Items Tagged with "Memorization"
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Vocalist: Why You Should Lose the Music Stand...Tweak #44: Practice singing without your music stand.Why?If it’s there, you’ll look at it. So lose it.You probably know the songs better than you think.You’ll be amazed at the confidence memorization brings.And the people you’re leading and modeling worship for will respond b Read More... |
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Kick Your Charts to the Curb, Part 112 Tips to Memorize SongsIt’s almost 2012. It’s time to get those goals and resolutions set. Most of mine I give up for Lent (if I haven’t forgotten before then). One of my goals this next year as a worship pastor/musician is to memorize a majority of the songs each Sunday. This Ch Read More... |
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Kick Your Charts to the Curb, Part 212 Tips to Memorize SongsLast week we looked at five of the twelve tips. Here are seven more to kick our chart-habit.6. Learn the end first.This is a technique I used when I was studying classical guitar. I found that I learned the first half of the song really well. Why? I kept playing that part on Read More... |
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Learning Versus Knowing a SongIt’s one thing to LEARN your part of a song. It’s another thing to KNOW it.One of the biggest mistakes we make as worship musicians is to stop at LEARN.When I KNOW a guitar solo or riff of a song, I can play it smoothly and with feeling. If I’ve only just LEARNED it, I might hit th Read More... |
