Thanksgiving Song
For the Beauty of the Earth
A Thanksgiving song for school, church, or just quiet personal meditation, "For the Beauty of the Earth" is a very pretty hymn! Arranged for:
- beginner piano (two versions),
- elementary piano & intermediate piano
- 4-part harmony (or piano), and
- other instruments in other clefs - download these Thanksgiving songs free!
Thanksgiving songs are hard to find, but this song is one of the better-known hymns.
This first graphic shows the new "Middle C" arrangement, with "helper" notes for beginners:
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See it up close:
Piano arrangements, with simple or fancy left hand
A simple left hand:
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And a fancy left hand part:
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With chord symbols
Here is the beginner arrangement, without AlphaNotes, but with fast-changing harmonies:
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For the Beauty of the Earth lyrics paint a picture of why we love our world and all that is in it, and the gratitude that sometimes wells up inside us.
From a movie I love, "Little Women," are several scenes, and then Meg and John Brooke's wedding, at which this hymn is sung, starting at one minute (1:00):
There is a very old-fashioned feeling about this hymn, isn't there?
Turn this piece into a duet
Just follow the chord symbols above the melody.
There are a lot of chord changes in this hymn! But if an accompaniment uses a flowing, broken chord pattern, those fast changes won't be necessary.
Lead sheets for several clefs
Now here are lead sheets for treble, bass, and viola clefs. (Piano or four-part harmony is at the bottom of the page):
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Bass clef
Here are lead sheets for bass singers and instruments, using the bass clef!
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Viola clef - or "C" clef
And here are the lead sheets and chord symbols for viola clef:
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Four-part harmony
For piano, or for four voices or instruments:
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As a Thanksgiving Day treat, I'm placing here a short NON-MUSIC VIDEO from a radio host whom I adore (Dennis Prager), who speaks about the importance of GRATITUDE.
The secret of happiness
HAPPINESS, he says, IS IMPOSSIBLE without an attitude of gratitude, or THANKSGIVING. He says, "What is the single most important characteristic, or source, of happiness? Gratitude. ...gratitude leads to both happiness and goodness."
The links for the Thanksgiving song for Middle C piano:
Download For the Beauty of the Earth with helper notes
Download Middle C position Thanksgiving free sheet music for piano beginnners
The links for the piano arrangements:
Download the piano arrangement with simple left hand
Download piano arrangement with fancy left hand
The treble clef lead sheet links:
Download lead sheet For the Beauty of the Earth in key of C
Download Thanksgiving hymn lead For the Beauty of the Earth in D
Download Thanksgiving songs lead in Eb
Download Thanksgiving free sheet music lead in key of F
The links for the lead sheets in the bass clef:
Download For the Beauty of the Earth for bass clef in key of C
Download Thanksgiving hymn for bass clef in D
Download Thanksgiving hymn for bass voices in key of F
Download For the Beauty of the Earth, for viola, in key of C
Download Thanksgiving hymn for viola For the Beauty of the Earth in D
Download Thanksgiving song for viola in Eb
Download Thanksgiving hymn for viola in key of F
The links for the 4-part harmony:
Download song of Thanksgiving in the key of F
Download song for Thanksgiving in the key of G
Dianna:
Your website is a light in the darkness. THANK YOU for all you do in helping to spread the love of music. It matters!
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