Our next chapel is this Tuesday! We'll be doing the set we've been working on. I bought santa hats for everyone. You're going to love them, A! Please remember to be at the school at 7:15 sharp Tuesday morning as we have to set up the system, do a sound check and a run through.
Some reminders and thoughts I had about our coming set after the last practice:
- Electric guitar - maybe listen to the videos (Joy, Unspeakable Joy in particular) a couple more times before Tuesday and see if you can nail those parts. I could see you were still searching for the right frets last Tuesday. Also remember in Undignified you are just doing single notes with the bass, not chords, during the intros and the versus.
- Drums, excellent country beat in The Happy Song! Remember in Undignified to play a straight, steady, driving beat in the chorus. In the intro and versus I think in practice you were doing quarter notes on the high hat? We'll try eighth notes on the high hat in the warm up Tuesday morning.
- Bass - great feel as well in The Happy Song. For I Exalt Thee - ensure that in the first verse and first chorus you are providing us with a solid foundation by playing full (well plucked) notes on the chart and not playing any passing notes (notes that aren't written in the chart). Once we get into the second verse and beyond, you can ad lib some more with the exception of the walk-ups in the verses (no bass walkups for 'for thou oh Lord...' and 'You are exalted for above...' )
- Everyone...
- Remember to smile, move, relax, have fun, and clap where you can in the first 2 songs!
- Remember in The Happy Song we're doing that special ending with the chord shots G, A, and D - watching the drummer as we do them cleanly :-)
- Joy to the World - we're ending with the voices only on the 'chorus' - Joy, Unspeakable Joy
- I Exalt Thee we will also be ending with just the voices after our big build.
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