sacred music

KM4SX · Post by **KM4SX** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 4:38 pm

One of the reasons I bought a low D whistle was to play it in church. I am looking for some nice arrangements of traditional hymns, maybe with a celtic flavor to them, maybe not. We have a great pianist, so the accompanyment can be easy to hard. The whistle part should be melodic and reasonably easy. If you know where I can go to get some nice sacred music, please let me know.

claudine · Post by **claudine** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 5:11 pm

you should ask Walden!

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 5:49 pm

I don't know if this will suit your purpose or not: http://free.gentle.org/users/gospelhymn ... artoon.htm

BobP · Post by **BobP** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 6:40 pm

Cyber Hymnal says that they have over 3800 hymns on their site in various formats. Give them a try at:
http://www.cyberhymnal.org

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 9:54 pm

I just played whistle (in various keys) with an organist for a church christmas revelry and you will find that most hymns can be played. I ended up just figuring which notes I needed and then writing out the music/or memorizing the tune. I was suprised how many were in D.
Believe me, you will have fun.

Kim in Tulsa · Post by **Kim in Tulsa** » Mon Dec 30, 2002 11:25 pm

On 2002-12-30 18:11, claudine wrote:
you should ask Walden!

That was precisely my first thought!

Welcome to C&F, KM4SX!

Kim

Flamman · Post by **Flamman** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 8:12 am

I took up whistle, not with the idea that I would play it in sessions, where I'd rather play my bodhran -- hey, I'm a drummer -- but that I would play it occasionally in church. Finally got my chance this Christmas, playing "The First Noel" and "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" in a duet with my daughter (she, on tenor recorder).

If I played low D (sadly, still struggling), I would choose the following hymns:

* "The King of Love My Shepherd Is," music attributed to the Irish saint, Columba. Really easy, but lovely.
* "Amazing Grace." A natural.
* "Morning Has Broken" (or "The Breastplate of St. Patrick," sung to the tune of "Morning Has Broken.")

If you're Catholic, check out the Mass parts. I've just noticed that all of the parts of "Mass of God's Promise" lend themselves easily to the whistle treatment. The Celtic Alleluia is another natural.

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 9:56 am

And don't forget Slane (Be Thou My Vision/Lord of All Hopefulness)...another whistle natural that would sound lovely on a low. Also Cwm Rhondda (Guide Me O, Thou Great Jehovah) and The Ash Grove (The Master Hath Come).

Redwolf

Kim in Tulsa · Post by **Kim in Tulsa** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 10:02 am

On 2002-12-31 09:12, Flamman wrote:
* "The King of Love My Shepherd Is," music attributed to the Irish saint, Columba. Really easy, but lovely.

I would love to play this, but can't find the notation! Do you know where it is?

Michael Card sings this on his album "Star Kindler" and it is just gorgeous. John Mock and Chris Abell play whistle on the album and I truly love it.

<blockquote><i>Good Shepherd may I sing Thy praise within Thy house forever...</i></blockquote>

Just gorgeous.

K

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 10:18 am

Hymns work really well on the street,
in fact. Maybe it isn't a hymn,
but we do 'I'll fly away.'
Also 'Gonna lay down my sword and
shield, down by the river side...'

paulsdad · Post by **paulsdad** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 10:21 am

The hymn, "My Shepherd will Supply my Need", also sounds great on the whistle. Another one which works is, "It is well with my Soul". The Moravian hymn, "Morning Star" is also workable on the whistle, but I don't know how it would sound on a low D.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 10:29 am

The vast majority of church hymns are suited to the whistle. Just the melody straight from the hymnal. Here is a link to a page with recordings of some of our fellow whistlers playing sacred music on whistle.

http://www.freewebs.com/praiseclips/

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 10:36 am

On 2002-12-31 11:02, Kim in Tulsa wrote:
On 2002-12-31 09:12, Flamman wrote:
* "The King of Love My Shepherd Is," music attributed to the Irish saint, Columba. Really easy, but lovely.
I would love to play this, but can't find the notation! Do you know where it is?

Michael Card sings this on his album "Star Kindler" and it is just gorgeous. John Mock and Chris Abell play whistle on the album and I truly love it.

<blockquote><i>Good Shepherd may I sing Thy praise within Thy house forever...</i></blockquote>

Just gorgeous.

K

Hi Kim,

They may have it at CyberHymnal. If not, if you can arrange to borrow a copy of the Episcopal Hymnal 1980, it's in there (I'm not sure what key it's in...I can check later though, if you want). I was going to link you to the Anglican Cyber Hymnal at episcopalnet, but it seems to be no longer in business

Redwolf

Jim W · Post by **Jim W** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 1:47 pm

Seems that this cyberhymnal has changed its URL, but when I when to episcopalnet, I found
http://www.episcopalnet.org/CHymnal/ACH/index.html I had some trouble bringing up the hymns there, but it seems basically functional. Redwolf, thanks for this lead; I'd not yet known about this resource for hymns.

KM4SX · Post by **KM4SX** » Tue Dec 31, 2002 3:08 pm

The cyberhmnal looks great, but how do you look at the hymns? I see a .pdf order form. Do you have to mail that to unlock whatever it is to get the printed music?