Music for Church Services
Order the music by liturgy, choose keys for the congregation, and separate live from recorded rights.
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- 礼拜配乐 · 会众诗歌 · 现场扩声
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- 2026-10-31
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The audio list for a service
A service runs on its liturgy: prelude, processional, hymns, offering, around the sermon, communion, recessional and postlude. Players receive charts in the chosen key, chord sheets, and written intros and interludes; the sound team receives every track, backup accompaniments and a microphone list. In-room, streamed and archived uses are usually three separate permissions, and a live licence does not cover an uploaded replay. Every item on the run sheet carries key, tempo, length and who starts it.
Order the music by liturgy
Get the run sheet and confirm each song's place and length with the service leader. Set the congregation's comfortable range and choose keys on the low side. Prepare intros, interludes and modulations so songs neither stop dead nor crash into each other. Then walk the room: check microphones, backup tracks and stream level, and agree on the cue that starts each song.
Keys, charts and the room
Keep the run sheet in Planning Center or on paper, chords in OnSong or MainStage, backups in Ableton Live or on a spare phone. Write the organ and piano parts into the chart so the left hand does not fight the bass. Take a separate mix from the console for the stream; Ozone applies light limiting only, so the congregation is not squeezed out.
After the service
| Item | Music | Length | Approach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prelude | Instrumental | 3–5 min | Establish the key of the day |
| Processional | Congregational song | 3–4 verses | Key suited to voices |
| Offering | Instrumental or choir | 3–4 min | Do not cover the offertory words |
| Communion | Long instrumental | 8–15 min | Loopable, easy to end |
| Recessional | Congregational song | 3–4 verses | Bright, no lingering |
| Postlude | Instrumental | 5 min | Room to leave |
When the congregation cannot reach the top, transpose on the spot rather than explain afterwards. Check the balance of choir and congregation in the replay; the stream mix and the room mix are different jobs.
Two kinds of risk
A song licence may cover projection in the room while streaming and recording need separate clearance, with words, music and arrangement counted separately. An organ prelude uses a copyrighted arrangement and the upload is flagged. A backup track loses power, the piano takes over, and the key does not match. A wireless microphone picks up the room next door during the sermon. The congregation is so loud in the stream that only reverb remains.
Listen in the library
All tracks from midicn-lib — inline badge is the license tier (C1 commercial / C2 non-commercial / C3 study only).
Along the same line
Sources
- CCLI 公开的教会音乐授权说明，涉及投影、直播与录制。
- 美国版权局关于宗教场所音乐使用的公开资料。
- 教会现场扩声与直播混音的公开制作指南。