Hymn (Arrangements)

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  • Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (HYFRYDOL)

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    [audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hyfrydol-come_thou_long_expected.mp3"][/audio]

     

    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.”

    Piano accompaniment for congregational singing.

  • Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (STUTTGART)

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    The Advent text “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” is sung to several tunes. STUTTGART, first published in Christian F. Witt’s 1715 Psalmodia Sacra, makes a great opening hymn for an Advent service.

    Piano accompaniment for congregational singing, with a C instrument descant thrown in for free!

  • DETROIT (What Adam’s Disobedience Cost)

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    [audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/DETROIT-piano.mp3"][/audio]

     

    This Just Add People piano arrangement gives this early American tune a robust, earthy harmonic setting that can also be played effectively with guitar or folk band. The 8.6.8.6 tune can be used with any hymn text set to DETROIT, including:
    Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive
    In Labor All Creation Groans
    Behold the Goodness of Our Lord (Psalm 133)
    What Adam’s Disobedience Cost
    Do Not I Love Thee, O My Lord?

    Piano accompaniment for congregational singing.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • God Is So Good

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    [audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/god_is_so_good.mp3"][/audio]

     

    The simplest song of thanksgiving, learned in Sunday School and hummed throughout life, is fleshed out with a robust piano arrangement that allows for multiple verses to be sung.

    Piano accompaniment for congregational singing.

  • Holy God, We Praise Your Name (GROSSER GOTT)

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    This Just Add People arrangement uses the traditional harmonies for verses 1, 2, and 4, but adds an intro, coda, and effervescent third verse. And it’s easy to integrate pipe organ with the piano.

    Piano accompaniment for congregational singing.

  • How Can I Keep from Singing?

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    The title phrase gives the impression of a wide-eyed universalist anthem of feel-good hope. But a deeper look shows a hymn that recognizes both the struggles of life and the hope of faith in Christ. This Just Add People arrangement brings out the lament of the verses with a minor harmonization, switching to a major key when the refrain proclaims confidently: No storm can shake my inmost calm.”

  • I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (KINGSFOLD)

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    [audio m4a="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Arr-GScheer-O-Sing-a-Song-of-Bethlehem-12_8_20-9.34-PM-1.m4a"][/audio]

    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.

  • Immortal, Invisible (ST. DENIO)

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    Counterpoint in a hymn accompaniment? You betcha! Click below to hear this one played live at Fuller Avenue CRC.

    This song is mentioned in Greg’s podcast, “2021 Musical Year in Review.“

    Piano accompaniment for congregational singing.

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

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    [audio m4a="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Arr-GScheer-Joyful-Joyful-12_9_20-9.04-PM.m4a"][/audio]

    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.

  • Lo, How a Rose (ES IST EIN ROS)

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    [audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/02-Lo-How-A-Rose.mp3"][/audio]

    One of the most lovely songs of the Advent/Christmas season is turned into a tender jazz ballad. An oft omitted verse is included (“O Flow’r whose fragrance tender…”) and a short soprano solo provides extra vocal texture. This flexible choral anthem includes chord symbols for jazz combo, but it can also be sung a cappella, as in the recording above by the Heinz Chapel Choir of the University of Pittsburgh. The orchestral accompaniment is also flexible, allowing full orchestra or just the strings to support the sound of the choir and piano.

    [audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/lo_how_a_rose.mp3"][/audio]

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