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REHEARSAL
ACADEMY

Complete training for every tribe member. Tools, vocal training, ear training and more. For ministers, not just musicians.

Vessels Unto Honour
Worship First
Excellence Always
Ministers Not Musicians
Sound Tribe (Gbish!!!)
Vessels Unto Honour
Worship First
Excellence Always
Ministers Not Musicians
Sound Tribe (Gbish!!!)
Practice Tools

Rehearsal Tools

Professional tools for every tribe member. For real worship pad sounds → Open Worship Pad App 🎵

Full Metronome

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BPM · 4/4 Time

Pitch Pipe — Real Sound

Tap any note to hear the real Reawaken Foundations pad for that key. Use it to tune your voice or instrument before rehearsal.

Tap a note above to hear the real pad sound

Make sure your Reawaken Worship Pads MP3 files are in the same folder as this page.

Song Key Finder

Tap the notes you can hear in the song — we'll identify the most likely key for you.

Tap the notes you can hear:

Vocal Training

Vocal Warm-Up Guide

⚠️ Why You Must Warm Up

Your voice is a muscle instrument. Just like an athlete stretches before a race, a singer MUST warm up before rehearsal or ministry. Skipping causes vocal strain, cracking, and long-term damage. Always warm up — even for 5 minutes.

🌅 Stage 1 — Wake Up the Body (5 mins)

Basic

1. Neck & Shoulder Rolls

Tension in your neck tightens your voice. Do 5 slow neck rolls to each side. Roll shoulders forward and backward 5 times each.

2. Yawn-Sigh

Open your mouth wide as if yawning, then release a slow sigh from high to low pitch. This opens the throat and relaxes the larynx. Do 5 times.

3. Lip Trills

Blow air through closed lips so they vibrate (motorboat sound). Glide from low to high and back. One of the safest warm-up exercises. 2 minutes.

4. Humming

Hum gently with lips closed. Feel vibration in your lips and skull. Go up and down slowly. Warms the voice without straining. 2 minutes.

🎵 Stage 2 — Vocal Exercises (10–15 mins)

Basic → Intermediate

5. Ma-Me-Mi-Mo-Mu Scale

  1. Start on a comfortable low note
  2. Sing: Ma – Me – Mi – Mo – Mu going up the scale
  3. Move up one semitone at a time
  4. Stop when you feel any strain — never push
  5. Come back down the same way

6. The 1-3-5-3-1 Arpeggio

On "Ah", sing the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 3rd, 1st notes of the major scale. Move up a semitone each time.

Do – Mi – Sol – Mi – Do (C – E – G – E – C)

7. Octave Jump

Sing from a low note up to its octave and back. Use "Ah" going up and "Oh" coming down. Trains your chest-to-head voice transition.

8. Sirens (Glissando)

Slide your voice from your lowest comfortable note all the way to your highest and back. Use "Wee". Loosens the full range.

9. Staccato Run

Intermediate

Sing 5 notes of the scale in quick, bouncy separated notes on one breath, back down. Builds agility, breath control, and flexibility.

🔥 Stage 3 — Ministry Preparation (5 mins)

Advanced

10. Pray Over Your Voice

Before you minister, dedicate your voice to God. "If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use." — 2 Timothy 2:21 (KJV)

11. Run Through the Song Key

Find the key of the song you'll lead. Sing the scale up and down in that key. Hum the melody lightly before you open your mouth to minister.

12. The Final Check

  1. Is my throat relaxed and open?
  2. Can I hit the highest note without straining?
  3. Is my body posture upright and open?
  4. Am I breathing from my diaphragm?
  5. Am I spiritually prepared?
Know Your Voice

Vocal Range Finder

📖 What Is Vocal Range?

Your vocal range is the full span of notes your voice can produce — from your lowest comfortable note to your highest comfortable note. Knowing it helps you choose the right songs and right keys.

🎹 Interactive Range Finder — Real Pad Sounds

Tap each note to hear the real Reawaken pad. Mark your lowest (green) and highest (red), then tap Find My Range.

🎼 Voice Types Explained

👨 BASS (Male) — E2 to E4

Deepest male voice. Rare, rich, foundational.

👨 BARITONE (Male) — G2 to G4

Most common male voice. Warm, smooth, versatile.

👨 TENOR (Male) — C3 to C5

Highest male voice. Bright, strong. Ideal for lead worship vocals.

👩 ALTO / CONTRALTO (Female) — F3 to F5

Lowest female voice. Dark, powerful. Amazing for harmonies.

👩 MEZZO-SOPRANO (Female) — A3 to A5

Most common female voice. Rich, warm, versatile.

👩 SOPRANO (Female) — C4 to C6

Highest female voice. Bright, soaring. Carries above everything in worship.

Foundation

Breathing & Posture

💨 The Diaphragm — Your Real Voice Engine

Most untrained singers breathe from their chest. Professional singers breathe from the diaphragm. This gives more air, more control, more power, and protects your vocal cords.

How to Check Your Breathing

  1. Place one hand on chest, one on belly
  2. Take a deep breath in
  3. If CHEST rises — wrong (chest breathing)
  4. If BELLY expands outward — correct (diaphragm breathing)
  5. Practice until belly breathing becomes natural

🧘 Breathing Exercises

1. The 4-7-8 Breath

  1. Inhale for 4 counts — belly expands
  2. Hold for 7 counts
  3. Exhale slowly for 8 counts — belly contracts
  4. Repeat 5 times. Builds breath control for long phrases.

2. The Hiss Exercise

Breathe in fully. Release air as a slow hissssss. Make it last 20 seconds. Then 30. Then 40. Trains breath management and support.

3. Sustained Note Challenge

Intermediate

Sing a comfortable note on "Ah". Time how long you hold it cleanly. 15 seconds = minimum. 25+ = strong. 30 = excellent.

🧍 Correct Singing Posture

Stand tall — spine straight, shoulders relaxed
Feet shoulder-width apart for solid grounding
Chin parallel to the floor — not tilted
Mic at chin level, angled slightly upward
Never hunch shoulders on high notes
Never press the mic against your mouth
Musicianship

Ear Training

👂 What Is Ear Training?

Ear training teaches your ears to recognise musical patterns — intervals, chords, scales, and melodies. A musician with a trained ear can hear a song once and know the key, harmonise without sheet music, and catch mistakes instantly. This is the most important skill no one teaches.

🎯 Interval Recognition Game

Listen to two notes and identify the interval. Score as many correct as you can!

Score: 0 / 0

🎼 Intervals You Must Know

Major 2nd — Whole step

Do-Re. Very common in melodies. Bright, stepwise motion.

Major 3rd — Happy step

Do-Mi. Bright, joyful. The backbone of major chords — most common gospel sound.

Perfect 4th — Strong movement

Do-Fa. Very common in worship melodies and harmonic movement.

Perfect 5th — Power & triumph

Do-Sol. Open, powerful. Foundation of worship pads.

Octave — Highest satisfaction

Do-Do. Same note doubled. The most satisfying resolution in music.

🎤 Harmony Training

Intermediate

How to Sing in Thirds (Most Common Gospel Harmony)

  1. Find the melody note being sung
  2. Count up 4 semitones (Major 3rd) from that note
  3. That note = your upper harmony
  4. OR count down 3 semitones for lower harmony
  5. Practice: melody sings Do, you sing Mi above it

Daily Ear Training Habits

  1. Listen to a worship song and identify the chords (I, IV, V, vi)
  2. Hum a harmony line over any song you hear
  3. Try to play any melody you hear on the keys by ear
  4. Record yourself — identify pitch problems honestly
Music Theory

Sight Reading Basics

🎼 Reading a Chord Chart

Key of G: G = I (Home — most stable) C = IV (Movement — goes somewhere) D = V (Tension — wants to resolve) Em = vi (Emotional — minor colour) Example: | G | C | G | D | | Em | C | G | D |

Numbers allow musicians in any key to play the same song instantly.

🎵 Note Values

Whole Note = 4 beats ████████ Half Note = 2 beats ████ Quarter Note = 1 beat ██ Eighth Note = 1/2 beat █ Sixteenth Note = 1/4 beat ▌

🎯 Sight Reading Steps

Basic
  1. Look at the key signature first
  2. Identify the time signature (4/4, 3/4, 6/8)
  3. Clap or tap the rhythm before singing notes
  4. Sing slowly — prioritise rhythm over pitch first
  5. Add correct pitch on second pass
  6. Combine both at performance tempo
Level Up

Advanced Vocal Techniques

⚡ Runs & Riffs

Advanced

How to Learn Runs Step by Step

  1. Start slow — sing the scale notes in the run separately, clearly
  2. Once each note is clear, connect them slowly
  3. Gradually increase speed until fluid
  4. A run must START and END on a chord tone (root, 3rd, or 5th)
  5. Practice the pentatonic scale — most gospel runs live in it
  6. Record yourself always

Basic Run Pattern

Key of C, on "Praise": Slow: C – D – E – G – A – G – E – D – C Fast: slide through smoothly on one breath

🎤 Mixed Voice

Advanced

Mixed voice blends chest voice power with head voice lightness. Most untrained singers either strain or flip into falsetto. Mixed voice eliminates both problems.

The "Gee" Slide Exercise

  1. Start on a mid-range note and say "Gee" (like "geese")
  2. Slide upward without changing the sound quality
  3. Don't let it flip into falsetto — maintain the chest-like quality
  4. Repeat daily. Mixed voice strengthens over weeks.

🙌 Vocal Health

Hydrate — warm or room-temp water always
No shouting before or after ministry
Sleep — 7–8 hours minimum for recovery
Honey & warm water before ministry
No dairy before singing — creates mucus
Pray over your voice — it belongs to God
Instrumentalists

Instrument Training Guide

🎹 Keyboardists & Pianists

Basic → Advanced

Daily Warm-Up — Run All 12 Major Scales

Before playing any song, run through all 12 major scales. 10 minutes daily changes everything in 30 days.

C Major (both hands): Right: C D E F G A B C Left: C B A G F E D C

Chord Voicings for Worship

  1. Learn shell voicings: root + 3rd + 7th. Clean, cuts through mix.
  2. Learn sus2 and sus4 chords — the signature worship sound
  3. Learn to play in all 12 keys — never be limited to C and G only

🥁 Drummers

Basic → Advanced

The Basic Worship Beat

4/4 time: Kick: 1 . . . 3 . . . Snare: . . 2 . . . 4 . Hi-Hat: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Master at 60 BPM before increasing speed.

Dynamics — Your Most Powerful Tool

Know when to play softly, when to build, and when to explode. Dynamics make the difference between a drummer and a worship musician.

🎸 Guitarists & Bassists

Basic → Advanced

Guitarists: The CAGED System

Learn the 5 chord shapes (C, A, G, E, D) and how they connect across the fretboard. This unlocks the entire guitar.

Bassists: Lock with the Kick Drum

Lock with the kick drum. Where the kick hits, your bass hits. Bass + Kick = The heartbeat of worship music.

🙏 The Minister's Mindset

Your instrument is not just a tool — it is a voice in the spirit realm. Before you play, pray. While you play, listen to the Holy Spirit. The best moment is when people forget the player and encounter God.

"If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work." — 2 Timothy 2:21 (KJV)
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