The Church Pianist: The Star Spangled Banner: Free Piano Arrangement

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I started having too much fun writing this

free arrangement of Star Spangled Banner.

What I mean by that is....it's hard for me

to keep things simple. I want to dress it up

some.

This is not written to be done as strictly as a

piano solo but as accompaniment for the

church congregation.

You'll notice on page two of the arrangment

that I deleted some melody notes on purpose

starting on the third line.

Why? During repetitive melody note passages

it helps to hold through repeated notes to avoid

a choppy or mechanical sound.

See link below on repeated notes:

http://thechurchpianist.blogspot.com/2008/08/pianists-tips-for-hymnal.html

Link to page one of The Star Spangled Banner:

http://thechurchpianist.blogspot.com/2009/05/church-pianist-star-spangled-banner-in.html

Here's an audio of the entire arrangement

of The Star Spangled Banner...

http://www.box.net/shared/fpb5k02lzx

Hope you enjoy this free piano arrangement!

The Church Pianist: The Star Spangled Banner in Key of G (Part One)

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Some church pianists may say I'm committing

a crime by transposing the Star Spangled Banner.

Seriously, it's rather high for most people

in the average small church congregation.

Of course it has its lows at the beginning.

Extreme ranges to be sure!

Just thought I would share The Star Spangled

Banner in a lower key with the small church in

mind.

This is just part one of the Star Spangled Banner

in the key of G. I will post the remainder in the

next article.

The next post will also provide an audio of this

simple arrangement.

Hope it's useful to some of you church pianists.