" Lord I Lift Your Name On High"

[artistic27]

Hello,
I am new to this and I have been checking out some really good input on different subjects.  I have been playing by ear now for 3 years, and now learning to play by reading notes.  I know the scales on the fret board pretty well, but now I am reading the notes on the scale.  I was wondering if anyone knows the bassline to "Lord I Lift Your Name On High" song?  Or, can someone send me the same track to add a bassline to?

[MikeGee]

This is the way I play it, it sounds great with the band but kinda dull with just the bass player.

Quater notes G,D,D here         Half notes C,D Quater notes G here
G G        C  C               D D     CDG G
Lord I lift your name on high

          C C                    D D         CDG G
Lord I love to sing your praises

          C C                   D D      CDG G
I’m so glad you’re in my lift

          C C                        D D          CDG G
I’m so glad you cam to save us

G                          C          D D
You came from heaven to earth

      C  C         G G
To show the way

                 CC        D D
From the earth to cross

       CC       G G
My debt to pay

               C C              D D
From the cross to the grave

              E  E             A A
From the grave to the sky

         D D                    G G
Lord I lift your name on high

[ddwilkins]

Here's my version:


FF      AA                     BbBb
Lord I lift your name on high
FF      AA                     BbBb
Lord I love to sing your praises
FF      AA                   BbBb
I'm so glad your in my life
FF      AA                      BbBb C
I'm so glad you came to save us
E   F     A             Bb    B    C
    You came from heaven to earth
D  Eb     E   F
To show the way
 A             Bb    B    C
from the earth to the cross
D  Eb     E   F
My debt to pay
A           Bb              C
from the cross to the grave
             A                D
from the grave to the sky
A        G          C      E  F
Lord I lift your name on high

Here's a clip of me playing it so that you can get a better understanding, I made it using Garageband on my mac so its not the best quality and I played it simple so that you would understand it:

http://media.learngospelmusic.com/displayimage.php?album=34&pos=1

[MikeGee]

Hmmmm, DD you have a few extra notes I don't have maybe I'll use your extra notes and transpose it to G!

[Torch7]

Hmmmm, DD you have a few extra notes I don't have maybe I'll use your extra notes and transpose it to G!

Both of you fellaz do it differently than me, I do mines in the key of D for now, its subject to change at a moments notice though... 

But I am definately gonna be investigating the way some more seasoned bassist hold it down... Thanks fellaz.

[ddwilkins]

Mike, I learned it the Walt Whitman version.

[MikeGee]

80% of the music we play (my P&W team) play of done from a White artist (no offence to no one I'm half that  )
So whom ever's version we play are well you get the picture. I enjoy this version. When the keys go off in her own world and I'm drilling that bass part hard man it gets the congragation out their seats and dancing.

[Torch7]

80% of the music we play (my P&W team) play of done from a White artist (no offence to no one I'm half that  )
So whom ever's version we play are well you get the picture. I enjoy this version. When the keys go off in her own world and I'm drilling that bass part hard man it gets the congragation out their seats and dancing.

Our Praise Team too, Mike Gee.  Our keyboardist,and Lead Musician, is very gifted and usually brings a jazz influence to most of the music.  But at the foundation we listen to the white artists for inspiration.  We went through one period, that I thought Clint Brown must have 9000 songs, it seemed like that was all we did.  Now we are covering alot of the Israel & Martha Munizzi's stuff, well they usually start out there songs, but by the time rehearsal or sunday worship service is at its height, new songs a constantly being birthed.

[Mysteryman]

I guess you all beat me to it I wanted to post a midi clip of Lord I Lift Your Name on High. Then get you all to play a bassline to it. This is the type of stuff that can be complicated for a new bass player. When you have good keyboard players the bass player doesnt have to do much. When you have beginner keyboard players sometimes the music can sound dry if the bass player cant groove well. Especially on moderate tempo and slow songs. I was trying to come up with a full bassline myself last night.

[ddwilkins]

Our Praise Team too, Mike Gee.  Our keyboardist,and Lead Musician, is very gifted and usually brings a jazz influence to most of the music.  But at the foundation we listen to the white artists for inspiration.  We went through one period, that I thought Clint Brown must have 9000 songs, it seemed like that was all we did.  Now we are covering alot of the Israel & Martha Munizzi's stuff, well they usually start out there songs, but by the time rehearsal or sunday worship service is at its height, new songs a constantly being birthed.

Believe it or not, I actually thought that Clint Brown was black the first time that I heard him.  I first heard the Judah CD.  I was younger then and was ignorant that other races made great music as well.  I didn't come to that understanding until I went to college and started taking theory classes and my eyes and ears were opened up to other styles of music.  Now I'll listen to anyone.  Has anyone heard Rod Wilbourn and the West Tennessee Mass Choir.

[MikeGee]

We do a lot of Martha Munizzi and Clint Brown. Our current MOM (been in place for 6 months same as me) most of what we do are them. There music is tough for young bass players (me, 31 months) I try and I can't get what they do so I just say forget it and play off the chord symbols. It comes out sounding very well.

[Torch7]

Yes indeed Clint is nice...  Because of WHo you are...was my anthem for a long time.
The music is a bit complicated... I look at the keyboard players fingers and still can't get it.

[MikeGee]

Becuase of who YOU are is on heavy rotation at my church. We do it for nearly every atler call. I like it and the more we do the better I understand playing a bass part for it.

[Torch7]

Becuase of who YOU are is on heavy rotation at my church. We do it for nearly every atler call. I like it and the more we do the better I understand playing a bass part for it.

I feel ya.  Our Church wore that song out... before I began to play the bass though... We are rotating lots of new songs in.  My Pastor has us learning songs at a rapid rate.  The older songs we do are moving into the Wednesday Night services.  Clint has a New CD and Martha has  a New CD, that we are learning lots of songs from. 

I wish repeatively did songs still, the one we do most common, is "I need you to survive" at the benediction.  And the Keyboard player is always asked to do "YOU are the LIVING WORD" sometimes when the church dives into the deep end of worship.

[B3Wannabe]

Sweet guys!

I like the clip dd! Y'all ALMOST made me post something, but I'm hiding out for a little bit longer.

[fluteminstrel]

graet dd that's the exacgt same way i play it in church and i also add more notes in between but that sounded good 

[ddwilkins]

graet dd that's the exacgt same way i play it in church and i also add more notes in between but that sounded good 

I normally would add more notes in between, but I made it simple so that artistic27 could get the concept.

[Mysteryman]

I took a stab at this song. I just got the bass line but I can put the instruments to it.
http://media.learngospelmusic.com/albums/userpics/10006/mylordiliftyournamebass.wav

[4hisglory]

Nice....

[fretai03]

We did this song back in 2002/03 faster than the usual & we gave it a latin feel. I'll try & see if I can find the video for it.
PM me if anyone interested in how we reaarranged this song.