Very advanced sacred piano solo, 4 pgs.
This is one of the most difficult arrangements Jenifer has written. Page four is a challenge but worth learning! Hear Jenifer play this arrangement on the video below as well as the story behind this comforting hymn.
I’ll be playing a handful of John W Peterson songs in addition to a new advanced arrangement of God Will Take Care of You.
I plan to publish God Will Take Care of You by this Saturday. Speaking of comforting hymns…WHAT a comforting hymn! The words and melody are SO soothing. Once you hear the story behind this hymn written in 1904….the hymn will mean even more to you! From the mouth of a young one this hymn was born!
Please join me for an evening of music around the piano. Wish you all could be here in person so we could hear everyone sing together!
See the playlist below for tonight’s list of Comforting Hymns for June 17, 2021 at 8pm EST. Grab your hymnals so you can sing along!
Early elementary sacred piano solo, 2 pages (One verse and one chorus)
Makes a great solo for the beginner pianist.
I wrote this for my grandson, Nathan, upon his request.
I checked the most recent recording of our congregation singing Dwelling in Beulah Land and discovered they didn’t sing it as fast as I was thinking.
My son led this hymn in a more moderate tempo. But…the arrangement is quite suitable for medium speed.
Some hymns just seem more demanding than others. This is one of those hymns! Once you see the chorus…you may understand why I’m tired after playing just one verse and chorus! 😉
I get very emotionally involved in the text as you’ll notice in the chorus 😉
I’m sure you all may have even better ideas for this particular hymn. Special note: I did add several corrections to this arrangement as of June 8th, 2021
Chorus Sampler for Beulah Land (piano congregational style)
Part Two: Chorus coming this Monday!
I LOVE adding zest to the old hymns. Over the past several years…I have become more free with congregational accompaniment…meaning…I play less melody IF the hymn is familiar to the congregation.)
The congregation REALLY gets in to this particular hymn. They sing it with much enthusiasm!
I will publish the chorus for Dwelling in Beulah Land this Monday.
Sunshine Meister, the Mom of this boy, has been posting daily updates on her son’s progress in addition to how God is working in their lives through this situation. God’s grace is SO evident during this challenging time.
Sunshine ends each daily post with hymn lyrics.
All of the hymns on my playlist were taken from a lot of Sunshine’s posts.
See the latest video below showing Nahum reacting to his Grandma’s voice for the first time since his accident at the end of March.
The family truly appreciates your prayers. Keep praying! God is working! 🙂 I’m including the donation information for those who are able to help towards the Meister family’s medical expense. 100% of the donations go to the Meister family.
As promised, here’s the verse of Dwelling in Beulah Land like I might play for congregational singing at my church. (link contains verse and chorus)
Editor notes:
This arrangement was written to be handled at about quarter note = 120 tempo
I ironed out the excessive wrinkles (dotted quarter note + eighth note) and played more even rhythms to make it easier on the hands of the pianist…as in measures: 1,3,5,6 etc.
I also inserted 6 quarter note rests during the verse to break up the right hand movement and for interesting rhythm!
The quarter note + half note rhythm in the left hand created more rhythmic drive.
I have more freedom with this song because our congregation knows it very well. You would need to add more melody if your congregation is not as familiar with this song. Notice: I used just enough melody to prevent me from being disorientated and to provide some melody stability for the singers 😉
My goal is to make the congregational style accompaniment support the singers and to make it enjoyable/comfortable for the pianist to play
