Stage Pads guide
Worship pad in A♭
Tap the button to play a soft pad in A♭: its root, fifth and octave, which sit under every chord in A♭ major (and F minor songs use the F pad). It is made in your browser as it plays, nothing to download.
Play a pad in A♭
Made in your browser as it plays: nothing to download. Tap to start; tap again to fade out.
The full app adds Shimmer, Strings, Choir and the pipe organ (Pro), a click, setlists and the hymn book.
The chords in A♭ major
A♭ major’s scale is A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, G. Its chords, with their Nashville numbers, are below; a A♭ pad sits under all of them.
| Number | Roman | Chord |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | A♭ |
| 2m | ii | B♭m |
| 3m | iii | Cm |
| 4 | IV | D♭ |
| 5 | V | E♭ |
| 6m | vi | Fm |
| 7° | vii° | Gdim |
Playing in A♭ on guitar
Guitarists can play in A♭ with familiar shapes and a capo: G shapes with a capo on fret 1; E shapes with a capo on fret 4; D shapes with a capo on fret 6.
The relative minor of A♭ major is Fm: the same notes, starting on F.
Hymns in A♭
19 of the hymns in Stage Pads’ hymn book (Lamplight Bible’s, all public domain) are written in A♭. Each opens in the app with its words and chords, ready to play with this pad.
- Breathe on Me, Breath of God
- He Keeps Me Singing
- Holy Spirit, Ever Dwelling
- How Firm A Foundation
- I Need Thee Every Hour
- Jesus Is All the World To Me
- Lord Jesus Think On Me
- More Love to Thee
- My Savior's Love
- O For A Thousand Tongues
- O That The Lord Would Guide My Ways
- O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
- Over Kidron Jesus Treadeth
- Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
- The God of Abraham Praise
- The King Shall Come
- The Winds and Billows Loudly Roar
- To God Be The Glory
- When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
Changing key mid-song
For a key change, tap the new key in Stage Pads and the A♭ pad fades into it. A last-chorus lift from A♭ usually goes up a semitone or a tone, to A or B♭.
Questions
What chords go with a A flat pad?
Every chord in A flat major: A flat, B flatm, Cm, D flat, E flat, Fm. The pad has no third, so major and minor chords both sit on it.
Can I use the A flat pad for a minor song?
Use the pad of the song’s own key: a song in A flat minor takes this A flat pad, and a song in F minor (the relative minor) takes that key’s pad.