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Comfort/Strength/Courage/Assurance
Creation/Pre-existence
Eternal Life/Exaltation
Family
Genealogy/Family History
Heaven/Celestial Kingdom
Plan of Salvation/Premortal Life
Second Coming/Millenium
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More about David Welker:
I am a hobby classical guitarist. While I have had no formal musical theory or arranging training, I did play the trombone in the BYU Marching Band, - akin to staying at the Holiday Inn Express. I began playing the trombone at the age of 10 upon quitting guitar lessons because my mother said I had to play something. I started playing the guitar when I was 8 when I quit piano lessons after only one lesson, because basically I'm a quitter. Sadly, I was not mature enough to fully appreciate classical guitar at the time, so I quit that too and started playing the trombone in the band. I later began dabbling with other guitars, the banjo and even the mandolin. I picked classical back up after our first child was born when my wife told me my other guitars were just too noisy. So I bought a Yamaha Classical guitar at the main Yamaha store in Shibuya, Japan and tried to retrain myself. Recently a young man I worked with on my mission sent me "How Great Thou Art" which he had arranged for classical guitar. I played it back for him and he challenged me to arrange something myself and send it back. That something became "The Lord is My Shepherd"...and I am now slowly arranging some of my other favorite hymns...these are all arranged at my ZPD. I always stay true to the number of verses in the actual hymn, and try to mix things up in different verses so I don't get bored. There are some easier verses and some that I can just play. Feel free to play the whole arrangement, or just the verses you like! Recordings are done on my phone in the living room...often with some funny background noise! These are provided simply to give an idea of what I had in mind...as you can tell I'm still practicing... I have a list of songs I'm going to get to, so in the event anyone had a request I may move it up my list if it is there. If you would like a TABLATURE version of a song, please email me.
Classical guitar setting for one my favorite hymns reinforcing our belief in a Dvine Mother in Heaven. I learned this heartwarming hymn in Japan where it is regularly sung and most beloved. I have included the translation of the Japanese as in one lines it reads "Heavenly Parents" which is then expanded to "Heavenly Father and Mother" in the next...
"Oh, what songs we'll employ!
Oh, what welcome we'll hear!
While our transports of love are complete,
As the heart swells with joy
In embraces most dear
When our heavenly parents we meet!
As the heart swells with joy,
Oh, what songs we'll emply,
When our Heavenly Parents we meet.
Here's the Japnese [no attempt made at rhyming or meter]:
Oh, how we'll sing!
Oh, what we'll hear!
Love will spread all around.
Oh, with joy
our hearts will bound
when our Heavenly Parents we meet!
Aah! When Heavenly Father and Mother we meet
What songs we will sing!
