Comments on: Music as a Power for Peace and Protection http://www.soundsmithmusic.com/2010/01/music-as-a-power-for-peace-and-protection/ Free LDS Sheet Music and Hymn Arrangements for Ward and Stake Choirs Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:20:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://www.soundsmithmusic.com/2010/01/music-as-a-power-for-peace-and-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Steve Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:54:36 +0000 http://www.soundsmithmusic.com/?p=211#comment-619 Thanks, HW. I understand the challenges you face with choir (I think you've described about 98% of all ward choirs!). I have been working on a few SAB (or at least very limited/easy SATB arrangements) lately. I will try to clean them up and get them online ASAP. I'm glad to know that you like the "how-to" posts, as well. I hope they are useful to you and others. Thanks so much for your support! Thanks, HW. I understand the challenges you face with choir (I think you’ve described about 98% of all ward choirs!). I have been working on a few SAB (or at least very limited/easy SATB arrangements) lately. I will try to clean them up and get them online ASAP.

I’m glad to know that you like the “how-to” posts, as well. I hope they are useful to you and others. Thanks so much for your support!

]]> By: HW http://www.soundsmithmusic.com/2010/01/music-as-a-power-for-peace-and-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-618 HW Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:44:52 +0000 http://www.soundsmithmusic.com/?p=211#comment-618 Great thoughts and very well-stated! I am always looking for more ways to encourage ward members to participate in choir, and this gave me a few more ideas. I am excited to look through some of the other new content on your site that I haven't seen (been at least 6 months since I've been on here), especially info about composing/arranging music. Most music I find isn't suitable for my choir, so I would like to learn better how to do my own arrangements. Also, if you need more ideas, I am always looking for good quality hymn arrangements that are vocally simple, don't go high in the soprano (D or at most E a 9th/10th above middle C), are well-supported by the piano part (which can be more complex than the vocal parts), and SAB or SATB with tenor being optional (most of the time I usually can't get tenors, so I leave them out). My sopranos are sopranos because they don't read music well, not because they sing high (they don't really). I have strong altos and usually a good pianist, but very few men. Great thoughts and very well-stated! I am always looking for more ways to encourage ward members to participate in choir, and this gave me a few more ideas. I am excited to look through some of the other new content on your site that I haven’t seen (been at least 6 months since I’ve been on here), especially info about composing/arranging music. Most music I find isn’t suitable for my choir, so I would like to learn better how to do my own arrangements.

Also, if you need more ideas, I am always looking for good quality hymn arrangements that are vocally simple, don’t go high in the soprano (D or at most E a 9th/10th above middle C), are well-supported by the piano part (which can be more complex than the vocal parts), and SAB or SATB with tenor being optional (most of the time I usually can’t get tenors, so I leave them out). My sopranos are sopranos because they don’t read music well, not because they sing high (they don’t really). I have strong altos and usually a good pianist, but very few men.

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