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Guitar Tablature Guide: Christian
Featuring Hymns, Worship, and Songs of Praise
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Editor's Picks...
Below are our personal picks, the sites that get our
highest recommendation for this genre. They are listed in alphabetical order.
Christian Guitar
Resources
Instrumentation for: Guitar Tablature, Bass Tablature
Categories: Christian, Christmas, Kids
Catalog Size: Huge (6000+)
Christian Guitar Resources features over 6000 guitar and bass tabs inluding not only praise and worship but also
contemporary Christian hits. A fantastic collection, updated constantly with new music. You'll find many of your
favorites here, including a very nice selection of tablature for Christmas as well as some great praise and worship
tunes for kids! Updated 11/04/2002.
Christian Praise
Tabs & Music
Instrumentation for: Guitar Tablature
Categories: Christian, Kids, Christmas
Catalog Size: Large (100-500)
Here's an excellent resource for church worship leaders, as well as those who lead worship for kids Vacation Bible
Schools. You'll find chords for over 300 praise and worship songs here (in *.txt format), along with pre-made overhead
sheets available for download in *pdf format as well as in power point format! The music available for kids worship
is an extra-added plus, and by far the best collection of kids worship songs we've found. Browse by song title
or author. Updated 10/21/2002.
Delicate
Fade
Instrumentation for: Guitar Tabs, Bass Tabs
Categories: Christian, Worship
Catalog Size: Huge
It's always a great pleasure to find site like 'Delicate Fade' dedicated to Christian praise and worship music.
Here you'll find guitar tabs for all your favorite Christian rock, pop, and alternative bands as well as a nice
collection of worship specific praise tabs. Organized alphabetically by band and song title, this collection, constantly
growing, is a welcome additional to our Christian tablature directory. Don't miss their links to official band
sites and Christian record labels. Highly recommended. Updated 05/22/2003.
The Gospel Music Archive
Instrumentation for: Guitar (Tablature), Harmonica
Categories: Christian, Christmas, Children
Catalog Size: Very Large (500+?)
Here you'll find a very large selection of tablature for both guitar and, strangly enough, harmonica. Music is
sorted alphabetically for easy browsing. While the site is predominantly dedicated to gospel, worship and praise
music, you'll also find a nice selection of other songs. There's an entire section for kids, as well as a large
quantity of Christmas songs. Updated 04/22/2003.
Just Worship
Instrumentation for: Guitar
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Medium (50-100)
While not the largest collection of Christian guitar tabs, Just Worship is a good one, featuring some of the most
popular worship songs today. Fans of Vineyard music in particular, will rejoice at finding this site. Don't see
your favorite praise song? Just request it. Added 02/11/2002.
The Messenger Project
Instrumentation for: Guitar (Lead Sheets)
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Medium (50-100)
This web site from the fascinating 'Messenger Project' seeks to put
the Bible to music. Currently there are 73 passages, from Genesis to Revelation, taken from the NIV Bible translation
and put to music. Free sheet music is available for download for each of the songs, as well as free as free MP3
files (at MP3.com) of the recorded works. Updated 04/29/2002.
Praise Archive
Instrumentation for: Guitar Tabs, Bass Tabs
Categories: Christian, Worship
Catalog Size: Large (100-500)
Here's another great discovery for worship leaders. The Praise Archive is focused entirely on 'guitar chords and
tabs, mp3's, and lyrics of songs and music glorifying the name of the Lord Jesus Christ' and includes a number
of our favorites. Fans of modern worship (Vineyard, Revival Generation) especially will enjoy the tabs offered
here. Added 12/17/2001.
Praise-Worship.net
Instrumentation for: Guitar Tablature, Bass Tablature
Categories: Christian, Christmas,
Kids
Catalog Size: Huge (6000+)
This fantastic web site features thousands of guitar and bass tabs for the Christian musician. You'll find over
4400 tabs by popular Christian artists (including all the big names) and over 1400 praise and worship tunes, all
searchable by artist or song name. In addition, you'll find nearly 100 Christmas tunes, tunes for kids, transparencies
and chord charts. One of the top sites in this category. Very highly recommended. Updated 05/06/2002.
Rockin' With The
Cross
Instrumentation for: Guitar and Bass Tablature,
Horns
Categories: Christian Rock and Pop, Praise and Worship
Catalog Size: Huge (4000+)
RWTC features a huge collection of Christian rock, praise and worship tablature for guitar and bass. The collection
is completely searchable, or if you prefer you can browse the alphabetical listings. You'll find tablature for
tunes by DC Talk, Deliriou5, Jars of Clay, Jaci Velasquez, Rich Mullins, Sarah Masen and many, many more. Highly
recommended for worship leaders or fans of Christian music. Note: Rockin'
With The Cross now charges a $2.95 monthly fee
for access. We have opted to include the site in our listings anyway as it is a very good resource. You can view
the complete song list before having to pay anything. Updated 07/16/2002
ShareSong.org
Instrumentation for: Piano, Guitar (Tablature), Guitar (Lead Sheets)
Categories: Christian, Original
Catalog Size: Very Large (500+)
Share Song features original worship and praise music composed by over 400 different worship leaders from around
the world. Works are organized by author, as well as song title, most popular downloads and there is of course
a searchable database. What makes Share Song particularly appealing is that a majority of the song listings include
sheet music (PDFs), chort charts (tabs), MP3 files as well as lyric sheets for each song. In offering all these
options Share Song pretty much offers all the tools a worship or praise leader might need. A fantastic resource.
Updated 10/07/2002
The Worship Archive 
Instrumentation for: Guitar
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Very Large (500+)
The excellent Worship Archive contains a large catalog of worship
songs in tab format. You can browse by author (Brian Doerksen, Michael W. Smith, Matt Redman), or by song title.
Once you've found the song you want, you can instantly transpose it to a different key, or hide the chords so only
the lyrics are displayed. Printable versions are a click away. Highly, highly recommended. Added 04/22/2003.
Your
Christian Home: Praise and Worship Library
Instrumentation for: Guitar (Tablature)
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Very Large (500+)
This guitar tab archive of praise and worship music is a worship leaders dream. It features a large selection of
today's favorite praise and worship tunes arranged alphabetically in *.txt format. The library is also searchable
by song title, song text, or author. Updated 01/14/2002.
More Free Christian Sheet Music Resources:
Christian
Music Web
Instrumentation for: Guitar (Tablature)
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Very Large (500+)
Christian Music Web contains a large guitar tab archive, containing just over 500 songs as of this writing. The
archive includes songs from today's most popular Christian artists (pop and alternative), worship leaders, and
even Veggie Tales. The directory is browseable by artist, or by song title. Added 03/04/2002.
Douglas
Campbell Music
Instrumentation for: Piano (Lead Sheets) and Guitar
(Lead Sheets)
Categories: Original, Christian
Catalog Size: Small (10-25)
Worship leader DB Campbell has provided MIDI, lyric, and sheet music downloads for nearly two dozen of his original
songs. The sheet music, provided in PDF format, includes the melody, lyrics, and chords to each song. Titles include
Forgive Us Oh Lord, Holy Father, I Want to Know
Him and other selections from DB's CDs, which are
also available from the site. Updated 05/22/2003.
HighestPraise.com
Instrumentation for: Piano & Guitar lead sheets
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Small (25-50)
This praise and worship resource from Christian pianist Fred McKinnon features over three dozen original worship
songs for piano and guitar. The 'sheet music' provided for download are lead sheets which include the melody, chords,
and an overhead master. MP3 and MIDI files are provided for sampling the songs, and CD purchase options are available
as well. Added 12/31/2001.
Josh's Christian
Guitar Page
Instrumentation for: Guitar (Tablature)
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Large (100-500)
While most guitar tab pages are simply collections of third party tablature interpretations, this page, run by
a student attending Texas Tech University, features Josh's own tablature interpretations of many of today's favorite
praise songs, worship songs and hymns. Sorted alphabetically. Updated 03/18/2002
Magnolia
Arts Sheet Music
Instrumentation for: Classical Guitar
Categories: Original, Christian, Classical
Catalog Size: Small (10-25)
These classical guitar arrangements by Tim Brace are presented using the 'shareware' concept... you can download
any selection you like (they are all available in *.pdf format) but if you decided to keep the sheet music, the
composer asks that in return you send $3. Tim's very attractive arrangements include not only original material,
but a couple of classical arrangements and several sacred pieces including the favorites Be Thou My Vision,
Fairest Lord Jesus, and Come, Thou Long Expected
Jesus. Reviewed 08/21/2000
New Hope Music
Instrumentation for: Guitar, Piano, Choir
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Large (100-500)
New Hope Music features a large selection of original praise and worship music based on scripture from the Bible.
All the songs come with chords and MIDI, and many have PDF arrangements for easy piano as well. Other selections
include MP3 or RealAudio recordings. Browse by title or category. All songs are free to use and share with others.
Added 11/23/2002.
Praise Charts
Instrumentation for: Guitar, Vocals, Flute, Brass,
Wind, Strings
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Medium (50-100)
Praise charts features a variety of very popular sheet music titles from Integrity, Hillsongs, Vineyard and
Worship Together - a treat for any worship leader. You need to be a bit persistant to find the free sheet
music, as the free selections are mixed with the pay catalog selections (select 'catalog' to view a list of all
sheet music). However, even the paid sheet music selection include free PDF previews of each song, giving you a
surprizing amount of downloadable sheet music to select from. Updated
07/01/2002.
The Psalmistry: All Psalms
Christian Music
Instrumentation for: Piano, Guitar
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Large (100-500)
The Psalmistry is a very welcome addition to the
Free Sheet Music Guide. Here, you will find original lyrics, sheet music, guitar chords and midi and mp3 download
files for all 150 Psalms in the Bible. Just pick your favorite psalm in the music index to view lyrics and download/listening
options. Sheet music available in PDF or Noteworthy format. Added 07/29/2002.
Songs of Praise: Original Worship Sheet
Music
Instrumentation for: Piano, Guitar Tablature and
Lead Sheets
Categories: Christian, Christmas
Catalog Size: Large (100-500)
Here you'll find a fantastic collection of original
songs for worship and praise in your church by numerous artists. This well organized site features nearly two hundred
songs, most with free downloadable sheet music you can print right from your web browser. Each song also has a
midi file, and many of the songs also have RealAudio and MP3 files to listen to. There's also a very nice selection
of sheet music arrangements for original Christmas music. Many songs even include translations, for French, Dutch,
Italian, Chinese and many others. Check out the 'Jukebox' which allows you to listen to the songs featured here.
Updated 04/22/2002.
Split Infinity
Music: Public Domain Worship and Praise
Instrumentation for: Guitar (Tablature)
Categories: Christian, Christmas
Catalog Size: Large (100-500)
Split Infinity Music offers a wide selection of public domain Christian guitar tablature including Hymns, choruses,
and Christmas music. They also have one very unique feature... the ability to instantly transpose your selection
to any other key. So, if you decided you would rather play A
Mighty Fortress Is Our God in the key of E rather
than the default key of D, you can do that with a single click. Very cool. Finally, you can browse and listen to
MIDI files for over 2000 church hymns. Updated 11/13/2001.
Steve Massey (Hill View Music)
Instrumentation for: Piano, Guitar, Choir
Categories: Original, Christian
Catalog Size: Small (Less than 10)
Worship and Praise leader Steve Massey offers lead sheets from his beautiful CD, 'Come to the Table' in
PDF format. Lead sheet provided for guitar, piano, and choir. One song is available for download directly from
the site, but music from the entire album is available via ShareSong.org
or by request. See site for further details. Added 02/04/2002.
Walt Harrah: Making Music
to the Lord
Instrumentation for: Piano (Lead Sheets), Guitar
(Lead Sheets)
Categories: Christian, Original
Catalog Size: Large (100-500)
Walt has one of the most well designed, easy to navigate sheet music resources we've seen from an original artist.
The site features over 150 of Walt's original worship and praise songs, and what makes it so very cool is the sheet
music is sorted not only alphabetically, but by scriptural reference or topic. In the 'Listening Studio', you'll
find RealAudio provided for many of the songs, meaning you can listen to what you want, then download your favorites.
Sheet music provided is in high quality *.gif format, and consists of lead sheets featuring the melody and chords.
Whether you're a pianist or guitarist, you'll find these selections easy to improvise from. Updated 07/29/2002.
Worship
Together - Free Song of the Week
Instrumentation for: Piano, Guitar, Others
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: Very Small (1 new song featured each
week)
Worship together is a fantastic resource for church worship leaders
- particulararly those leading worship in a youth-oriented culture. Each week Worship Together features a new free
christian sheet music selection from some of today's most popular worhip oriented christian bands such as Delirious,
Matt Redman, and The Passion Worship Band. To get the music, you must become a member (membership is free). You'll
also need the Scorch
Music Viewer to view the sheet music. Scorch allows you to not
only easily transpose the music to whatever key you like, but also change the instrumentation Reviewed 04/02/2001
WOW Worship
Instrumentation for: Piano, Guitar, Voice
Categories: Christian
Catalog Size: 1 New Song Monthly
Most anyone who appreciates Christian Praise and Worship music is familiar with the very popular WOW Worship CD
series. At the official WOW Worship web site, you can download free sheet music for a new worship song from the
series each month. While the download is free, you are required to fill in their short survey prior to gaining
access to the sheet music. The featured sheet music is provided in *.pdf format. Updated 04/08/2002.
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