“Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”…an excellent reminder to focus on Jesus as we travel through this earthly life.
As I grow older…the words to these old hymns become even more meaningful.
Here’s a homespun hymn arrangement of “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus.” I just played from my heart and tried to replicate via paper 😉
I especially love the last verse:
“His Word shall not fail you_HE PROMISED 🙂
Believe Him and all will be well.
Then go to a world that is dying, His perfect salvation to tell!
This arrangement is VERY advanced due to at least a half dozen runs…measure #42 contains a run I’ve never used or seen before…but it just seemed to fit.
I will admit it’s the hardest run for me to play in this arrangement. But…with practice it can happen 🙂
Advanced sacred piano solo, 4 pgs.
A majestic entrance to this arrangement opens up to the chorus and then goes into a verse with a final chorus. At least a half dozen runs are included in this exciting arrangement!
I just finished the final copy of “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”.
This is a very advanced piano hymn arrangement with at least a half dozen runs sprinkled throughout the piece.
To be honest, I didn’t think this arrangement was worthy of publication. Why? Sometimes I feel like my homespun arrangements aren’t that interesting. But this is the style I like to play….just straight from my heart.
My piano friend, Meryt Wilson encouraged me to publish this piece.
Maybe there are other church pianists that could make use of this homespun arrangement.
I’ll be creating the video today and hope to publish it by no later than the end of this week.
Headed to meet up with one of my piano friends, Meryt Wilson! We try to meet at least once a year to trade ideas and just have fun playing the piano or pianos together! I’ll try to share the highlights of our meeting asap!
I’m almost finished with a very advanced arrangement of “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus!”
Meryt will test drive the piece for me today before final publication.
Right after the service this past Sunday night…I noticed my oldest grandson sitting on the front pew with an open hymnal in his lap wearing a perplexed expression.
“Whatcha doing?” I asked. He points to the hymn title “Doxology” and says to me with a concerned look, “Grandma, this is a weird word and it’s not even one of the words in this hymn!”
Trying not to show my amusement, I explained to him what the word “Doxology” meant and how not all hymn titles are found in the lyrics but how the title will in most cases reflect the main topic of the hymn.
Across the page I noticed the hymn title “Security” and asked him what he thought that hymn was about. He wrinkled up his face in thought and replied, “Security has to do with policemen.” I explained it was about feeling secure in God’s arms; God’s protection.
My grandson has had such a fascination with our church hymnal since he was very young. (He’s now almost nine and hasn’t lost interest in the hymns.)
He actually learned to read by singing through the hymns he knew from the hymnal on their 40 minute commute to church!
On Sunday afternoons, you can usually find him singing through the hymnal as his repertoire has greatly increased!
I LOVE the hymns too! Sometimes I join in and sing along with him on Sunday afternoons.
My advanced sacred piano solo of “The Lord’s Prayer” is now available through Sheet Music Plus.
This particular arrangement took two weeks to create. I always like to allow breathing space when creating the more advanced pieces…always chiseling away…trying to smooth the rough edges.
As a church pianist, I always played the vocal accompaniment for someone to sing but never as a piano solo.
I’ve never come across this particular song as a piano solo. How about you? I’m sure there’s piano solo arrangements out there for “The Lord’s Prayer” but I haven’t seen one at the advanced level.
I tried to stay true to the flow of the melody score even though I stretched it out a bit with tuplet time. The tempo should be brisk to avoid dragging out the melody. I tried to maintain a clear melody path while meandering through many twists and turns. 😉
I thought The Lord’s Prayer was in the public domain. I searched out the title before creating the arrangement. Somewhere along the way I discovered that this certain melody of the Lord’s Prayer was still under copyright. Fortunately I was able to publish it through Sheet Music Plus. Yay!!!
Just finished the printed version of “The Lord’s Prayer” advanced piano solo! A piano friend is proof reading before final copy is made.
The music to this popular tune is still under copyright so I will be publishing this arrangement through Sheet Music Plus.
You can still go to my store to purchase the arrangement once it’s published. Clicking on the arrangement will take you to Sheet Music Plus’ site for purchase.
I plan to publish “The Lord’s Prayer” by this Friday afternoon.
I found an outlet to legally publish “The Lord’s Prayer”! Yay! I should have already thought of Sheet Music Plus as an outlet.
I normally focus on “public domain” hymns and thought “The Lord’s Prayer was public domain. I verified the “public domain” status before writing the arrangement but I discovered after the fact that the public domain version has a different tune than the original one.
So….I hope to publish “The Lord’s Prayer” advanced piano solo by sometime next week! I’ll be in touch.
I know I’m quite late with this arrangement of Silent Night…but had to pen to paper my spontaneous version I played last week during facebook live.
Silent Night Christmas early advanced piano solo, 4 pgs.
The scene: A peaceful quiet night in Bethlehem unfolds in this lovely rendition of Silent Night. Price: $4.25
Once you click the above link this evening….just scroll down the page until you see me playing with the following icon in upper left hand corner of screen.
I just published a volume of ten Early elementary level sacred piano solos originally written for my students to play for congregational singing.
I have up to three students playing along with me in church now whenever they can! We use these arrangements for offertories and preludes too!
Keep in mind….these arrangements can only work for congregational singing IF the student’s keyboard or piano can be transposed to match the key of the lead pianist.
My students are LOVING playing in church in a group setting. They’re actually progressing much faster!
Early Elementary Sacred Piano Volume One Volume One: Nine Early Elementary Sacred Piano Solos plus one two piano arrangement. (10 songs total)
I wrote these arrangements for my piano students to play for congregational singing but can be used for offertories too! Tip: Works great for piano ensemble playing too 🙂 * I usually have at least two students playing these arrangements for congregational singing or for offertory in addition to me playing along. Each arrangement includes suggested fingering & lyrics. Price: $12.00
Click on video below to hear all the arrangements in this volume.
