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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 WorshipMusician.com 65