| Playing the piano can be a dominant asset when it | | | | Piano players, however, face many difficulties when it |
| comes to worship leading. I'm not going to get into the | | | | comes to worship leading. Firstly, they have a |
| technicalities of the piano, but when you are starting | | | | wonderful tendency to cram up every gap, every |
| out you require to understand that it's not about you, it | | | | possibility with notes. The piano is an instrument which |
| is at all times about the Lord! If you are leading worship, | | | | can play a lot of notes, and is seems that a lot of |
| maybe you are doing so from the piano yourself, or | | | | piano players want to fill every single gap with a surge |
| perhaps you are functioning in with a piano player. | | | | of notes. If you are worship leading from the piano, try |
| Either way, it is useful to recognize a little about how | | | | to play a smaller amount. If you are worship leading |
| the piano can powerfully pull your worship leading | | | | without the piano, request your pianist to play less, with |
| together and lift it to high worship. | | | | longer chords, and try to communicate to them that |
| Remember, nothing you do, when it involves worship, is | | | | "less is more." |
| about you. As a worship piano player your function is | | | | A second problem is that many piano players are tied |
| to assist the church body worship God. In fact, if you | | | | into the written score, and find it very complicated to |
| are considering leading worship by playing worship | | | | improvise outside of what is written. This is more |
| piano, you must worship God with your piano and your | | | | widespread among piano players rather than guitarists, |
| voice, and without a doubt your entire life. As you lead, | | | | for the reason that most guitarists read chords, not |
| you want to find a place where you simply hand it | | | | written music, and to a lot of piano players this can be |
| over to the Lord and allow your heart go, trusting on | | | | a mammoth barrier to really relaxing and letting go in |
| His Spirit to pull it all together, and relaxing in Him and | | | | worship. |
| merely enjoying the worship. | | | | Here is a contentious proposal: try taking away the |
| When worship leading it is a mammoth asset to be | | | | pianist's music, and force them to play by ear. OK, they |
| able to weave the songs together so that your | | | | will complain and hate you for it at the outset, but in no |
| worship leading becomes a continuous flow. I do this | | | | time at all they will rise to the occasion and start to |
| playing a guitar, but it is equally as valid to do this with | | | | play a more open, more anointed style. I have done |
| the piano, for that reason whether you are playing or | | | | this on numerous occasions with magnificent results, |
| someone else, I see it as a main concern to be able to | | | | but you may need to give them some chords just to |
| blend the songs together. This allows you to lead | | | | remind them along the way. |
| worship with a minimum amount of chatting between | | | | But keep in mind, when you are leading worship, either |
| songs, and permits the audience to flow and enjoy a | | | | from the piano yourself or with a piano player, the aim |
| continuous, entire experience of worship. | | | | of the exercise to to lead others into a deep and |
| Another ability that a piano can bring to your worship | | | | tremendous worship experience with the Lord. This is |
| leading is the ability to influence the mood, getting quiet | | | | far more critical than playing the right notes, singing the |
| in places, growing to noisy and celebratory praise and | | | | best words or doing the latest songs just like you hear |
| going up keys to lift up the level of worship. A piano | | | | on the worship CD. Worship is about Him, and your |
| can be both noisy and quiet, gentle and blaring, | | | | worship leading involves to lead people to Him in a |
| therefore if you are not playing the instrument yourself, | | | | new and marvelous way. |
| you need to have a close relationship with your pianist, | | | | If you would like more techniques about worship |
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| wishes and intentions as you are worship leading. | | | | enhance your worship leading style. |