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Contemporary Worship Music Resources

Christian music has grown into myriad different styles from its earliest days. From straightforward hymns to Bible-based theme songs, contemporary Christian music ranges from rock to rap, techno to adult contemporary. And people are looking to buy, too, as evidenced by Christian music digital download sales, which were up 7.4 percent in in 2010, outpacing the overall music industry. There are several Christian music resources available for churches, small groups, or personal edification.
  1. Praise Charts

    • Praise Charts is an online music resource that offers song downloads from the original artists as well as chord charts, piano and vocal arrangements, and full orchestration lead sheets. By choosing the "Key" check boxes, you can locate any song in that musical key. In addition, there are audio backing tracks, click tracks and files for the music composition program Finale. To add to the worship experience, there's Worship Vue --- media content to project onto a television of film screen --- and Worship Training for worship leaders.

    CBD Tunes

    • In addition to a wide selection of Christian reading material, ChristianBook.com has a whole section dedicated exclusively to Christian music, titled CBD Tunes. Samples of the songs can be sampled and they also have selections in choral arrangements, sheet music and MP3s with specialty selections like Hillsong and Passion. CBD Tune's Music Academy has specialized resources for those looking to train to be on a worship team or want further training if they are already a part of a worship team. Courses in vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums and bass are available.

    Worship Together

    • Worship Together's search function allows you to search songs based on key, genre, tempo and themes. The list of themes includes adoration and praise, God's attributes, peace and hope, and Jesus. The audio Flash player allows you to listen to the song and play along, as the chord progressions are listed underneath. Interviews with worship leaders in the New Song Cafe that discuss the processes they use to compose their worship songs are available for free, as is much of the material at the website. Tech Cafe features videos focused on reviewing music gear, and WTV offers worship music videos. A store is available to purchase and download additional worship resources like songbooks, CDs, and DVDs.

    Christian Radio

    • ChristianRadio.com is an online listing area for Christian radio stations around the country that play particular kinds of Christian music, as well as Internet stations. It's possible to search by state and genre. They also include Christian teaching programs as well.

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