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
A lot has been going on since about March. All is well but just a lot of major events that are now settling down 🙂
One of the major events is we will be fostering a child around the age of 11 or 12 this summer. A lot of prep goes into this! 🙂
We’re excited about giving a kid a chance in life. It’s the least we can do to reach out while we’re still young enough to do so.
I’m hoping to have a little more wiggle room this summer to create more posts here on my website.
I’ve been writing arrangements for my piano students as of late and also working on an advanced piano arrangement of “God Will Take Care of You’.
Next Thursday, I’ll be hosting a fundraiser event for one of my piano friends on facebook live…
May 20th at 8pm EST. I’ll be playing comforting hymns for the Meister family. Please join me in supporting this family through prayers and other help if God lays it on your heart.
I’ll be playing live on facebook March 18th, 2021 at 8pm EST
You won’t need an account to view this event. Just click on the link below… around 7:55pm that evening to give yourself time to find me.
Once you’re on my facebook page….you may have to scroll down the page to see live video of me or the piano in my livingroom. You’ll see the same view as the picture below.
I’m sharing the rest of “The Call for Reapers” as promised last weekend.
Tips for the complete arrangement:
For those who don’t like playing sharp keys…just easily transpose to E flat major. The notes are the same….just think three flats instead of four sharps!
Try applying the accompaniment pattern of the chorus to hymns of like nature and chordal structure such as:
Measures 25 – 27 would go well for the words “softly and tenderly Jesus is” for the hymn “Softly and Tenderly.”
Read the note at the bottom of the sheet music that you’re about to download…
