New Songs to work On (Next Chapel is Feb 1st)

Great chapel this week everyone and great practice on Thursday!  After running through a number of new (and old) songs in practice here's what I'm thinking for new songs to work towards:

Our God Saves  Key of C  Chord Chart

The Happy Song  Key of D  Chord Chart

There is No One Like You  Key of E   Chord Chart

All Who are Thirsty   Key of E   Chord Chart

Jesus We Love You   Key of G   Chord Chart

Chapel Next Week (Jan 12)

Great practice today everyone!  So, to review, the songs we're doing next week are:

Beautiful One   Key of A  Chord chart
L.C. - you do the roll up in this one on your right hand the choruses and bridge.  Notes are E A E.
Everyone, remember the break coming out of the bridges.
Singers - please memorize the words!
Intro - Everyone in big.
Verse 1 - guitars chugging, singers in unison
Chorus - band is bigger, singers still in unison
Verse 2 - guitars chugging, singers harmonizing, clapping, and smiling, everyone building to chorus
Chorus - 2 times
Bridge - 2 times - first time longer notes, second time building
Chorus - with the break
2nd Bridge - 'My soul...'  2 times - instruments - shots
Chorus - with the break
Outro

Happy Day   Key of G  Chord chart
L.C. - you do the alternating finger pattern in your right hand all through this song on the notes D G D.
D.H. - Keep your drum beats relatively simple with the bass drum and rolls.  No harm in that at all, and it will sound better than too much syncopation.  Snare, tom, bass drum build together in bridge.
Intro - Big band
Verse 1 - guitars chugging, singers in unison
Chorus - big band, singers in unison
Verse 2 - band bigger, singers in harmony
Chorus - 2 times, big band, singers harmonizing, smiling, clapping
Bridge - make sure you know the chords here!  
Chorus - just the drums and singers
Chorus - big band
Outro

At Your Name   Key of E  Chord chart
Everyone start big in the this song!
B.S. - Remember to just strum down and play big when you need to
Intro - BIG BAND!
Verse 1 - Singers in unison, band pulls back
Chorus - Singers in unison
Verse 2 - Singers harmonize, bigger band, big build into chorus
Chorus - BIG BAND, singers harmonizing
Bridge - 2 times
Chorus - 2 times
Outro


Lion and the Lamb   Key of E  Chord chart
First verse build big into acapella chorus.
D.H. - This is another one where you can keep your beat simple.  With the build in the bridge you can start with the bass drum on the off beat and cymbal work.  Then a long, big, build with snare, tom, and bass drum together.
Need BOTH keyboards STRONG in this whole song
Intro - Big band
Verse 1 - Singers in unison, band pulled back
Chorus - Bass drum off beat & cymbals, Keys, and singers
Instrumental
Verse 2 - Singers can harmonize, bigger band
Chorus
Bridge - Drums big, long build with bass drums, snare, and floor tom together.  Band builds with drums
Chorus - Band breaks on 'Lion', comes back in FULL ON with 'Judah'
Chorus
Outro.

Songs to Work On

Great practice this week everyone!  Y'all sounded great.  Looking forward, here are the songs we need to be ready to play - in other words you should have these songs practiced up so that we can play them with a week's notice..  That shouldn't be too hard since we were either ready to do them, or we've done them already...

• Beautiful One   Key of A    Chord Chart
• Good, Good Father   Key of E    Chord Chart
• I Will Exalt   Key of D    Chord Chart
• Deep Cries Out   Key of E   Chord Chart
• Let God Arise   Key of E   Chord Chart
• Great Are You Lord   Key of E   Chord Chart
• The Lion and the Lamb   Key of E    Chord Chart
• This is Amazing Grace   Key of D   Chord Chart
• You Are Good    Key of G   Chord Chart

That's a nice little list of songs we already have in our repertoire!  Good enough for an all worship chapel if need be!!

Other songs we worked on this we, or songs we should be also practicing are:

Your Grace is Enough    Key of E    Chord Chart

Happy Day   Key of G   Chord Chart

No Longer Slaves   Key of D   Chord Chart

At Your Name   Key of E   Chord Chart

Nov. 30th Chapel Song Agenda

Hi everyone,  Here's the song agenda for this Wednesday.  Please remember to arrive at the school at 7:15am, bring your earphones, and SMILE!

Beautiful One    Key of A (but starts on D)

• Intro - BIG BAND
• Verse 1 - everyone sings in unison
• Chorus - Everyone sings in unision
• Verse 2 - Everyone sings and smiles - harmonies too
• Chorus - 2 times!  Singers smiling, grooving, and moving!
• Bridge - 2 times - Quiet first time. 2nd time full band and BIG
• Chorus - 2 times
• 2nd Bridge (my soul must sing) - 2 times - All instruments - shots!
• Chorus - everyone end on 'sing'

Joy to the world (Joy Unspeakable Joy)    Starts in G, changes to A

• Intro - BIG BAND - Guitar solo - keys playing chords
• Verse 1 - Singers in unison.  Guitars chugging.  Keys holding back
• Instrumental - same as Intro - BIG BAND
• Verse 2 - Singers with harmonies.  Guitars and keys fuller.  Build BIG into chorus
• Chorus - BIG BAND - singers harmonies.  
• Verse 3 - KEY CHANGE TO A!!   Start really quiet and build through the whole verse.  Drums shots in 'wonders of His love'  
• Chorus - BIG BAND - everyone going for it.  Drums on crash cymbal the whole time.
• Instrumental outro - same as intro.

I Will Exalt    Key of D

• Intro - Keys and a. guitar with cymbals on drums
• Verse 1 - singers in unison.  cymbals on drums.
• Instrumental - same as intro
• Verse 1 - Singers in unison.  Drums playing quiet beat with snare.  Guitars playing quietly
• Chorus - Singers in unison.  Drums a bit fuller but definitely not all the way.
• Verse 1 - Band full sound.  Singers in harmonies.  Building to chorus!
• Chorus - BIG BAND
• Instrumental - keys lead with BRIDGE CHORDS.
• Bridge - At least 4 times! Band quiet first time but building each time.  Singers breathy and in unison to start, but as we build, go for it... in every way.  Focus on God, give him your attention and devotion.  STAY BIG INTO CHORUS
• Chorus - BIG CHORUS
• Instrumental outro - same as intro

Good Good Father   Key of E

• Intro - Keys and A. Guitar start
• Verse 1 - One singer to sing - be prepared everyone.
• Chorus - everyone in unison
• Verse 2 - One singer to sing - again, everyone be prepared.  Others who aren't 'singing' should still be singing, just no mic!
• Chorus - 2 times - All singers in harmonies.  Big Band
• Bridge - 2 times - BIG BAND
• Verse 3 - Everyone quiet.  (its love so undeniable...)  TZ to start singing.  We'll join her in the second time through 'draw me'
• Chorus - 2 times
• Bridge
• etc.

New Songs for Nov. 30th

Hey everybody - great chapel last Wednesday as discussed in practice.  Great practice yesterday as well!  We'll arrange them fairly close to how we played them in practiced.  Here's the songs to work on for the Nov. 30th chapel:

Beautiful One   Key of  A  Chord Chart

Joy to the World    Key of G, A   Chord Chart

I Will Exalt    Key of D   Chord Chart

Good Good Father    Key of E   Chord Chart

Chapel Wednesday Nov 7th Song Agenda

I'm looking forward to Wednesday, and I hope you are too.
Everyone remember to RELAX and SMILE!!!!!!
Here's the song agenda for chapel:

Let God Arise   Key of E

• Intro - Instruments BIG.  E.Guitar solos.  Drums - once you get to the rock beat use either open high-hat or crash cymbal
• Verse 1 - Everyone sings in unison.  Keys - organ playing the whole time like you have been.  Keys - synth - hold off on your part until 'our God is a God who saves'
• Chorus  - Instruments - whole notes on chord changes (drums, cymbal crashes on chord changes).  Singers all in unison
• Instrumental - Same as beginning - all instruments BIG
• Verse 2 - Everyone sings.  Both keyboards playing.
• Chorus - 2 times - Singers
• Instrumental to bridge - Whole notes again - drums, cymbal crashes on the chord changes.
• Bridge - 3-4 times - Singers in unison first time.  Drums quiet first time, but building every time.  REALLY BIG bridge last time!
• Chorus - Acapella until 'Our God Reigns...' and then we're all big
• Instrumental outro.  E Guitar solo.  Band is BIG.  Singers are clapping, grooving, and dancing!

Deep Cries Out    Key of E

• Intro - Instruments BIG.  E. Guitar solos.  Tambourine!
• Verse 1 - Everyone sings in unison.  Keys - organ plays.  Keys - synth - wait to play until 'We're stirring up...'   No tambourine.
• Chorus 1 - Singers in unison.  Instruments going for it.  Tambourine!
• Verse 1 - Every sings - melodies too.  Keys, same as first verse.  E. Guitar chugging.  Tambourine with snare
• Chorus - 2 times - Singers grooving and smiling and harmonizing.  Tambourine!
• Bridge 1 (We're falling..)   Tambourine with snare
• Bridge 2 - I think everyone knows what to do (Please do something!  Don't stand there and do nothing - do the actions if nothing else!)   Tambourine building like you did in practice.  Simple first, then getting busy.
• Instrumental - E. Guitar solo.  Watch for my signal to go back into the chorus.  Tambourine!
• Chorus - everyone big.   Tambourine!
• Instrumental outro.  E. Guitar solo.  Band big.  Big long crash on the cymbals at the end.  Tambourine!

I'll talk here a little bit so keyboards can change their patches.

Lion and the Lamb   Key of E

• Intro - Big instrumental intro (drums too!)  Keys - synth and E. Guitar soloing.  Tambourine on off-beats (like in practice)
• Verse 1 - Drums - steady rock beat, no syncopation with the bass drum.  Guitars chugging
• Chorus - Mostly just vocals.  Drums, keep bass drum and high-hat going.  Then we'll build back into...
• Instrumental - band is BIG - just like start of the song.
• Verse 2 - Drums - steady full rock beat, building to the chorus.  Guitars, chugging but bigger.
• Chorus - Big Band,  Singers - full melodies.  Tambourine on off-beats (like in practice)
• Bridge - 4 times, building every time to REALLY BIG last time
• Chorus - First line is acappella, then band back in BIG on 'Judah'.  Tambourine on off-beats (like in practice)
• Instrumental outro - big band.  Keys synth and E. Guitar soloing.  Tambourine on off-beats (like in practice)

Great Are You Lord   Key of E

• Instrumental - Keys - piano starts us, drums, bass and A. Guitar playing as well, but quiet.
• Verse 1 - 2 times - Singers in unison.  Drums subdued. 
• Chorus - Singers in unison.  Band still quiet (holding back).
• Verse 1 - Drums playing full beat.  E. Guitar swells.  
• Chorus - 2 times - Band is BIG.  E. Guitar power chords.  Tambourine!
• Bridge - 4 times - Starts quiet, but building all the way through until we're all out before going back into chorus.  Tambourine playing on last bridge.
• Chorus - 2 times - Totally going for it.  Everyone.  Tambourine!

New Songs to Practice!!

Hi Everyone!
We had a great practice today, running through probably close to 10 new songs and choosing for to work on for our next chapel.  They are:


Let God Arise    Key of E    https://youtu.be/TrKdcfWwhLM   Chord Chart

• Keys - one on organ and the other something electronic
• Drums - This song is a good workout.  Try to do EXACTLY what this drummer does in every section of the video.  Its a bit of a listening exercise, but a great learning exercise too.
• E. Guitar - You can have lots of fun with this song.  You're carrying this song  :-)

Deep Cries Out    Key of E   https://youtu.be/CkJH3zGM-cs     Chord Chart

• Drums - Same idea as the last song - this song will make you sweat.  Try to do EXACTLY what this drummer does in every section of the video.  Its a bit of a listening exercise, but a great learning exercise too.
• E. Guitar - Learn the solo at the beginning.  In the verses you'll be chugging the chords.  Chorus and bridge you be playing full power chords
• Keys - one of you on organ an the other doing something electric sounding 

Lion and the Lamb   Key of G   https://youtu.be/rT-HulZ6TQA   Chord Chart

• Drums - With the exception of the 'hiccup' beat in the verses (don't do that), learn this song EXACTLY as this drummer does it in the video.  Again its a good exercise.  Notice how he has certain beats that he's consistent with in certain sections of the song.
• Keys - one with a piano/pad sound.  The other with an electric sound like they have going in the first verse.  We'll have to find the right patch.
• E. Guitar - see if you can learn the solo licks.  You'll be playing power chords in the chorus.

Great are You Lord    Key of  E  https://youtu.be/4EDr0GVhFFg   Chord Chart

• Drums - notice where the drummer does NOT seem to play.  Listen how he builds from there, and how he (again) has certain beats for certain parts of the song.  The consistency the beat is key for the drummer and the bass player to stay in synch.  Practice the builds.
• Keys - again, the beginning and the bridge are integral parts for you to know.  Maintain a E bass all the way through the bridge.
• E. Guitar - Swells in the quiet parts of this song, but when it gets big, you're playing power chords!