the recording? Q: We’re trying to translate the recorded version of our favorite worship songs into something our band can play. This article was orrignially published in the Jan/Feb issue of worship leader, 2011.
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