2015 Recap

Here I am with 3 of my grandsons. Christmas was such a blessing for me to be surrounded with 5 grandchildren. We were singing the 12 Days of Christmas, sharing our gifts and talents. I hope your holidays have been filled with many warm memories to cherish for a lifetime.

As 2015 draws to a close, I'm highlighting 12 popular posts from my blog. I hope you enjoy revisiting them... or perhaps you may be reading them for the first time. Although this has been an exciting year for me to have held a piano recital at the skilled nursing facility in our town with so many talented piano students, I'm excited for the new year bringing a new website (this one, only better!) that I'll be working on, including a new teaching approach for preschoolers. I can't wait. Thank you dear readers!

1. O Come All Ye Faithful Chord Chart
2. Beginner Music Steps: The Wheels On The Bus
3. Piano Chords: Let It Be
4. How To Play Amazing Grace Jazz Style
5. Vanessa Carlton: A Thousand Miles
6. How To Play Christmas Time Is Here
7. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
8. Away in the Manger
9. Learn How To Play Let It Rain
10. O Little Town of Bethlehem
11. How To Play Midnight Clear Chris Tomlin.
12. As We Worship You Don Moen

As always, if you're interested in some jazz arrangement, be sure and visit PianoDiana.

If you're working on modulations in your song arrangements, you may want to try Instant Transposer Software.

Wishing you a Blessed New Year!






"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

How To Play Hark! The Herald Angels Sing: Rend Collective

Here is a song chart from a Christian worship band, Rend Collective. Read more about the band from Bangor, North Ireland

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Glory In The Highest)

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Key of E

Intro

E /// //// A /// //// C#m /// //// B /// ////

Verse 1

E                                     B

Hark the herald angels sing

E/G#   A        B            E
"Glory to the newborn king

E                                          B
Peace on earth and mercy mild

E/G#        A          F#m   B
God and sinners reconciled"

E                    A        B

Joyful all ye nations rise

E                          A       B
Join the triumph of the skies

C#m               F#m
With angelic host proclaim

B              E         B         E
"Christ is born in Bethlehem"

C#m                       F#m
Hark! The herald angels sing

B         E        B            E
"Glory to the newborn King"

Repeat Intro

Verse 2

E                                       B

Christ by highest Heaven adored

E/G#          A     B         E
Christ, the everlasting Lord

E                                      B
Late in time behold He'll come

E/G#        A     F#m     B
Offspring of a Virgin's womb

E                              A             B

Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see

E            A             B
Hail the incarnate Deity

C#m                            F#m
Pleased as man with man to dwell

B          E    B        E
Jesus, our Immanuel

C#m                     F#m

Hark! The herald angels sing

B       E          B           E

Glory to the newborn King

Chorus

                     A

Glory in the highest

                                    C#m

Our God has come to save us

                      B

Emmanuel is with us

Verse 3

E                                                 B

Hail the Heaven born Prince of Peace

E/G#      A         B              E

Hail the Sun of Righteousness

E                                  B
Light and life to all He brings

E/G#    A                F#m    B
Risen with healing in His wings

E                         A       B

Mild He lays His glory by

E                            A              B
Born that man no more may die

C#m                    F#m
Born to raise the sons of earth

B           E               B         E
Born to give them second birth

C#m                     F#m

Hark! The herald angels sing

B        E         B           E

Glory to the newborn King

© 2014 Thankyou Music

A great music theory book you may want to check out is, 300pg Piano By Ear Home Study Course

This resource will help you with chord formations, progressions and playing by ear.

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Merry Christmas!






"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King

How To Play Midnight Clear: Chris Tomlin

I am listening to the album Adore by Chris Tomlin. I caught the awesome special on TV the other night. It was a great celebration of worship. I thought you might want to play along with this song.

Midnight Clear (Love Song)

From Adore (Christmas Songs of Worship)
Additional words by Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash, and Jonas Myrin

Intro

Bb  Eb/Bb  F/Bb Bb (2xs)

Bb

It came upon the midnight clear
         Eb2                    F(add4)

That glorious song of old

          Bb                     Gm7
From angels bending near the earth

      Eb2           F(add4)   Bb
To touch their harps of gold

           Dm7                     Gm7
Peace on the earth, goodwill to men

          C                               F(add4)
From heaven's all gracious King

         Bb                     Gm7
The world in solemn stillness lay

      Eb2       F(add4)
To hear the angels sing

Verse 2

Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled
And still their heavenly music floats
Through all the weary world
And man at war with man hears not
The love song which they bring
O hush the noise and cease the strife
And hear the angels sing

Chorus

Eb                            Bb/D

Glory to God in the highest

Eb                     Bb/D
Glory to God evermore

Eb                Bb/D            F
Good news, great joy for all

Eb                                        Bb/D
Melody breaks through the silence

Cm7                         Gm7
Christ, the Savior is born!

Eb2          Bb/F  F     Bb
Jesus, the love song of God! (2nd time to Coda)

Instrumental Interlude

Eb  Bb/D (3xs)

Gm7  F

Chorus

Glory to God in the highest
Glory to God evermore
Good news, great joy for all
Melody breaks through the silence
Christ, the Savior is born! Gm7

Eb2          F(add4)        Bb
Jesus, the love song of God!
Jesus, the love song of God!

Bb  Eb/Bb  F/Bb Bb  Bb  Eb/Bb  F/Bb  Bb 

You're the love song
You're the love song
You so loved the world
You're the love song

Verse

Bb

It came upon the midnight clear

        Eb2                     F
That glorious song of old

          Bb                     Gm7
From angels bending near the earth

      Eb              F           Bb
To touch their harps of gold.

For more Chris Tomlin posts, visit:

10-favorite-chris-tomlin-songs

Learn-to-play-wonderful-cross

How-to-play-holy-is-lord

How-to-play-be-glorified

Warmly,

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King