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Kurt Carr Chords : Let me tell You Why I love Him
« on: January 27, 2004, 06:10:17 PM »
Does anyone know the chords to Kurt Carr: I don't know the title of the song but it goes something like this:
You are God, The only living God, The only sovereing God, ever loving, ever lasting God.  

Then it goes into "Oh the Blood of Jesus"
Then, :Let me tell U Why I love Him
Let me tell U Why I love him
Because He first love me

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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2004, 09:52:56 PM »
Ms. Jackson,
You're in luck.  I have most of that song in my archives.  I never played (and still don't) play at a church w/a singer that can do it justice.  I have .JPG images scanned of my cheat-sheet (Lead Sheet) for it.  This is how I learn songs---type out the words, go to the piano and write the chords and melody notes in.  I hope you can read them, and read my handwriting.  

http://www.lisamholden.com/worship.JPG

http://www.lisamholden.com/worship2.JPG

The song is on the Kurt Carr "Awesome Wonder" CD.  It's called "Worship Medley."  I love Kurt Carr  8)

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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2004, 10:26:20 PM »
Kinda off the subject  :oops:

But.........thekeynote, I like your idea of using a lead sheet.  I mean I read lead sheets in jazz band at school all the time but for some unknown reason I never thought to incorporate that into gospel music.  I would just memorize the chords but for some songs it would definitely be easier to have the chords in front of me, mainly on hymns that don't follow the traditional 1-4-2-5-1 or other common progressions.  May I ask what makes you write out lead sheets?  Is it a preference?  Is it one of those "I need to play this in like 30 minutes and I don't have enough time to keep listening to it to put it in my head" type of thing? :lol:  (I done had a lot of those :lol: )  I'm just curious to see what's you reasoning.  You've given me the idea to maybe go through the hymnal and chord out and create a booklet of hymns that I can't just play off the top of my head like some of you annointed musicians  :lol:

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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2004, 11:55:21 PM »
Me, personally, I also like to use lead sheets.  One reason is that I have gotten used to it, from years of playing jazz.  Another reason is, you can't remember everything. (I'll speak for myself, I can't remember everything)  I almost always use a lead sheet for concerts.  Even though I have practiced the music to death, I keep it there in case of brainfreeze.

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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2004, 02:25:02 AM »
JKellly, I learned to read music when I was young (30 year or more years ago.).  I was a child--I am 42 now.  It's comfortable for me to have it there because I can't always remember songs.  I'm blessed to read music as well as play by ear.  

I play my secular gigs from lead sheets mostly.  I was playing secular gigs (jazz/easy listening/softswing) type music waaaayyyy before gospel.  I just carried my habit from that over to gospel music too.  

Some other reasons I write things down  :lol:
1.  Organization
2.  Structure of the song

I'm going to post something I found in my archive folder about learning songs by ear and this might help someone too.

Then what happens if you have a choir song you love--wore it out---then 2 or 3 years later want to revive it---and can't remember it...lol.  Writing it down helps.  I have a 3 ring binder with all songs in it.

For my secular gigs--I wish I was like those people who could play piano bar music all night without a piece of paper --but I'm not.  I have a 3 ring for that w/at least 300 songs in it all in alphabetical order, and a song list of it that I keep next to it on my gigs...organized by "Uptempo/Swing", "Ballads", "Bossa Nova" "Blues".  I'm working soon on revising my church song list like that maybe with "Hymns, Fillers, Choir Selection, Praise & Worship."  

Probably TMI (too much information) but that's the logic behind pencils and paper  8)

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Kurt Carr Chords : Let me tell You Why I love Him
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2004, 12:11:15 PM »
Thanks Lisa for the chords to that song.  I'll try my best to read it.  Thank You very much.

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« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2004, 12:23:39 PM »
No not too much information at all.  Thanks for sharing your tips.  Like I said, I'm gonna start chording out a whole bunch of hymns that I don't know off the top of my head and, like yourself, make a binder out of them.  So for when that testimony service comes around and one of the mothers stands up and starts singing "There's Something About That Name" I got her covered  :lol:

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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2004, 08:12:02 PM »
Ms Jackson, if the image is smaller on your montior (like it is on mine)

roll the mouse over slowly the image, you'll get a little pop-up box on your screen--click that and it will enlarge it...then you should be able to print it.

JKelly, glad you're inspired to get a binder  :D  Good Luck!!  You won't regret it.

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