{"id":81,"date":"2010-11-13T20:41:49","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T20:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marniepehrson.com\/unplugged\/?p=81"},"modified":"2010-11-13T20:59:15","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T20:59:15","slug":"arranging-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marniekuhns.com\/unplugged\/2010\/11\/13\/arranging-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Arranging Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I mentioned in an earlier post that I’m learning how to compose my own music by learning chords and rhythmic patterns.\u00a0 In the Play Piano Today course<\/a>, he shows you how to play the piano to accompany vocals — meaning the piano is accompaniment and the vocalist carries the melody.<\/p>\n

Since I’m interested in playing different arrangements of hymns for prelude music in church, I’m taking what I’ve learned from the course and adapting it a bit. I created my own arrangement of one of my favorite hymns.<\/p>\n

First, I went through the piece and identified all the chords, then I used some of the patterns and my own creativity to write my own arrangement. My version of “Know This That Every Soul Is Free” still carries the melody.<\/p>\n

Since it would probably take a year to memorize all the patterns, I’ve used them to create my own sheet music, which I can then read and play. Can you tell I’ve never been incredibly patient? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Here’s my version of the sheet music<\/a> — I don’t imagine it’s perfectly written or timed, but it should be close.<\/p>\n

And here’s me playing it a couple times through on my old upright (circa 1910):<\/p>\n

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