Responsorial psalm for the 2nd Sunday in Lent, Cycle B. A song about walking in faith in God’s ways, trusting that the Lord always cares for his servants.
The response lyrics:”I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.”
Download the music sheet and mp3 after the jump.
Download Links (via Google Drive):
- PDF of the music piece
- MuseScore file (for use with the freeware notation software Musescore)
- MP3 audio file
Usage Notes:
Sing the response twice at the start and twice at the end.
Note that at the last measure of the response, I’ve notated it to last only 3 counts out of 4. If your choir can sustain that for the 4 full counts, please do so.
Story Behind the Music:
I wrote the melody for the response years ago in my pocket music notebook and only now fully notated it and recorded it. Between the original composing and the final version, I ended up changing the melody of the verses to be more interesting as well as the chords for the main response. If you’re curious to see the original, here it is below.
Original notation for “I Will Walk Before the Lord (Psalm 116)”
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