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VOCALS
“THE LION AND THE LAMB” FOR VOCALISTS | Grant Norsworthy
Arranged to enhance congregational singing
Our musical choices can either encourage a
congregation to participate and worship God
I’m excited to share this first installment in a with us through the song, or to listen and
series of videos with the readers of Worship critique us like an audience. Let’s choose the
Musician Magazine. I believe that these former over the latter!
instructional videos offer a valuable resource.
They can assist you as you craft songs that
invite your congregation to more readily find
their own “voice” as they sing prayers, praises,
and reminders of Gospel truths together.
In this installment, we’re focusing on vocals
for the well-known, well-loved, and widely
covered song “The Lion and The Lamb”. This
is not intended to present yet another version
of the song for your listening pleasure. Instead,
these videos demonstrate a musical approach,
applied
specifically
with
congregational
participation as the highest priority.
I feel privileged to have been involved in the
production of these Integrity Music and We Are
First, click this image to watch a whole song
rendition of “Lion And The Lamb” performed by
my Nashville band. We’re playing and singing
the song in a way that, we believe, most
congregations will find inviting and singable.
Worship USA videos.
You can expect to see more from this series
in future issues of [WM]. We’ll be presenting
guiding principles with specific song examples
for drums, bass, keyboard, electric guitar,
acoustic guitar, and vocals.
Stay tuned!
“The Lion and The Lamb”
Words and music by Brenton Brown, Brian
Johnson, Leeland Mooring.
(©2015
Meaux
Mercy,
Thankyou
Music,
The Devil Is A Liar! Publishing, Bethel Music
Publishing)
Next, click this image to watch a tutorial
video for vocalists. This clearly shows the
rationale
and
methodology
behind
the
distinctly “congregational” choices (rather than
“performance” choices) in the following areas:
• key choice
• unifying our vocal style
• consolidating the melody and the lyrics
• harmony vocals
Grant Norsworthy
Grant Norsworthy is founder of More Than Music
Mentor, providing online and onsite training for the
heart and the art of worshipping musicians.
October 2018
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