Hey all,
So my daughter is learning the ukulele, and she requested to chords to be placed in some of my earlier songs. In some of the earlier songs, the chords were either a) not available; or b) I did not know how to place them correctly on the page using the software.
So, here is Nearer My God to Thee with Chords!
Nearer My God to Thee - Chords
thanks to all
Brad
Thank you for sharing so many songs! I’m new to playing the ukulele and was excited when my husband came across this site.
ReplyDeleteHello! I extended the "Army of Helaman" song with the bass line. It isn't a perfect implementation (first try with Lilypond) but I thought you might be able to use it. I've commented out the Uke chords and used the transpose feature to move it into a slightly lower key for accompanying a Young Men's choir.
ReplyDelete(I'll use .md notation here... I know it doesn't work, but it's a habit. This could be cool: https://lilypond-in-markdown.netlify.app/)
```
% Army of Helaman Full Version.ly
% Created on Sun Feb 26 14:01:54 PST 2012
\version "2.14.0"
\header {
title = "We'll Bring the World His Truth"
subtitle = "Army of Helaman"
composer = "Janice Kapp Perry"
}
\paper {
oddFooterMarkup = \markup {"Children's Songbook 172" }
}
alternateEndingNotes = {
c2. ^"C" (c2) c4
2 ^"F" g'4
4 ^"G7" (c') 4
4 ^"C" (e f
2) g4
4 ^"F" e d
2.^"C"
}
alternateEndingbassNotes = {
4 f d
2.
d,2.
2.
2 d4
2 g'4
2 f4
2.
}
mybassnotes = {
2 d4
2 g'4
2 f4
2 g'4
2.
2.
2.
2.
2 d4
2 g'4
2 f4
2 g'4
2.
2 g'4
2.
2 bes'4
f4 g2
f4 b2
e,8 c'8~ 2
a,4 e' g,
f8 c'~ 4 e,
d2.
g2.
g'4 f
f4 a2
f4 b2
e,8 c'8~ 2
a,8 e'~ 4 a,
d,4 a' f'
2.
4 f d
2.
\alternateEndingbassNotes
}
mynotes = {
c4 ^C e f
2 g'4
4 ^F g'4. a8
2 ^G g4
2 ^Am c'4 \break
4 ^Em g4 g4
^F (g'4.) f8
2. ^"G7"
c4 ^C e f
2 g'4
4 ^F g'4. a8
2 ^G g4 \break
2 ^Am c'4
4 ^C g'4 e4
d2 ^"G7" c4
c4 ^C (d8 e f g) ^"C7"
a8 ^F (c,8 f4) 4
b'8 ^"G7" (d,8 g4)
^C g f \break
8 ^Am d8 c2
a'4 ^F a a
^Dm f e
2 ^"G7" (c4
d2) 4 ^"C7" \pageBreak
a'8 ^F (c,8 f4)
b8 ^"G7" (d,8 g4)
^C g f
^Am d c \break
2 ^"Dm7" e4
d ^"G7" (c) d
\set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta "1.2."))
c2. ^C
(c2.)
\set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta "f"))
\set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta "3."))
\alternateEndingNotes
\set Score.repeatCommands = #'((volta "f"))
}
\score {
<<
\new Staff {
\time 3/4
\clef treble
\transpose c a \relative c' {
% Type notes here
\mynotes
}
}
%verse 1
\addlyrics {
We have been
born, as
Ne -- phi of
old, To good -- ly
par -- ents who
love the
Lord.
We have been
taught, and
we un -- der --
stand, That
we must
do as the
Lord com -- mands
%chorus
We are
as the
ar -- my of Hel -- a -- man
We have been
taught in our
youth
And
we will be the
Lord's mis -- sion --
ar -- ies To
bring the
world his
truth
%extended third verse ending
truth.
To bring the
world his
truth.
}
%verse 2
\addlyrics{
We have been
saved for
these lat ter
days To
build the king dom in
righ teous
ways.
We ear the
words our
proph et de
clares: Let
each who's
wor thy go
forth and share.
}
%verse 3
\addlyrics {
We know his
plan, and
we will pre
pare, In
crease our
knowl edge through
study and
prayer
Dai ly we'll
learn un
til we are
called to
take the
gos pel to
all the
world
}
\new Staff {
\time 3/4
\clef bass
\transpose c a \relative c' {
% Type notes here
\mybassnotes
}
}
% \new TabStaff {
% \set TabStaff.stringTunings = #ukulele-tuning
% \transpose c a, \relative c' {
% \mynotes
% }
% }
>>
%\midi{}
}
```
There were two corrections I made to the original -- a 'bes' was missing; and the last note was not notated as a '2.'...
DeleteBy the way, would you be interested in putting this repository on GitHub?