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NPR‘s All Things Considered reported yesterday on an interesting web-app that allows churches to write or rearrange hymns and easily distribute new music. It’s called SongMap and is available through LifeWay Worship. NPR explains:
The Southern Baptist Convention has introduced a new Web-based application called SongMap, which allows music ministers to rearrange hymns and contemporary praise songs with a few clicks of the mouse. For example, the traditional hymn “Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross” has four verses and four choruses, but the Web site allows a verse to be cut, a chorus to be added or the song to be put in a new key.
When the song is mapped, a window pops up with a dozen alternative segments. Once those are arranged, the score can be printed out for bass guitar, piano and even a trombone. For a fee, you can download the audio of the custom arrangement.
It also takes care of all the licensing and legal stuff for you, and charges you on that basis. Being only moderately musical, I have not tested any of this, but those who lead worship might want to check it out. And feel free to report back in the comments!
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