God is Able -- what key?

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Permalink Reply by Paul Fowler on September 19, 2012 at 11:59am

My suggestion is try it in G; that seems to be the best key for the congregation to sing. I wouldn't go any higher than A. 

Permalink Reply by Timothy Nelson on September 19, 2012 at 12:00pm

I have this song on my heart, and am currently practicing it in the key of A and I just love it. We will start singing this as group soon, and after I get more comfortable leading it. I love the message in this song! You can try it in G if you think A is still too high.

Please let us know how it went. God is Amazing....He is giving us new songs.

God Is Good!

Timothy

Permalink Reply by Mercedez Pacis on September 20, 2012 at 12:33am

I'm the one usually leading and D works for me (I'm an alto)

The original is either sort of low or way too high for most female voices.

I  just listened to our playback from the last time we did the song and the congregation seemed ok singing in that key :D (the men are singing sort of low  :P)

Permalink Reply by Timothy Nelson on September 20, 2012 at 1:52am

D is a nice key ;-)

Permalink Reply by Dave Hartwell on September 20, 2012 at 10:19pm

Thanks for the suggestions.

I think we'll try it in [A] first in practice, if that doesn't work, go to [G].  My lead guitar and bass players will skin me alive if I suggest Ab. (We do "Praise Adonai" in Ab, and I get a never ending stream of good-humored grief from those two about it.  LOL.)  It's a running joke with them.  I'll say

"Hmmm.  [A] seems too high; and I don't want to go all the way down to [G].  Let's try this in [Ab]."

Then it's time to duck and dodge, as the small relatively light weight objects come sailing by.