I Love You, Lord

 It's a beautiful thing, to worship the Lord. You know, it just changes you somehow. I've played with the worship team for so many years and have watched people just stand right where they are, with hands lifted up, and begin to worship their God. It truly is a beautiful thing. But I can't help but wonder if perhaps I'm being changed also, as I watch them worship the King of Kings.

Here's an old song, quite simple in lyrics and meter. It was written in 1978, I Love You, Lord.
I Love You Lord - Various Artists

Maranatha Music.

1. Key of E from Worshiparchive

    E
I love You, Lord
      B    E
and I lift my voice
   A  E    F#m
to worship You
E    A       B     
o my soul, rejoice!
     E                B    E
Take joy, My King, in what You hear,
            A      E     F#m
may it be a sweet, sweet sound
B       A    E
in Your ear.
  

2. I Love You Lord, Jason Morant Ultimate guitar

A    A/B      A/C#
I love You, Lord
   D          F#m
and I lift my voice
   D  A/C#     E/B
to worship You
A/C# A E/B     E/A E/G#   D  C#m B  A
o my soul, rejoice!
      A  A/B   A/C#     D       F#m
Take joy, My King, in what You hear,
               D  A/C#     E/B
let it be a sweet, sweet sound
              F#m  D  A  C#m
in Your ear.
  
   F#m           D        A         C#m
I Love You Lord Yea I love You Lord yes I Love You Lord

3. I Love You, Lord Christian Guitar
Words and music by:  Laurie Klein

     D
I Love You, Lord
    A7         D
and I lift my voice
   G       Em
to worship You
     A
o my soul, rejoice!
     D                A        D
Take joy, My King, in what You hear,
              G       F#m  A
may it be a sweet, sweet sound
        G  D
in Your ear. 

4. I Love You, Lord Ultimate Guitar

intro: C#m B E (x2)

 C#m
i love you lord
      B      E
and i lift my voice
   F#m  E  B
to worship you
B
oh my soul rejoice
 C#m
take joy my king
  B      E
in what you hear
           F#m    C#m    A
let it be a sweet sweet sound
B  C#m
in your ear

I like to play this sweet song in the Key of F. Here are the chords I play:

F2
i love you lord
      Gm/F      F
and i lift my voice
   Bb  F/A  Gm7
to worship you
F/A   C7sus   C  Bb/D
oh my soul rejoice
 C/E  F2
take joy my king
 Gm/F       F
in what you hear
 F7          Bb    F/A    Fsus/G
let it be a sweet sweet sound
G7      Bb2/F  F2
in your ear

Wow Worship

 Chord Breakdown

FCF/AF     I love you, Lord and I

FDF/BbG  lift my

FCA/CA    voice to

BbFBb/DBb wor-

AFA/CA     ship

GDF/BbG   You,

AFA/CFA    O my

C/FBbC       soul re-

C/EC            joice, D/FBb

E/GC            take

FCF/CF        joy, my King in

FDF/BbG     what You

F/CA            hear

A/EbFA       may it be a

BbFBb/DBb sweet,

AFA/CFA     sweet

GF/BbC        sound

C/GE            in, /AF

C/BbG          Your

FD/FBbCF    ear

FC/GAC

Do you remember this one and have you had the opportunity to play it in your ministry? I think sometimes singing a simple song acapella can be so powerful, too. Here's a resource you may be interested in. I have a couple of Fake Books in my library. Do you use them?
The Praise & Worship Fake Book: An Essential Tool for Worship Leaders, Praise Bands and Singers!

St. Coloman Church, Oberb... Buy From Art.com

Blessings,






"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

Related articles

• How To Play Holy Is The Lord

Free Improv Book Plus Children's Jazz

Recently, I came across a book review that caught my eye and LOVED it! Naturally, I just had to reblog about it. Yes, I am on http://pinterest.com/ladydpiano/ and you can see the board that I post about music books for children there. This particular post is about John Coltrane's Giant Steps. You can see the entire review at turtleandrobot.wordpress.com

Are you familiar with the song Giant Steps? The raindrops provide the tempo, the box is the foundation and the snowflake is the harmony. Oh, and the kitten is the melody. It's a picture book for ages 4 and up. The reviews are 4/5 stars.

John Coltrane's Giant Steps

If you are serious about wanting to learn this song and mastering it,
here is a link, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coltrane_changes


* Friday Freebie Improv Book *

You don't want to miss this!

Richard Grayson provides a link for his free improvisation handbook.
Offered at http://musicmattersblog.com/2013/01/23/free-improvisation-handbook-by-richard-grayson/

Basically, you'll learn Pentatonic scales and how to improvise using just 4 chords.  

Free Music Coloring Pages

http://www.coloring.ws/music1.htm 

coloringplanet.com

Free printable coloring pages 

So, I will say this a million times over... I highly recommend and endorse Mr. Willie Myette for Jazz instructions. You can find him at http://www.jazzpianolessons.com/ No, I am not an affiliate partner and yes, I used to be one of his students and am familiar with his lessons and products. I watch his videos on YouTube when I have the time (after all, I am a grandma of 5) and I think he is the best Jazz teacher online. So, if you like Jazz, please take the time and watch his style.

 This hardcover book is about Florence Mills artistic life in New York. The book received 4/5 stars.

Harlem's Little Blackbird So,  Jermaine Griggs over at Hear and Play has made available a music resource for the vocal artists called Vocals. I believe it's a 10 Disc system of learning.

John Coltrane - Giant Steps

Oh, another book about music that I reviewed... just in case you missed the blog post,
Book Review: Blueprint By Kirk Franklin Oh, how I love this guy. Do you have a favorite gospel song of his?

Blessings,






"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

How To Play Holy Is The Lord

English: Chris Tomlin performing a concert in Johnson City, Tennessee, November 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 One of my favorite worship songs from Chris Tomlin... I know it's so hard to choose but I like Holy Is The Lord. Of course I change my mind every week on this but I've been playing Holy Is The Lord for quite some time now in all different keys and it is a fun one to play. Do you have a favorite Chris Tomlin song... which one?

Here's a chord chart I found from a very cool site that has a large assortment of songs of various artists. If your interested, just check out this gold mine of resources at http://iwillworship.com

VERSE:
G              C2          Dsus
  We stand and lift up our hands
        G/B        C2          Dsus
For the joy of the Lord is our strength.
G        C2       Dsus
  We bow down and worship Him now.
    G/B        C2         Dsus
How great, how awesome is He.

PRE-CHORUS:
                A7   C2
And together we sing,
         A7   C2
Everyone sing,

CHORUS:
            G    C2    Dsus
Holy is the Lord God Almighty,
    Em7      C2              Dsus
The earth is filled with His glory.
            G    C2    Dsus
Holy is the Lord God Almighty,
    Em7      C2              Dsus
The earth is filled with His glory,
    Em7      C2              Dsus
The earth is filled with His glory.

BRIDGE:
     G         D/F#
It’s rising up all around,
         G             C2
It’s the anthem of the Lord’s renown. (repeat) 

And they were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." Isaiah 6:3

 Holy Is The Lord 

 (Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio)

Key of Bb, 4/4 

Bb              Eb2          Fsus
  We stand and lift up our hands
        Gm7        Eb2          Fsus
For the joy of the Lord is our strength.
Bb       Eb2       Fsus
  We bow down and worship Him now.
    Gm7        Eb2         Fsus
How great, how awesome is He.

PRE-CHORUS:
                C7   Eb2
And together we sing,
         C7   Eb2
Everyone sing,

CHORUS:
            Bb/D    Eb2    Fsus
Holy is the Lord God Almighty,
    Gm7      Eb2              F
The earth is filled with His glory.
            Bb/D    Eb2    Fsus
Holy is the Lord God Almighty,
    Gm7      Eb2              Fsus
*The earth is filled with His glory,
    Gm7      Eb2              Fsus
The earth is filled with His glory.*

BRIDGE:
     Bb         F/A
It’s rising up all around,
         Ab2             Eb
It’s the anthem of the Lord’s renown. (repeat)  

Arriving

Here's the chord breakdown to the song in Bb 

Bb/DFBb       We stand and

Eb/EbGBb      lift up our

F/BbCF           hands, for the

G/FBbD          joy of the

Eb/EbFBb       Lord is our

F/BbCF           strength

Bb/DFBb        We bow

Eb/EbFBb       down and

F/FBbD           worship Him now

G/FBbD           how awe-

Eb/GBbEb       some is

F/FBbC            He. And to-

F/FBbD            gether we

C/EGBbC         sing        Eb/EbFGBb

Eb/GBbD          ev'ry one

C/EGBbD,C      sing       Eb/EbFGBb

Eb/GBbD          Holy is the

D/DFBb            Lord

Eb/GBbF           God

Eb/GBbD          Almight-

F/FBbC              y, the

G/FBbD             earth is

Eb/GBbD          filled with His

F/FAC              glory.

F/FAD              Holy is the Lord

Eb/GBbF          God

Eb/GBbD         Almight-

*F/FBbC            y, The

G/DFBb           earth is

Eb/GBbD         filled with His

*F/FBbC            glory, the

G/FBbD           earth is

Eb/GBbD        filled with His

F/CFAC           glory. It is

Bb/BbDF        rising up

A/FAD           all around; It's the

Ab/AbCF       anthem of the

Eb/EbGD       Lord's renown. It''s

Eb/EbGBb     ri-

Bb/BbDF       sing   A/FAD up all around, it's the

Ab/AbCF       Anthem of the

Eb/EbGBb     Lord's renown, and together we sing

So, there it is in the key of Bb. Be sure and stop by the community of Gospel learners and sign up for $1.00 at gmtc and you might want to purchase some Gospel Core Essentials

Words to Live By: Faith Buy From Art.com

Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.” – Revelation 4:8 (NIV)

Blessings,
            





"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

Related articles

• Casting Crowns: Who Am I