The five "solas" of the reformation summarize the great truths of the reformers. About two years ago I wrote this song for a group of fifth and sixth graders at a private Christian School to help them learn the five phrases.
Sola Scriptura
Solo Christo
Sola Fide
Sola Gratia
Soli Deo Gloria
I was very pleased with the results of the song! The kids learned the chorus very fast. The verses take a little bit more work, but in the end they seem to be easy to get.
This song is part of a larger reformation play that I hope to publish here soon.
Lead Sheet - Actual Key
Lead Sheet - Guitar Capo II
Audio File - m4a
Thursday, June 7, 2007
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9 comments:
May God bless you in your new online endeavour! As I mentioned on Tominthebox, I love the blog title—the Great Commandment, and God's counsel to the Israelites to pass his wisdom down through the generations.
I never knew there was such a thing as doctrinally rich children's songs. Or at least explicitly doctrinal: I learned Dem Dry Bones as a kid, but didn't learn the context or application until 25 years later!
Thanks sewing. I pray the Lord will bless this.
-Tom
Tom--
Great to see this blog happening. My 19-month old daughter may be a little young for really singing along, but, just looking at the lead sheet for this first post, I really like the melody and the chords. Sounds like a little Klezmer arrangement would be fun.
Joe
Great job, son. I'm impressed and will be looking forward to your future music. love mama
Excellent song! I look forward to teaching it to our children. Prior to this, the only good stuff we've really found for them have been the "Sing the Word" CD's from a family in Rochester, NY. I play the piano and am learning guitar, so this will be lots of fun for our family to learn new songs together.
This song is great!
Thank you very much.
Lynn Gray
Shawnee, Oklahoma
these songs are pretty awesome thanks for the sheet music, im learning how to play some my brother had already heard most of them though, u need to e-mail us sometime
Very good! Reminds me a bit of Judy Rogers. She also has some excellent, doctrinally sound children's music.
I just found this site today.
I'm excited to have found this song about the five solas. I teach 1st/2nd grade in a Christian and classical school and it's perfect for our study of the Reformation next week. The chords are even easier enough for me to play! Thank you!
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