There’s something about Celtic music that just begs you to listen! It’s either amazingly vibrant and makes you want to dance or it’s amazingly compelling and moves you to tears. A few years ago, I started arranging several Irish hymn tunes or putting familiar tunes in an Irish style. I planned to publish them through my sacred publishers, but their market and reach is pretty small these days so I thought, “Why not bring them direct to my teaching and playing friends?!” [Insert duh moment here.]

So, I present the first of several arrangements in the Irish collection:

Be Thou My Vision

A lot of hymn arrangements sound the same and I’m tired of that. I’ve been bored with predictable hymn arrangements since I was a teenager, so I’ve made it a mission in life to present any hymn tune in a unique setting that will cause listeners to think of the words in a new way.

So I hope that this relaxing yet intricately designed arrangement will leave your listeners in a prayerful mood. Creative, subtle modulations and subtle rhythm shifts will make this fresh for even experienced ears.

• Level: Maturing musician (Late intermediate/advanced)
• Format: 7 PDF pages (5 of music) delivered to you through a link in your email.
• Price: $4.99 or $10.99 for unlimited copies for your studio
• Length: 7 pages (5 pages of music)
• Samples: Click on the cover in the ordering box below for samples.
• Audio Sample: Click the play button below (the actual arrangement is longer):