Finally Home in a Lower Key

Recently, a friend of mine was searching for “Finally Home” by Don Wyrtzen  in a lower key to sing for a funeral.  I was able to point him to MusicNotes.Com

MusicNotes.Com is an online music store specializing in downloadable sheet music.  They have over 200,000 songs in downloadable format and over 260,000 music books.  If you subscribe to their weekly email newsletter…you’ll receive coupons!  All you have to provide is your email address and a password.  Prices for their sheet music are fairly reasonable for the convenience of having the music pronto!

A great feature I absolutely love is being able to choose a lower key for the song I want to order…especially for vocal music.

Finally Home is one of those songs with a very wide note range…making it a challenge to sing  for the average soloist.  The last line of the song contains the highest note of this beautiful song.  Not everyone feels comfortable trying to hit this note…so…there is a solution…sing the alternate notes…E flat to C.  (shown below on the word “glory”).

Finally-Home-melody-altered

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*Tip: I would recommend the key of F major for bass soloists.

 

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6 Responses to “Finally Home in a Lower Key”

  1. Jon Petrie says:

    Finally Home is a really nice piece – certainly a lovely one to say good bye to someone

  2. Cindy Clapper says:

    Is it possible to get the entire piano music in hymn style, for “finally home” in that hymn style piano sheet music?
    Thanks
    Cindy Clapper

  3. Mary Cantell says:

    Hi!
    Anyone know if there is a downloadable mp3 karaoke background music arrangement without vocals that I can sing solo at a funeral in August? I’ve looked everywhere for “Finally Home” by Don Wyrtzen and I’m not finding it! Please help, thanks!

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