We’ve had some great feedback on our “super” chord charts and lots of requests for more so today we have released another batch. They are listed on both the Musicademy and Worship Backing Band websites. You’ll find them (in alphabetical order on Musicademy here) or if you have an account with our sister site, Worship Backing Band you can also buy them there.
Here are all the chord charts to date (we are still working on others for you). (These links all go to Worship Backing Band):
If you’ve not come across our super chord charts before you can download an interactive sample here for free. Run your mouse over the chart to have the different areas explained.
The thing is most chord charts don’t give you enough information. They are OK as a guide if you know the song and the version of the song really well but what about the structure of the song? When does the double chorus happen? What about the arrangement when the drums drop out for two bars on verse 3? How do we communicate that? What about the bars and how do the musicians know when to change chord, especially if they haven’t got a full score of if they don’t read music? How do we know which chord to end on? What about the strumming pattern, or the drum groove? And what about if it’s played in a guitar unfriendly key and they need to transpose it for a capo?
We’ve addressed all those questions in our “Super Chord Charts”.
Each chord chart features: