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5 Tips for Practicing Difficult Parts

Picture this: it’s Sunday morning and your guitarist is staring at that tricky lead line in F# major while your drummer looks lost with a complex pattern they’ve never seen before. Sound familiar? Most worship team members waste precious practice time by jumping straight into full-speed runs of difficult parts, when what they really need are proven strategies to learn faster and play with confidence. These five game-changing practice techniques—from the power of slowing things down to breaking parts into “mental mile markers”—will transform how your musicians prepare, turning stress-inducing rehearsals into confident worship experiences where your team can focus on leading people into God’s presence instead of just trying not to mess up.

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Don Chapman

A prolific arranger and songwriter, Don has had songs published by Word, Integrity Music, G3worship and Worship Today, and has orchestrated music for Christian artists Chris Sligh and Jeremy Camp. He’s been featured on the 700 Club, has been quoted in USAToday and is a guest lecturer at Liberty University.

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