#592: Just As I Am, without One Plea
Oct. 17th, 2019 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lutheranhymnsIs the composer famous for other things?
Not really, but the music guy (William Bradbury) has written several other tunes, most of which are also in this section.
What key is it in?
E flat major. The reason this is interesting is not that that's a particularly distinctive key, but the melody line doesn't actually end on an E flat, it lands on the G, which is the "third" of that scale.
What does that mean?
Well, the final chord is E flat, so it reaches a nice "conclusion," but the melody hasn't exactly "settled down." That's kind of weird in this context, because the text is all about coming to Jesus and him accepting us just as we are. So having the music sound like "ehhh...you're there but not quite" is unexpected. Or maybe that's just a big stretch.
Not really, but the music guy (William Bradbury) has written several other tunes, most of which are also in this section.
What key is it in?
E flat major. The reason this is interesting is not that that's a particularly distinctive key, but the melody line doesn't actually end on an E flat, it lands on the G, which is the "third" of that scale.
What does that mean?
Well, the final chord is E flat, so it reaches a nice "conclusion," but the melody hasn't exactly "settled down." That's kind of weird in this context, because the text is all about coming to Jesus and him accepting us just as we are. So having the music sound like "ehhh...you're there but not quite" is unexpected. Or maybe that's just a big stretch.
