Stage Pads guide
Worship pad in B♭
Tap the button to play a soft pad in B♭: its root, fifth and octave, which sit under every chord in B♭ major (and G minor songs use the G pad). It is made in your browser as it plays, nothing to download.
Play a pad in B♭
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 B♭ major
B♭ major’s scale is B♭, C, D, E♭, F, G, A. Its chords, with their Nashville numbers, are below; a B♭ pad sits under all of them.
| Number | Roman | Chord |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | B♭ |
| 2m | ii | Cm |
| 3m | iii | Dm |
| 4 | IV | E♭ |
| 5 | V | F |
| 6m | vi | Gm |
| 7° | vii° | Adim |
Playing in B♭ on guitar
Guitarists can play in B♭ with familiar shapes and a capo: A shapes with a capo on fret 1; G shapes with a capo on fret 3; E shapes with a capo on fret 6.
The relative minor of B♭ major is Gm: the same notes, starting on G.
Hymns in B♭
17 of the hymns in Stage Pads’ hymn book (Lamplight Bible’s, all public domain) are written in B♭. Each opens in the app with its words and chords, ready to play with this pad.
- Every Morning Mercies New
- God Will Take Care of You
- Hosanna, Loud Hosanna
- I Bind Unto Myself Today
- I Sing the Mighty Power of God
- It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
- Lord, Enthroned in Heavenly Splendor
- Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart
- O Lord, I Am Not Worthy
- Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty
- Our Father Thou in Heaven Above
- Rejoice, My Heart, Be Glad and Sing
- Rescue the Perishing
- Rock of Ages
- Savior Of The Nations Come
- Silent Night
- Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted
Changing key mid-song
For a key change, tap the new key in Stage Pads and the B♭ pad fades into it. A last-chorus lift from B♭ usually goes up a semitone or a tone, to B or C.
Questions
What chords go with a B flat pad?
Every chord in B flat major: B flat, Cm, Dm, E flat, F, Gm. The pad has no third, so major and minor chords both sit on it.
Can I use the B flat pad for a minor song?
Use the pad of the song’s own key: a song in B flat minor takes this B flat pad, and a song in G minor (the relative minor) takes that key’s pad.