Playing Together: Dynamics Part II

This post continues the Dynamics theme from an earlier post.

Have you been a part of a music ministry where every instrument played on and throughout every song?  Have you noticed that each song somehow seems to sound like the other?  I have been in several bands like this.  This seems to be a tendency of many bands. But, honestly, I must be the first to admit that I have also been guilty of this from time to time!

Sometimes we can become fully engrossed in our own instrument and performing the music piece, that we don’t, in a manner of speaking, ‘hear’ the full picture.  This is certainly often true of music ministry groups without a designated music leader, but can also be true of groups with music leaders that are singers or instrumentalists as well.

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Playing Together: Dynamics

Ah, this is a subject dear to my heart!  Where to start?  Yes, since this is such a lengthy subject, this will be the start of a series of posts on the music ministry discipline of playing together.

Dynamics.  Think of some of your favorite songs.  This post content should work for any type of music I know.  Picture one of these songs in your head.  Especially focus on the instruments.  Remember the beginning.  Now the middle.  Now the end.  If that doesn't work, try this during the next song you hear.

Was the same instrument playing throughout the song?  Likely there is more than one instrument.  Were all the instruments playing throughout the entire song?  No.  (If someone finds an exception, let me know!  And don’t go writing a bland song, just to prove me wrong!)  :)

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