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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

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lyrics text file

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Info:
Words: Edmund Sears
Music: Richard Willis
Key: G major
Time Sig: 6/8
Tempo: 136 | mid tempo
Tune: CAROL
Meter: C.M.D.
CCLI #: 5253287
Verse: Luke 2:9
Ideas:
I've found it hard to integrate this carol into a praise set, so I suggest using it for times like a Christmas Eve service when you'd generally do a carol sing.

This carol is a good example of how HymnCharts arrangements can sound vastly different depending on your church's worship style and instrumentation. The piano version is fully produced with keyboard, acoustic guitar, strings, synth and a male worship leader with 3 part vocals. The guitar version is stripped down with acoustic, electric, a cello playing the bass part of the synth strings and a male worship leader with a single female background vocal.

vocals / keys

PDF zipFINALE zip SATB choir / keys PDFSATB choir / keys FINALE
SAB choir / keys PDFSAB choir / keys FINALE 3 part vocals PDF3 part vocals FINALE
3 part vocals / keys PDF3 part vocals / keys FINALE lead sheet PDFlead sheet FINALE
lead sheet / keys PDFlead sheet / keys FINALE

instruments

synth strings PDFsynth strings FINALE
C instruments PDFC instruments FINALE
Bb instruments PDFBb instruments FINALE
saxophone PDFsaxophone FINALE

chord charts

C# D# F# G# A#
Db Eb Gb Ab Bb
C D E F G A B rhythm PDFrhythm FINALE

tracks

piano driven version vocal demo
3 part vocals demo
G | stereo trackA | stereo trackBb | stereo track

guitar driven version vocal demo
G | stereo trackA | stereo trackBb | stereo track instrumental parts no repeats multitracks MP3smultitracks WAVsAPP multitracks MP3
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   HYMNDEX Links
The modern worship lyrics trend for projection is to leave out most punctuation for a clean look. The original hymncharts lyrics text file contains punctuation. Our website hymndex.com was created to help churches build hymn lyric slides without punctuation.
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Instruments mp3s are the arrangements played one time through with just piano and instrumental parts to give you an idea of the orchestration. In the early days of hymncharts before I made vocal recordings I had created these instruments mp3s as a quick demo. Since I now create both a POP and an ORC (orchestrated) mix I no longer make instrumental mp3s for newer arrangements.
MP3 Problems?
Several subscribers have had problems downloading MP3s. Here are the 2 most typical problems and solutions:

1. How do I download the MP3s? MP3s and (if available) multitrack WAV downloads are found under the "tracks" tab. You can download these MP3s (or any files) to your computer by RIGHT clicking the button, then a little box will pop up with options. Select something like "save as"or "save link as" to manually save the MP3s to your computer where you can then burn a CD, email it to your praise team or upload it to a worship planning website.

2. The MP3 won't play in iTunes (or other media player.) All HymnCharts MP3s are free from ALL copy protection and can be used any way you want. Some people are clicking the MP3 button dragging it to iTunes or another media player. This won't work (you're actually just dragging the image file of the button!) Download the MP3 using the instructions above, then you can access it through your media player.