A Mighty Fortress is Our GOD

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Tune: EIN' FESTE BURG, Meter: 87.87.66.667

A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.

Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing;
Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of Gods own choosing:
Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He;
Lord Sabaoth, His Name, from age to age the same,
And He must win the battle.

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us:
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.

That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him Who with us sideth:
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
The body they may kill: Gods truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever!!!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• pipe
• organ
• alternate
• harmonization
• Noel
• Rawsthorne

[augustusturner1855]

Yes you did well on registering to the text. The world with devils filled came off nice with the snarly reed, and the "one little word" also was nice with the principals without too much upperwork. You might experiment with the crescendo pedal. It depends on the organ whether it is useful or not . A hint for interludes - use a descending scale line in the pedal and harmonize around that. Another way is to play the melody in the pedal and improvise above it. I like soloing the tenor.

[octavebasse8]

Well, the crescendo pedal on this organ doesn't do much. I'd like to have a "roller Swell". I think one of those would be fun to have. haha

[pipedreams1685]

And I say BRAVO!!!

[bongdrop]

@octavebasse8 No one can ever play too much!!

[bongdrop]

The Art of Sarcasm is ALIVE and well in you my friend!!

[MrMusicandmath]

Another good hymn to solo out the tenor is Bach's "Passion Chorale", O Sacred Head Now Wounded.

[MrMusicandmath]

Excellent! I like the way you keep the tune moving forward without playing too fast. The registrations are awesome. I love the last verse, and I want to try to find that arrangement.

[Electrovend]

Great Job as usual. I look forward to your new video postings.

[augustusturner1855]

When you substitute at your Baptist church, and you have finished your offertory and it's time for the Doxology, try modulating into an intro. You can take the last note in the right hand, do a 'waterfall" arpeggio down to a chord, then move to a D7 chord and when you hit G, play "Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost" in the pedal. If the ushers are paying attention they'll start down the aisle when you hit G major. The congregation will usually stand up by the time the pedal line gets to "son"

[rbenson117]

Rees, I could sit and watch you play all day long. You 'own' the organ when you play and are an artist, not a technician. I look forward to as many videos as you can do. Keep up your work as an instrument of our God here on earth. You bring great joy to all of us.