Strings (Arrangements)

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  • Adoração/All of My Heart

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    https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/all_of_my_heart_adoracao.mp3

    A while back I discovered the Brazilian congregational songwriting duo of Rubem Amorese and Toninho Zemuner. They write beautiful, singable, meaningful songs. In Portuguese. This is a translation of their song  “Adoração,” a simple and heartfelt song of dedication. Below is their original recording.

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  • All Hail the Power (CORONATION) – string intro

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    https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/all_hail.mp3

    This “Haydnesque” string intro to “All Hail the Power of Jesus Name” is a great way to include eager and talented string players.

    Score for violins, viola, and cello.

  • BEACH SPRING – strings

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    BEACH SPRING is a lovely American folk tune often paired with the text “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus.” (Also “As We Gather at Your Table,” “Wash, O God, Our Sons and Daughters,” and “Come, Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy.”) This arrangement was written for use in communion, so it is divided into distinct sections that allow it to end or continue depending on how much time is needed. Of course, it would work beautifully as a prelude, etc.

    Download includes score and parts for two violins, viola, cello, and bass. Purchase price allows you to print as many copies as needed for your ensemble.

  • Before Your Manger, Here I Stand / Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier

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    https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/before_your_manger.mp3

    Looking for a Christmas piece that’s a little off the beaten path? This beloved German Christmas carol has been newly translated and arranged. The choir parts are not at all difficult, and the anthem can be accompanied by piano alone. However, if you do have flute, recorder, guitar, or strings available, the music becomes absolutely exquisite.

    Anthem for SATB choir, flute, recorder, classical guitar, and strings. Download includes score and parts; purchase price allows you to print as many copies as you need for your ensemble.

  • Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (HYFRYDOL)

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    The Advent text “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” is sung to several tunes. HYFRYDOL, written by 19th-century Welsh composer Rowland Prichard, is a bright tune that prepares the joy of Christmas well and makes for a great closing hymn. You could also use this arrangement for other texts set to HYFRYDOL, including “Alleluia! Sing to Jesus” and “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.”

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  • DIX (For the Beauty of the Earth) – instrumental introduction

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    https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/dix_psalm_67.mp3

    A simple orchestral introduction to the hymn tune DIX, adaptable to any four-part ensemble. DIX is most often used with the texts “For the Beauty of the Earth” and “As with Gladness Men of Old.” (This is a different arrangement from the Just Add People product for the same tune. Find that piano arrangement here.)

    Four-part instrumental arrangement, with parts for instruments in C, Bb, Eb, and F.

  • Fairest Lord Jesus

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    This arrangement brings a unique twist to the classic hymn, “Fairest Lord Jesus”— it is in 6/8! Wendell Kimbrough of Church of the Incarnation in Dallas had a vision for an understated rendition of the song accompanied by acoustic praise band with strings. At first, the 6/8 looks a little odd on the page, but when you hear it, it has an undeniably charming lilt.

  • God Himself Is with Us (ARNSBERG) – violin descant

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    https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/god_himself-o_rejoice.mp3

    “God Himself Is with Us” is a stately hymn that goes underused in many churches. If your church has an ambitious violinist, this is the arrangement for you!

    Violin descant with introduction and three verses.

  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing – strings

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    This string arrangement was written for Wendell Kimbrough and Church of the Incarnation, Dallas. Wendell’s take on this carol has an understated rhythmic groove that breathes new life into a classic.

    Arrangement for strings to accompany congregational singing. Download includes score and parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, and cello. Purchase price allows you to print as many copies as you need for your ensemble.

  • I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (KINGSFOLD)

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    KINGSFOLD is a fitting tune for this hymn’s calm confidence in Jesus’s comfort, and this Just Add People arrangement includes a fresh piano accompaniment with a sparkling intro and outro. This arrangement is also available with the texts “O Sing a Song of Bethlehem” and “We Sing the Mighty Power of God.” The string quartet arrangement available below can also be used with congregational singing and adds lyrical interludes between each verse.

  • Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You (HYMN TO JOY)

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    Nothing beats Beethoven’s original as found in the 9th Symphony, but if your pianist or praise band is going to lead “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You” this arrangement really sparkles–and the strings really bring it to another level.

  • Keur Moussa Magnificat (Mon âme exalte le Seigneur)

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    https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/keur_moussa_magnificat-COS.mp3

    In 2019, Church of the Servant commissioned me to arrange a lovely Magnificat by Keur Moussa. The Keur Moussa community, which is something like the Taizé of Senegal, has developed its own style of singing that combines the beautiful austerity of Catholic chant with the insistent rhythms of West Africa. Trying to remain in the spirit of the original piece, this arrangement is complex, but not flashy; exciting, but still mesmerizing.

    Arrangement for SATB choir, flute, strings, guitar, mbira, shakers, dumbek, and drum set. Purchase price includes full score, all instrumental parts, and permission to make multiple copies for choir.

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