Choir | MartySong https://martysong.com The Music of Martin Shrout Fri, 07 Nov 2025 01:29:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 How Did Mary Feel? https://martysong.com/solo/how-did-mary-feel/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 14:39:24 +0000 https://martysong.com/?p=194 In 1999 I had ridden on a bike tour of the Oregon Trail with my brother, David Shrout.  He’s the cyclist. I’m just the tag along.  After my return I began thinking about my goals for the future.  I had dabbled in composing off and on over the years but never really made a serious effort.  I decided that year to write a Christmas musical.  Out of that effort this song was born.  It addresses Mary’s feelings throughout the life of Jesus.  Mary, the most blessed woman of the Bible because she was the unique and honored vessel to carry our savior to term.  How did she feel when the Angel said that she would bear God’s Son?  All of her emotions were engaged throughout Jesus’ life.  Thank you Lord, for this special woman.

Sheet Music: How Did Mary Feel – Lead Sheet

Sheet Music Choir: How Did Mary Feel – Choir

Chord Sheet: How Did Mary Feel

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]]> It Is Good to Say Thank You https://martysong.com/solo/it-is-good-to-say-thank-you/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:11:58 +0000 https://martysong.com/?p=322 It all started a long time ago in a little town called Albany, OR.  I was a minister of music and youth and from time to time I would try to write a song.  Looking through the Psalms I found a verse that seemed to answer my lyric problem.  Also, its great advice for each of us each day to find things to be thankful for and to remind ourselves of God’s faithfulness.  Over the years this has become an anthem in my life to keep me mindful of God’s faithful and generous love.

Sheet Music: It Is Good To Say Thank You

Choir Music: It Is Good to Say Thank You – Choir 2

Chord Sheet: It Is Good to Say Thank You – Chord Sheet

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Solo version

Accompaniment with Piano

Accompaniment with Choir played on piano

Choir Accompaniment Track (piano, guitar, bass, and drums)

]]> It Wasn’t the Nails https://martysong.com/solo/it-wasnt-the-nails/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:12:18 +0000 https://martysong.com/?p=324 Inspiration can come from some unseal places. While looking for pictures for a powerpoint for a sermon. I ran across the statement, “It Wasn’t the Nails.”  I’m sure it was for another preacher’s sermon.  The phrase caught my attention and I began thinking of how true it was.  The nails couldn’t forcibly hold Jesus on the cross.  He was there because of His love for us.  Jesus chose to die on our behalf.  The cruelty and horror of the cross wasn’t enough to keep Jesus from saving you and me.  Thank you Jesus for your sacrifice for each of us. May Jesus Christ be praised.

Sheet Music: It Wasn’t the Nails – Lead Sheet

Choir Sheet: It Wasn’t the Nails – Choir arrangement

Chord Sheet: IT WASN’T THE NAILS – D

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Accompaniment Track

 

 

]]> Love is Here https://martysong.com/solo/love-is-here/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:15:05 +0000 https://martysong.com/?p=340 I wrote this song which was inspired by an advent theme I had chosen to preach on in 2012.  My thoughts would led to the idea that love became tangible.  We often search for love and yet the one who made us, bought us by dying for us arrived to sow us God’s love.  “For God so loved the world” (John 3:16).  As we are enveloped in God’s love through Jesus we then can love each other.  We celebrate Christmas because in that moment love came.  Love is here!

Sheet Music: Love Is Here

Choir Sheet Music: Love Is Here – Choir

Chord Sheet:  Love Is Here

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]]> O Come My Hope https://martysong.com/solo/o-come-my-hope/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:17:02 +0000 https://martysong.com/?p=350 Advent means “coming.” Looking forward to the coming King.  Searching for our savior and redeemer.  Over the years I haven’t found many good songs about the Prophets looking forward to the time of Christ.  But look forward they did.  With great earnest.  They prophesied the Virgin birth (Isaiah. 7:14), born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2), Miraculous Ministry (Isaiah 35:5-6), that He would be a prophet like Moses (Deuteronomy 18:15-16), recovery of sight for the blind (Isaiah 61:1-2) and resurrection for all (Isaiah 25:6-9).  Jesus was their hope then and He is our hope now.  Come Lord Jesus!

Sheet Music: O Come My Hope

Choir Anthem: O Come My Hope – Choral Anthem 2

Chord Sheet: O COME MY HOPE

]]> We Stand With You https://martysong.com/solo/we-stand-with-you/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:24:39 +0000 https://martysong.com/?p=394 Our church has a tradition of “laying on of hands” as a form of corporate prayer.  A person who has requested the church to pray for them comes forward at the Pastor’s invitation.  The congregation gathers around the person reaching out and laying their hands on the person or if they cannot get close enough to touch then they lay  their hands on the person in front of them.  As we lay hands we join together in prayer and ask for God’s intervention in the person’s life.  I often wonder what visitors who are not use to this feel about this prayer gathering.  Since this is a regular occurance we really don’t explain it, but instead just do it.  After one occasion the Pastor ended his prayer and then said to the person, “We stand with you.”  In my mind this seemed to sum up and explain why we do this.  It is a tangible and visual sign of the congregation’s pledge to continue to pray for this person.  I felt inspired to write this song as a teaching tool to help others to understand the significance of the Church practicing the “Laying On of Hand.”

Music Sheet: We Stand With You – Lead Sheet

Trio Arrangement: We Stand With You – Trio with Piano and Guitar

Chord Sheet: WE STAND WITH YOU – Chord Sheet

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]]> We Will Reclaim https://martysong.com/solo/we-will-reclaim/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:24:57 +0000 https://martysong.com/?p=396 “We Will Reclam” was a title I picked up from a national ministers convention for the Church of God back in 2016.  To me this song would have made a great theme song for the convention. I was inspired by the messages and the testimonies shared regarding how different churches were making a difference in their neighborhoods.  God is still working and moving in the hearts and minds of the Church and when we are intune with the Holy Spirit we can reclaim what Satan has stolen: hearts and lives.  Let’s get busy!

PS: I’ve made this into a Choral Anthem with Narration.  Feel free to use this on a Sunday morning.

Music Sheet: 06 We Will Reclaim

Choir Sheet Music: We Will Reclaim – Choir and Piano

Narration for Choir Presentation: WE WILL RECLAIM – Intro Narr

Chord Sheet: 09 We Will Reclaim

Accompaniment Tracks for Choral Performance:

Accompaniment with Narration:

 

 

]]> Words of Grace https://martysong.com/solo/words-of-grace/ Sat, 21 Jun 2025 20:26:44 +0000 https://martysong.com/?p=404 Words are powerful.  What we say and how we say it can lift someone’s spirit or trash their self-esteem.  As I was writing this song I was thinking of the passages in Proverbs when talking about our speech.  I’ve loved the tune O Waly Waly most of my life.  I loved the melody but really didn’t understand the song itself.  It has been put to so many different lyrics.  I used the melody of O Waly Waly for the verse and wrote a chorus in a similar style. The graceful melody lent itself to the emotional state of the 2nd verse “why do we fight and quarrel so?”  My prayer is that we think about our words before we speak them so that they turn out to be Words of Grace.

Music Sheet: 08 Words of Grace

Music Sheet Choir: WORDS OF GRACE 2 – Choir

Music Sheet Cello: WORDS OF GRACE – Choir – 003 Cello

Chord Sheet: 11 WORDS OF GRACE

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Point of interest: I recorded this song in the Men’s bathroom at the Holladay Park Church of God while I was pastor.  It was an experiment in recording techniques.  I’ve been amazed at how well the recording came off with just using my IPhone.

 

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