{"id":103,"date":"2007-07-20T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/20\/what-happens-when-you-dont-have-a-pianist\/"},"modified":"2011-03-10T21:19:13","modified_gmt":"2011-03-11T03:19:13","slug":"what-happens-when-you-dont-have-pianist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-dont-have-pianist\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When You Don&#8217;t Have a Pianist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Remember to always pray<\/strong>.\u00a0 Pray that God would provide, and pray that you would have the wisdom to rest in Him when He might not.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever heard of an occasion of a church with no piano player, but I&#8217;m sure it has happened.\u00a0 Here are some ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Find great songs that work accapella<\/strong>.\u00a0 Sometimes there is nothing more glorious than listening to God&#8217;s people sing without anything else accompanying them.\u00a0 A great many hymns work extremely well for this.\u00a0 There are also several newer songs that work well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you have a guitarist, teach them to play melodically<\/strong>.\u00a0 Most guitarists are rhythm guitarists, not lead guitarists, so we (myself included) have a hard time playing melodically.\u00a0 Teach them to finger pick, teach them to be able to play a solo line as an intro or outro.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Help the bass player be confident<\/strong>.\u00a0 The piano covers all the octaves, so when there is no piano and perhaps you have a guitar and bass, if the bass isn&#8217;t confident on the low end it will stand out and be distracting.\u00a0 Even if it&#8217;s being able to play whole notes with confidence, teach them to play confidently.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Help your singers be able to hear<\/strong>.\u00a0 The singers will have to tune themselves to the guitar, since there is no piano, so help them get used to that.\u00a0 Spend time in practice without the bass and drums.\u00a0 <strong>Make sure that the bass and drums are not overpowering the guitar, so the singers can hear it<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enjoy your organ<\/strong>!\u00a0 Perhaps you don&#8217;t have a piano because the church isn&#8217;t ready for that transition yet.\u00a0 Pray that God would give you patience and that He would give you great joy in worshiping in a traditional style.\u00a0 <strong>If we rely on style to be able to worship God, our foundations of what worship is have not been laid properly, and will crack and crumble when styles change<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have you ever been a part of a church with no piano or keyboard? \u00a0What did you do to fill in the &#8220;piano&#8221; texture that was missing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 5px 5px 0;float:left;height:50px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/iamanoffering.com\/blog\/what-happens-when-you-dont-have-pianist\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"595\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember to always pray.\u00a0 Pray that God would provide, and pray that you would have the wisdom to rest in Him when He might not. 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