ACOUSTIC GUITAR GOALS   

A Guitar driven song just means the guitar is the main percentage in the %100 rule. This may mean just the acoustic guitar, or it may be just the electric guitar, or it could be both. Guitar driven tends to mean hard driving rhythm strumming.

A piano driven song is just what you’d expect; the piano is the driving force for the song, the main percentage of the %100 rule. The job of the guitarist is to accent or accompany what the piano is doing; so no hard driving rhythm. All of these guidelines become blurry on some songs, so just use good judgment. Less is more.

Here are some more in depth concepts for playing the acoustic guitar to lead a praise team. These are things I’ve been taught by good players, learned by watching and years of trial and error.

These two concepts are adopted first in the heart and then into your playing. I expect to work on these two areas of my playing for the rest of my life. My good friend and fellow worship leader Steve Croft (a fabulous acoustic player by the way), placed a sticky note right on the top of his guitar so that he could read it during the worship service that simply stated “lighter and less”.

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