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Bless the Lord (Instrumental)
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"I might
not be a religious man myself but I know good music when I hear it, and this is very
good! . . . I don’t think that I have ever given such high
ratings to so many songs before. But
the fact is that they are well deserved because the
music is amazing. Simply wonderful religious ballads and they
really get to your heart. . .everytime."
Fredrik Cole: Trax In Space
Bless the Lord, O my soul bless the Lord.
Bless the Lord, O my soul bless the Lord.
And let all that is within me bless His holy Name
Bless the Lord O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits, bless the Lord.
I lift my praise to you, Lord, lift my praise.
I lift my praise to you, Lord, lift my praise.
And let all that is within me bless His holy Name
Bless the Lord O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits, bless the Lord.
I lift my life to you, Lord, lift my praise.
I lift my life to you, Lord, lift my praise.
And let all that is within me bless His holy Name
Bless the Lord O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits, bless the Lord.
Bless the Lord, O my soul bless the Lord.
Bless the Lord, O my soul bless the Lord.
Words and music Copyright © 2000 Don Wigton
A free chord chart to this song is available at the Wigtune Home Page @
http://userzweb.lightspeed.net/wigton/wigtune.htm
This instrumental arrangement of the popular MP3.com praise song Bless the
Lord features Don tinkling on the ivories once again. The melodious piano introduces the
piece followed by acoustic guitars picking away gently at the melody. An exciting
crescendo awaits as the song builds with bass and drums with light shadows of strings
underneath to fill it out. Those of you who have downloaded the vocal arrangement will be
just as pleased with this remarkable instrumental rendition.
This is one of those songs that just came to me with ease. I was already captivated by the
text of Psalm 103. As I read it from the piano the music just sprang out of the keyboard.
. .and Bless the Lord was born.
I was a music pastor at Calvary Chapel Bakersfield at the time, so I immediately shared it
with the congregation the next Sunday morning. The church immediately went ape over it and
praised God with complete enthusiasm. Later, during a pastors conference at Calvary Chapel
Costa Mesa I shared it with Tommy Coombs who, in turn included it on a tape for
distribution to various churches. Since that time, I have been confronted by person after
person who was new to town, yet knew the praise song because it was sung in their church.
It is not uncommon for people to tell me that it is their favorite praise chorus of all
time. The evangelists/pastor Dr. John Lavendar utilized it as the centerpiece of his
teaching on praise. Many have demanded that it be sung in their funerals. . .and it has.
Because of the overwhelming popularity of the song, I have used it in every public
ministry setting that Ive been involved in with great success. Miitch was in the Calvary
Chapel Praise Singers during my years there and always sang the lead. Therefore, when we
formed Selah it was only natural for him to keep the honors.
It was the vocal recording of Bless the Lord sung by Mitch that was successfully released
on MP3.com to initiate the Wigtune praise ministry. This #1 praise song became so popular
that it seemed obvious to me that I should include an instrumental arrangement of it on my
first solo project The Piano. In so doing I decided to build upon the instrumental tracs
laid down for the vocal version. . . .But it wasnt as easy as it would seem.
The original midi tracs were archived on an old midi sequencer that I owned before
computers took over. In order to work with the piece I had to transfer the old files over
to my computer so that I could work on it in Cakewalk. A lot of information was lost in
the transfer, so I had to spend hours making corrections before I could press on ahead
with the arrangement.
Once the groundwork was laid, though, the additional parts laid smoothly resulting in an
outstanding instrumental rendition of the praise song. I am excited about the results! We
sincerely pray that you will be as blessed by this offering as you were by the vocal
version!
Wigtune Company was formed as a service to the body of Christ. Our vision is to encourage scriptural worship in the Church by offering free praise music and hymns performed in a contemporary manner along with a free on-line worship study book for personal devotions, Bible study groups, Sunday schools, pastors, music ministers and ministry training. The worship study book lends theological and historical support to the use of traditional Christian hymn-singing in conjunction with praise chorus singing. Click on one of the links below to enter into the Wigtune resource that interests you !
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