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| Help! I need a chorus! |
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I thought it might be cool to see if anyone could come up with a suitable chorus for a hymn I am arranging.
Here are the verses:
O Christ, our hope, our heart's desire
Redemption's only spring,
Creator of the world art Thou,
It's Savior and it's King.
How vast the mercy and the love
Which laid our sins on Thee,
And led Thee to a cruel death
To set Thy people free.
But now the bonds of death are burst,
The ransom has been paid;
And Thou art on Thy Father's throne,
In glorious robes arrayed.
O Christ, be Thou our lasting joy
Our ever great reward;
Our only glory may it be
To glory in the Lord!
(The meter is 8.6.8.6.)
I have an idea that the chorus would start with "O Christ our hope..." and from there I'm just kinda stuck. I've already got the music down but I need help with the words. Anybody? |
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| August 08, 2007 |
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| Zach, What's the timing and tempo? |
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| August 08, 2007 |
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| The time is 4 beats per measure with the words beginning on the second half of the first beat. Tempo is moderate. |
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| August 08, 2007 |
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Oh Christ our hope, Our hearts desire
Thy Grace hath set us free
Be ye exalted ever higher
Our strength and portion be.
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| August 08, 2007 |
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| Thats really good Soozanne! |
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| August 08, 2007 |
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| Is there any way to post a midi file to this page? |
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| August 08, 2007 |
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| If you would like to hear the melody I can send you the midi file embedded in a word document via email but I can't get it to work on this site. |
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| August 09, 2007 |
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| wow dude, so you're a hymn writer. that is most impressive! sorry I can't help, I couldn't rhyme my way out of a paper bag! |
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| August 09, 2007 |
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| Man, do you people ever sleep?? Good morning!! Zach, I'll privately message you my email. I'd love to hear it! |
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| August 09, 2007 |
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Mike,
I didn't write the hymn, just the music. Sorry to disappoint:) |
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| August 09, 2007 |
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To Thee I sing, my hearts desire
My Savior and my love.
Death no longer binds my heart,
Your love shines forth with joy. (this is the part i don't quite like..)
Ok, first attempt, but maybe a starting point. I like the idea of using a thought from each verse in the chorus, in this case i think it can bind the whole thing together. |
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| August 09, 2007 |
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| thanks Dennis! I like your idea of thoughts from each verse. |
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| August 09, 2007 |
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Dress this one up however you want to, but I thank its a winner...
O Christ our Hope, and our main Man. He can do thangs better than anybody can. He can spit in your eye and make you see; And even save your soul with nails and a tree. |
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| August 09, 2007 |
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| Lol...I love it Rich! |
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| August 09, 2007 |
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Thanks, just got back from vacation and I was itchin to see what my buddies was doing while I was gone. Looks like you been working on music stuff, that's cool. I'm a bit of a musician myself. I play the grass blade. Yeah, it's only one note but it's purty loud if you blow on it just right! |
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| August 09, 2007 |
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| I know what you mean...I've played a grass blade or two in my day :-) |
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| August 10, 2007 |
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| Did you get to listen to the melody Soozanne? |
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| August 11, 2007 |
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What do you think of this?
O Christ, our hope, our heart's desire
Our great and mighty King;
O Chist, our love, our great reward,
To Thee we gladly sing. (alt. To Thee our praise we bring) |
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