{"id":1806,"date":"2012-09-19T10:45:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T14:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlydias.org\/blog\/?p=1806"},"modified":"2012-11-27T15:48:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T20:48:30","slug":"comfort-comfort-now-my-people-%e2%80%94-harmony-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/comfort-comfort-now-my-people-%e2%80%94-harmony-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs We Sing \u2014 &#8220;Comfort, Comfort Now My People&#8221; with harmony parts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia\u2019s. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the parts for \u201cComfort, Comfort Now My People,\u201d our final hymn for November and Advent. \u00a0Links for the sheet music and recordings of the four harmony parts are below.<\/p>\n<p>This hymn has a nice, bouncy feel to it.\u00a0 The rhythmic patterns and accents are somewhat unexpected (part of the fun), so I recommend you start by learning the melody (soprano) line first before taking on any of the other harmonies.\u00a0 Each line has fun little rhythmic moves and the tenor and bass lines have a number of melodic leaps in them, so know that it might take repeated listening and practice before you start to feel completely comfortable.\u00a0 The harmonies and rhythmic counterpoints really help the piece come to life, so your learning will prove rewarding.<\/p>\n<p>As always, the featured harmony in each file is panned to the left, with the other three voices panned right.\u00a0 For purposes of these recordings, the first verse has been harmonized.\u00a0 When we sing it at a service, we\u2019ll sing the first verse in unison and break out into harmonies on the second verse.\u00a0 To assist you in hearing the change from the melody line to the harmony parts, each file starts with the final phrase of the melody.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Comfort-Comfort-Now-My-People.pdf\">Comfort Comfort Now My People \u2014 sheet music<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Comfort-Comfort-Now-My-Sop.mp3\">Comfort, Comfort Now My People \u2014 soprano<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Comfort-Comfort-Now-My-Alt.mp3\">Comfort, Comfort Now My People \u2014 alto<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Comfort-Comfort-Now-My-Ten.mp3\">Comfort, Comfort Now My People \u2014tenor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Comfort-Comfort-Now-My-Bas.mp3\">Comfort, Comfort Now My People \u2014 bass<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squeezebox is a place for our Song Leaders, as well as congregants, to learn the songs we sing at St. Lydia\u2019s. &nbsp; Here are the parts for \u201cComfort, Comfort Now My People,\u201d our final hymn for November and Advent. \u00a0Links for the sheet music and recordings of the four harmony parts are below. This hymn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43],"tags":[70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1930,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions\/1930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlydiasliturgy.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}