Free Gospel Piano Lessons - Now Behold the Lamb, by Kirk Franklin - GospelMusicians.com

"It's not surprising that Kirk Franklin's second album, Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas, sold over 500,000 copies in the first 14 weeks after it was released. This album is filled with 11 Christmas songs presented in true Franklin fashion. The album begins with calypso-like music and a sincere Christmas greeting from Franklin. Then the man and his 17 backup singers (the Family) begin singing an abbreviated version of "Silent Night" before proceeding to sing about God's amazing love in "Now Behold the Lamb." For more of Kirk Franklin's Review:

http://music.yahoo.com//read/review//142212843

Here's a video to Kirk Franklin Now Behold The Lamb that I found on line. Gospel Musicians is a great community of musicians who are willing to share what they know about Gospel playing! Listen to Jamal's phat chords!!
Free Gospel Piano Lessons - Now Behold the Lamb, by Kirk Franklin - GospelMusicians.com


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* Chords to Now Behold The Lamb
I posted the chords to this song back in 2007 in the Hear and Play Musician's Zone.

http://zone.hearandplay.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=2491

Here is the song for everybody. Enjoy!!!

"Now Behold The Lamb" by: Kirk Franklin
Key Bb LH/RH

Intro:

D / Bb-F-C
/ F (2x)
Eb-G / Eb-Bb
/ Bb-C-F
F / A-C-F
/ F-F (octave higher)
/ Bb, C
D / Bb-F-C
/ F
Eb-G / C-F
/ Bb-C-F
F / A-C-F
/ Bb, C
D-Bb / D, Eb, D, Bb
Eb-G / F
/ Bb
F-A-C / A
F#-A-C / A, Bb, A, Bb, A, Bb, A
G-Bb / Bb
/ D
Bb /
/ D
C, G, Bb / Eb
/ Bb
F, C / Eb-G-Bb
F / A, Bb
Bb / C-F-Bb
/ Db, Bb
Bb /

Chorus and Verses (from sheet music):

D / Bb-C-D-F Now be-
Eb / G-Bb-C-F hold the
F / G-A-C-F Lamb
/ F-F (octave higher)
/ Bb, A the
D / C-F-Bb Precious
Eb / G-C-F Lamb of
F / A-C-F God
/ F-F (octave higher)
D / C-D-F-Bb born into
Eb / G-Bb-C-F sin that I

F / A-C-F may
F# / A-C-D live a-
G / G-Bb-D gain, the

OR

A / G-C-Eb or A / E-G-B-D may
D / F#-Bb-C-F live a-
G / F-A-Bb-D gain, the

C / Bb-Eb-G Precious
F, C, F / Bb-Eb-F Lamb of
Bb / Bb-D-F God
(repeat many times)

Modulation chord to C:

G / A-C-F

Modulate to C:

E-E / G-C-D-E Now be-
F-F / A-C-D-G hold the
G-G / C-D-G Lamb
/ B-D-G
G-G /
F-F / the
E-E / D-G-C Precious
F-F / A-D-G Lamb of
G-G / C-D-G God
/ B-D-G
G-G /
F-F /
E-E / D-E-G-C born into
F-F / A-C-D-G sin that I

G-G / B-D-G may
G#-G# / B-D-E live a-
A-A / G-C-E gain, the

OR

B-B / A-D-F or B-B / F#-A-C#-E may
D-D / G#-C-D-G live a-
A-A / G-B-C-E gain, the

D / C-F-A Precious
G / B-D-F-G Lamb of
C / C-E-G God

Vamp (don't know what to call this part):

E / C-E-G Ohhh
F / C-F-A Ohhh
F# / C-D-F#-A Ohhh
G / D-G-B Ohhh
B / B-D-G Ohhh
C / C-E-G Ohhh *go to next part from here
A / C-F-G
B / B-D-G
C / C-E-G
(repeat)

Why
E-E / D-E-G-C You love me
F-F / A-C-D-G so, Lord I

G-G / B-D-G shall
G#-G# / B-D-E never
A-A / G-C-E know

OR

B-B / A-D-F or B-B / F#-A-C#-E shall
D-D / G#-C-D-G never
A-A / G-B-C-E know
(repeat)

the
D / C-F-A Precious
G / B-D-F-G Lamb of
C / C-E-G God
(go back to Ohhh or end)

You can also find the chords to the song Now Behold The Lamb at Earnest and Roline Ministries

http://www.earnestandroline.com




http://christianmusic.com/kirk_franklin/kirk_franklin_ablums.htm

* Song from the album:
Christmas (1995)

01. Silent Night
02. Now Behold The Lamb
03. Jesus Is The Reason For The Season
04. Go Tell It On The Mountain
05. They Need To Know
06. There's No Christmas Without You
07. O Come All Ye Faithful
08. The Night That Christ Was Born
09. Thank You For Your Child
10. Love Song
11. Silver And Gold

http://music.yahoo.com/track/1072025

* Now Behold The Lamb Lyrics

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Now-Behold-The-Lamb-lyrics-Kirk-Franklin/FB3F16D27F99007C48256CC540007E0E0

Chorus
Now behold the Lamb
the Precious Lamb of God
born into sin that I may live again
the Precious Lamb of God (2x)

Holy is the Lamb
the Precious Lamb of God
Why You love me so, Lord
I shall never know
the Precious lamb of God (2X)


Solo1
Now behold the Lamb
the Precious Lamb of God
Born into sin that I may live again
He's the precious Lamb of God

When I always didn't do right
I went left, He told me to go right
But I'm standing right here
in the midst of my tears, Lord
I found You to be the Lamb of God

chorus
Thank You for the Lamb
the Precious Lamb of God
Because of Your grace
I can finish this race
the Precious Lamb of God

solo2
Even when I broke Your heart
my sins tore us apart
But I'm standing right here
in the midst of my tears
I claim You to be the Lamb of God

New life can begin (yeah),
for You washed away, washed away every one of my sins
Whom the Son sets free, is truly free indeed
I claim You to be the Lamb of God

chorus
Now behold the Lamb
the Precious Lamb of God
born into sin that I may live again
the Precious Lamb of God

Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh

Why You love me so, Lord
I shall never know
Why You love me so, Lord
I shall never know
Why You love me so, Lord
I shall never know
the Precious Lamb of God

Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh
Oh Oh Oh

Why You love me so, Lord
I shall never know
the Precious Lamb of God

uh....
uh....oh....
You love me, Jesus
You died for me, Jesus
You shed your blood for me, Jesus On Calvary.


Thank you for Being Born For Me, Jesus
Thank you Jesus
For lovin' me so
Never never never know
For lovin' me so yeah.
Thank you for your blood yeah...
Why you love me so, Lord
I shall never know
the Precious Lamb of God



This is a great song to learn for Easter as well!
Until next time,

~ LadyD

Learn How to Play Piano Church Music by Ear- Shout!

I did not grow up in the church listening to Shouting Music. Nor have I had the opportunity to play Shouting Music. But I am surrounded by so many musician friends who play Shouting Music and play it well! I decided to share a little with you on what I have learned. There is so much info available to us from the pros online!

* T-Block's Ultimate Shouting Music Post
This post is all about what to do with your RH when playing shouting music. You can either play chords or runs in your RH. Here, I am going to focus on the chords. Your main chords for playing shouting music are the minor 1 and minor 2.

Here they are:

Eb-Gb-Bb (1) = Eb minor
F-Ab-C (2) = F minor


http://www.musicianslearningcenter.net/forum/index.php?topic=314.0

Also, you can add the minor 7th note to those chords and play them like that. Here they are:

Eb-Gb-Bb-Db (1) = Eb minor 7th
F-Ab-C-Eb (2) = F minor 7th

You can also play a combination of those chords above. You should really get used to playing those chords forwards and backwards. Here are a few practice sets for you:

/ Db-Gb-Bb
/ C-F-Ab
/ Bb-Eb-Gb
/ Ab-C-F
/ Gb-Bb-Eb
/ F-Ab-C
(repeat)

/ Db-Gb-Bb
/ F-Ab-C
/ Gb-Bb-Eb
/ Ab-C-F
/ Bb-Eb-Gb
/ C-F-Ab
(repeat)

/ Db-Eb-Gb-Bb
/ C-Eb-F-Ab
/ Bb-Db-Eb-Gb
/ Ab-C-Eb-F
/ Gb-Bb-Db-Eb
/ F-Ab-C-Eb
(repeat)

/ Db-Eb-Gb-Bb
/ F-Ab-C-Eb
/ Gb-Bb-Db-Eb
/ Ab-C-Eb-F
/ Bb-Db-Eb-Gb
/ C-Eb-F-Ab
(repeat)


Other RH chords that are used in my shouting music are:

Major 4 = Ab-C-Eb (Ab major chord)
Dominant 7th 4 = Ab / Gb-Bb-C-Eb or Ab / C-Gb-Bb (Ab 7th chord)
Fully diminished 1: Gb-A-C-Eb (Eb fully diminished chord)
*Dominant 7th chord = b7-3-5-1: Example = Db-G-Bb-Eb (Eb 7th chord)
*13th chord = b7-3-13-1: Example = Db-G-C-Eb (Eb 13th chord)

*These 2 chords can be formed on every bass note.

* Shouting Chords- Hear and Play
Jermaine Griggs has written about the Shouting Chord:
"I ALWAYS (I mean always) play this chord at church when playing during a jubilant period of the worship service. It’s simply a dominant chord with an added “flat 5th” tone. Now … the trick is that you don’t play all the tones of the dominant chord. JUST certain tones sound right and I’m going to show you which ones they are below:

In Ab Major:

Bass: There isn’t a particular bass for this chord. It can be played over a “running” bass if it is being used as a “fill-in” for shouting music OR … it can be played in a blues progression. Keep in mind that this chord is just a “fill in.” Play it when it “feels” right…

Right hand: Ab + D + Eb + Gb

Note: This chord should be played on the upper part of the piano (not too high but definitely not too low). Test it out at different locations for the best possible sound, ok?"

http://www.hearandplay.com/main/tag/shouting-chords



Hear and Play offers a Dvd Course just for Shouting Music:


Gospel Keys 500 will show you how to discover the
three main parts of shouting music and what it takes to
master this style of up-tempo playing. With this
over-the-shoulder approach, you will be sure to learn
tons of bass runs, right-hand movements, licks, and
tricks.

Master shouting music by learning never-before-seen techniques. In this
course, shouting music is broken into three key
sections: "The
Shouting Intro," "The
Main Loop Period" and "The
Cool-down." You'll explore each part, step-by-step.
You won't find shouting music taught in these 3 steps
ANYWHERE ELSE!

Added benefit: You'll also learn about the power
tritones in shouting music and how they allow your right
hand to play super-fast movements, fill-ins, and runs
while maintaining the left hand. Other topics covered
are "stride piano," "modulation," "role
reversal techniques," and "linear
shouting styles!"





* God's Gospel

http://www.godsgospel.com/godsgospel_hearandplay_january_2006_newsletter.html
Because shouting music is so repetitive (it's generally the same bass run over and over), you want to include other things (like variations in bass runs and different right-hand chordal movements and fill-ins) to spice things up. Here's what I learned:
Three main parts of shouting music


1) The "Intro"

2) The "Main Loop" Period

3) The "Cool Down"



Part One: The Intro

The Intro is the start of the "shouting" period.

You won't find full-length ascending and descending bass runs like I've posted above.

Instead, you have teasers like:

C -- Db --- D --- Eb. Usually the C and Db are played in pairs and the D and Eb are played in
pairs.


That's your left hand. As for your right hand, as shown in GospelKeys 500, you'll play something
like:

Bb Eb Ab (over the "C" bass from above)

B Eb F Ab (over the "Db" bass from above)

B D F Ab (over the "D" bass from above)

C Eb Ab (over the "Eb" bass from above)


This generally repeats for a good amount of time. The "Main Loop" period will usually follow
right after.



* Jamal Hartwell
Shouting Music

"Of course, what would an old school service be like, without shouting music. The hardest part about shouting music is coordinating your left and right hands. I teach you this. It is also important to learn the difference between the devotional bass line walk and a shouting bass line walk. They are very different and I show you when, and how to use it. The #1 thing for a beginner is coordination and I'll show you the secrets to starting slow and building up to faster coordination tricks. I also teach you the important trick of how to shout in every key and how to find the sweet spots to shouting music."

http://gospelpianochords.com/movements.html

*YouTube - Sam's Gospel Music Course 2008 Basic Shout Patterns

First series of lessons on how to build your shout techniques for organ, keyboard and piano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZfvXQEw9U


* Learn how to play piano church music by ear. Learn worship songs choruses tabs chords notes keys.

Basic Preaching Chords in Bb

LH/RH

D/C-F-Bb
Eb/C#-F-G-Bb
E/C#-E-G-Bb
F/Eb-G-Bb


Bb/Ab-C-Eb-G

Bb/C#-E-Bb
Bb/D-F-Bb

GOSPEL SCALE: Key of Ab
Ab, B, C#, D, Eb, F, Ab
***THIS IS THE STEPPING STONE TO PLAY A RUN!!!

SHOUT/ PREACHING: Key of Ab
*B, Bb, Ab, F (PLAY OVER A BASS LINE) "OR"
*B, Bb, Ab, F, Ab, F#, Eb, D, F#, F, Eb, D, Eb, D, C#, B, Ab
** PRACTICE SLOW UNTIL YOU GET USE TO YOUR OWN FINGERING.

WORSHIP RUN: Key of Bb
Bb, F, Eb, D, Bb
* PLAY UNTIL RUN OFF THE KEYBOARD THEN PRACTICE PLAYING IT BACKWARDS.

Common Chord Progressions

Chord progressions are just a way to get the harmony to support the melody. In any key, if your melody sticks to the key you are in then the one chord will harmonize three notes, the five chord will harmonize two additional notes and the four chord will harmonize the remaining two notes.

So the I IV V chords will harmonize every note in a given melody providing it stays in key. You can replace the two chord for the four chord, so now we get the 2 5 1...

You can expand the one chord, meaning if you are sitting on it for a while
you can play different bass notes under to help create motion. That is where we get the 1 3 6 2 5 1... the vi chord and the iii chord fill in for the 1 chord and the vii fills in for the V chord. The vi chord can also lead to the IV chord.


All this may seem confusing but it all starts with the I chord and the V chord and the IV. If you just use these three chords you can play with most songs. I wrote 3 Chords You Just Gotta know! You can check it out here:

http://zone.hearandplay.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=48

When you get more advanced you can use the 2 5 1 as a little intro to each new chord you will play.

So to introduce the I chord you play ii V and then I... When you want to go to the IV chord you introduce it by playing a ii V I in the key of the IV chord. So if you were in the key of C and you want to go to the F, you introduce the F by playing g min7 C7
Fmaj...2 5 1... Now you have it! 2 5 1 are derived from 4 5 1 and they have over time become embellishments as well static chords to rest on to support the melody.

Where to apply them:
2-5-1 is used most times at the end of a piece of music to resolve the progression back to 1. See both examples below.

No Weapon by Fred Hammond Example-Key of Ab

/Ab, Bb, C – There, is, No
8. Ab-Ab/EbGBbC, Bb, Ab – Weapon
7. G-G/DbFGBb(7), C/DbEGBb(3)- Formed (Circle of 4th – G, C, F or 7-3-6)
6. F-F/EbFAbC(6), Bb, Ab – Against Me
5. Eb-Eb/DbGbBb(5), Ab-Ab/CGbBb(1) – That Shall (Circle of 4th – Eb, Ab, Db or 5-1-4)
4. Db-Db/EbFAbC(4), Bb, Ab – Not Prosper

(Now look at the last five notes of the Ab ex. Above C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab – all using the circle of 4th 3-6-2-5-1)

3. C-C/BbEbAb(3), FCEb/BbCEbAb(6)– Use this chord instead of previous
2. Bb-Bb/CDbFAb(2) – It Won’t
Eb-Eb/DbFAbBb(5) - Work
1. Ab-Ab/EbGBbC(1), Bb, Ab – Weapon

Jesus is Love by Commodores-Key of Ab

8. Ab-Ab/EbGBbC – Father
7. G-G/DbFGBb(7), C/DbEGBb(3)- Help Your (Circle of 4th – G, C, F or 7-3-6)
6. F-F/CEbAb(6) – Children
5. Eb-Eb/DbGbBb(5), Ab-Ab/CGbBb(1) – And Don't let them (Circle of 4th – Eb, Ab, Db or 5-1-4)
4. Db-Db/AbCEbF(4) – Fall

(Now look at the last five notes of the Ab ex. Above C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab – all using the circle of 4th 3-6-2-5-1)

3. C-C/BbEbAb(3), FCEb/BbCEbAb(6)– by the side of the
2. Bb-Bb/CDbFAb(2) – road.
Eb-Eb/DbFAbBb(5)
1. Ab-Ab/EbGBbC(1) – Walk-on

2 5 1 (or ii V I in roman numerals as most theory books will use) is a basic cadential progression throughout music. In other words it leads to a "resting" point, temporary or permanent. The thing is you need to think beyond the ii V I of just the given key (such as in F -- G C F) because, although the song is in F, there may be ii V I patterns leading to other keys.

Take the beginning of "Amazing Grace"

C7 F Cm7 F7 Bb C7 F
A - Mazing Grace How Sweet the Sound

The Cm7 F7 Bb is ii V I in the key of Bb and we have temporarily rested in Bb
Note that IV and ii are almost functionally identical and often interchangeable. A Bb6 chord has the same notes as a Gm7. We could then add a Gm7 between the Bb and the C7 and get a II V I in F.

Am7 Dm7 Gm7 C7 F
Was blind but now I See

Again Gm7 C7 F is ii V I in the key of F.
Note that you could change the Gm7 to a G7

Often ii V I is taught the ii is minor and V is Dominant and I is either Tonic Major or Minor. But actually, they can be about any quality -- the II dominant 7 etc. Note that the Am7 Dm7 G(m)7 progression could be ii V I in G (though functionally here that is stretching things a little bit.

Learn to listen to the bass line for that pattern and note that it may not be in a temporary key of a song.



Another common chord progression is the I IV V IV I... You'll hear this chord progression in Rock, Gospel and Jazz.

Then there's the 12 Bar Progressions, those blues chord progressions.



A great source for these blues chord progressions can be found at the Classic Cat

http://www.classiccat.net/dictionary/chord_progressions.htm



C is the one chord- I Major
Dm is the two - ii minor
Em is the three - iii minor
F is the four - IV Major
G is the five - V Major
Am is the six - vi minor
B diminished is the seven - vii diminished

When you know every chord in the key of C, we can create a chord progression. Here are ten common progressions in the key of C:

I - V
C - G
I - vi - ii - V
C - Am - Dm - G
I - IV
C - F
I - vi - IV - V
C - Am - F - G
I - vi
C - Am
I - vi - ii - vii
C - Am - Dm - Bdim
I - IV - V
C - F - G
I - vi - IV - vii
C - Am - F - B dim
I - ii - V
C - Dm - G
I - vi - V
C - Am - G

Songs which use a simple chord progression (some are above):

1. (I - IV - V) 'La Bamba' - Richie Valens
2. (I - IV) 'You Can't Always Get' - Rolling Stones
3. (IV - V - I) 'Mr. Tambourine Man' - Bob Dylan

My friends over at HearandPlay have posted great information on their blog regarding common chord progressions:

http://www.hearandplay.com/main/learn-these-most-common-chord-progression-types-and-never-get-stuck-again

Stray411 has shared a great video for us on how to build chord progressions using minor chord progressions for an example.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs2Yb3whXDA




Then there are great ear training and fun, free games about learning chord progressions!

http://www.hry.in/Music_Flash_hry_games/20080418/3034.html

Plus, you can print out this great newsletter from Jermaine Griggs on Gospel Chord Progressions.

http://www.hearandplay.com/piano-chords-piano-chord-progressions/gospel-bass-runs.html

So, chord progressions are definitely related to the scale!