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I just published a late intermediate level piano solo of “I Need Thee Every Hour with the chorus of Close to Thee.
The words to both hymns remind me to have total dependence on God.
I’ve always enjoyed pairing I Need Thee with the chorus of Close to Thee.
What a reminder for us all…a call of total dependence on God!
Our God is gracious and tender! He wants us to call on Him.
I pray you have all called on God to be your Savior.
I could not imagine life without Him!
When I got saved at the age of 29…the lyrics of the hymns took on a whole new meaning.
Here’s a sample of the first page for I Need Thee Every Hour Medley…
My grandson, Nathan, requested an arrangement for Holy, Holy, Holy… to play in this year’s spring recital.
So…Grandma started creating an arrangement for Nathan.
Here’s the outcome.
Be on the look out for a free sacred congregational piano arrangement!
I’ll give you a couple hints:
1. I’ve NEVER arranged this hymn before.
2. It’s a very stately old hymn that speaks of God’s protection
I tried to capture “note for note” how I play this particular hymn “God Will Take Care of You.”
What a fitting hymn in our day and age!
This has been the hardest arrangement for me to write but worth feeling my way through as I sing the words to this beautiful hymn!
It took me at least four days to learn page 4! I say this so church pianists will realize this hymn arrangement is very advanced.
Watching the video will help you with the interpretation of this sacred piano arrangement.
The interesting story behind this hymn is also included in the video below.
The “Assurance Medley” has been one of my favorite sacred piano arrangements to play. I arranged this after asking the Lord to be my Savior at the age of 29.
The order of the hymns in this medley were meant to portray the feeling I had when accepting Christ as my Savior.
I hope this arrangement is an encouragement to you as it has been to me.
I’ve been in the writing mood ever since our recent snowstorm. (Guess I need more snowstorms to blow in) 😉
Just wrote this early intermediate sacred piano arrangement of Day by Day for one of my teenager lady students who plays in church quite often. I’ve been grooming her for church pianist material 🙂
She’s been needing an offertory requiring minimal practice… because she’s already trying to learn a new congregational song I gave her recently on top of reviewing all the ones she’s learned.
Remember the two congregational collections I published? Well, I’ve been writing early intermediate level for some of them along the way and Hannah (the student I’m speaking about) plays for congregational singing when I’m out of town.
She recently had to cover the whole service on a moment’s notice this past Sunday night. (I wasn’t able to make it due to road conditions with snow and ice.) She said it went well….great experience for her!
It is getting closer to Thanksgiving and thought I would share a free sacred piano arrangement of “To God be the Glory”.
This piano arrangement would work for a short offertory or prelude.
I usually play this style for prelude.
Remember, this is only part one of this free arrangement.
Click here to download: To God be the Glory part one