For part 1, click here. What is disappointing is that the bass part in the piano part is crotchet notes being the harmonic bass. See MUS 004. Pianist will find playing the music much more of a relief than a bass line that is more complicated. This is because the…
The musical style of Hope Is Here is similar to Blessed Be Your Name (Matt Redman version). Similar in the sense that the music is best sung syncopated, and there is not that much gap between phrases to take breath. I feel Hope is Here has a kind of ‘strong moving pace’; although Blessed Be Your Name also…
I grew up learning to be and show confidence, it’s a survival skill. However, being confidence is tough. How you project confidence can have negative and positive affect on other persons you are interaction. Ove time I have made a deliberate decision in my speech and my demeanor not to…
The song in discussion is Hope is Here. Which one? We need a bit more information since the words in the title are a combination of very popular words. It is by Tim Hughes & Nick Herbert. It has a secondary title in bracket (Jesus Saves). Key is B major. It is…
A bit more thoughts on music discipleship. Let’s make use of the song / hymn Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart. For the one who plays on the keyboard, piano or organ, they might take this opportunity to learn the basic harmony of F major. It gives them more than…
You might call it a hymn, or a song. For me, it’s a song. The music was not originally written for the organ, but for guitar and drum, and keyboard / piano, most likely in that sequence of primacy of musical instruments. That does not mean it should be played…
