{"id":18355,"date":"2018-04-28T17:05:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T17:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?page_id=18355"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:33:43","slug":"worship-leading","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/info\/worship-leading\/","title":{"rendered":"Practical Worship Leading Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A comprehensive course teaching the essential practical skills that every worship leader needs<\/h2>\n<p class=\"shopLinks\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/course\/practical-worship-leading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">STREAM<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-iframe-right\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iYTZoWc6H2o\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"shopLinks\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/course\/practical-worship-leading\/\">STREAMING<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A new 20 lesson course on practical worship leading presented by veteran worship leader and multi-instrumentalist Tim Martin.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We cover an essential range of practical skills every worship leader needs, but probably hasn\u2019t been taught!<\/li>\n<li>First we unpack working with songs. How to choose a set list building a balanced and manageable song repertoire for your church. How to pitch songs in singable keys, how to teach new songs.<\/li>\n<li>We explore the practical skills involved in leading songs well, plus teach the skills to train your band to play better.<\/li>\n<li>Advice on team recruiting and team building.<\/li>\n<li>Invaluable music theory to help you transpose songs into playable keys. Learn to alter the chords to reflect different moods and responses.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ve not found a worship leader who wouldn\u2019t want to write songs, but many don\u2019t know how, so we share ways to you get started.<\/li>\n<li>As most worship leaders also sing so we\u2019ve included some vocal warm-ups, exercises. These will help develop your vocal range. We also share tips on how to care for your voice.<\/li>\n<li>As well as singing we\u2019ve included ideas on how to engage your congregation in non-musical expressions of worship.<\/li>\n<li>We also share some invaluable top worship leading tips born out of the collective years of experience of the Musicademy team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The course can be worked through as an individual or together as worship team. At the end of each lesson there\u2019s a practical exercise practical exercise to help build the learning into your team\u2019s everyday skill set.<\/p>\n<h3>Worship Leader Course Content<\/h3>\n<p>20 lessons, each with optional practical exercises, covering the following topics:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Songs<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18358\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/28165009\/18-520x272.jpg\" alt=\"Practical Worship Leading Course\" width=\"420\" height=\"220\" \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to choose the right song key for your congregation<\/li>\n<li>Developing a song repertoire<\/li>\n<li>Introducing and teaching new songs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Song Leading Skills <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beginning and ending songs well<\/li>\n<li>Achieving flow<\/li>\n<li>Playing and singing with meaning and emotion<\/li>\n<li>Introducing spontaneous worship<\/li>\n<li>Worship leading top tips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Essential Team Leader Music Theory<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18360\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/28170033\/08-520x272.jpg\" alt=\"Tips on how to lead worship well\" width=\"420\" height=\"220\" \/> <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transposing chord charts into more playable keys<\/li>\n<li>Re-harmonizing\/Chord substitution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vocal Care <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to look after your voice<\/li>\n<li>Vocal warm-ups<\/li>\n<li>Developing your vocal range<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Beyond Singing <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Broader creative (non-musical) worship ideas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Song Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Practical ideas to help you begin writing songs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Band Skills <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn to play rhythmically and build groove<\/li>\n<li>Understand and use dynamics<\/li>\n<li>Musical communication skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Team Building <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recruiting and evaluating new team members<\/li>\n<li>Building an effective team<\/li>\n<li>Creating worthwhile and efficient rehearsals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Watch on your own or with the rest of your team. Each session includes a discussion or practical exercise so that the whole worship team can work through the topics covered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"shopLinks\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/course\/practical-worship-leading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">STREAM<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comprehensive course teaching the essential practical skills that every worship leader needs STREAM \ufeff STREAMING A new 20 lesson course on practical worship leading presented by veteran worship leader and multi-instrumentalist Tim Martin. We cover an essential range of practical skills every worship leader needs, but probably hasn\u2019t been taught! 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