Category Archives: Arrangement

Peace, Perfect Peace

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/6/20: Sheet music for my arrangement of this song can be downloaded here. This is one of my favorite hymns. Ever. I found it in the old maroon Presbyterian Hymnbook in my first church position back in Pittsburgh, but … Continue reading →

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O Bless the Lord, My Soul (ST THOMAS)

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Greg Scheer

Update 12/11/21: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. I don’t know how I forgot to post this earlier, but a few weeks ago I finished a string orchestra arrangement of the hymn tune ST THOMAS, using … Continue reading →

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God Is So Good

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/2/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. Here’s a little something I arranged for the October 7 BES Combo service at COS. Everyone knows “God Is So Good” and everyone hears it in a Black Gospel … Continue reading →

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One Generation, orchestra demo

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Greg Scheer

Today’s post swerves from the musical valley of last week’s deacon dance ditty into the higher ground of a majestic orchestral arrangement. Aesthetic whiplash? You betcha. One Generation is one of my big hits. “Big,” “hit,” and perhaps even “one … Continue reading →

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God Himself Is with Us, violin descant

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Greg Scheer

Update 12/11/21: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. Just a quick post to show how mean I am. When I found out I had two really fine violinists lined up for our Sunday services a few … Continue reading →

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Arabic Lord’s Prayer, piano arrangement

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Greg Scheer

One of the songs I arranged for Global Songs for Worship was the Arabic Lord’s Prayer (aka “Abana Alathi Fi Ssama,” also know as “Abana in Heaven”) from Egypt. For a song that I was told “would never be sung in North … Continue reading →

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Spring Cleaning: Camp-of-the-Woods Grace

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Greg Scheer

I told you I was going to air some dirty laundry. Here it is: an early iteration of The Choir of Gregs. In this instance, we’re singing a song that I assume is called “Grace.” We sang it before every … Continue reading →

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Soft Rains of Spring (Korea)

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Greg Scheer

I am neck deep in the Holy Week flood of services and feeling pretty overwhelmed. What does Greg do when he’s feeling burned out and cranky? He writes music. Today I was reading through a packet of Korean songs given … Continue reading →

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Psalm 125: All Those Who Trust

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Greg Scheer

Update: Sheet music for this song is now available at gregscheer.com. A while back, I was looking for a musical setting of Psalm 125 to fit with our church’s series on the Psalms of Ascent. Like any good researcher, I … Continue reading →

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WALY WALY: O Blessed Spring

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Greg Scheer

I’ve loved the folk tune WALY WALY for years. I used to sing “The Water Is Wide” with guitar and violin back in my coffeehouse days. I’ve annoyed congregation members by using the tune with the text “When I Survey … Continue reading →

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