Come, Now Is The Time To Worship (Chords)

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There's a few standard praise and worship songs that are in the archives of my worship folders. One is Come, Now Is The Time To Worship by Brian Doerksen and Come, Let us Worship & Bow Down by Dave Doherty. I have heard many different beautiful and talented artists perform these songs. Do you have a favorite worship song?

Chords to the song, Come Let Us Worship & Bow Down 

Psalm 95:6,7

These are the chords I found online:

D           Gmaj7           D   A7
Come let us worship and bow down,
       G                Em
Let us kneel before the Lord,
            G  A
Our God and Maker.

    G    D     Em
For he is our God,
    G                        Asus7  A7
And we are the people of his pasture,
        G  A7        D  Bm
And the sheep of his hand,
        G  A7         D  Gmaj7  A7
Just the sheep of his hand.

Chords I'm playing in this praise and worship song:

D           G2      G/B     D/A   A7/G
Come let us worship and bow down,
D/F#       G             Em7
Let us kneel before the Lord,
     Em/D       Gmaj7/B   A7/C#
Our God and Maker.

    G   D/F#   Em7 D/F#
For he is our God,
    G          D/F#         Gmaj7/A  
And we are the people of his pasture,
        G  A        D/F#  Bm7
And the sheep of his hand,
 D/A       G  A         D  
Just the sheep of his hand. 

And then, if you want to modulate a whole step up, 

here are the chords to the song in the Key of E.

E           Amaj7           E   B7
Come let us worship and bow down,
       A                F#m
Let us kneel before the Lord,
            A  B
Our God and Maker.

    A         F#m
For he is our God,
    A                        Bsus7  B7
And we are the people of his pasture,
        A  B7        E  C#m
And the sheep of his hand,
        A  B7         E  Amaj7  B7
Just the sheep of his hand.

So, basically in the Key of D, here's the block chords 

I'm playing. Remember to fill in the melody with the r.h. notes, 

sharping F and C.

L.H./ R.H.

D = DF#/AF#

G2 = GD/ABF#

G/B = BG/D

D/A = A/ ADF#

A7/G = GE/AC#E

D/F# = F#D/ADEF#

G = G/BDG

Em7 = E/BDG

Em/D = D/GBE 

G/B = B/GDF#

A7/C# = C#/EA

D/A = DF#/AF#

G2 = GD/ABF#

D/A = A/ADF#

A7/G = GE/AC#E

D/F# = F#D/ADEF#

G = G/BDG

Em7 = E/BDF#G

Em7/D = D/GBDE

G/B = B/GDEF#

A/C# = C#E/AF#

G = G/BDG

D/F# = F#/ADF#

Em7 = E/BDG 

D/F# = F#D/AF#

G = GD/GBG

D/F# = F#/ADG

G = G/GBE

G/A = A/ GBDF#

G = G/GBD

A = A/AC#E

D/F# = F#D/AF#

Bm7 = BF#/AD

D/A = A/F#

G = G/GBD

A = AE/ACEE

D = DF#/AD

*******************

Come, Now Is The Time To Worship 

© 1998 Vineyard Songs 

D                         Dsus4   D
Come, now is the time to worship
A                        Em7         G
Come, now is the time to give your heart
D                         Dsus4   D
Come, just as you are to worship
A                     Em7          G
Come, just as you are before your God
D
Come


G                            D
One day ev'ry tongue will confess you are God
G                         D
One day ev'ry knee will bow
G                            Bm
Still the greatest treasure remains
                G                A
For those who gladly choose you now 

O.K., so now that you have the online chords to the song,

here's what I'm playing:

D                         Dsus   D
Come, now is the time to worship
A                        Em    D/F#  G2
Come, now is the time to give your heart
D                         Dsus   D
Come, just as you are to worship
A                     Em     D/F#     G2
Come, just as you are before your God
D
Come


G                            D
One day ev'ry tongue will confess you are God
G                         D
One day ev'ry knee will bow
G                    A        Bm
Still the greatest treasure remains
                Em   D/F#    G   Asus A
For those who gladly choose you now

I am playing these chords in the Key of E:

E                         A/E A
Come, now is the time to worship
B                         A2/F#m  E/G#  A2
Come, now is the time to give your heart
E                         A/E A
Come, just as you are to worship
B                        A2/F# E/G#  A2
Come, just as you are before your God
E
Come

A                           E
One day ev'ry tongue will confess you are God
A                         E
One day ev'ry knee will bow
A                           B C#m
Still the greatest treasure remains
                A2/F#   E/G#       B Bsus B
For those who gladly choose you now 

Hope you can use these songs in your worship set.

You may be interested in Urban Xtreme Worship 

Blessings, 

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Altered Chords

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Here are some long over due altered chords to share with you. Thanks for requesting
them. You've got to know your basic chords because when you string them together,
you're playing chord progressions which make up a song!

Wikipedia says:

In music, an altered chord, an example of alteration, is a chord with one or more diatonic notes replaced by, or altered to, a neighboring pitch in the chromatic scale.

Altered chords are thus constructed using the following notes, some of which may be omitted:

• root
• 3
• ♭5 and/or ♯5
• ♭7
• ♭9 and/or ♯9

For more information, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_chord

Altered Chords

Cmaj7 = C/GBE

C6 = C/GACE

C9 = C/EGBbD

Csus2 = C/GDE

Gmaj7 = G/GBDF#

G6 = G/GBDE

G7+5 = G/GBD#F

Fmaj7 = F/FACE

F6 = F/FACD

Fm6 = F/FAbCD

Fsus2 = F/ACF

Dmaj7 = D/F#AC#

D9 = D/F#ACE

D7-5 = D/AbCDF#

Amaj7 = A/G#C#E

A6 = A/F#C#E

A7+5 = A/GAC#F

Amsus2 = A/BCE

Bm7-5 = B/FABD

Gbmaj7 = Gb/GbBbDbG

Gb7-5 = Gb/GbBbCE

From Jermaine Griggs:

Here is a chord progression which utilizes a series of “altered” chords:
In the key of “Db major”:
“Fmin7 (b5) — Bb7 (b9) — Ebmin7 (b5)”
1)
Bass = F
Right hand = Ab + B + Eb
2)
Bass = Bb
Right hand = Ab + B + D
3)
Bass = Eb
Right hand = A + Db + Eb + Gb

 Altered chords are mentioned in a chapter or so in the 300pg Home Course Book

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Since our fingers have different lengths

 Reading Fingering To Piano Music

You will see numbers 1-5 written above or below notes in piano scales
and songs with sheet music. The numbers match and go with your fingers
 and let you know what finger presses the key of the piano.

A Guide To Finger Placement

So, the fingering is the same for both hands:

Thumb: 1
Index Finger: 2
Middle Finger: 3
Ring Finger: 4
Pinky Finger: 5

  Our fingers are of different lengths; the thumbs are shorter than the other 
fingers. Generally speaking, the thumb is the strongest finger of all. The 
thumb, index finger (2nd) and middle finger (3rd) are used the most for 
piano playing. The fourth finger is the weakest and least used.  The following 
are some tips on how to play piano with correct fingering by Yoke Wong.

1. Restrict the usage of thumb on black keys. You may consider using thumb 
on black keys when the following occurs:

• Playing a piece that has all black notes

• Playing chords with all black notes, for example: Gb major chord.

• Playing chords with black and white notes, and the lower note happens to 
• be black note.

The fingers most used to play black notes are the 2nd and 3rd fingers.

2. When playing the melody with the right hand and some keys are out 
of reach, you may move the whole hand to play the note. If the key is only 
a couple of steps down from the thumb, you may use the thumb as an anchor and 
cross the second finger over to reach the note on the left side of the thumb. You do 
not need to move the hand. Just move the second finger over. Once the second finger 
plays the key, the thumb will cross over to play the other note to the left of the key.

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The easiest way to be able to play an entire piece of music with hands 
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6. It's true that changing your fingering for a given passage can subtly and sometimes dramatically affect the resulting sound.  

7. It's o.k. to write down the fingering that you're using during piano practice.

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