TUNING IN
[ BEFORE YOU LEAD, BE IN TUNE | Mitch Bohannon ]
Guitar players, musicians, countrymen, lend me if all utilize their own tuner, regular checks to your ears. We’ve come to bury the out-of-tune ensure they are all tuning to 440hz can prove Our eyes need to be tuned in to see the people
instruments, not to play them! The importance to be quite helpful. I even found that issue two that we are leading and the people that we
of being in tune should go without saying, but weeks ago between our youth platform and are leading with as God sees them. Facebook
how many times have you been listening in a live main platform. It’s also good practice to either discussions reveal that many of us have our
music setting and realized that something is out have an onboard tuner or a pedal tuner that is eyes tuned to see the negative, the irritated,
of tune? When we play stringed instruments, ready mid-performance to make corrections. and the unengaged when we are standing
tuning issues can destroy the most prepared Side note – please make sure you don’t allow on the platform. On my Facebook timeline, I
presentation. We can’t really be guitar players the audience to HEAR you tune…MUTE your read stories after complaints after complaints
if we don’t have properly tuned instruments. signal! after stories from worship musicians being
frustrated, hurt, and downright ticked off with
Poorly made instruments and malfunctioning
tuning pegs can be the culprit of out-of-tune Today, I’m headed off to the Dallas Guitar Show the people in front of them and/or beside them
guitars, but sometimes it is a lack of attention and I am stoked! I absolutely love being around on a Sunday morning.
to detail or lackadaisical attitude. all those vintage instruments. Maybe you’re like me and get easily caught up in guitars and Finally, our minds need to be in tune to what
First and most obvious would be to regularly gear. I think we all could take a lesson from we’re doing and Who we’re doing it for. Play
tune your guitar! How many tuner apps have our guitars and make sure we are in tune, as with excellence; memorize your parts! God
you downloaded and deleted? I’ve downloaded worship musicians ought to be. gave us the gift of music and the opportunity to
play and sing, yet sadly, we often give in return
my share… I’ve got to say, one in particular
had a great look to it, however, when I saw Not only do we need to tune our guitars, excuses for why we don’t rehearse or even
the section that would light up telling me I was we need to tune our ears to hear the other listen to the song set posted in Planning Center.
“Close Enough,” I was still laughing as the app instruments and voices on the platform. We can’t have our dial set to “close enough!”
was being deleted! After I deleted it, I felt sad With tuned-in ears, we’ll ensure we are not Our minds need to be in tune with the Lord,
thinking that somebody actually developed a overplaying. Our instrument ought to serve the His word, and the truth within the songs we are
tuner that settled for mediocre guitar playing! song and support the vocals, not get in the way. leading.
play for a church; we play for a King! Do we We need to make sure our hearts are in tune To the worship musician, tuning is imperative.
really want to present less than the best? to God’s leading. When our hearts are tuned Being completely in tune will help us produce
This is Worship Musician Magazine. We don’t
inward, we play selfishly and become a better music; better by Sunday. Let us give
Good practices: On platform, it’s good to have distraction to what God wants to accomplish in attention to being in tune this week as we
ONE tuner that all guitars plug into. However, worship. Also, we lose out on what God wants prepare to lead the church.
to accomplish in and through us!
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August 2017
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