Pre-Workshop Course · Part 3

Making the Connection

Parts 1 and 2 gave you the foundation. Now put it together — walking through two real Wellspring songs, from chart to instrument to sound.

The Three-Step Chain

Every time you see a number on a worship chart, the same three steps apply — no matter what instrument you play, no matter what key the song is in.

1

See the number on the chart

Find the section you are in. Read the number above the lyric or in the measure.

2

Find it in your instrument packet

Open to the key page matching the song. Locate that number on the page.

3

Play what the diagram shows

Play the chord, note, or groove the diagram tells you to play for that number.

🎵 Song 1 — Praise  Key of A · 4/4 · 127 BPM

Praise — Elevation Worship

Open your instrument packet to the Key of A before reading further. This song will be your 4/4 practice material at the workshop.

Praise — Number Chart, Verse 1

The verse stays on a pedal bass — the 2m/1, 5/1, and 4/1 all have a 1 on the right of the slash. Bass players: you stay on A the entire verse while the harmony moves above you.

Praise — Number Chart, Chorus
The Praise chorus is 6m · 4 · 1 · 5sus4 repeated. In the Key of A that is F#m · D · A · Esus4. Find those four chords on your Key of A page before the workshop.
🎵 Song 2 — One Name (Jesus)  Key of G · 6/8 · 160 BPM

One Name (Jesus) — Naomi Raine

This song is in 6/8 — six beats per measure felt as two big beats. Before looking at anything else, count out loud: 1-trip-let   2-trip-let. That is the pulse of this entire song.

One Name — Number Chart, Intro and Verse One Name — Bridge Build
The bridge repeats X3 with increasing energy each pass. The DRUMS ONLY section is 8 bars of just the drummer holding the groove before the band re-enters. Drummers — the whole band is listening to you in that moment.

Self-Check — Before You Leave

Before the workshop, make sure you can honestly check these off. If you can't check something, go back and review that part of the course.

Can't check everything off? That's fine — and that's exactly why the workshop exists. Bring your questions. The breakout instructors are there to answer them.
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