How to Whoop Like a Black Preacher
Many people contact me wanting a step by step method to learn to whoop, here is the outline of a method.
The first thing you must do is listen to other preachers who whoop. But not just listen, you need to closely analyze the preacher to seek to understand what and how the preacher is doing what she or he does. Listen for changes in volume. Listen for changes in pitch. Listen for changes in the rate of speech. All of these things will help you get a deep understanding of what happens in the whoop.
In addition to close listening, you want to listen to a lot of different whoopers. You want to get some idea of the wide variety of approaches to whooping that are out there. These wide variety of approaches will help you find your own voice as a whooper.
The next thing to do is to sing. There is a connection between singing and whooping. Listen to Jerry Black as he sings and then listen to how he whoops. There is a connection. Now you may not ever sing a solo, but you need to sing as a member of the congregation and as you go along. Sing spirituals, sing the great hymns of the Christian faith, and sing the Gospel Songs. Sing Andre’ Crouch and Fanny Crosby.
Yes whooping and singing are not totally separate endevors. Listen to how the singer and the preacher both make use of dynamics. Listen to how they both make use of pitch change. I even hear preachers making key changes. Singing and Whooping has so much in common, you need to look at them both.
Ok, you have begun singing and have gotten a feel for how your voice works, and you have listened to other whoopers. Now you need to practice. Don’t censor yourself. Just practice. Take a paragraph of sermon and just start playing around. When I used to play the trumpet, I practiced for at least 30 minutes a day. However, many preachers don’t practice at all. While you practice, I encourage you to listen to yourself carefully to see how it sounds.
After having practiced, it is time to incorporate whooping into your sermons. It is time to find times to add rhythmic changes. Add pitch changes. Add notes to your preaching. Don’t force it, but in front of your congregation, allow the musicality to flow.
Please to succumb to the temptation of using whooping to cover up a lack of preparation. Perhaps we all have heard whoopers who obviously haven’t done the preparation necessary to preach an effective sermon to the people of God. Then these preacher simply start whooping and the people go wild. However, during the week when pain and trouble come the people haven’t been given the tools to deal with the world because the preacher decided to serve slop and then try to put cream over it. We as preachers have been called to give the word that is needed, a sweet whoop does not discharge us of this duty. If you whoop, please whoop with integrity!
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