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THE APOSTOLIC PRAISE EXTREME CHORUSBOOK The Apostolic Praise© Extreme Chorusbook combines a unique compilation of 300 choruses, written chiefly for those who have gone through the Apostolic Praise© series who wish to enlarge their repertoire of songs. It contains a wide variety of songs, from old standards such as “O I Want To See Him” to Gospel choruses such as “Every Praise” “Let It Rain” and “View That Holy City” to more contemporary songs such as “Jesus Messiah.” However, what makes this chorusbook different is the fact that the songs are not written with just the basic, easy, boring chords, as most lead sheets are. Instead, the songs have been totally re-written with advanced, full- sounding chords, giving the musician that plays them a very professional sound. When the musician plays “O I Want To See Him” the Apostolic Praise© way, it won’t be with just the simple I-IV-V chords. Instead, it is going to have a variety of complex, beautiful-sounding chords that will make the song sound more modern. Also included are some resources on how to transpose songs to different keys, as well as an explanation page for some of the unique symbols that this chorusbook uses. Richard W. Smith www.ApostolicPraiseSchoolofMusic.com Email: [email protected] 650-877-2473 © 2013 Richard W. Smith - Apostolic Praise How To Transpose Songs To Different Keys Imagine that you are the main pianist for your church. One day an evangelist comes to your church and you have to play “Amazing Grace” for his wife, who is going to sing a solo that night. Unfortunately, she wants you to play it in the key of Ab and your church always sings it in F. You have thirty minutes before church starts! What do you do? Ok, true, you could cheat and use the modulation function on your keyboard, but let’s imagine that you keyboard doesn’t have one of those. What now? Let me just tell you, the time will come when you will need to know how to transpose a song into a different key. Here is how you do it. Let’s take “Amazing Grace” as an example. Here it is. F Amazing Grace F2 / / Cm9 / F9○ Bbmaj9 / / F2 / A7b9 Dm7 / / G9○ / / C7sus4 / / C7 / / Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me, Fmaj9 / / Cm9 / F9○ Bbmaj9 / / F2 / A7b9 Dm7 / / G9○ / C7b9 F2 / / Bb/C / / I once was lost, but now I’m found, was blind, but now I see. The first thing we want to do is rewrite the song using Roman Numerals. For example, “F” is the I chord. So in place of “F2” we write I2. “C” is the V chord, so in place of Cm9, we write v9. (Remember, lower case Roman numerals signify minor chords.) Now, we can transpose the song into any key we want. Here is the key of F: F G A Bb C D E F I II III IV V vi vii I Amazing Grace I2 / / v9 / I9○ IVmaj9 / / I2 / III7b9 vi7 / / II9○ / / V7sus4 / / V7 / / Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me, Imaj9 / / v9 / I9○ IVmaj9 / / I2 / III7b9 vi7 / / II9○ / V7b9 I2 / / IV/V / / I once was lost, but now I’m found, was blind, but now I see. Now let’s transpose it to Ab doing the same thing. In place of I2, we write Ab2, and in place of v9, we write Ebm9. (Or you can just line the scales up and replace each note.) Here is the key of F: F G A Bb C D E F Here is the key of Ab: Ab Bb C Db Eb F G Ab I II III IV V vi vii I Ab Amazing Grace Ab2 / / Ebm9 / Ab9○ Dbmaj9 / / Ab2 / C7b9 Fm7 / / Bb9○ / / Eb7sus4 / / Eb7 / / Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me, Abmaj9 / / Ebm9 / Ab9○ Dbmaj9 / / Ab2 / C7b9 Fm7 / / Bb9○ / Eb7b9 Ab2 / / Db/Eb / / I once was lost, but now I’m found, was blind, but now I see. © 2013 Richard W. Smith - Apostolic Praise How To Read The Apostolic Praise 2014 Chorusbook This book was written primarily for those who have completed the Apostolic Praise© series, but it can also be used by those who have not. This page is written for those who have not completed the series. Unique Apostolic Praise© symbols ○ = open position chord (where the hand is more “open” when it plays the chord); For ninth chords, this means the chord is in root position. For suspended 2 chords, this means 1st inversion. Example of 9 in open position: C9○ would be E-G-Bb-D. Example of 2 in open position: C2○ would be D-G-C (Closed position chords are where the hand is more “closed up” when it plays the chord.) Example of C9 in closed position: Bb-D-E-G Example of C2 in closed position: C-D-G (v) = This stands for “vamp.” It means you are playing passing chords on that chord for 2 measures. The basic passing chord is always the IV chord, so your passing chord on a C chord would be an F chord. C (v) = C-F-C-F-C-C-F-C-F C7 (v) = C-F-C7-F-C-C-F-C7-F Cm7 (v) = Cm-F-C7-F-Cm-Cm-F-C7-F This is explained more in-depth in Apostolic Praise 101: A Crash Course in Piano. So if you are unsure how to do this, you need to purchase Apostolic Praise 101. (m-v) = This stands for “minor vamp.” This is when you play passing chords on a minor chord for at 2 measures. For example, the passing chord for Cm would be Bb. (Cm-Bb-Cm-Bb-Cm-Cm-Bb-Cm-Bb) * = This means that you only play the vamp for 1 measure, half of the normal time. C (v)* = C-F-C-F C7 (v)* = C-F-C7-F Cm7 (v)* = Cm-F-C7-F Cm (m-v)* = Cm-Bb-Cm-Bb C / / / = together-right-right-right. This means play on C for 1 measure of four beats. This is kind of self-explanatory. It is explained in AP I. [ ] = The chords inside only receive half a beat. Count: 1 2 3 + 4 + 1 2 3 4 1 C / [Dm-C/E-Dm/F-C/G] C/G / F/G / C © 2013 Richard W. Smith - Apostolic Praise CHEAT SHEET FOR MAJOR SCALES I ii iii IV V vi vii◦ I C D E F G A B C fingering 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 F F G A Bb C D E F fingering 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Bb Bb C D Eb F G A Bb fingering 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 Eb Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb fingering 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 Ab Ab Bb C Db Eb F G Ab fingering 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 Db Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Db fingering 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 Gb Gb Ab Bb B Db Eb F Gb fingering 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 B B C# D# E F# G# A# B fingering 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 E E F# G# A B C# D# E fingering 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 A A B C# D E F# G# A fingering 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 D D E F# G A B C# D fingering 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 G G A B C D E F# G fingering 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 Fingering (Right Hand): 1-Thumb, 2 Index, 3- Middle, 4-Ring, 5-Pinky © 2013 Richard W. Smith - Apostolic Praise THE EXTREME AP CHORUSBOOK INDEX KEY ARTIST 10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord) C Matt Redman - A - Above All Else Ab Adoration Db Again I Say Rejoice E Alabaster Box G CeCe Winans Amazing Grace F Amazing Love (You Are My King) D Anointing C Away In a Manager (Cece Winans) C CeCe Winans Awesome Wonder Eb - B - Because of Who You Are F Behold He Comes D Better Is One Day E Beyond the Open Door F Bless That Wonderful Name F Bless the Lord With Me C-Db-D-Eb Blessed Eb Blessin’ Me F Blessed Be Your Name B Bow Down and Worship Him B Break Every Chain A Breathe Ab Breathe On Me F Breathe On Me E Natalie Grant Broken/Don’t Pass Me By F-Gb-G Indiana Bible College - C - Can’t Nobody F Can’t Stop Praising His Name F Catch On Fire Ebm-Fm Carlton Pearson Chasing After You C VaShawn Mitchell Close To You Db Youthful Praise Closer/Wrap Me In Your Arms Db William McDowell Come Let Us Sing Dm Create In Me A Clean Heart F Donnie McClurkin - D - Daystar Shine Down On Me G Deeper E - E - Evermore Bb Every Praise Db-D-Eb Hezekiah Walker Everything F - F - Faithful Is Our God Bb Falling In Love WIth Jesus F Feel the Nails Eb Ray Boltz Fill Me E Martha Munizzi For Your Glory Ab Tasha Cobbs Forever Reign C Reuben Morgan, Jason Ingram Free To Worship F-Db Eddie James Freedom E Eddie James Friend of God D Israel Houghton From Heaven's Point of View C - G - Get Your Mind On Jesus F Give Him Praises D Give Him The Glory G THE EXTREME AP CHORUSBOOK INDEX - G - KEY ARTIST Give Him the Highest Praise F Give the Lord the Highest Praise Bb Give Us Your Heart G Glorious B BJ Putnam Glorious Day B Casting Crown Glory To God Forever B Steve Fee, Vicky Beeching God Is here Bb Martha Munizzi Great God E Trent Cory Great, Great God E Gateway College - H - Hallelujah Anyhow Bb Hallelujah Praise the Lamb Bb Happy G Tasha Cobbs He Did It All For Me B He Is Eb William McDowell He Is Not Just a Man Bb-C Fred Hammond He Knows My Name F Israel Houghton He Made the Difference Ab James Bignon He Set Me Free F He Touched Me C He's Already Provided C Martha Munizzi He’s The Only Reason I Live F Healing Ab Richard Smallwood Hear Us From Heaven B Heaven’s Jubilee F Here I Am Eb Marvin Sapp Here I Am Gb Tamela Mann Here I Am To Worship F High Places Fm Highly Exalted C-Db-D-Eb-E-F Joe Pace Hold To God’s Unchanging Hand F Holy Holy, God Almighty Am Holy Spirit Rain Down G Hosanna E How Great Is Our God C How He Loves E Anthony Evans - I - I Am Bb-B-C-Db Eddie James I Am Free D Jon Egan/Newsboys I Am Victorious E I Call You Faithful Eb I Don’t Know What You Came To Do F I Don't Know Why Db Andrae Crouch I Feel Like Traveling On G I Feel the Joy of the Lord Ebm I Get Joy Ebm I Give Myself Away Bb I Give You Jesus C-Db I Give You Praise Cm Byron Cage I Go to the Rock Bb Whitney Houston I Got This Eb Dottie Peoples I Have Made My Decision Eb I Just Feel Like Something Good is About to Happen Fm I Know It Was the Blood F I Lift Up My Hands F I Love To Sing Your Praise Lord Bb I Love You Lord Today F I Need Thee Ab I Need You To Survive Db THE EXTREME AP CHORUSBOOK INDEX - I - KEY ARTIST I Need Your Glory Eb I Offer Up This Praise C I See a Crimson Stream of Blood Eb I Surrender All C I Thank You F I Want That Pentecostal Fire Fm I Went to the Enemy’s Camp Bb I Will Bless the Lord F Eddie James I Will Give You All F I Will Restore Db Morris Chapman I Will Trust in You