Re: Worship Music
When I have played mandolin with our worship band (in which I usually play lead/electric guitar), I view the mandolin as fitting in the same "space" as the lead guitar. You already have a rhythm/acoustic guitar covering the chords of the song, so there is no need for the mandolin to simply strum and do the same thing.
Instead, I look to do the same thing that I do on lead guitar, which is play little "fills" or lead lines over the basic chord structure. Spaces in between the vocal lines of a verse or chorus, or transitions from verse to chorus or chorus to verse, are great places for these little fills and leads to pop out a little more. I just then do the same type of thing under the vocals, just a little more drawn back.
Hopefully all that makes sense. A good song to describe what I am talking about is "Remember When" by Alan Jackson. The way the mandolin fits into that song is exactly the approach that I take fitting into contemporary worship music.
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