Author: Lizzybear

Added Hymn # 175 to the Sacrament sheet music page

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Yep, I have been pretty quiet lately.  Sorry about that.  

I haven’t been writing any organ music lately – mostly because I wrote gobs of Christmas arrangements for last years Christmas program to accommodate our super low bass section.  I am still re-arranging music for them as needed.  I will try to post them on this site before next Christmas.

A few weeks ago I wrote a choir arrangement of ‘O, Come thou King of Kings’ and submitted to the Stake Music Director for consideration for next month’s stake conference.  It was accepted.  🙂

The Stake Choir Director wanted to sing the high soprano descant, so she asked me if I would be willing to trade places with her on that particular hymn – she would sing my soprano part and I would get to direct the stake choir – Cool Beans!  I will upload my arrangement for this hymn after Stake Conference next month. 

Tonight I looked over the pathetic list of sacrament songs, which two years ago, I promised to arrange, but allowed life to get the best of me.  So tonight I sat down and completed ‘O God, the Eternal Father’, Hymn #175.  I know I have said this before, but I will concentrate on trying to complete a hymn a week.  It takes 2-4 hours of time for me to arrange a hymn that I have pre-notated, so hopefully I can find a block of time each week to sit down and get one done.

Here is the link to this new organ arrangement ~ It’s free to download and use for non-commercial and church purposes.  
O_God,_the_Eternal_Father for Organ
You can also find this hymn listed on the Sacrament Hymns and Alphabetical Hymns Pages.

Enjoy!  
Elizabeth   🙂

 

I did not mean to be neglectful…

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it’s just….earlier this year I was blessed to be called to be the Music Director for our little branch.  It was a pretty easy calling, choosing hymns and leading the congregation and though I felt the need for a challenge, I … Continue reading →

Patriotic Music!

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I LOVE PATRIOTIC MUSIC! 

Our Captain Moroni Standard for the Latter Days!

Our Captain Moroni Standard for the Latter Days!

 

A billowing feeling of gratitude fills the very center of my soul, when I remember those who sacrificed their all to ensure my freedom to worship and live in a manner pleasing to God ~ without fear or censure.

I learned from a wise sister in the faith, that we need not make a special new flag or rent our coats to pronounce our stance of freedom and liberty, God has already done that.  Our American flag symbolizes all that Moroni agonized over as he rent his cloak and penned these faith inspiring words:

 “In Memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children.”

Captain Moroni and The Title of Liberty,
Book of Mormon ~ Alma 46:13

So post your flags and let your title of liberty be flown, over the housetops, off your porches, at your churches and in your heart!

I am very grateful that God has placed me here to live in this choice land. I feel a kinship to my ancestors of the Celtic regions who suffered many hardships to ensure that their children and descendants would be able to enjoy the freedoms that they themselves sought for.

The next time you sing hymns or songs of praise to those who have fought for us and as you pledge your allegiance to a constitutional cause, please remember those who fight for freedom for you, your children, their children and the future generations to come. It is they who carry this modern Title of Liberty today that we may enjoy our liberty tomorrow.

Remember, above all, to thank our God for the blessed privilege of living in such a temporally blessed land.  Especially, for the gift of freedom to live in the most spiritually blessed land in the world ~ a choice land, above all other lands~where Zion will soon be made manifest and His glorious promises will come to pass.  🙂

“…we have obtained a land of promise, a land which is choice above all other lands;…and if it so be that they shall serve Him according to the commandments which He hath given, it shall be a land of liberty unto them…”

2 Nephi 1:5-7

God Bless America!

Below you will find patriotic songs developed and simplified for pedal organ.  Like all my adapted hymns, these are free for your own personal use in non-commercial settings and are copyrighted material, even if I forgot to put that on the page.  Your use of these hymns, anywhere on this website, constitutes an understood agreement that you are going to use them in a non-commercial and/or church setting.

Click the links below and Enjoy! 🙂

Hymn # 338   America_the_Beautiful-single page

Hymn # 338   America_the_Beautiful-standard print-2pgs

Hymn # 339   My_Country,_’Tis_of_Thee_Simplified_Organ

Hymn # 340 The_Star_Spangled_Banner

Choir Rendition of Battle Hymn of the Republic:
Hymn # 60  Battle_Hymn_of_the_Republic Hymn #60 SATBB – modified for Low Bass

I have been majorly distracted….

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Sorry about not getting any music uploaded in the past few months.

I was visiting my daughter in another state, closing on a home in a new location in Missouri, moving and have been heavily involved with getting to know new neighbors and friends, unpacking boxes, looking for furniture and rehabbing important aspects of our home.

I have finally set up my keyboard and plugged in the organ that came with the house.  It is not a fully functional organ, the pedals unfortunately do not work.  😦  Our branch does not have a pedal organ.  😦  But, there are 12 other church congregations in this little town, maybe one of them will have a full pedal organ.

As for what is distracting me….

I have been prepping the bathroom by knocking out plaster, roughing in electric and installing insulation.  My goal is to finish before Friday when the Amish guys come to do their stuff.

Tomorrow the plumber comes to replace all the metal water pipes with pex pipe, replace the cast iron sewer pipe with pvc and install a toilet and sink upstairs.  Friday the Amish guys come and completely rehab the bathroom – installing new hardwood floors, the support wall for my awesome shower and attaching the drywall to the ceiling. Maybe I can get them to mud the joints too so I can paint.

Then I need to hurry and get the leaking a basement wall fixed before the rainy season starts.  It rained today, not much, but we are still sweeping puddles of water into the basement drain.  :/

After the bathrooms are installed and water issues are done, I hope things will start to ‘calm’ down a bit.

So I apologize for being slow.  The music is still in scribble form.

I hope to get it notated a bit at a time.

Elizabeth

Wow, this year closed so quickly…

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First I want to apologize.

I felt like I had dropped the ball toward the latter half of December, undoubtedly dissapointing a portion of the 47 visitors I received on December 23rd.

I did not get as much as much Christmas music posted as had mapped out on paper.

 My Excuse???

Kids getting sick, part-time job sapping my energy and feeling super sleepy lately, I did not feel as productive as I could have been.

Other Excuse???

I also decided to test the Musescore 2.0 Beta program, which has some nice WoWs to it, but not enough to take a chance on losing my entire score – twice! – when it hit a glitch.

I found it to be unstable with my Windows 7, especially after listening to the music and then trying to make changes to the score.
I will let you know when I think it is stable and ready for prime-time. 

So I am back to Musescore 1.3  – which is without all the fancy stuff, but my scores are safe.

Moral of this story?: Don’t test a new software program when you have a deadline.

Wondering…

I am not sure if the music I am posting is helpful either.  
I see the visitors, but I am not getting much feedback.

If any of you have suggestions, or if you find a wrong note, please, please, please let me know.

This next week, I may work on ‘Ring Out Wild Bells’, but we will see.

My plans for the new year are:

Publish the sacrament hymns for simplified organ, in as simple a style as I can.
Add a sacrament hymn page tab to make them easier to find.
Publish themed hymns, ie: love, Easter, the Restoration, patriotic, some children’s songs and maybe even a few of my own pieces.

Thank you for visiting my ‘work-in-progress’ these past six months.  I hope I can work out the glitches and publish music that is helpful and enjoyable to play.

Elizabeth 🙂

Happy New Year!!!

Three more Christmas hymns posted…

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christmas-music-02Three more Christmas hymns have been posted this morning:

 #205 ~ Once in Royal Davids City

#209 ~ Hark! The Herald Angel’s Sing ~
without lyric text – ran out of time and it fits on a single sheet of paper.

#210 ~ With Wondering Awe

My goal is to have more done soon – between work, kids and Christmas, it sure has been busy around here!

Download the free sheet music under the Christmas Tab.

 

New Free Christmas Sheet Music Tab!

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Chrchristmas-music-02istmas, Christmas, Christmas ~ I love Christmas!

I have recently arranged several beloved Christmas hymns, from the LDS Hymnal, for simplified and intermediate organ.

Check out the new ‘Christmas’ music tab!

These hymns are specifically written for the newbie to intermediate organist who would like to add pedal to congregation accompaniments and prelude music.

You can find these new arrangements under the ‘Christmas’ Tab.

Merry Christmas!  🙂

 

 

Getting back on track…

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Four Thanksgiving hymns loaded:

For_the_Beauty_of_the_Earth  Hymn # 92

Now_We_Thank_Thee_All_Our_God  Hymn # 95

Prayer_of_Thanksgiving  Hymn # 93

Come,_Ye_Thankful_People  Hymn # 94

Now on to Christmas hymns…more songs of gratitude will be posted during this next year.

I have high hopes, now that I still have most of the month of November, that I will be able to notate my scribbles in the measures and margins of the Christmas hymns. It is my goal to give organists a bit more time to look over the music before season overtakes me.

I hope you enjoy what I have shared and have a wonderful Thanksgiving season with those you love.