We sing along with my student, which get the attention of the children. I have a student of mine in Snr Primary play simplified Primary Songs while Snr Primary is walking in to Opening Exercises, and our Jnr Primary is making their way back from having a drink and/or going to the toilet. I don’t have a primary pianist called as yet, but I have someone fill in for me (except the one Sunday she teaches RS. They also have some simplified hymns and choir arrangements. There is also Michael and Heather Smuthwaite who have kept the songs in their original key from the Children’s Songbook, added fingering and have a feature where you can listen to the song as well. She has made the songs very simple, included colour pictures from the Primary Songbook and has some pre-reading songs too (notes with finger numbers, not on the stave). I know it must have taken them hours and hours to do. I have come across two great sites with kind people who have simplified Primary songs, free to download. If you aren’t comfortable with changing words to songs, just repeat the words “ I’ll know the scriptures are true” because that simply repeats the phrase and doesn’t add in anything new. On a side note, I added in the words to the Primary theme for this year’s Presentation “I know the scriptures are true” at the very end. We performed it this week at Leadership training, and we received many positive comments and requests for the music. Search Ponder and Pray Violin (violin part) So with that version as my inspiration, I wrote my own arrangement. I heard one version on You Tube that I loved, but there wasn’t any sheet music (I only listened to it once, that’s all I had time to do). To cut a long story short, and with my beautiful Primary President giving me complete freedom to whatever I feel is best for our Primary, I thought a solo would be perfect for this song. However, I also wanted to do Search, Ponder and Pray – because to me, that sums up the yearly theme nicely. A few months ago when I was thinking of the songs I wanted my Primary to sing for the Presentation this year, I had 12 songs that I definitely wanted them to do that tied in with the monthly themes.
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