My blogging has recently been limited by illness, work and trying to find a way to present this blog to corporations in a way that won’t lead to it being shut down.
Kate Keefe has generously put the music that she has written for her local church up at her site here.
Her Gloria is straight through but with some spots to catch your breath and is bright and interesting, which is a feat in itself.
I ran the mp3 she provided through Band in a Box and came up with some basic chords for guitarists. Kate must be a keyboard player as no guitarist writes anything in the key of F, so us lazy guitarists would play it capo 3 in D of course.
I did a sketch of the song on BIAB as well that you can sing along to.
Since you can all download the music let me know of any errors that may need clearing up.
Mayfield Gloria by Kate Keefe
F C
Glory to God in the Highest
Gm F Bb C
And on earth peace to people of good will.
F C Am
We praise you, we bless you,
Bb
We adore you we glorify you,
F C F Bb F
We give you thanks for your great glory,
Bb F Bb C Bb Dm F Bb C/F
Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father.
F C7 Bb
Lord Jesus Christ, only begotten Son,
Bb F Bb C F Bb C
Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father
Bb C Bb F Bb F
You take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;
Bb C Dsus Bb F Bb F
You take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer,
Bb C Gm
You are seated at the right hand of the Father,
F Gm F C
Have mercy on us.
C F C
For you alone are the Holy One,
Gm C Bb C
You alone are the Lord,
F C Bb C7 C Bb C
You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
Bb F C F Bb C F
With the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father.
F /F Bb/F/F
Amen
© Kate Keefe 2011 used with Kate’s kind permission.
I’ll have a look at the other parts of the mass in due course.
Thanks – that sounds very sing-able, unlike quite a few arrangements I’ve heard.
My current parish is really struggling with the Gloria: almost all the settings are long and hardto learn, compared to what most of our people are used to. A friend has set “almost” the Glory to God to Beethoven’s ODE TO JOY (http://www.godsongs.net/2013/01/glory-to-god-peace-to-people.html), and we’re trying it at the moment. Not totally liturgically correct – but a lot closer than some of the alternative that people are fond of, and the familiar tune is really helping people get over the idea of “more complicated” words.
I like the familiar tune idea a lot, but the text we have been given is a dog to set to any music. What do you use for the rest of the mass?
Kate’s is a fine piece of music and I hope it doesn’t get lost in the avalanche of settings.
I’ve put Kate’s score and your chords for it together – hope we get a chance to try them out.
For the rest of the Mass, we’re using some traditional Irish language pieces, some of Liam Lawton’s Glendalough setting (the vocal range of the Gloria is too wide for the congregation though) and some old-translation settings too. Some music leaders in the parish are not at all keen on the new translation and are in no hurry to implement it 🙂
Hello Geoff
Hope things have settled down a bit, and your music-making working more happily
Delighted to be able to tell you that our Mayfield Mass has now been approved by the Department for Christian Life and Worship of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
We continue to post the psalm settings week by week. The next Sunday’s is on the front page, but we try to keep two or three weeks ahead. Guitar chords we are still working on (sorting out the software), but it shouldn’t be long now.
Best wishes
Kate