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All Who Have Ears
[embed]https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/all_who_have_ears.mp3[/embed]There is a recurring refrain in the book of Revelation: “Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” This is not only scripture –it is a perfect prayer of illumination. The song can be sung simply–a cappella or with guitar or piano accompaniment. It can also be sung in canon, with as many as five voices singing simultaneously.
Sheet music with vocal line and piano accompaniment.
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ALLITERATION
[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/alliteration.mp3"][/audio]I wrote the tune ALLITERATION as an alternative to RUSTINGTON. It gave me a chance to work out a few musical ideas, and now it’s your chance to pair it with an 8787D text and give it a try in a real life setting.
This is an orphan tune, waiting to be adopted by a text to call its own. If you write lyrics for this melody or pair it with an existing text, please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense and let me know how you’ve used it.
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As the Deer
Price range: $0.00 through $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/2024/12/09-As-the-Deer.mp3"][/audio]Psalm 42 and 43 are set to a haunting, melancholic melody that mirrors the poignancy of the original Psalm text. This song continues to be one of the most frequently downloaded songs of the site. An arrangement for choir published is by Augsburg Fortress.
PowerPoint slides for congregational singing are available from Digital Songs & Hymns.
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As With Gladness / For the Beauty of the Earth (DIX)
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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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Ask the Complicated Questions
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Dave Bjorlin’s hymn “Ask the Complicated Questions” assumes that God is big enough to handle our questions, doubts, and disagreements. That’s a breath of fresh air.
Because the song deals with the uncertainty of seeking truth in a sometimes perplexing world, I chose an understated melody that moves in many different directions and never quite comes to rest. It’s this lack of resolution that urges Dave’s words forward.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church, please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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Be Still and Know
[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
Price range: $0.00 through $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)
[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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Behold the Love
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Barton W. Stone (of Stone-Cambell movement fame) wrote only one hymn: “Behold the Love, the Grace of God.” What struck me about Stone’s text is how effusive it is: “My soul’s on fire, it pants to prove the fullness of redeeming love.” Though I decided to write new lyrics, I tried to retain the original text’s first-person awe and gratefulness for Jesus’ sacrifice. This would be a great song for communion or Good Friday. Think of it as a gospel sibling of “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.”
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.
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Behold, a Table Is Spread
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This song draws its inspiration from John S.B. Monsell’s 1866 hymn “I Hunger and I Thirst.” I added a chorus and rewrote the original text. Drawing from the “I AM” titles for Jesus, the three verses of this uptempo communion hymn focus on bread, blood, and water.
This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.