Question: How does Music Discipleship relate to grade exams or such other syllabi from other providers? The key thing is that Music Discipleship (MD) is not the usual kind of ‘examination syllabus’. It’s best to start from the main ‘Salt & Light Discipleship’ (SLD, see this). MD is part of SLD. SLD is not a ‘syllabus’. In most churches, it will be much more a small-group effort, and it might be best to take a step at a time rather than decide the plan right from the start. They might regard it important to take time to pray about it, […]
Music discipleship
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This is a first look at ‘syllabus’. It’s in the title but it’s not a syllabus. What I have here is some useful ideas about the syllabus. Following feedback I will provide more information to explain, clarify and support others test and implement this. Primary ideas Music Discipleship goes ‘hand in hand’ with discipleship – for clarification I have referred this as ‘salt & light discipleship’. For easier reference Salt & Light Discipleship is SLD, Music Discipleship is MD. MD cannot be independent of SLD since it is in your continuing maturity as a child of God that you carry […]
A bit more thoughts on music discipleship. Let’s make use of the song / hymn Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart. For the one who plays on the keyboard, piano or organ, they might take this opportunity to learn the basic harmony of F major. It gives them more than that, for example First inversion C major on the left hand, second bar: The use of Eb harmony, flattened 7th, for dramatic effect, see below. The use of II7 – V7 – I resolution, e.g. bars 8 to 9, see below. For the guitarist, some will struggle playing F and […]
As a church community, we should identify and nurture singers and musicians similarly to supporting them grow in the world. I want to focus on music discipleship. This could be central to a person in his/her development in their music activities – knowledge, relationship (friendship, ensemble, community) as well as artistic and technical skills. ‘Discipleship’ – this probably can be explained as living a life that recognises Jesus as your Lord and following his teaching, and him as saviour in the way he leads a perfect life that pleases God and reaches out to others because they need him. Others […]