tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372888352536087201.post4669823136758809472..comments2023-05-10T09:55:41.386-05:00Comments on Texan Rose: March Psalm Sing, and a QuestionSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983786412675055435noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372888352536087201.post-90395359798405406012012-04-20T14:45:22.736-05:002012-04-20T14:45:22.736-05:00The Dutch Reformed friend. Good, we in the Netherl...The Dutch Reformed friend. Good, we in the Netherlands like slow singing. We will see whether this example is slow enough for us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372888352536087201.post-32955710925427819522012-04-14T08:43:32.993-05:002012-04-14T08:43:32.993-05:00Peter, it's interesting that you say tunes wit...Peter, it's interesting that you say tunes with more variation should be sung more quickly. I always thought that if you sing a complicated tune too quickly, and the congregation is not made up of professional singers, the quality of the singing will suffer (I formed this opinion after attending a church where most of the singing was done literally twice as fast--and I heard a lot of missed Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983786412675055435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372888352536087201.post-48377204263002838892012-04-14T04:18:53.352-05:002012-04-14T04:18:53.352-05:00I'd never thought of any of these three as suc...I'd never thought of any of these three as such slow tunes! I can understand a tune that is very plain being used for slow singing, but a tune with lots of variation and rhythm like these I would expect to take not much more than half the time. I guess this type of slow singing is typical of the west coast and islands, and I wouldn't have thought at least the last two of those tunes PeterinScotlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436578200449702575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372888352536087201.post-66616689919791566202012-03-23T16:04:10.758-05:002012-03-23T16:04:10.758-05:00Thanks for the information about the tune. And th...Thanks for the information about the tune. And thanks for the link--what a beautiful view from the Gairloch manse! <br /><br />Most of us here in Texas do like the tune Gairloch. Seems like we usually use it for the last few stanzas of Psalm 45.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983786412675055435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2372888352536087201.post-32802733255980338032012-03-23T14:34:39.201-05:002012-03-23T14:34:39.201-05:00Hi Sharon
Gairloch was written by the Rev. Roderi...Hi Sharon <br />Gairloch was written by the Rev. Roderick Mackenzie who unfortunately became more well known for creating a division in the 1940s within the FPCS that led to the departure of many good people from St Judes Glasgow. The issue was protest. He was a first class preacher, however, and there are commendable things to say about him as a person despite the very regrettable division that MAVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09172381845071149451noreply@blogger.com