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'As/ong os / sho// Iiveif sholl be o rule engrovedon my tongueto bring proise like fruiffor on offeringond my lipsos o socilficiolgift. lwill moke skillful musicwith lyreond horp to seryeGod'sglory,And the fruitof my lipswillI roisein proise of His rule of /ghteousness. 8o/hmorningond eveningI shollenterinto the covenontof God: ond ot the end of bothI sholl recite His commondments,ond so long os they continuefo exist,thesewillbe the frontier ond myjourne/s end. Therefore lwill bless His nome in oil I do, before I move hond or fool, whenever lgo out or come in,whenI sitdown ond when I rise, evenwhen lyingon my couch, lwilt prolse. chont His prorseHim os I sitot the toble My lipssho// which is setfor oll, ond before I lift my heod to portoke of ony nourishmenl from derblousfruits of the eorth. Whenfeor ond terrorcome, ond thereis onlyonguish ond drs/ress I will still b/ess ond fhonkHim for His wondrous deedt ond power, ond leonupon meditote upon His Hrs merclesoll doy long. ForI knowthot in His hond lslusflcefor oll thot live,ond oll His worksore true,Sowhen frouble cornet or solvofion, I proise Him justthe " sorne, (Column X,'Monuolof Discipline', Deod SeoScro//sJ

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Conlenfs Foreword A wordfrom Postor Joe A wordfrom Kothy Tripodi Vision

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Forervord
Do you reolise thot you hove been chosenfor o specificpurpose? Youmoy feel thol yourpurpose isto be o memoer of th,sWorship Teomos o singer, or musicion, or soundoude, or worship leoder,oll of whichore noble pursuits. However, God hos mode it cleor in Hisword (lsoioh 43) thot we hove been chosenfor His purpose, Whotwe chooseto do os o member on ihisWorship Teom isbut on expresslon of our true purpose. Ourtrue purposeisthol we exisito give God gloryl We do thisby concentroting oll of our ottention on God: Hisperson,Hisdeeds, Hispromises, Histruth, Hispurity, Hisloveliness, HlsGroce, Hisexcellence, Bybeing utierly consumedby God we willfind thol our chorocterwillchonge to be more Christlike.We\^/ill then find ourselves lo be the most potent Christ likemodel for lifetronsformotion, Musicis not the purposeof our Worship leom, lovingGod ond lovingeoch otheris, Youwillfind os you get to knowthe people on this Worship leom, thot it trulyseeks God in oll things.I hove been inspired ond leornthow to be more inlimotewithGod from the exompleof these people. Worship Ieom 2417 motivotes me to be o betterChrist model to o sovedond unsoved communtly, PsDerekMcClure (Honours) B.Ed. B.Mus DerekMcclure wos tne Worship PosTor for Hope -2003,., from 200'] Cenlrol

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A word from PoslorJoe

This isfontcsiicstuff,

Whctcll p<rstors knowisthct Godspeoplethrivein cn otmosphere of worship,WhenChrislions ore givinggloryto God they ore focussed on ihe One who loves them most,hosthe oowerto chongethem cnd the chorocter to inspire them, Bufwhcl postors olsoknowisihol whenwe tryto worship together thereis o nervous bolonce of peoplesexpression cnd Godsreolity, philosophy V/hotDerek hosfound isthe Euiding behindcorporote professiono! churchworship,He iso musicion, o motureChristicn thinker ond o mon who isdevotedto the worshlp of hisGod, In thesefew poges,he hosloid out o simpleond effective woy of helping worship teomsto be possionote ond creotive, ond yet mointoin the delicotebolonceof remoining God-focussed, in hcrmonvwithothers, and devotedto theircroff, This isfontostic stuff, I hope you reod it ond digestit for a life-time of 2417 worship.

Joe Hobermehl LeodPcstor

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Vision
"'Teocher, in the whlchisthegreotest commondmenl Low?" "'Love your God withollyour replied: the Lord Jesus ond withollyourmind,'This ond withollyoursoul heort Andthe isthefirst ond greotest commondment, yourneighbor the osyourself,'All islike it:'Love second prophets two hong on these Lowond lhe 22,3 6-4A N.4otthew commondments," of worship, A few yeorsogo I wos grontedo vision ond my own, both from God'sperspective hills ond lmogine o londscopewithrolling mognificenttreeswithno opporentboundories, londscopeweregroupsof Will.irthisoeoutiful people in slnglerows,oll liningup behindwooden 'ente/ intothe door fromes,woitingos if to ronoscope, thot God wos pointingout thot the I reolized con londscopels worship ond we os Christions it os o mon mode eventthot often timesmistoke 'enteainto it, Theidea thot we we need to useto lifestyle withour Creotormeons exisiin o worship we do not need to creote on event 10meet with Him, "...worship nor isit o fhree-song isnotlustsinging. worship doesn't Life-giving worm-upfor the sermon. se,rylces, nor only hoppen when we gothet for Sundoy TedHoggord our lifeslyle." isit on evenf:it's wilh Him.Sundoy We ore constontly in relotionship 'worsh,p' of our tnere'orebeco'nes on exoression withHim. lifestyle

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hos grownfrom for Worship leom 2417 Our vision relotionship wiih God lhe desireto livein constonl wherewe seekto give Himoll glory,lovingHim witholl our heortond soulond mind,And to withus,lhroughour God'srelotionship express witheoch other,lookingoui not for relotionships of others, but the interesls our own interests, (Philippions 2) for Worship Teom2417; Hence our vision 'Our vision for Worship Teom 2417is fo be q God focused worship communw thol endqvours to see God glorified in oll of lite.' exists to give leom 2417 We believethot Worship God gloryin o//thot we do. Bydevelopingright relotionships os outlinedin God'swofd, we become good soilin orderto beor much fruitfor ihe gloryof God, (Johnl5:B) "fhe bockground to ony preporolion shou/dol course ond of thonklulness be our effortsb cultivoteo lifeslyle prolse,so lhot our gothering for corporole worship of, ond a genuineovetflowing becornes on extension of. o doilywolkwllhGod." GrohomKendrick To do ihiswe focus on three imporiont wostolking relotionships thot define whot Jesus isbosed obout in Motthew22, and whot our vision withour HolyCreotor, on. Our relotionship witheoch otherthot isour relotionships thot we Communily, ond the relotionship develop with our Croff .

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Creotor
'A relotionship withGod isthe onlythingwe foke fo heovenwifhus.' lo be fuliyGod focused Our WorshipTeom exists of whetherwe ore in oii thot we do, regordless ploying, ironing, doingihe dishes, our singing, on God. focus is10be continuolly "By mediloting upon God'schorocfer. by proising, quolifiesin detoiL by ctdoringond worshippingHis we wi ollowinglhe eyesof our spirifto goze into His. ollering fo reflecf begin to discoverour own behwior " whol we ho\/eseen, GrohomKendrick with thot our relolionship li is importontto reolise God doesn'tbegin ond end on o Sundoy of worship. morning,but insteodiso lifestyle 'So/'vegof fo tellyou fhof if youdo notworship God sevendoyso week,you do not worshipHimon one doy o week.Ihere lsno suchfhingin hewen os Sundoy worship, unless ll lsoccomponiedby Mondoy Tozer worship ond so on." A,W, worship ond Tuesdoy justreserved for the times Ourfocus on God isn't gother together,it is insleodo when we oll of lifestyle wherewe ote bringing continuous give glory. lt is lo God our oltentionond intentions or to singin nol enoughfo be o greoi musicion, well,God desires tune,or to operote mochinery Whotwe do doesn't our heort,our veryexistence, determinewho we orej it iswho we ore thot determines whol we do,

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Community
"Therefore, people, holyond deorly os God's chosen kindness, withcompossion, loved, clolheyourselves potience, gentleness with ond Beor eoch humility, youmoy hove grievonces whotever oiherond forgive you, forgove Forgive osthe Lord ogoinst one onother, pul on love, which binds virtues Andoverollthese in pedectunitv." themolltogether 3rl2-14 Colossions thot to build relotionships Worship Ieom 2417 seeks people, to to be Christ oll honourGod, We exrst thol thoselookingin from outside understonding in usfrom how we treol eoch meosureChrist eoch other,Bylovingeoch otherond forgiving ''noge people's in other orherwe mognifyGod's eyesond heoris, lifestyle improves Our obililyto liveo worship witho we ourselves dromoticolly when surround communityof likeminded people whom we love ore of ihe core of who we ond irust. Relotionships us, ore. lt isthe fruitby whicholherscon identify (John 15:B) A God focusedcommunityisot the heortof Worship Teom 2417. "Without lhe Lordos ourprimoryfocus, we c,ecome rifuolisticond socioLbut wilh Him ot the centre of life to thoseorcund we ore oble to minister ctltention, " TedHoggord us.

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Crott
'And whotever you do, whelher in wordor deed, do it giving lo God Jesus, thonks oll in the nomeof the Lord 7 through Him," Colossions 3tl the Fother we put our hond to, not Croftiswhotever Sjnging, or sound, necessorily music, singing ployingmusic,dromo, operotingsoundor Teom multimedio,isthe /eos/of whol Worship to serveond 2417 isobout, Whotwe do exists exoltGod first ond foremostond second,lo build ond encoJroge eoch other, Peopienol performoncelWhotwe do ison into mokingsomeoneelsebe better, investment soundbetter, ''lnthe end. worship con neverbe o performonce. pretending youTe or pullingon. /f'sgot fhof somefhing isoboLtt lo be on ovetllowof you heorl... Worship gelting closeond personol wifh God. drowing close to God." l\,4ott Redmon Thepursuit of excellencefor the gloryof God will olwoysdirectottenlionowoy from usond onto our Theimprovementof our croft musl Creotor. the contexiof our relotionship olwoysbe within withGod. "God isn'twonfing lechnlclonsin worship.He's wonfing ' presence. to Hls /esponders. lhosewho wi respond Bowoter Chris

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ll is importonf lo nole fhol lhere con only be one order of lhese lhree relofionshlps... lf you socrifice Creolorfor Communityyou will be strive to pleoseihe crowd,Youwillconstontly woniedby whot otherspeople thinkof you ond you willbecome selfobsorbed,Youwillultimo.fely of relying on the leod people to o weokness of others, ooorovol lf you socrifice Creolorfor Ctoft,you willbe Youwillleod people to focused on performonce. thot God is only interested in whot we do believe rolher thon for who we ofe, lf you socrifice Communily for Crotl,you willstort You to thinkof yourself os being belterthon olhers, willleod people into believing thot othersore superior or inferior rotherthon God'sviewthot we ore oll equo ond oll ore worthy. if you ploce theserelotionships in their However, Communifv, Croft,vou will conect order,Creotor, from yourself ond onlo olwoysdirectottention sirong God, Youwillnoturolly be b,uilding relotionships withpeople;yourcroft willbecome God, ond building on invesimenl into glorifying communifu. the worshio "Ourmofivesond inlenlions os need lo be scrulinized if isto we consider whoton honour ond privilege heorlsfowords God,As odministrote worship of others quickly evident we embroce fhiscolling, it becomes thot if we evertreol worship os o hobbyor something roufine. God willteploce us."TedHoggord

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Your Role os q member of Worshipleom 2417 Ieom 2417ote Our rolesos membersof Worship whichisot the bosed on the ihree relotionships foundotionof our vision, Role os o Worshipper "Through to offer letuscontinuolly therefore, Jesus, thotconfess of lips of proise thefruit God o socrifice I3tl5 Hebrews hisnome," of God Our primoryrole isto be o worshipper thot gives olone, Our desireisto liveo lifestyle glory. this by seeking We ochieve God continuous to focuson lo chonge our doilyhobitsond routine God. Ihinking obout God ond oll hisgoodness, Speokingto God, withproiseond odorotion, Seeklngout God in oll of our circumstonces, teom membershove thot oll worship It isessentiol o strongprivotedevotionollifeond ore conlinuolly withGod developingon intimoterelotionship ihroughproyer,proiseond sfudyof God'sword, teom member'sheori is Themeosureof o worship not when they ore on stoge,but whenthey ore not, to be known Ieam 2417 membersstrive Worship lo thot strive os o communityof worshippers promole ond mognifyGod'simoge to the soved ond unsoved,

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Role os o Leoder ond be oworethot We musi be modelingChrist the congregolionore being leod by us,juslos the "Beimiiotors of me even os I ApostlePoulsoid As soonos you slep on thol sioge imiloteCnrist," you ore in effecl modeling morning, on o Sundoy You whot it isio be o God focusedworshipper, worship leoder, ore o for lhe leoder hos Drepored Jrsl os the Worship proyer ond throughsiudyof God'sword service be must olso the teom the resl of choice, song prepored,Whotis God soying lo us individuolly? Whot is He soyingto the churchos o whole?Find vision isfor the Leoder's out whot the Worship through study, boord toke il on ond Sundoy proyerond prolse, thot the greotest It isimportontto understond teom impoct we hove os leoderson the worship How iswhen we ore not ployingor on the roster, in the how we porticipote we conduct ourselves, isof greoter generolrunning service of o Sundoy we do on stoge,lf you see the worship influence 'off' week,go ond proYwith teom proyingon your songsof proise, them, Whenthe churchissinging ond leod, Once you ore singin omongstothers, ond pori of the worship teom, yourleodership you o ore olwoys influenceis not negotioble, worshipper, ond o leoder, "Aso leoder, you con onlyloke fhe people onlYwhere you h(Ne olreody been. Yourobilifylo 'leod worship' will be proportionoteto the reolilyof your own worship Bowoler /ife,"Chris

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Role os o Croflsperson volunteers o Ieom 2417 Eoch member of Worship glo"fy po'liculorservicein orderto God ond to servethe others, worship leoding,ployingon It moy be singing, Eoch of instrument, dromo, sound,or multimedio, ison equol port of o wholewhich theseservices . leam 2417 mokesup Worship Thechollengeisto provideo foundotionfor the without thoi God hos for the Sundoy vision people owoy from it, distrocting "Altroctingoltenfion to oursel/esond q/,/oyfrom Christ ls os ollensve os o besl rnon fliiing with hisbesf Borry Liesch friend's bride os shecomesup the oisle," in the rightorder, Bykeepingour relotionships Communitysecond,we find thot our Creotorfirst, crofi promoteslifechonge ond not o dislroction. first throughlhe We strive to promole Christ of our croft,ond to moke others odministrotion our needsond by submitfing oroundus o priorily
.raranaldc tr1 coo thairc rna+

Theultimote reword of o worshipleam member is not o compliment on o job well done. or how well oll the ospecfsperformed, but how invisible fhey were in ollowing God fo be the only focus...

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New Members Howdo I get lnvolved? to our Worship Direclor First of oll introduceyourself ond Tripodi contoct her on 8289 8008, Kothy or come olong to so'ne proclises. nights from 7,30to Proctices ore on Wednesdoy 9,30 opproximolely. There isgenerolly o 4 month woiiingperiodbefore justto o new member is ploced on the roster, get fomillor withthe relotionships ond to estoblish membersof Hope Centrol. Proclices night(unless Proctices ore on everyWednesdoy of 7,30 otherwise stoied)ot St,Columbo.slorting possible. fo 9,30 os finishing os close shorpond Theprocticesstorlwitho devotionby eitherthe teom worship leoder or someoneon the worship proyer, by Kothy, followed by specified Worship Ieom 2417olwoys'proys before rve ploy', We ocknowledgethot proyerdoesn't commission the greot work,it lsthe greot work, Much lime in proyerond mediiotionwillolwoys prove lo be jusl os effective, if not more effective, thon ony omount of proctiseos it islhe HolySpirifs thot we seek,Afterwe constitution of our m nistry proy,we runfhroughthe songsthot hove been leodet, chosenby the worship for musicions Proctices ore not the environment to leorntheircroft,lt isthe sole ond singers teom member to responsibiliiy of everyworship be good stewords of theircroft ond seek improvemenloutsideof procticetimes.The procticesore structured to moximize the time for to focus whol God seeks the worship leom to on ochieve for tne Sr:rdoyserv,ce.

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Sundoymoming sound checks ore to Musicions, singers ond soundtechnicions reody to soundcheck by be sel up, tuned ond morning. 9,00om on o Sundoy It is imporlontio note thol lhisisno/ o procticefor 'he musicions or singers, bul o procticefof the to This istheiropporiunity soundiechnicions, check thot eveMhingworks ond to moximize clorityof the overollsoundin orderto odminisler leom to the the vision of the Worship congregolron, we Proybefore we Proy. Beforeony music storts, We oim io hove soundcheck finished|5 minutes priorto when the servicestorts to ollowfor the to wolkin teom to proy ond the congregolion willploy o withoutdistroctions, Soundtechnicions worship cd os ssonos the soundcheck is of worship in complele, to creote on otmosphere preporotion for the meetinE, oll worship teom At the conclusion of the service membersleod by exomple,by helpingto pock up lhe stoge ond soundequipment.Remember we ore Christ likemodelsof lifetronsformotion if there is serving God ond eoch other.therefore. 10help'n whoteve' o need,be prepored
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A nole lo Worship leodets vision for eoch Sundoy, God God hos o porticulor wontsto meet wilh hispeople os o fomilyond il is Leoder,ore cruciolthot you, lhe Worship preporedin orderto bringthem into on of hispurpose, oworeness It is importontto note thot yourioskos o worship first, A builder leoderisto leod lhe musicions withthe housein buildshisfoundotioninitiolly leoderneeds10 mind; in the some woy o worship the the mus,cions so theycon vision inlo build supportiheir ministry. Leoderisto: Therole of the Worship lnspire with vision, Ieoch from God'sword,ond to Lood withsong, Proybefore choosingony songs.SeekGod's fot the peop'e for tne Sunooyjget o desrre vision Spend time in to meet wifh, thot God intends your worship seeking hisfoce ond strengihening teom whot Tell the worship with him, reiotionship the Inspire lhe visionisfor the Sundoy, hos o purpose thot God congregoiionon the doy for them, God'sheortfor the Findscripture thot confirms hissermon Joe obout service, Tolk to Sundoy topic ond get o heortfor whot he'sheoringfrom is teom whot the scripture God, Tell lhe worship the ond use it for meditotionond devotion,Tell them from God's teoch congregotionon Sundoy; word, ond Chooseyoursongsin lightof the vision scnpTUre,

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Whenyou ore leoding,usevocol cues more thon needsto look lf the congregotion hond signols, leoder,they ore tokinglheir up ot lhe Worship ond onlo you, focusoff of whot theyre singing to issecondory Yourobililyto singwiththe singers lhe octuol leodingof lhe congregotion. Despitelhe importonceof usingvocol cues, Hereiso veryessentiol. hond signols ore still colleciionof some thot ore used in our teom,

Go to chorus

Go to bridge

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(Finger wiggles) No music (l\,4oy be followed by Ployquiellyor pointing to o musicion Freeworship to keep ploying)

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A note lo Song Wdters teom members10wfite We encourogeworship songs songsfor the churchos we see thoi originol to ihe churchos o whole.Whoi ore more relevont thon by oeflerwoy fo' our churchto be blessed by itsown members. singingsongsthot ore writfen there iso procedurethot tokesploce for However oll would be songsbeforeihey moke it to o SundoV service, Allsongsmustbe submittedto Kolhylripodi in the form of o lyric sheef, o chord chorl ond o recording ol both chordsond melody.Nothing floshor overlyproduced,justlhe bosicsthot give the feel ond melody of the song,TheWorship the Teom leoderslogetherwilhJoe willdiscuss theology,etc, Once it lyriccontent,musicoiity, hos been opproved,ihe songwillbe printedup to be used Leoders to the Worship ond distributed os they feel led, in the service Whenyou submito songyou ore reollyonly the lyrics ond melody,Chords, submitting to be chonged ore likely ond styles orrongemenls lt isgood fo of the leodership, ot the discretion you listen to hos rememberthot everyolbum been evoluotedbv o p'oducer who hos reviewed of the songsond thot it iso lhe constructton of the lorger common proctice in the interest repefiorre, yoursong os o It isolso imporlontthot you present gifl, A true gift issomething of voluethol isgiven ottoched,Youmustloseownership withno strings is o hord of thot gift once you hove given it, This coll, but yourottitudeshouldbe of wonting10 offerwhoi God hos givento you withoutony need , Ourvision or promotionfor yourself of grotificolion to give ond our obilities on offeringourselves resis you glory, or from ony frustroiion This willsove God if yoursong isn'tchosenor ployed disoppoinlment regulorly in church,

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Song Ownershipond Copyright Policy the nomescreditedto Our policyof determining owningthe song issimpleond withone of contexiond subtexl. exception,lt iso question thingthot iscredited,This Ihe contextisthe first to o could be onyihingfrom o chord progression to lhe song drumbeot,lt octs os on inspirotion process or if ii is of ils simplicity regordless writing in ony woy.The even recordedor published ownership conlexf constifules song "Proise Forexomplej Bill ond Budwrotethe song process begon withBill God", Thesong writing progression ond Budsinging o simple strumming doesn'teven existon over it, Nowthol progression poper but thot progression wosihe contexiso Bill creditedsongwriter, isthe first Subtextiswhot followsthe contexi, Subtextdoes or creditos o not constitute song ownership of whot songwriier os it issimplyon orrongement The only subtexf which consiitutes olreody exists, isthe song ownership is Lytlcsor Melody. This one exception,Chordsor drumbeotsor ony input ond melody hove which isodded ofterthe lyrics been estoblished ore subtexlond not contexl of whetherthey qre recordedor regordless published in ony woy, "Proise lyrics ord meloov for the song Now Bud's but lyrics ond subtext, God" ore whai we consider song thot constitute melody ore the on y subtexl ownership so Budis creditedwiththe songos well 'Proise Bill, God' is now o populorsong ol youth os withchordsthot evenlsthot hos been published to the onesthoi Bill ore completelydifferent ployed when he ond Budwro'le the song but whoeverchonged the chordsisn'tgiveno thol mentionbecouse the new chordsore subtext isn'tlvrics or melodv,

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A listof sourcedmaterial for thishandbook.

Best, R.Towards Excellence Building a Strong\Morshrp Team BlountK. What JesusTaught about Prabe and \Yorshtp Harrison House 20OO Bowat!rC- TheBellever's Gulde To \Vorshrp Kingsway 1986 Pub. R. \Yorshrp Castle, BandHandbook9OOO Haggdrd T. The life Glvlng Church Regal Books 1998 Halord J. \lorshlpHs A4alesty Regal Books 2OO0 Kavanaugh P. \X/orshrpA \X/ay Of LifeChosen Books 2001 Kendrick G. V/orshrp Kingsway Pub.1984 Kroeuter An EffectMe Worshtp T. Developrng /\4inlstry Emerdld Books 1993 liesch B. TheNew Worshlp Baker Books2OO'1 NolandR.The HeartOf The ArtlstZondervan Pubishing House 1999 Redman M. TheUnquenchable WorshlpperKnEway Pub2OO1 TozerA.W. TozerOn Worshtp And Entertalnment Christian Pub. 1997 Worship \x/orshrp Urbana Team Members, Team Handbook lntewasity Press 1998 WarrenR. ThePurpose DrMen Church Zondewan Publishlng House 1995 quotatlons Al scripture fromtheNlV. aretaken

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NOTEVALUES length time values(i.e. The tablesbelow set out ihe most commonnotes used in musicand their respective period silence a of indicates rest, which an equiialent is note value there each For of time held). NOTE EIGIITHNOTE SIXTEENTH NOTE OUARTEN HALF NOTE WHOLE NOTE (Semlquaver) (Quav8r) (Cmlchet) ( M l n l m ) (Semlbrevo)

NOTEREST HALFNOTEREST WHOLE (Minimrest) (S6mlbrove rost)

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t lz\ = 172counts

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pitch.Wl.)ere the second note(s)is not played, A TIE is a curvedlinejoiningtwo or morenoles of lhe same Lut its lime valueis arldedlo that of tl.lefirst note Here are two examples:

2+'l=3counls

2'F1= TCounts

only lhe first note is picked ln both of these examples T I M ES I G N A T U R E S of each plece of music,afterthe trebleclef, ls the time signature At the beglnning

one and the lype of nots Ieceivirrg of lleatsper bar (tlle top number) the number indicates The timesignature example: (ihe For bottom number). beai 4 bealsper bar. 4 - tnl. indicates nole (crotchet) lhat each beat is wprtha quarter tniu indicates 4 note beats per bar,eg o( 4 quarter Thus in t lime theremustbe the equivalent

' 1 2 3

and is i is the most commontime signature by this symbolcalled reprssanted sometimes commontime. Most rock/popsongsare in 4 time

TIME. SIMPLE of whatis called I is an example eighth notesetc) (quarter halfnotes, notes, NOTES on UNDOTTED whenthebeatfalls timeoccurs Simple into bo split quarter can which is notq beat a thebasic BYTwo. ln I timo "uurvnuatis olvtSlBLE "nJ"tfiru
groupsof two thus: NqTE OUARTER NOTE EIGHTH NOTE SIXTEENTH

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timearei and ? of simple examples Othercommon perbar,e.g. notebeats 3 quarter ! indicates

2 quarternote beatsper bar' eg. I indicates

notesas ol eighth into2 groups perbar, canbe divided which quarter notebeats 2 dotted 3 timeindicates such:

$nr
1
1

J.
3 4 5
2 3 4 5 6 1

$n J-Tl J-It
3 4 5 4 4 s 5 6 6
11 t

2 2

3 3

3l 4

NOTE. the beatis a DOTTED TIMEbecause ol COMPOUND 3 is an example NOTE' the beatis an UNDOTTED TIMEbecause of STMPLE i areexamples I anO

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key, it meansthat the rnelodyis based upon notes oi the When musicis talkedof as being in a particular scatenotes (i.e.c, D, E, F, G. ;"j;; ";;; 1orminorscatelwithihe samenu*u ".g- in the key of c, c major and C scale (i.e.sharpened the to belong clo not thannoles that A. and B) willoccur mucn moreriequentty notes). flattenecl (i.e. the notesG, A, B, C, D, E anclFfl will occur frequently). In the keyof G, G scaienoteswi be mostcommon noia' rI o""ro ratherthan F natural.ilowever, rather ihan adrj a sharp io eveiv F il';rii|;"il';;;inut at th ! ieginning ot-the stalf top one) F line placed on the {the a sharpsignis is usedwhereby method an easier o|each|ine|hisisre{erredtoaSlheKEYSIGNATURE:lhusthekeySlgnatureoluma,or|Sri}.

Forall maiorscalesso far discussed' Writtenbelow are the key signalures

C MAJOR G MAJOR

D MAJOR

No SharpsF$ or Flats F MAJOR

F{cll
Bb MAJOR
tt

G11 Fllcfl
MAJOR

F$c$cliDdAtFIcilG$DdAllE$ FIcdc$Dd
Db MAJOR G bMAJOR

A b MAJOR

EbAb

EbAt,Dl,

rbabobeb

abobcbcb Eb

onlythe sharps showing ol the scale, representation is a shorthand It can be seen,then,thateachkeysignature as part ol the included ls not it occurs, or flat sharp an additional liiiots wnicfroccui in that scale.Where be s/ritten the sl]arpsign\n/ill bui is wriilenin the nusic, eg. in the key of G, if a D$ note occurs, kev sionature, of the line as part of the l(ey signature beforethe D note,NoT at the beginning #il;iJt

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"pure' scale with the C majorscale you will notlcethat lhey containtlle same lf you comparethe A minor "relalives"; to as being are refened lhese iwo scales of this, note).Because on a dilferent starting noies(except minorof C majorand vice versa A minoris lhe relatlve MAJORSCALE:C MAJOR MINOn SCALE:A MINOR (Pure) RELATTVE

scale. eg A hamonic major of the same arealsorelatives varialions scale minor andmelodic Theharmonic major. ol C arerelatives minor andA meloclic minor uponthe6th NOTE minor scale which is based is a relative there (and chord) every major scale major Forevery in the lablebelow: Thisis outlined scale, of th6 maior KEY(I) MAJOR
RELATIVE MINORKEY (VI)

Db

rb

Ftl

Gb

Ab

B'

Am B b m B m Cm c i l m D m Dllm E b m Em

Fm F $ m Gm

cilm

below. in th !examplos as illustrated key signature, the same minor share and the relative Boththe malor I VI I VI
I VI C MAJOROR A MINOR G MAJOROR E MINON D M A J O RO N B MINOR

I \.I I VI I VI

OR F MAJOR D MINOB OR Bb MAJOR G MINOR OR Eb MAJoR C MINOR

OR -rHllG A MAJOR {rtHtUI F $ M | N O R -?J-I I VI

E M A J O RO R

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I VI I VI I VI

A[' MAJOR OR F MINON Db MAJOR OR Bb MINOR Gb MAJoR oR El, MINOR

c$ M|NOR ON B MAJOR

I VI

Gil MINoR

OR I FIi MAJOR D$ M|NOR VI

included as partof tlre keysignature. minor key is never 7th notethatoccursin the relative The sharpened you to knowhowto dlstinguish will need l(ey signature, lhe same relative minor share and eachmajor Because thus: given piece key signature of Ffl the if a with For example, keys. the two between

the way of determining E minor. The mostaccurate or its relalive the keyof G malor, either it couldindicate presence (Dfl of of the scale Tlre 7th E minor lor the sharpened note melody the ). kev is lo lool(lhrough likely present, l(ey is more then the note is but not sharpened, key. It lhe 7th minor the lndicate thisnotewill of G major). notes wouldsuggest lhe l<ey D natural maior(i.e. to be lhe relative These chords usually of theprogression. chords {butnot always) is to lookat thefirstandlast melhod Another key is morelikely piece then lhe finishes with Em chords piece. starts and/or the lf the of the key indicate lo be E mlnor.