Church singing

 Hi Camille

I currently play piano for my church and am wanting to start helping out by singing too. I find playing piano and singing at the same time difficult even though I have watched the videos on those techniques. But I find when the church congregation sings I cant hear myself at all! How do I know I'm in the correct pitch? 

Hi Jamie,

It's a complex skill to acquire! My best advice is to keep your piano playing very simple at first and aim to make one element (either singing or playing) as "automatic" as possible so you don't have to spend a lot of mental energy on both simultaneously. 

As for hearing yourself, is there a monitor on stage? If not, are in-ear monitors an option? Let your sound engineer know what's going on and they can help!