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I want to share with you today the top 10 characteristics of worship songs. I believe it's really important for us to know what identifies a worship song if we're going to be writing them for our congregations.
Jan 18, 2010 · A good worship song shares the same qualities as any well written song, but it has certain specific characteristics not necessarily found in some of the others. A worship song is like a greeting card to the Lord from all of us. It speaks not just to us, but for us, providing a way to express ourselves to the Lord together.
Last week’s post discussed ways to find potential new songs for you to use in worship. Today we will look at some tools to evaluate the songs you discover to see if they are useable in your church’s worship.
May 20, 2024 · What Makes a Song Good? What makes a congregational song “good”? We’re going to look at two characteristics briefly and then spend most of our time on the third.
- The Technical Aspects of The Song
- The Music
- The Lyrics
These are the easiest to look at because they’re the most objective. Here’s some questions to ask yourself: 1. Is the range of the melody in a congregation friendly range? Congregations can comfortably sing within a range of B flat below middle C to the D a tenth above that. You can possibly push it a step or two beyond those boundaries briefly, bu...
Here’s where it begins to get subjective. Personal preferences are important, as I believe that God can use them to help guide us to the right songs, but we can’t rely on them alone. You have to look at the whole picture, because it’s easy for us to get in the way. Personal preferences are important, as I believe that God can use them to help guide...
Lyrics are a critical component of a successful worship song. A church’s theology comes as much from its music as its sermons. In fact, the argument could be made that music is even more powerful for two reasons: 1. because sermons get preached once and songs get sung over and over and 2. because people will often come across the songs in different...
Jun 6, 2007 · A good worship song shares the same qualities as any well written song, but it has certain specific characteristics not necessarily found in some of the others. A worship song is like a...
Dec 1, 2006 · We need to understand how lyrics work in songs for worship. There is a poetic aspect to them that helps us see truth from a new perspective – not new truth, but a new way of looking at it that helps us see another facet of the truth. That’s one of the differences between poetry and prose.
