Hark the Herald (Glory to the King)

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Info:

Words:	Charles Wesley
Music:	Felix Mendelssohn
Key:	G major
Time Sig:	4/4
Tempo:	118 \| up tempo
Tune:	MENDELSSOHN
Meter:	7.7.7.7.D. with refrain
CCLI #:	5205558
Verse:	Luke 2:14

Ideas:

This upbeat arrangement, at nearly 5 minutes long, makes a great finale to a Christmas Eve or December Sunday morning service. I use the same arranging technique on this carol that I've been using on others lately: an intro instrumental theme that turns into a vocal bridge at the end. Your congregation will be familiar with the new melody after having heard it in the intro and midtros.

The drum loops add a "four on the floor" feel you hear so much in pop music these days.

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