2018 APOSTOLIC PRAISE CHORUSBOOK The 2018 Apostolic Praise© Chorusbook combines a unique compilation of 130 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 “Wonderful Peace” to Gospel choruses such as “Saved” “Power” and “Breakthrough” 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 re­written with advanced, full­sounding 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 I­IV­V chords. Instead, it is going to have a variety of complex, beautiful­sounding 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.ApostolicPSOM.com Email: [email protected] 650­877­2473 © 2018 Richard W. Smith ­ Apostolic Prais e 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. © 2018 Richard W. Smith ­ Apostolic Prais e How To Read an Apostolic Praise 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 1s t inversion. Example of 9 in open position: C9 ○ would be E­G­Bb­D. Example of 2 in open position: C2 ○ would be D­G­C (Closed position chords are where the hand is more “closed up” when it plays the chord.) Example of C9 in closed position: Bb­D­E­G Example of C2 in closed position: C­D­G (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) = C­F­C­F­C­C­F­C­F C7 (v) = C­F­C7­F­C­C­F­C7­F Cm7 (v) = Cm­F­C7­F­Cm­Cm­F­C7­F This is explained more in­depth 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. (m­v) = 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. (Cm­Bb­Cm­Bb­Cm­Cm­Bb­Cm­Bb) * = This means that you only play the vamp for 1 measure, half of the normal time. C (v)* = C­F­C­F C7 (v)* = C­F­C7­F Cm7 (v)* = Cm­F­C7­F Cm (m­v)* = Cm­Bb­Cm­Bb C / / / = together­right­right­right. This means play on C for 1 measure of four beats. This is kind of self­explanatory. 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 / [Dm­C/E­Dm/F­C/G] C/G / F/G / C © 2018 Richard W. Smith ­ Apostolic Prais e 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): 1­Thumb, 2 Index, 3­ Middle, 4­Ring, 5­Pinky © 2018 Richard W. Smith ­ Apostolic Prais e Above All Else Hymn Alive William Murphy Anybody Here Mark Yandris Baptism In The Holy Ghost David Daughtry/Bishop Blake Because He Lives Hymn Bless This House Kurt Carr Blessed Fred Hammond Born To Die Hezekiah Walker Breakthrough Shara McKee Broken Ladders Selah Call Jesus Canton Spirituals Dancing in the Spirit Cece Winans Days of Elijah Charles Jenkins Declare It to the Nations Myles Young Deeper David Huff Deeper Marvin Sapp Deeper, Deeper in the Love of Jesus Desperation Dream William Murphy Expect Your Miracle The Clark Sisters Forever James Fortune Free Worshipper Friend of God Fully Committed Kingdom Go Urshan God Bless America Great God Trent Cory Greater Todd Dulaney Hello Mother Here I Am Lord, Here I Am Here I Am to Worship Here's My Everything His Blood Still Works Hope For All Nations How Great Is Our God I Almost Let Go I Am Eddie James I Am Depending On You I Can Andrae Crouch I Come to the Garden Alone I Give You Jesus I Got the Victory Yolanda Adams I Just Want to Praise You I Made It St James Ministry I Need You Donnie McClurkin I Need Your Mercy, I Need Your Grace I Put All of My Plans Lakewood Church I See A Crimson Stream of Blood I Won't Turn Back I'll Be Alright As Soon As I Touch Calvary I'll Be the One Urshan I'll Fly Away i'm Free Milton Brunson I'm Going Up Yonder I'm Not Tired Yet Lonnie Hunter I'm Proud to Be an American I've Got a Testimony If You Can Use Anything Lord Inside Out Isn't It Amazing It Feels Like Fire It's An Uphill Journey Philadelphia Mass Jesus Is My Help Hezekiah Walker Jesus Messiah Jesus Said It Eddie James Jesus the Sweetest Name I Know Andrae Crouch Jesus You're the Center of My Joy Richard Smallwood Let Everything That Has Breath Praise Kurt Carr Let Me Touch you Let Us See Jesus William Murphy Lift Him Up Billy Rivers Lift Up Your Hands Shara McKee Look What the Lord Has Done Lord We Give You Glory Made A Way Travis Greene Magnify Eddie James Make Me In Your Image Mama Mary Did You Know Mighty God Martha Munizzi More Than Anything Lamar Campbell Mother Loves Her Children All the Time Nobody But You Norman Hutchins No Greater Love CLC Youth Choir Nothing Is Impossible Planetshakers Oh Magnify the Lord with Me Margaret P Oh Most High One Night a Year Power Eddie James Praise You In This Storm Put a Praise On It Tasha Cobbs Rejoice Sinach Saved Eddie James Showers of Blessings Somebody Touched Me Slim and the Supreme Angels Something About My Praise Song of Deliverance Zach Williams Take Me Into Your Presence That I Could Still Go Free The Best Days of Your Life The Coming of the King The Greatest Name The Master's Calling The Shepherd Song Mississippi Mass This Is How We Overcome Thy Kingdom Come Total Praise Trust Anthony Brown Unto the Lamb IBC Walking By Faith We Are Standing on Holy Ground We Have Overcome We Seek Your Face We Welcome You Holy Spirit We've Come to Praise Him Kevin Terry What a Mighty God We Serve What About Love What Your Mercy Did For Me When God Ran When I Speak Your Name When I Think About Jesus Where Did the Wind Go Where Would I Be You Only Know Whose Report Do You Believe Wonderful Peace Worshipper's Medley - Precious Jesus - Bless His Holy Name Wrap Me In Your Arms You Are a Holy God You Are God Alone Marvin Sapp You Are Good Kari Jobe Your Love William Murphy PAGE 1 Ab Above All Else Ch Ab/C / Db / / / Bbm / Db/Eb / Ab / / / Ab / / / For a ­ bove all else I must be saved, Bb / / / Bb/D / / / Eb / / / Eb / Db/Eb / For Above all else I must be saved, Ab / / / Ab/C / / / Db / / / Bb/D / / / Lord what­­­ever you have to do to me, Don’t let me be lost for eternity, Ab/Eb / F / Bbm / Eb / Ab / / / To Ch Ab / For above all else I must be saved.