Re: [Worship] putting songs in singable keys

["Joy" <joy_in_the_soi@yahoo.com>]

Hi Jeanie!

Strangely enough, I think God Of Wonders is an 'easier' song to sing than
Shout To The Lord. Shout To The Lord is a melody-driven power-ballad, while
God of Wonders's melody is repetitive and nearly chant-like... but it's more
'atmospheric' (if I can call it that) and its ethereal quality can make it
hard to catch if a congregation isn't familiar singing that sort of song.
But yes, as you know, my church has used it very effectively and it's a
'favorite'.

I also find that younger congregations tend to pick up on it more quickly.

-joy


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeanie Flowers" <jeaniecflowers@yahoo.com>
To: "Worship" <worship@praise.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Worship] putting songs in singable keys


> Some songs are great, worship-ful songs, but are just
> not suitable for congregational singing. Doesn't mean
> there's anything wrong with the song - I would just
> use those for special music instead of putting them
> into the worship set... but there are always
> exceptions.
>
> A song like Shout to the Lord is worth the trouble to
> the congregation to work a little harder to sing it.
> It is a great song, and it opens people's hearts to
> express great things. Worthy is the Lamb (Hillsongs)
> is another one. But when I put one of those songs into
> a set, I try to make the rest of the songs easier on
> people and build up to it. You don't want to wear
> people out!
>
> I love God of Wonders and sing it at home all the
> time, but I still think it's too difficult to use for
> corporate worship. I know some of you use it, and
> apparently very successfully, but maybe the difference
> is that I'm used to working in a seeker sensitive
> atmosphere and one of my goals is for people to be
> able to sing along as quickly as possible, or at least
> reasonable. They used it at a church I visited a few
> weeks ago, and I couldn't figure out what to sing or
> where, and I know the song. Apparently I wasn't the
> only one, because virtually no one else was singing
> either. I had to wonder what a visitor who had never
> heard the song before might be thinking...
>
> jeanie
>
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