Sandra Hendrickson (13 Free Arrangements)
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
FREE LDS SHEET MUSIC
Did you know? There's this great resource called FREE LDS SHEET MUSIC with hundreds of wonderful arrangements. I've posted most of my religious songs there.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
RELIEF SOCIETY SONGS HELP BUILD SISTERHOOD
Just as it takes the resources of a whole village to raise a child, it takes time, inspiration and talent to compose a song that impacts lives or helps others feel the spirit. I've written many new songs that are not yet available on this site, but thought I'd share the ones that are. In particular there are a couple of relief Society songs that are great for the upcoming birthday celebration.
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It's always at this time of year that I remember my sisters of love and how we are connected through eternity. Yes, I had 1 brother too...
Treasure the time with your "sisters" as we never know what fate has in store. My sister Barbara (2nd one from the right in the pink floral dress), passed away before her 50th birthday. I think of her always and am grateful for the time I've spent with her.
Here we are with our little ones (the tallest boy is actually my brother!)
And here we are on one of the last times I was able to be with her. We'd both purchased "chocolate" shirts--something she loved!
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Writing Songs for Children to Sing That are Catchy Yet Meaningfull
When I write a song I always write what an English teacher might call the "topic sentence"--that is one sentence that sums up the main idea of the song. I usually put that main idea into the Chorus. Inspired by the children singing during their Sunday Meeting, I came up with this idea for a song.
A mighty man of God always follows and obeys.
He listens carefully and he show us how to pray....
Blah, blah, blah.....here
I'll be a mighty man of God someday....
This is the rough draft. I sat at the piano and plucked out the melody that was playing in my head. Then I added some basic chords along with the words that came to me. I played it over and over, refining the rhyming of the words and the chord structure. I'd say it's about half way finished. Next week I'll finish it up. I like to give a song some "breathing" space as I write it so that the music and words have time to mesh together in my mind and on the paper. Only when it's finished in pencil I go to the computer and put it into my finale program.
The steps to writing a song are just about the same as writing fiction. First you get the idea, then you brainstorm, refine, rewrite, hash it out--read it out loud or sing it out loud, record it, listen and rework it until the song says, "I'm done". That's what I do when I write a song.
A mighty man of God always follows and obeys.
He listens carefully and he show us how to pray....
Blah, blah, blah.....here
I'll be a mighty man of God someday....
This is the rough draft. I sat at the piano and plucked out the melody that was playing in my head. Then I added some basic chords along with the words that came to me. I played it over and over, refining the rhyming of the words and the chord structure. I'd say it's about half way finished. Next week I'll finish it up. I like to give a song some "breathing" space as I write it so that the music and words have time to mesh together in my mind and on the paper. Only when it's finished in pencil I go to the computer and put it into my finale program.
The steps to writing a song are just about the same as writing fiction. First you get the idea, then you brainstorm, refine, rewrite, hash it out--read it out loud or sing it out loud, record it, listen and rework it until the song says, "I'm done". That's what I do when I write a song.
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