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A look “Under the hood” at Worship Backing Band<\/h2>\n

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We thought we’d share the thinking behind the arrangements of some of our recent MultiTracks. You’ll see a consistent pattern regarding how the original recording are so often too high for congregational worship. Would love to hear your thoughts. Even if you are not a user of Worship Backing Band this makes for an interesting debate about some of the biggest current worship songs.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0Lift My Hands<\/h2>\n

In this tracks we take most of Chris Tomlin’s\u00a0arrangement\u00a0but bring the key down to a much more congregation friendly key of A and slow build the dynamic of the song to a huge\u00a0crescendo.<\/p>\n

Before the Throne of God Above<\/h2>\n

We love this new hymn but there are so many different versions of it we took great pains to build what we\u00a0consider the definitive arrangement,\u00a0incorporating\u00a0lots of the best\u00a0bits and a few new\u00a0twists. So we’ve keep the\u00a0original\u00a0chords, alongside some verses pedalling the tonic to add tension and release and\u00a0added\u00a0a brand new guitar motif\u00a0plus the new chorus section from the Shane and Shane version too.<\/p>\n

Here For You<\/h2>\n

Matt Redman has\u00a0produced\u00a0a\u00a0terrific\u00a0arrangement\u00a0so we\u00a0didn’t\u00a0change the\u00a0structure, but it’s generally considered a bit too high for most congregations so we’ve taken it down to B which is as low as the guitars could go and still preserve the feeling of dropping down low when the song goes to chord 4, which is very much part of the feel of the song.<\/p>\n

Christ is Risen<\/h2>\n

Matt Maher’s modern hymn is a congregational keeper but in the original the majority of the melody is soooo high that most congregations will really struggle. So we’ve taken it quite a way down to D which should be much more singable but allows room to breathe and space for the ending when the melody really starts to push people’s vocal range. One of the biggest challenges was to radically change the guitar driven chord shapes but still keep the same feel. We’ve think we’ve cracked it and hope it works for you too!\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jesus Saves<\/h2>\n

In this fabulous Tim Hughes song we’ve adjusted the arrangement slightly to make it more congregationally friendly by taking out a few of the intro and instrumental sections and \u00a0taken the key down a bit to B to make it more singable as well.<\/p>\n

I Will Follow<\/h2>\n

Again here we’ve stuck with Chris Tomlin’s arrangement but taken the key down a whole 2 tones to G to make it much more singable. One of the hallmarks of Chris’s sound is his heavily layered production. This sounds huge on radio but is often very difficult to pick out individual parts for the band. We’ve gone to great lengths to to keep the original vibe but give you nice clear, easy to understand instrument parts too.<\/p>\n

Stronger<\/h2>\n

This very hymn like Hillsong track works well across multiple age groups in church but again the key can be a bit high, so we’ve brought it down to Bb and made the arrangement and instrument parts very easy to follow.<\/p>\n

Sing Sing Sing<\/h2>\n

Another Chris Tomlin classic that\u2019s often way too high for most churches so we’ve recorded a whole 2 tones lower in C but still tried hard to keep the big, strong ‘up’ dynamic alongside some clear, easy to replicate instrument parts. Remember that by using the MultiTrack Player you can solo any instrument to help you pick out the part.<\/p>\n

Sing To The King<\/h2>\n

A more old school style worship song by Billy Foote and made known through the Passion movement. This one was of the easiest to reproduce as the best known original version was live and so suited a real congregation. We’ve kept it in the original key of E but added some\u00a0additional\u00a0instrument parts to help fatten the sound.<\/p>\n

One Thing Remains<\/h2>\n

This great track is typical of Jesus Culture in that has very simple lyrics and chords and slowly builds the dynamic through the whole song into a huge ending. Here we’ve recorded it in Bb to keep the range singable but trimmed the structure of the intro, instrumentals and band only sections to keep it focussed on parts that the congregation can sing. If you want to do the anthemic 20 minute version just use the Pro Wav Player to keep looping the sections!<\/p>\n

Click through to the links below to listen to samples and also to buy:<\/p>\n

You’ll find links to these and all our other MultiTracks here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy all 10 of these tracks and a 20% discount<\/strong>\u00a0will be applied at the checkout. Do remember to buy a\u00a0Multi-user license\u00a0(one per track) if you are going to have these on more than one computer.<\/p>\n

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