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Music and Lyrics written by Bryon Black II
SATB and piano with solo
This gospel piece can be performed by a chorus or a church worship team, with either piano or the addition of a band (acoustic guitar, bass and drums). It was premiered by the Kent State University Gospel Choir in 2021. I hope this song will encourage the listener that even in seasons of heavy change, we can still move FORWARD into promise, new hope, and opportunity.
**Contact Bryon Black II for perusals of the chord chart and bass guitar scores.
Costs:
$3.50/SATB and piano score
$2.00/lead sheet score
$2.00/bass guitar score**
$2.00/chord chart**
$10.00/SATB Audio Practice Tracks
Hold On Just a Little While Longer
Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Bryon Black II
Additional Text by Benjamin Isaiah Black
SATB div. with Alto solo
**Score now available through Hinshaw Music (and JW Pepper)
The melody of this song would likely have been heard as a “field holler” during black enslavement, with a single voice crying out a simple, repeated text that speaks for itself very clearly. The chorus builds a foundation towards the cornerstone of the message, supporting a soloist or treble voices who would deliver the melody in a way that harkens back to how it would have been sung several years ago. The core message of this piece and the added text all work together to deliver a hopeful message that rings true today through life’s trials we all face – we often need to be reminded to just ‘hold on…just a little while longer. Everything will be all right.’
Cost: $3.50/score
MIDI Voice Practice Tracks: $10.00
Steal Away
Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Bryon Black II
Available for SATB div. with piano, or TBB with piano
Using the piano part to move in a gently rocking 12/8-time signature, I leaned more into the gentle solace that this piece provides in its’ words. There’s a comfort that the words provide every time you hear “steal away, steal away to Jesus…steal away home, I ain’t got long to stay here.” There’s a comfortable acceptance of the peace we receive in our belief that the troubles of this world will be nothing compared to what we are stealing away home to in the next life…most importantly, we don’t have long to stay here.
Cost: $3.00/score
Walk Together Children
Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Bryon Black II
SATB div.
One of my goals for this arrangement was to tie together both choral ideas that I was influenced by, and the feel of how it would have been sung in a mid-20th century black church house with the utmost jubilance. So this arrangement encourages you to stay strong, to persevere, to walk together, pray together, sing together, love together, and even shout together as we go forward in this life. Walk together children, and don’t you get weary! Why? Because there’s a great camp meeting in the promised land!
Cost: $3.00/score
MIDI Voice Practice Tracks: $10.00
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