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One of my grandsons requested an arrangement for this hymn.
I tried to stay true to his level which is Lesson Book level five by Nancy & Randall Faber. He’s just started level five.
I enjoyed creating this early intermediate piano solo.
Do you have singers at your church who can’t sing Statue of Liberty because of the challenging note range? Hopefully they can sing this patriotic song with the following two changes. (pics below)
A guy in our a church has always sung Statue of Liberty for many years on July 4th Sunday.
This year found him not able to reach the real low or high spots 🙁
So…I tweaked the melody in two places on the first page. I also lowered this patriotic song to A major which better fit his range.
He’s normally a tenor so the lower notes are not his friend but reachable with these two changes. 😉
I have been writing a lot of music for my students who help out on the pianos during the services.
Just finished writing “Jesus Paid it All” today! I will try to do better. It’s just that I’ve been writing a lot more hymn congregationals for my students who are helping out a whole lot more in the services!
Would you like to hear from some of my students who are involved in playing for our services?
My older two grandsons are now learning how to add to the hymns in the hymnal. I LOVE teaching them!
Oh! This article should have been all about this published arrangement but just so excited about my students being involved in our church music ministry!
I really like this gospel hymn that speaks of Jesus providing redemption.
What a great reminder of those who have trusted in Christ Jesus.
Glory to His Name is one of my favorite hymns. I play it frequently during the prelude at
our church.
This arrangement could easily be used for prelude or offertory.
I need to enter the dynamics before publishing this hymn arrangement.
See a sample below.
Hannah, my oldest grandaughter, likes to play soft songs with a flowing style.
So…I tried to write her a Christmas piano arrangement of O Little Town of Bethlehem with those ingredients.
Here’s another easy arrangement I wrote for one of my grandkids last school year.
This particular arrangement of “Saved! Saved!” was written for one of my grandsons who loves playing the hymns.
He was in level 2A lesson book by Nancy & Randy Faber when I assigned him this piece.
This arrangement of “it is Well” was written for one of my grandsons, Allen, who is ready for lesson book 2B by the Fabers.
Contents: Key of C Major, one verse & chorus with a nice full ending sound in the last couple of measures.
I wrote this arrangement of O Come All Ye Faithful for my oldest grandson.
Michael is in Lesson 3B by the Fabers if that helps you classify the level of this piece.
The intro and ending consists of a colorful, majestic chord progression.
The arrangement is in the key of G Major: one verse and chorus in addition to the intro & ending.
I created these hymn arrangements for my students. They are able to play along with congregational singing with these straightforward arrangements or use the pieces for offertory or prelude.
Most of the songs are either C Major (where each hand is covering CDEFG) or Middle C Position (Thumbs share middle C)
There are ten arrangements (4 of the hymns are 2 pages long) but every hymn contains one verse and chorus.
Grace Greater
Jesus Loves the Little Children
Like a River
Nothing but the Blood
O Worship the King
Redeemed
Revive Us Again
Tell it to Jesus
Trust and Obey
Work for the Night
See the three samples below:
