John Wyeth or Asahel Nettleton wrote the lovely hymn tune NETTLETON back in 1813, and the message of the text Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing that are set to it continues to comfort and inspire Christians today.
Come, thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it, mount of Thy redeeming love.
Here I raise mine Ebenezer; hither by Thy help I’m come;
And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger, wandering from the fold of God;
He, to rescue me from danger, interposed His precious blood.
O to grace how great a debtor daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for Thy courts above.
Church Calendar: Pentecost, Harvest/Thanksgiving
Hymn Tune: NETTLETON
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How do you get a preview of the score (i.e. what it looks like)
Your playing is beautiful and our bell choir is looking to purchase some of your music to do as small ensembles until we can get out tables again. But our bell director wants to look at the music before making a purchase.
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Hi Karen,
Long ago, we had to choose between whether we would provide sample scores of our music, and decided to use our videos to demonstrate how the music sounds and appears. We felt that would also show that our eight-bell music can indeed be played.
However, we’ve also come up with a way to provide an up-close look at a few of our pieces: Freebies! You’re more than welcome to download any or all of our no-cost eight-bell scores and try them out. Once you’ve tried one or more of those, you can compare their videos to the ones for other eight-bell pieces to get an idea of how challenging they’ll be.
We have quite a few “Surprisingly Easy”™ eight-bell scores in our catalog. These are a great way to become familiar with our eight-handbell repertoire, because they’re accessible to ringers who are used to handbell choir music at Level 2 or so. There also are “Surprisingly Easy”™ collections, each containing seven or eight scores – the pricing is such that you save the price of one arrangement over buying each score separately. If you’re new to our eight-bell music, we suggest getting one of these collections to test the waters.
Feel free to contact us if you have additional questions!
Happy Ringing, and Stay Safe!
Larry