Customer Reviews

The Big Book of Gospel Songs (Big Books of Music)

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This book by Hal Leonard has very pretty gospel songs in it. Some were used for the church choir I was in for years. I was very excited when I found I could get a book of the songs we sang.

This book has a lot of great songs, but a high percentage of them are in odd or flat keys, (A flat, B flat, E flat, etc) with chords that are hard to play and unfamiliar to beginning / intermediate guitar players. Also, their are a lot of unnecessary rapid chord changes that you have to simplify before playing. This may be a great book for an experienced musician.

The contents of this song book contain some great song titles, however, when trying to put together a small faith band in a small country church, the level of music expertise is limited and far below the level in this book. Even the guitar chords on many songs are far too complex.
The reviews for these books should include samples of what the sheet music will look like. Most reviews don't even tell you if guitar chords are included!

This songbook is filled with gospel favorites that I love to play and sing! However, I do wish it was spiral-bound! Glad I have a copy of this great book! Gitcha one!

I am the piano for a senior choir at a local church. i've used this book several times. There are many songs in this book that are not in traditional hymn books. The selections are nice additions to our morning worship services.

This is a great compilation of a lot of well-known and some not-so-well-known Gospel tunes. I bought this as a gift for my brother and sister-in-law after they had seen my own personal copy and loved it!
I'm looking forward to hearing them play and sing these songs, too~!

This is a Great Book for pianists,vocals and guitars. I bought it for my grandson for christmas because he is an avid pianist. I know he will love it. He likes the old gospel songs and this book is just Great!!! I would recommend it to anyone!!!!!! Great Book thanks Amazon!!!

some aids for use, like an index of themes and/or scriptural allusions. Suggested organ registrations would have been nice. The settings are of moderate difficulty and the notation mostly easy to read.