Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

[Bernard Gui]

Our ward choir singing from the new hymn book….😬

 

Edited July 25, 2024 by Bernard Gui

[MustardSeed]

Unreal.  I have never heard this level of skill from a ward choir in all my life.  Well done. 

[Raingirl]

43 minutes ago, Bernard Gui said:

Our ward choir singing from the new hymn book….😬

 

I’ve never seen a ward choir that large. You guys sound great!

[Bernard Gui]

Sacred Harp……

[Bernard Gui]

OK, that’s not our ward choir.  It’s an Irish Sacred Harp choir singing American shape note hymns. I thought some might smoke it. A version of Come Thou Fount is in the Sacred Harp hymn book. Shape note singing groups are forming…probably there’s one near you.

https://fasola.org

 

Edited July 27, 2024 by Bernard Gui

[Tacenda]

11 hours ago, Bernard Gui said:

OK, that’s not our ward choir.  It’s an Irish Sacred Harp choir singing American shape note hymns. I thought some might smoke it. A version of Come Thou Fount is in the Sacred Harp hymn book. Shape note singing groups are forming…probably there’s one near you.

https://fasola.org

 

I wondered because that didn't appear to be an LDS church, but I'm in Utah and churches could be different in Kentucky. 

[MiserereNobis]

On of my professors was involved in the Sacred Harp music in the movie Cold Mountain.

(doesn't mean anything really except that I knew someone cool)

[manol]

22 hours ago, Bernard Gui said:

OK, that’s not our ward choir.  It’s an Irish Sacred Harp choir singing American shape note hymns. I thought some might smoke it. A version of Come Thou Fount is in the Sacred Harp hymn book. Shape note singing groups are forming…probably there’s one near you.

https://fasola.org

 

I can't begin to tell you how much I have been, and am, enjoying that clip, even if I now have to give up trying to figure out which one is you.  I've bookmarked this page so that it's perpetually only a click away. 

What amazing times we live in, it's almost like communion with God is just a click away. 

 

Edited July 28, 2024 by manol

[blackstrap]

This was our ward's closing hymn today. Compared to the OP we may not have been quite as good . 😁

[Bernard Gui]

On 7/27/2024 at 8:35 PM, manol said:

I can't begin to tell you how much I have been, and am, enjoying that clip, even if I now have to give up trying to figure out which one is you.  I've bookmarked this page so that it's perpetually only a click away. 

What amazing times we live in, it's almost like communion with God is just a click away. 

 

Glad you enjoy it. It’s not our ward choir.  It’s a Sacred Harp/shape-note group. This is how they sing. Most ward choirs won’t sound like the BYU group that popularized the hymn. 

Edited July 29, 2024 by Bernard Gui

[Bernard Gui]

On 7/27/2024 at 8:20 PM, MiserereNobis said:

On of my professors was involved in the Sacred Harp music in the movie Cold Mountain.

(doesn't mean anything really except that I knew someone cool)

Being cool is paramount!😀 One summer a while back I participated in a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar at Kansas University for college teachers on American music. A couple of fellows there wrote papers on shape-note writing and singing. Interesting topic. There are Sacred Harp singing groups all around. I’m thinking of going to the one in Lexington. I imagine the singing sound of our early church members and pioneers would be very similar to that in the video in the OP and here:

 

Edited July 30, 2024 by Bernard Gui

[Calm]

1 hour ago, Bernard Gui said:

I’m thinking of going to the one in Lexington.

You should.  I think it would catch on in Utah with the music interest here…though maybe people are too busy these days with pickleball (the courts are springing up everywhere, but I can’t bring myself to be interested because of the name as I don’t like pickles generally and despise a few version, lol).

[Calm]

On 7/29/2024 at 12:00 PM, Bernard Gui said:

Glad you enjoy it. It’s not our ward choir.  It’s a Sacred Harp/shape-note group. This is how they sing. Most ward choirs won’t sound like the BYU group that popularized the hymn. 

You might want to edit the original post with a little note at the bottom identifying the actual singers as it appears to be confusing people more than the humor coming across.

[Bernard Gui]

6 hours ago, Calm said:

You might want to edit the original post with a little note at the bottom identifying the actual singers as it appears to be confusing people more than the humor coming across.

That’s what the 😬 is for. Plus, it catches the attention when it’s a bit opaque. 

[Bernard Gui]

6 hours ago, Calm said:

You should.  I think it would catch on in Utah with the music interest here…though maybe people are too busy these days with pickleball (the courts are springing up everywhere, but I can’t bring myself to be interested because of the name as I don’t like pickles generally and despise a few version, lol).

I love pickles.