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Candlelight Carol Correction uploaded

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Hello kind Followers and Visitors,

I made a mistake in a recent choir piece I uploaded a few weeks ago.  I had rehearsed it with the choir a several times and weirdly no one noticed that I had accidentally written the soprano line at the bottom of page five an octave lower.  They had just been singing what had felt right to them.

sigh…….moving on…..

So, I have updated the Candlight Carol and fixed the error, you can find it here on my 
Christmas page.

I feel a need to add a disclaimer: 

“I am not a professional musician, so any music you download from this site is for entertainment purposes only ~ this music is not intended to be used as a substitute for real music written by trained and schooled professionals.”

I think I will be adding that to my footer later.

I am grateful to those who do visit my site and choose to follow my updates and occasional blogs.  I hope that overtime, I can improve my ability to catch the flaws or find a bestie music friend who can help me catch them before I fling them all over the globe.

If I don’t post again before Christmas ~ Have a blessed one.

Love you all,

Elizabeth 🙂

Now Thank We All Our God Hymn # 95

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A classic hymn of gratitude befitting this heartfelt season.  

This hymn is a bit busier than some of the other simplified organ hymns I have arranged and posted, but I think that it will provide a positive talent-building stretch for the beginner and intermediate organist.

Click the title: Now_We_Thank_Thee_All_Our_God Hymn # 95   to download this free simplified organ sheet music.

Enjoy!  🙂

Oh My Father, Hymn # 292

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Oh My Father, hymn # 292, is a hymn of hope.

We often travel through life wondering about our origins, waiting for some sign of comfort that we are indeed divine sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father.  When I was young, I would gaze up at the stars wondering and contemplating, knowing somehow, that somewhere within me, there was a terribly faded memory of belonging that I knew I missed, but did not know from where.The original life-size bronze sculpture of 'Come Unto Me', by Jerry Anderson, sets in the Spilsbury Mortuary in St. George Utah.

When I learned who I was, a loved daughter of heavenly parents, both of whom had expectations of me returning to them when I finished my growth on earth; the heavenly home from where I first resided; and where I was destined to return when my morality fulfilled itself; I finally found the answers to the questions I had sought after during my youth.

Oh My Father, Hymn 292, aptly communicates the inner searching of the soul, the testimony of discovering divine parentage, and a hope of returning, someday, to our place of origin, among loving parents and family in a glorious heavenly realm.

I hope too that my divine parents will be happy to see me and that I will have completed the course I set out to do, as imperfect as I am, and that I, too, can be greeted with ‘mutual approbation’.

Enjoy this free sheet music download of my simplified organ adaptation of this personally beloved hymn:

Hymn # 292:  Oh_My_Father_Simplified_Organ

Turn Your Hearts ~ Hymn # 291 ~ Simplified Piano

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Hymn # 291 Turn Your Hearts ~ Adapted for ‘Uber-Simplified Piano’ – Free Sheet Music

Okay ~ found out last Sunday that I was going to need to play the piano in Relief Society. I am also giving the lesson.  I guess I should be grateful that I am not talking in Sacrament meeting too.

The Lesson is on Quentin L. Cooks April Conference Talk Roots and Branches. That means – Family History and Elijah the Prophet.

We chose the opening hymn as # 291 Turn Your Hearts.

The chorister was concerned about whether I could play it.

I told her “It doesn’t matter ~ I probably can’t unless it is uber-simplified.

Hence my simplifying the hymns.

You’ll never see me grace the halls of Julliard,
~ I am grateful I can play as well as I do, now that I am closing in on 50.  :/

Hey – I am grateful I can remember how to read music!  Hee, hee, hee… 😉

So below is my Super-Uber-Simplified Left-hand arrangement of Hymn # 291.

I can play with the right hand well enough, and the left hand well enough, they just haven’t learned to play well together!  I play fine with my feet, they don’t get in the way.

For those who struggle with the right-hand, I apologize.

Usually the melody and the alto lines really need to be played, mostly because it’s the women in the congregation who are singing in parts.  The men, they either sing the melody or fit the notes in somewhere.

Now,  I do not want to diss the men who really can sing, they are usually good enough to pick their part out of the bass chord.

Here is the music – download for free and play happy! 🙂

Hymn # 291 Turn_Your_Hearts_Super_Simplified_Left-Hand_Piano

 

Update on my lesson – at 12:35 Sunday morning, I learned that I had prepared the wrong lesson and had to quickly study a new lesson before going to bed.  The lesson topic was actually about Elder David A. Bednars conference talk titled: Bear Up Their Burdens with Ease.

The lesson went well and I will wait for another opportunity to give my scheduled lesson.

I Need Thee Every Hour ~ Hymn # 98

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Hymn # 98   I Need Thee Every Hour ~ Adapted for Organ – Free Sheet Music

This is such a peaceful hymn.  I love how it reminds me that I am not alone and I really do need me Savior all the time.

I mixed the simplified and regular hymn book versions together so that all the chords and most of the parts could be supported.

I tried to make this hymn feel as peaceful to play as it did to listen to.

I hope you enjoy it.  🙂

Hymn # 98  I_Need_Thee_Every_Hour_Simplified_Organ  updated 7/04/14

 

updated: 7/04/2014: Connected notes to create a more legato sound, fixed a major typo in the lyrics and switched a couple of notes to the left hand in measure 17.
pdated 6/29/14:  This version ~ I put in all the verses, sorry to whomever downloaded the version I posted earlier today. :/

 

Lord I Would Follow Thee ~ Hymn 220

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Hymn # 22o  Lord I Would Follow Thee ~ Adapted for Organ – Free Sheet Music

This hymn is a long-time favorite for many, but it is not in the simplified hymnbook.

Click the link below to download this PDF of Simplified for Organ sheet music to your personal computer.

On Monday 6/30/14 ~ I had a complete zen moment with this piece and it has all come together:

Hymn # 220 Lord,_I_Would_Follow_Thee_Organ  updated 6/30/2014

Thanks for understanding my quirky music personality.

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Free Sheet Music for the LDS Organist

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I am a newbie at playing the organ, but not at altering music.

I have been ‘practicing’ the organ for 3 years now, playing early morning prelude music before the ward organist arrives.

I did this to help me overcome my anxiety of playing in front of people.

My biggest obstacle was finding any free organ prelude that I could play.

I purchased a couple of Organ Chains books from Jackman music, they were good, and if I went slow, I could play them, but nothing that kept a tempo well enough to sing to.  I found myself utilizing the children’s songbook and the simplified hymnbook, using the chord markings as my pedal cheats.

That is all well and good, accept that not all the standard hymns are simplified, and trying to pick out a pedal in all those notes, play with two hands and watch the chorister sometimes became a bit overwhelming.

So I have taken to re-writing and simplifying the hymns for the organist who is looking for simpler organ music that sounds like your playing all the notes.

Enjoy, my adaptations are free.  I will post new music often enough, so keep checking back.