The baal t’fila needs to know his audience in the shule. He needs to pick a tune that people know. He needs to sing it in the proper key, so that people will be able to sing along. (Many a baal t’fila will sing in a key that is too high.) He needs to pick faster tunes in the summer, because it’s late and people don’t want to dray out the davening with slow songs. Ultimately, the baal t’filla can only do so much, but if he knows what he’s doing, people will sing along.
