Nearer, My God, to Thee
Sheet Music & Tabs for Piano & Guitar
Nearer, My God, to Thee, is a hymn of power and beauty that can move audiences and singers to tears. Every Christian should know this song.
On this page you will find:
- A video and graphic of the piano arrangement
- A graphic of the sheet music for 4-part choral harmony
- A graphic of the guitar tabs
- Download links to the PDFs for all of the above
Please scroll down the page to find the download links.
The story goes that on board the doomed Titanic, the orchestra began to play "Nearer, My God, to Thee," as frantic passengers swarmed the lifeboats, leaving others, tragically, to go down with the ship. Further down the page, I will post a video of that scene, as imagined by the creators of the movie "Titanic."
The piano arrangement
Please scroll down the page for the sheet music PDF links.
If you are interested in an easier (but still pretty) arrangement of this hymn, please visit my other website at this page. On that page is also additional information about the origin of the hymn, and the hymn writer.
Guitar tabs, in the key of D
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The piano arrangement is in the key of F, but the guitar arrangement is in the key of D. Experienced guitarists know that all they need to do to match the piano is put a capo on their guitar neck, and find the suitable fret to make the D chord sound like an F chord.
Four-part harmony
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This is just the same as the standard hymnal arrangement.
How do you know it is a choral arrangement, and not a piano arrangement? Look at the reach of the 10ths in the left hand, in measures 3, 8, and the final measure. Very few lady church pianists want to stretch their hands that far (or even can)! Another indication is that there are no musical notes that aren't wedded to a syllable of the lyrics.
On board the Titanic
WARNING: THIS MAY MAKE YOU WEEP.
The piano link:
Download the piano arrangement of Nearer, My God, to Thee
The guitar link:
Download the hymn music guitar tabs
The choral arrangement:
Download Nearer, My God, to Thee sheet music for 4-part harmony
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