Plan before playing

Worship leaders should start giving out song lists at least one week before he worships lead.

This is to enable the musicians to think of how best to approach the songs.

It is vital to for a musician to have some idea on what to play. It is a bad idea to starting thinking of ideas during worship practice. This is because most churches have only one practice for each worship. And it is like over in an hour.

But still, lots of worship leaders tend to do things last minute..

Unless you have a music arranger / director / worship pastor / worship leader deciding everything for you.. and stiffle your creativity , you may have to do a little music arrangement for your own instrument.

Drummers must decide on the

• tempo
• musical style
• identify where to play and where not to play
• identify the climaxes

Bassists must determine

• the chords
• the musical style in tandem with the drummer

Pianist must decide

• which parts are for piano to lead
• what fills and trills to play
• the style of playing

Synthesizer Player decides

• the sound patches for each song
• orchestration for a song if needed