{"id":17114,"date":"2016-02-02T14:23:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T14:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?page_id=17114"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:34:53","slug":"worship-band-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/info\/worship-band-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Worship Band Skills | Worship Team Training from Musicademy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The essential course for your entire worship team<\/h2>\n<p class=\"shopLinks\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/course\/band-skills\/\">STREAMING<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>A step-by-step course teaching the practical band skills that turn you into a seasoned musician and invaluable worship team player<\/h3>\n<div class=\"video-iframe-right\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k33jsE9TAFQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"shopLinks\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/course\/band-skills\/\">STREAMING<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This comprehensive 5-hour course, available on 3 DVDs, as downloads and also via our subscription service features the following topics:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stage placement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who stands where and why &#8211; exploring sight lines, instrument and amp placements<\/li>\n<li>Hearing everyone and ending volume wars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Timing, tempo and tuning<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Developing your internal sense of time<\/li>\n<li>Choosing song tempos and changing a wrong tempo<\/li>\n<li>Typical tempo issues and playing with time<\/li>\n<li>Tuning tips and issues for every instrument<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Understanding and building groove<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Finding your instrument\u2019s rhythmic role<\/li>\n<li>Building right rhythms in different song types<\/li>\n<li>Creating musical space<\/li>\n<li>Identifying where rhythms go wrong<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Working with incomplete ensembles<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-iframe-right\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_07.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Filling up the sonic spectrum<\/li>\n<li>Covering for missing instruments<\/li>\n<li>Working with too many of the same instrument<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Playing dynamically<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Types of dynamics<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17131\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_23-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Worship Band Training Course\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_23-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_23-175x98.jpg 175w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_23-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_23-900x506.jpg 900w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_23.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Using volumes and subdivisions<\/li>\n<li>Range, colour and texture<\/li>\n<li>Tension and release<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Communication and listening skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forms of planned and spontaneous communication<\/li>\n<li>Developing listening skills<\/li>\n<li>Learn to lead and follow musically<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Going beyond the mechanics of music<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conveying meaning and emotion<\/li>\n<li>Matching lyrics and theme with the music<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17133\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_03-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Praise band training\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_03-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_03-175x98.jpg 175w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_03-520x293.jpg 520w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_03-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_03-900x506.jpg 900w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bs_03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Using sounds and chord substitutions to create different emotions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Plus<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On screen graphics for enhanced learning<\/li>\n<li>Demos, play alongs and downloadable practice materials<\/li>\n<li>30 exercises for your worship team to use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All worked out step-by-step, using worship songs and hymns<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Worship team training: who is it for?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/store\/uk\/worship-band-skills\/worship-band-skills.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17138\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Worship-Band-Skills-from-Musicademy-520x708.jpg\" alt=\"Worship Band Skills Training from Musicademy\" width=\"250\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Worship-Band-Skills-from-Musicademy-520x708.jpg 520w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Worship-Band-Skills-from-Musicademy-147x200.jpg 147w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Worship-Band-Skills-from-Musicademy-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Worship-Band-Skills-from-Musicademy-900x1226.jpg 900w, https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Worship-Band-Skills-from-Musicademy.jpg 881w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This course is suitable for singers and musicians of all ability levels and styles. Designed for contemporary bands, orchestral teams and blended ensembles.<\/p>\n<p>With video lessons, on-screen graphics, tips,\u00a0ideas and 30 worship song based exercises for\u00a0your team to try.<\/p>\n<h3><em>&#8220;The most useful worship team training course I&#8217;ve found&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Whether you&#8217;re a small worship group just starting out or a seasoned large worship team, there is so much in this new Band Skills set for you to learn from. It&#8217;s clearly come from real world experience of both leading worship and hands-on training that Musicademy have run themselves.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s all helpful when watched as an individual, this course comes into its own when you use it as a team; with thought provoking questions and guided exercises to discuss and apply what you&#8217;re learning as you go through it. There&#8217;s enough material to use across four or five different team evenings at least.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve used various resources over the years with our 30+ people worship team, but this is far by the most practical and applicable I&#8217;ve seen.<\/p>\n<p>If you were wondering what would\u00a0take your worship team&#8217;s band skills to the next level, you&#8217;ve just found it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simon Patrick, Worship Leader, King&#8217;s Church, High Wycombe<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The essential course for your entire worship team \u00a0STREAMING A step-by-step course teaching the practical band skills that turn you into a seasoned musician and invaluable worship team player STREAMING This comprehensive 5-hour course, available on 3 DVDs, as downloads and also via our subscription service features the following topics: Stage placement Who stands where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Practical Worship Band Skills | Worship Team Training from Musicademy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A low cost training course teaching the skills that turn you into a seasoned musician and invaluable worship team player. 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