Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

[mrmando]

I posted this on another thread, but it really belongs here.

[Simen Kjaersdalen]

Thank you! This really tasted good with the morning coffee. In what direction do you play the chords towards the end?

[mrmando]

The 5-note, 2-beat figure that recurs from bars 23 to 28 is always played DUDUD. The 4-note figure in bar 25 is DDUD. The last 3 chords are all downstrokes.

[swampstomper]

Interesting, you put a lot of chord substitutions in there. What computer program did you use to produce the sheet? It looks quite nice.

[mrmando]

Thanks, this was done in Sibelius 4.

The chord movement is typical of jazz/swing music, as I'm trying to push myself in that direction. I have a piano-playing friend and occasional bandmate at church with whom I could do a killer duet version of this. I hope, however, that the chord substitutions won't frighten off mandolinists who are used to playing this tune more "straight."