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Sets - The Practice Pad

You might be wondering- what is a practice pad?  Well, the answer lies in understanding why we even need sets.  Typically, worship planners and leaders develop sets as part of a preparation process that allows them and their team members plan and practice through the elements of the set before it is time to actually play or perform in a worship service.  In the old days, one would hand write out a list, type up a list in a word processor, or use some frustrating database program to try to help them generate a song or set list. The idea was to give those people involved the opportunity to see and prepare what they would do for the worship service.  Ideally, you would like team members to have practiced on their own, at home or such, come to a team practice for a group run through the service plan, and finally join together in your worship service for the actual time of worship.

The practice pad is a place for you and your worship team members to see what the worship leader/planner has selected, to listen to the songs in the order they are planned, and to view the accompanying chord charts, lyrics or song documents that are used for each of those songs in the set.

In our example above, the practice pad begins to play the first song in this set list, and the chord chart automatically opens up below it.  As each song plays, the song chord chart appears below the player.  Options for viewing and adjusting the chart are present right on the screen, as are player controls allowing someone to pause, stop, skip, replay or jump to a specific location in a song.

If the practice pad was nice, you may also find that a derivation of it is even more pleasing.  From this screen, you will notice the word "Launch" in the upper portion of the Practice Pad.   Mouse click on the word "Launch".