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A Mark of Grace
$0.00 – $25.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/coslc-mark_of_grace.mp3"][/audio]Written to accompany Neal Plantinga’s sermon on Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-6) at the 2010 Calvin Worship Symposium and then revamped as a choral anthem for the first Lessons & Carols reading (Genesis 3:8-15), “A Mark of Grace” tells the whole human story–creation, fall and redemption–in the form of a lyrical ballad. You could say it’s a meditative musical meta-narrative.
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A New Heart, O God
$0.00 – $5.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/a_new_heart.mp3"][/audio]This song was written to accompany a sermon on the Ten Commandments—not a passage that inspires a lot of songs! But as I researched the service, I kept thinking about the times that God promised to write the law on our hearts. Soon I was at the piano writing this little bonbon of a Gospel chorus, “A New Heart, O God.” It comes in both a “spicy” version full of jazz/gospel harmonies and a “mild” version for churches who aren’t ready for the heat.
PowerPoint slides for congregational singing are available from Digital Songs & Hymns.
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Adoração/All of My Heart
$0.00 – $15.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pagehttps://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.
https://soundcloud.com/rubem-amorese/adoracao?si=89f07b1a8aa541b285b6d9cb58cc0464&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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Ah, Holy Jesus (HERZLIEBSTER JESU)
$5.00 Add to cart“Ah, Holy Jesus” is perhaps the most poignant and beautiful music reflection on Jesus’ suffering for our sake. This accessible Just Add People! piano accompaniment provides a bit more movement than the traditional hymn setting, retaining the tune’s prayerful character but keeping the hymn moving forward. The arrangement also sounds wonderful with acoustic guitar playing the included chords.
[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ah_holy_jesus-piano.mp3"][/audio]Piano accompaniment for congregational singing.
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Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed (MARTYRDOM)
$25.00 Add to cart[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/scheer-alas_and_did_my_savior.mp3"][/audio]Isaac Watts immortal text and the lovely tune MARTYRDOM combine in this choral anthem. The choral parts can be learned in one rehearsal, with unison sections, SATB, and simple descants. The piano accompaniment provides the dramatic arc, building until the climax in verse 5.
Choral anthem for SATB choir and piano. Purchase price allows you to make as many copies as you need for your choir.
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All Creatures of Our God and King (LASST UNS ERFREUN)
$5.00 Add to cart[audio m4a="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/All-Creatures-of-Our-God-and-King-Scheer-1_22_21-1.30-PM.m4a"][/audio]This Just Add People arrangement includes an original piano accompaniment for congregational singing as well as an optional instrumental descant.
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All Hail the Power (CORONATION) – string intro
$5.00 Add to carthttps://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.
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As With Gladness / For the Beauty of the Earth (DIX)
$5.00 Add to cart[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dix-as_with_gladness-for_the_beauty.mp3"][/audio]This Just Add People arrangement of the hymn tune DIX includes a stately piano accompaniment as well as an alternate, more active accompaniment for select verses. It can be used with any text sung to DIX, including “As with Gladness Men of Old” and “For the Beauty of the Earth.”
Piano accompaniment for congregational singing.
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Be Still and Know
$5.00 Add to cart[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/be_still_and_know.mp3"][/audio]This Just Add People arrangement of the simple refrain “Be Still and Know” is perfect for congregational singing.
Piano accompaniment for congregational singing.
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Be Still, God Will Fight Your Battle
$0.00 – $5.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product pageThis is a relatively little known spiritual that fits beautifully with the crossing of the Red Sea where Moses says, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today… The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” (Exodus 14:13-14)
This arrangement isn’t “authentic” or true to a particular stream of African American performance practice, just something that makes it accessible to a group that can read a leadsheet. Below is a video from the service for which I arranged it. Notice that this song segues like butter into “Go Down, Moses.”
Sunday Worship on May 3, 2020 – Wilderness – Discovering God in the Desert from Fuller Avenue Church on Vimeo. -
Before the Cross / When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (O WALY WALY)
$5.00 Add to cart[audio m4a="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/o_waly_waly.m4a"][/audio]One of my favorite hymn tunes is O WALY WALY, and one of my favorite hymn texts is “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.” This Just Add People arrangement combines them and adds an original refrain. This arrangement could also be used with other texts sung to O WALY WALY, either with or without the refrain.
Piano accompaniment for congregational singing, including original refrain.
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Benediction (The Last Word)
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The song’s genesis began with some phrases scratched on the back of a church bulletin. The phrase that stuck was “from the postlude to the prelude.” (That’s also the title of a book about church music administration by Randall Bradley.) From there I started to flesh out the kinds of things that could, indeed should, be understood as part of a worshipful life. Some of these seem clear: a playground feels like part of God’s world. But what about a prison?
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