Monday, August 5, 2019
Requests
I enjoy engraving music (did you know that's what it's called?), and am quite amenable to requests. If you're dying to play At the Lamb's High Feast and don't want to wait for volume 10 to roll out, or would like a tune in a different key, or with all the stanzas (maybe all 15-20 of the German text), I'd be happy to type that up. Just drop a comment or send me a message, and I'll let you know when I can do it.
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Thank you for these! Do you have A Mighty Fortress sans octave?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your interest! Can you explain what you mean by sans octave? What I've done with most hymns so far is put them in a key and position where the hands do not have to move (or move as little as possible). Is that what you're looking for?
DeleteMy son's hands don't quite stretch an octave yet, and our hymnal calls for that in bar 1. He doesn't necessarily need a transposition, but a full-bodied piece for his size hands. TIA!
ReplyDeleteI found a few arrangements that might work.
DeleteIf you want the rhythmic melody (LSB 656): https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/a-mighty-fortress-is-our-god-variations-sheet-music/17311115
If you want the isorhythmic (LSB 657): https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/a-mighty-fortress-is-our-god-easy-piano-digital-sheet-music/20368363
or: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/hymns-made-easy-for-piano-book-2-sheet-music/4952875
If he's otherwise ready to play out of the hymnal, he might try just changing a note here or there--if the bass is an octave or more below the tenor, just pop it up an octave for a few beats. The hymnal arrangements usually work with a little fudging.
Thanks so much!
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