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Final Flashcards

1
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Some instruments serve primarily…

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One function. Others serve more than one

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2
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Each member fits into a specific place in the…

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Frequency/ Pitch Spectrum

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Bass Guitar:

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  • Lower frequency
  • Harmonic Foundation
  • Links Rhythm with harmony and melody
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Drummer

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  • Full Spectrum Bandwidth
  • Keeps Pulse
  • Protects Beat
  • Drives song forward
  • Establishes the feel
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Keyboardist:

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  • Full spectrum frequency bandwidth

- plays chords and fills in melodic parts on occasion

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In the context of a worship band, keyboardist often must stay in the…

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Middle frequency bandwidth to avoid playing over other musicians

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7
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Many keys players see themselves as…

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Only piano players

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Piano is one of the sounds we use, but to think of yourself as a “piano” player will…

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Inhibit your thinking with regards to the rest of the sound spectrum available to keys players

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Other keyboard sounds:

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  • synths
  • leads
  • pads
  • moving pads
  • Rhodes
  • electric pianos
  • organs
  • harmonium
  • strings
  • brass
  • effects
  • delays
  • overdrives
  • filters
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Electric Guitar:

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  • near full spectrum frequency bandwidth
  • “Maverick” of the group
  • percussive, melodic, harmonic
  • rhythm-foundational chord structure
  • Lead-melodic
  • percussive-rhythmic texture
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Acoustic Guitar:

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  • Middle to upper frequency bandwidth
  • percussive, melodic or harmonic
  • often follows a drummers kick, snare, and hi-hat
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Percussionist:

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  • rhythmic elements
  • often complementing the drummer
  • adds extra elements of texture and complexity to the sound
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13
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Sound engineer:

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-takes the raw sound of each band member and further enhances the relationship in the frequency spectrum

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You must be constantly working with your sound engineer in order to…

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Ensure your equipment, tone, and proper role is been efficiently brought out for the song

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15
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A good sound engineer is your only link to…

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How your tone translates to the congregation

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16
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The band is only as good as…

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Their sound operator

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17
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Two most important aspects to a great sounding musician

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  1. play in tune

2. play in time

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18
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Play in tune-

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Own a tuner

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19
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The closer to being perfectly in tune you are…

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The better you and your worship band will sound.

Especially live horns and strings.

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20
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Play in time-own metronome.

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  • Play to the pulse of the song.

- be consciousof attacks and release and turnarounds

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21
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Practice time trick:

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Try to practice 20 minutes instead of 2 hours. After 20 minutes you usually feel propelled to practice much longer anyway

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22
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Repetitiveness:

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Is the key to learning half of what’s out there. Add to your practice routine the word “repeat”

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23
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Adopt the overlearn concept

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To get stuff down to where you can play it without thinking about it, you must over learn it

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24
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Sharpen your memory and…

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Have greater success on stage and in the studio

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25
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Concentrate and listen to the click of the metronome and consciously try to line up your…

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Hands, fingers, or feet to that click

26
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It is possible to seem on with the metronome but…

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Actually be off

27
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When playing in his service, your goal is to…

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Sounds great at all times

28
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You must play within your…

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Present limitations

29
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When you can play or sing that wrist or fill perfectly every time…

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Then apply it to church service

30
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Study and listen to

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Studio musicians

31
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Listen to all styles of music to

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Boost your creativity on your instrument and make you more aware of how to approach the stalls when you confront them in your worship band

32
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Every musician Tinson actually gravitate to

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Other musicians and attempt to emulate their style

33
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Technique

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-The tone of their voice
-The runs they sing
-The fills they play
The sounds they use

34
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Nuance

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The final level that is essential in achieving the same feel as the original artist

35
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Memorize the…

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Structure, chord progressions , grooves, rhythm, feels and licks

36
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What is the element of the song?

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The situation which you are most effective

37
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Every style or genre of music has a different…

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Energy and passion

38
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Come early to rehearsal to

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Set up your gear

39
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Come prepared and know

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Your material before rehearsal

40
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Have a clear idea of what you want to achieve with…

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The time you have and can hear you keep this with your team

41
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Think carefully about the way you structured your rehearsals and set them up in a way…

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That allows you in the team to be the most effective

42
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Praying together as a team for each other or people’s needs…

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Builds trust in unity with the team

43
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Who do you refer to you for final say musically?

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The bandleader

44
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When the band stops…

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Don’t use that time to practice

45
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What is critical to a good band rehearsal?

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Good monitoring

46
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Being creative allows your team to…

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Express their talents and also develop them at the same time

47
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Try to get creative with a song that you have been singing for a while in church so you can…

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Keep it fresh without alienating the congregation

48
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It is always best to you first learn the

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Set arrangement of the song

49
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Attacking release:

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The way you approach a phrase that you are either playing or singing

50
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Attack is easier because it’s

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The beginning of the phrase

51
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Release is…

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How you end a phrase

52
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The purpose of a turnaround is…

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To transition from one section of the song to another

53
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Dynamics are the key to

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Making your worship band sound great

54
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Dynamics

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Playing quietly or with less intensity in certain places in a song and louder and with more intensity in other places

55
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If a band plays a song dynamically

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The song breathes volume wise

56
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Rehearse dynamics of the song until they are…

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Second nature

57
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Don’t confuse volume level with

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Intensity

58
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Thanks to listen for when playing with others:

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  • how loudly they are playing?
  • what are their dynamics?
  • how do they start and end each phrase?
  • where are they accenting?
  • how are they playing the accents?
  • are they playing ahead or behind the beat?
  • do they speed up when they play softer or louder?
59
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Groove:

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The pulse of the song and how the instruments dynamically breathe with it

60
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The groove is created by…

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Tension against even time

61
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The two keys to achieving a personal sound as an individual and as a group are:

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Passion and focus

62
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In a band, there are 3 basic musical functions:

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  • melodic
  • harmonic
  • rhythmic

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