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Jesus Lives, and So Shall I
[audio mp3="https://gregscheer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/jesus_lives_and_so_shall_i.mp3"][/audio]There are many songs that are perfect for Easter day (“Christ the Lord Is Risen Today,” for example.), but few that remain appropriate during Eastertide. “Jesus Lives, and So Shall I” will take you through the whole season of Easter with its focus on our new life in the risen Christ.
PowerPoint slides for congregational singing are available from Digital Songs & Hymns.
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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Jesus, Greatest at the Table
https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/jesus_greatest_at_the_table.mp3
The hymn tune TABLE GREATS (a play on “greatest” and “table grace”) is a setting for Steven Starke’s 8.7.8.7.8.7 Maundy Thursday text. This simple, singable tune gives voice to Starke’s reflection on the story of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet in the upper room.
Piano accompaniment for congregational singing.
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Jesus, Lord of Life and Glory
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This beautiful hymn by James John Cummins had fallen into disuse until fairly recently. It covers all of life— depth of sin, temptation, ease and joy, sickness, and dying— and always brings us back to the prayer, “By your mercy, oh, deliver us, good Lord.”
https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/jesus_lord-gstra.mp3
An SATB arrangement of this song is also available from GIA Music, G-8892.
This song is mentioned in Greg’s podcast, “Devotion, Temptation, and Confession.“
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Jesus, My Great High Priest
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/2021/04/COS-jesus_my_great_highpriest.mp3"][/audio]There are few songs that use the image of Jesus as high priest. Shepherd, Bread of Life, yes, but not high priest. I fell in love with this text by Isaac Watts and wrote a new tune for it.
PowerPoint slides for congregational singing are available from Digital Songs & Hymns.
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MAESTRO
https://musicblog.gregscheer.com/throughout_these_lenten_days.mp3
This Common Meter tune was first written for the text “Thoughout These Lenten Days,” which is paired with TALLIS CANON in Sing! A New Creation. I love the Tallis tune, but it felt too static for the movement that takes place in the six verses of James Gertmenian’s text. So I wrote this sweeping melody that is reminescent of English cathedral melodies such as KING’S WESTON. One of my choir members liked the tune so much that he took to calling me “maestro” ever since he sang it. Since the tune earned me that title, I thought it would be an appropriate title for the tune as well.
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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MARY MAGDALENE OF GRAND RAPIDS
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.
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May the Mind of Christ My Savior
Price range: $0.00 through $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/2019/12/may_the_mind.mp3"][/audio]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:
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MINOR CELEBRATION
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.
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MY CROSBY
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.
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O Breath of Life
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.