
Click through to these for chord charts too.īe sure to check out the keys of the songs you are planning for this weekend. We’ve added in links to the Worship Backing Band MultiTracks (in orange). I will be adding additional songs to the list in the coming months. The chart of songs and their choice keys is copied below (current as of November 2012) but a regularly updated table will be located on the Renewing Worship website that you can reference any time you need it.
I did not list choice keys in C# or F#, but if choice keys are on either side of one of these, you can certainly choose that key.
Those key suggestions are noted in parentheses with the best key(s) possible with the understanding that there are outliers in the melody.
A few songs on the list have ranges beyond the scope of an average singer. Songs with a high tessitura may be pitched a bit lower even if the top note is a D. For songs with a small range that could be sung in a wide range of keys, the character of the song and the composer’s original key were considered to preserve the intended feel of the song. The highest note should be a D with an occasional Eb allowable. The range should fit an average singer. Criteria for determining congregationally-friendly keys: In addition, I have constructed a playlist of the Top 100 CCLI Songs that you can stream anytime you have an internet connection. The resource also includes a link to the audio for every song to help you in evaluating new songs for worship. Today I release a chart of the top 100 CCLI songs, listed alphabetically, with the best keys to insure great congregational singing. Understanding acceptable vocal ranges for average singers certainly helps worship leaders choose good keys, but for some, the process is quite a chore.
One of the greatest obstacles to participative worship is singing songs in keys too high (or occasionally too low) for the average congregational singer. Finally, a resource for selecting congregationally-friendly keys for worship songs!