Holy Week Music Resources

As we approach Holy Week it's timely to remind you of the resources currently available for use in worship on this blog:

For Maundy Thursday

Sounds of the Supper (a soundscape) 

For Good Friday

Friday Lament (song for soloist and community)

For anytime during the week:
Shine a Candle (community song)

You are welcome to freely make use of each of these for worship or Christian education purposes, with due acknowledgement.

Song: Friday Lament

Introducing new music on Good Friday is a fraught undertaking. People generally take some weeks to be singing new songs with confidence, and introducing Friday themes earlier in the week is not ideal.

Friday Lament is a hauntingly simple song with a highly accessible, accompaniment. In the style of a folk ballad the song begins as a solo and unaccompanied. If you wish you may introduce the simple bass ostinato consisting of just four notes in the first verse. The treble ostinato can be introduced on piano from verse 2 or 3. A simple drum may be played in verses 2, 3, 4 and 6 and the bass part (bass guitar, or on a piano an octave lower than written) throughout. There is to be no other accompaniment.

The soloist sings the first three verses, by which time the gathered community should be able to join in verses 4, 7 and 8.

Friday Lament may be used freely for worship with acknowledgement.
Please let me know if you make use of it.

Print Friday Lament (music)
Print Friday Lament (words)

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