What Happens When You Don’t Have a Guitar Player?
One thing I should have mentioned at the beginning of the week, to do in all of these cases is pray. Pray for these players to show up. God will provide.
Here are some ideas for what to do when you don’t have a guitar player:
- Ask your youth leader. More than likely one of the youth is learning how to play. Invest time in that youth. See if the church will help you financially invest in getting lessons for the youth.
- Teach your piano player to play rhythmically. Often times piano players play only by note and play way too many notes. Teach them to drive the music with the chords instead of the notes. There are times when many notes are important, but with the faster songs that you would want a guitarist for, the piano player can drive the rhythm if taught how to do it.
- Don’t pick guitar-driven songs. Songs such as “God of Wonders” and “Everlasting God” have a very distinct sound that is created by a specific strumming pattern from the guitar. Avoid picking songs that have a definite and prominent guitar strum. It is nearly impossible to re-create certain guitar strums on the piano.
