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Easy Accompaniment Ideas for Faith is the Victory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During choir practice yesterday afternoon…our choir was practicing “Faith is the Victory” in unison.

I noticed it was just SO awkward trying to grab all the melody notes…especially during the verse!

Each sentence of the verse starts on a fast note (eighth note) making it almost impossible to keep up with the melody. I thought, “The choir KNOWS the melody…why not delete the first word of each sentence to alleviate the awkwardness!?!  (Exception: I’ll play the first word of the song to allow for secure entry) 🙂

My mind devised a plan to ease up my old moving hands 😉  Time to have some fun!  Just stay within the vicinity of the melody and you won’t get AS lost 😉

Let the singers do the work!

The result: (Download the free pdf version of “Faith is the Victory” below)

Faith is the Victory

 

 

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One Response to “Easy Accompaniment Ideas for Faith is the Victory”

  1. Sheila says:
    March 4, 2019 at 11:52 am

    I can sympathize with the old fingers! Besides the arthritis, I also have essential tremor mostly in my left hand. I will keep playing as long as I can, though. Thanks for the arrangement. I particularly like the congregational arrangements so I can sing along in my mediocre voice.

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