Tunes for Texts

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  • MARY MAGDALENE OF GRAND RAPIDS

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

    Michael Perry’s 1973 setting of the Benedictus (Luke 1:68-79), “Blest Be the God of Israel” is usually paired with MERLE’S TUNE by Hal Hopson. That’s a beautiful tune, but sometimes a hymn needs more brawn than beauty. This new tune has a lot of similarities to the Peruvian Gloria, which could be used as an extended Amen at the end of the song.

    This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.

  • May the Mind of Christ My Savior

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    This classic text has been set to a new tune which has a mesmerizing Celtic feel. The song’s theme of consecration and aspiration makes it a great way to close a service. This song is also included in Faith Alive’s Sing with Me song book with a simplified piano accompaniment and some lyric changes.

    PowerPoint slides for congregational singing are available from Digital Songs & Hymns.

    Watch Greg’s guitar tutorial for this song here:

    [embed width="600" height="300"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXyPBbDtKKk[/embed]

  • MINOR CELEBRATION

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    https://archive.gregscheer.com/sounds/minor_celebration.mp3

    This tune is a festive minor tune, which to some people is an oxymoron. To Ralph Vaughan Williams and me, it makes complete sense.

    This is an orphan tune, waiting to be adopted by a text to call its own. If you write your own 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.

  • MY CROSBY

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    https://archive.gregscheer.com/sounds/my_crosby.mp3

    MY CROSBY is a straight-up Gospel hymn for CMD texts. Since it’s written in the style of Fanny Crosby, I called the tune MY CROSBY. (Which seemed more appropriate than MY FANNY.)

    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.

  • O Breath of Life

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    https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/COS_rote-o_breath_of_life.mp3

    I originally recorded this song as a pop-punk retune of the hymn text by Bessie Porter Head. Naturally, the idea was met with some skepticism. But beneath the hood is a perfectly singable congregational song. You see? Songs are just like people. Sometimes beneath a prickly punk facade is a placid heart of gold.

    This leadsheet is a free download. If you sing this song in your church please report its use to CCLI or OneLicense.

  • O God, Our Help, We Bless Your Name

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    Based on a hymn text by Philip Doddridge, this tune sounds like it comes from the pages of Southern Harmony while the lyrics remind us that the seemingly insurmountable obstacles we see ahead of us will become occasions for praising God in the future.

  • O Holy Spirit, Come!

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    The verses of “O Holy Spirit, Come!” are based on “Veni Creator Spiritus,” a chant from the 10th century. I wrote a new translation of the 7 verse Latin text, created new harmonies, and added a refrain. In the end, the song spans some 11 centuries of singing to the Holy Spirit.

    This song was featured in a Reformed Worship article (March 2013 No.107, p18) and on the Cardiphonia compilation CD, Pentecost Songs.

  • O One with God the Father

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    http://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/o_one_with_god_the_father.mp3

    William Walsham How is best known as the author of “For All the Saints,” but he wrote almost a hundred other hymns, including this one: “O One with God the Father.” It is a powerful Epiphany text that begins with the theme of Colossians 1:15, “The Son is the image of the invisible God.” It continues by focusing on the light of Christ, praying that Christ’s light would dispel the darkness of our lives. This wonderful old text now has a fresh coat of (musical) paint!

  • Online Psalms Concert – Singalong

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    Singalong bundle for Greg’s online Psalms Concert, April 3, 2022.

    You can watch the concert here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBiORFbDulE

    Includes the following leadsheets:

    • Psalm 132: O Savior, Come
    • Psalm 42/43: As the Deer
    • Psalm 8: How Often in the Deep of Night (with Linda Bonney Olin)
    • Psalm 69: Have Pity, My God (with David Diephouse)
    • Psalm 20: Blessing (with Kate Bluett)
    • Psalm 23: God Is Our Shepherd (with Michael Morgan)
    • Psalm 7: Arise! – Isaac Watts
    • Psalm 146: Praise the Lord! (with Charles Freeman)
    • Psalm 77: We Will Remember (with Travis Ham)
    • Psalm 44: For Your Mercy’s Sake (with Tammy Moody)
    • Psalm 135: I Know the Lord Is Great! (with Hunter Lynch)
    • Psalm 18: I Love You, God My Lord (with Adam Carlill)
    • Psalm 62: Only God Can Save Me Now (with Doug Gay)
    • Psalm 9/10: Rise Up, O Lord! (with Naaman Wood)
    • Psalm 16: The Refuge of My Soul

  • PEEPS

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    https://archive.gregscheer.com/sounds/PEEPS.mp3

    Chordal enough for a guitarist or worship band to play, but could also be led effectively at the organ. The tune is more or less modal, yet keeps sliding out of the mode’s center. What holds things together are the strong sequences that follow a subtle inner logic–they guide your voice to the next pitch even when you don’t understand why. It was originally written for Brian Wren’s text, “We Are Your People.”

    This is an orphan tune, waiting to be adopted by a text to call its own. If you write your own lyrics for this melody or pair it with an existing text, please let me know how you’ve used it.

  • PHIRE

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

    “Filled with the Spirit’s Power” is a fine hymn text in search of the right tune. Traditionally, it has been paired with SHELDONIAN or FARLEY CASTLE. Both of these tunes are good but lack the zip needed to convey the text’s images of power, fire, joy, and wind. My new tune, PHIRE, is a joyous musical match.

    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.

  • Psalm 108: O God, My Heart Is Ready

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    https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/psalm_108-o_god_my_heart_is_ready_1.mp3

    Kate Bluett has a knack for writing hymns that are fresh and insightful, yet draw a worshiper’s attention to the subject rather than the words. Her rendering of Psalm 108 captures the hope and confidence of this morning prayer perfectly. The music matches her words with a melody that leaps and dives like a brisk ride through a hilly landscape at sunrise.

    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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