So here it is...my first attempt at posting an arrangement online. This is actually not the complete version, but it is posted before the month is out. The pdf version is available on this post for you to view, download, and critique. My music will begin to get out this year, beginning with this first (if feeble) attempt.
One of my music goals this year was stated as:
This is the first of those songs...but is actually an arrangement of several choruses, creating a medley. I will be revising this arrangement for a later post. Right now it pretty much the plain vanilla parts, transposed and swapped as necessary to take what was in the hymnal and convert it to a TTBB arrangement.
Below is the pdf file:
- Write one new song every month to begin building composition experience and repertoire.
This is the first of those songs...but is actually an arrangement of several choruses, creating a medley. I will be revising this arrangement for a later post. Right now it pretty much the plain vanilla parts, transposed and swapped as necessary to take what was in the hymnal and convert it to a TTBB arrangement.
Below is the pdf file:
And here is the audio of the above, in cheesy sounding midi. (I'll be recording the voice parts later)
Please feel free to leave comments and suggestions below. More to come!
Rick McDonnell is a vocalist, voice teacher, and the head blogger at Harmony Passion. Rick enjoys family, four-part harmony, church fellowship, hot tea with honey, running an annual community half marathon, and teaching the Bible. Rick and his wife Bethany teach music students in their home studio and in music studios in nearby Thomasville, GA.