Tips On How To Make Mistakes & Undermine Your Confidence On the Organ This Sunday

Here’s a list of how to make lots of mistakes this Sunday.

If you would like to leave church after the service feeling like a failure, please follow the following bad advice closely!

Be too aware of making mistakes.

Be too sensitive about what other people say to you about your playing.

If you make an error let it dwell in your mind and distract your concentration.

Take advice from everyone - after all - you’re only there to serve, right?

Let the Vicar control the amount of verses (on the fly) when playing choruses and/or singing the last verse again!

Play a difficult piece for your standard because you are embarrassed about repeating an easier piece that you played recently.

Allow the congregation or choir to lead you - being indecisive is a great way to “cock things up” big time!

Leave the preparation of the music to the last minute.

Enjoy Saturday evening (or night!) just a little too much and see double on Sunday morning - easily done!

Be intimidated by all who tell you that they would be doing the organist’s job but they don’t have the time to practise.

There are many ways to undermine your confidence and plenty of people around to point out how wonderful the organist is in the church down the road.

If you are thin skinned and over sensitive, being a church organist can be a heavy cross to bare. However, don’t give up - get organised!