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All Hail The Power of Jesus' Name (Rehearsal Video)

23 Dec 2020 · 1 min

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In this brief rehearsal discussion, two participants outline how they will perform the hymn "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" on an upcoming Sunday morning. Speaker A specifies the musical framework: the main melody will stay in the key of G, 4/4 time, at a tempo of approximately 98 BPM, with a simple count of 1‑2‑3‑4. The intro will double as a turnaround, allowing the piece to loop back into the main section. Speaker B recites a portion of the hymn’s lyrics, emphasizing the theme of crowning Jesus as Lord. The arrangement will repeat this structure for four verses, with the instruction to “let everything breathe” to maintain a flowing feel. The conversation ends with a thank‑you, indicating the plan is set.

Okay, here is All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name, how we're going to do it on that Sunday morning. Still pretty much main melody, key of G, 4/4 time, but it's going to be a 98 tempo. It'll be kind of like this: 1, 2, 3, 4.
All hail the power of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem and crown him Lord of all. Bring forth the royal diadem and crown him Lord of all.
—and the intro is also our turnaround, and we'll go back in that— Let everything breathe. So it'll just kind of keep repeating in that mode. So I think we'll have 4 verses total on that. So thanks.