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Plan every key change before Sunday
Enter your songs and keys. Get the chords to play between each one, a pad tip for every transition — and a smoother order if there is one.
Your setlist
4 songs- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
Flow score33
A smoother order keeps your opener and needs fewer key changes:
Opener (G) → Response (C) → Up-tempo (D) → Ballad (E♭)
Transition plan
- GOpenerSmoothUp a 5th · 6/7 notes shared
G → A → D
G is the 4 of D. Move G → A → D — it sounds like the song was always heading there.
- DUp-tempoLiftUp a half step · 2/7 notes shared
D → B♭sus → B♭ → E♭
A lift. Play B♭sus → B♭ (the 5 of the new key) for a bar, swell the pad, then hit E♭ together with the band.
- E♭BalladNeeds a bridgeDown 3 half steps · 4/7 notes shared
E♭ → F → G → C
Distant keys. Let the music settle, then walk F → G → C (4–5–1 of the new key) while you crossfade the pad to C. A short prayer or scripture reading here makes it feel intentional.
- CResponse
Hold a pad through every change with the free Ember Pad Player — it crossfades to the new key for you. Read the full guide: smooth worship transitions on keys.
Reading the plan
- Seamless
- Same key. Keep the pad ringing and let the next song grow out of it.
- Smooth
- Closely related keys (up a 4th, a 5th or a major 3rd). One or two chords and you're there.
- Lift
- Up a half or whole step. Play the 5 of the new key, swell the pad, land together.
- Needs a bridge
- Distant keys. Walk 4–5–1 in the new key, or let a prayer or reading reset the room.
Don't know a song's key? Use the Key Finder. Need the chart in a new key? Try the Nashville Chord Chart.