Lockdown singing from St Stephen's Macquarie St Sydney - Music Links

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Welcome

‘Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.’ Psalm 34:3

If you love just humming to yourself, having a sing along on a long car trip or just making music with others then join the Zoom Room Crooners to sing along with like minded friends. You don't have to have a great voice. This is not an attempt to make perfect music (impossible on Zoom) but a way to make imperfect music together, lift our spirits and have fun. Don't expect anything formal or hope to achieve perfection. 

If you'd like to join us go to the St Stephen's Zoom Room on Mon, Wed, Fri at 11am.

Hymns and Songs An assortment of favourite hymns and occasional songs we love to sing. This will open in a new tab or new window

Hymns from Unravelled The hymns suggested in the Unravelled study notes.

Kids Faith Songs A selection of songs kids of all ages might like to sing along to.

A Capella Hymns  Here is the link for a series of a capella hymns presented by Michael Eldridge and found for us by Graham. This will open in a new tab or new window.

Hymns from St Stephen's Uniting Church, Macquarie St, Sydney. Ron is gradually clipping these from his recordings of services and adding words so we can sing along.

Rounds  Great music for singing together in simulated harmony. Both Christian and secular songs.

Bible Storytelling and Parables in song.

RSCM hymn for the day

Let's learn while listening -

Traditional Hymns Vs Contemporary Worship: The REAL Difference - David Wesley

Evolution of Worship Music - David Wesley

Hymns through the ages - Graham will add to this as we progress.



Tips and Tricks

  • Learn to use the mute, share screen and chat features of zoom. We can guide you through this if you need help.

  • Bring along a hymn/song you love so that we can all sing it together

  • Lower your expectations of the music you will make. This is not a live choir.


Process

  • Whoever is on first can start the session and needs to select the next person to present a song. This means that if someone can’t be there, there will always be a host to start with.

  • Whoever is presenting the current song is the “DJ” for that song.

  • Each DJ should line up music and words for the song of their choice before the session. These can often be found via the links above.

  • DJ should “share screen” (tick Computer Sound box) and mute themselves when the music starts. The DJ can also unmute/mute themselves after sharing the screen by 'hovering' the mouse over or touching the screen. This does not mute what is playing.

  • All others mute. This avoids the syncing issues with Zoom over long distances.

  • DJ to start the music for everyone to join in singing.

  • If you get locked into full screen mode, hit the ESC key

To choose a new hymn or song just leave a comment below in the "Comments" section.

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