Abide with Me Tis Eventide piano solo |
Abide with Me Tis Eventide
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(Summer 2010) I wrote an arrangement of this hymn near the end of my mission a decade ago, and always planned to put it down for the website...but whenever I'd start, it just didn't feel right any more. Which is quite strange, because it had a lot of good moments. But oh well. Lately it's been on my mind again (thinking about how it applies to my life right now as we've taken on three foster kids on top of our five wee ones and my desire to get closer to God, embellishing it in the Bountiful temple chapel, etc.), so I tried for a few weeks to find that right arrangement. I tried an interesting 5/4 meter with a more vintage Jim Brickman feel to it, but that didn't work either. Then, after a quick prayer, the going up and down the scale theme happened...and it felt right! Finally! So I ran with it and out it is! I'm very happy, there's a simple beauty to it that's hard to place...I think it's the spirit...