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Arranging Essentials For Worship Musicians
Lesson 3: Understanding Your Rhythmic Space
Arranging Inside the Rhythmic Space
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.
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
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Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
whole note 1 (2 3 4)
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
half note
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
half note 1 (2) 3 (4)
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
quarter note
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
quarter note 1 32 4
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
eighth note
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
eighth notes 1 & 3 &2 & 4 &
single two beamed together
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
sixteenth note
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
eighth notes 1 e & a
single beamed together
2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
dotted quarter notedotted half note1 (2 3) 1 (& 2)
dotted eighth note1 (e &)
Seeing The Sonic Space - Musical Notation
quarter note 1 32 4
Our goal in arranging on the sonic spectrum is to create complementary rhythms.
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.
Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical
The instruments need to create space for the melody by either playing complementary rhythms or by laying out.
Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical
Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical
REST
REST
Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical
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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
One of the biggest mistakes worship team members make is trying to fill every moment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical
You’ll learn how to create intentional space.
Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical
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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.
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.
Filling the Sonic Space - Getting Practical