♪♪♪ SING ALONG ♪♪♪ as a piano plays the chords and melody (from the SOLO Edition of the Secular Hymnal).
Singing along to a simple, chorded melody like this is an ideal way to develop your harmonizing skills!
Lyrics:
Nonviolence may take a long time
But always is best in the end
Nonviolence may take a long time
So now is the time to begin
Begin, begin, so now is the time to begin
Begin, begin, so now is the time to begin
Here's the same hymn in 4-part harmony (from the SATB Edition of the Secular Hymnal). If you and your choir prefer to print out your own score of this hymn, click here to access a beautiful PDF file.
Listen to this arrangement with the SOPRANO VOICE predominant.
Listen to this arrangement with the ALTO VOICE predominant.
Listen to this arrangement with the TENOR VOICE predominant.
Listen to this arrangement with the BASS VOICE predominant.
This secular hymn was chosen for the St. Louis Peace Choir's 2015 Songbook.
To research the history of this hymn tune: http://www.hymnary.org/hymnal/SH2014
