Description
Hope Endures – PDF Songbook $16. This is the companion songbook for the album. This 73 page songbook includes the sheet music for every song on the album you see listed on this page. When purchased, you will be emailed a link where you can download the songbook. You will also receive this link on the thank you page after you have placed your order.
Hope Endures – Printed Songbook $26. This is the companion songbook for the album. This 73 page songbook includes the sheet music for every song on the album. The songbook has a spiral bound spine, allowing the book to lay flat and makes page turning easy! This item ships within 24-48 hours of purchase. All shipping is free anywhere in the US! Shipping charges only apply to international orders.
Mainly Piano
Hope Endures is the companion sheet music book to Philip Wesley’s solo piano album by the same name. All twelve original pieces and arrangements are included in the book, notated note-for-note to the recording to be as accurate as possible. I noticed several pieces that are in the public domain including “Amazing Grace,” “What a Friend (aka “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”), “Just as I Am,” “Come Thou Fount,” and “America the Beautiful.” The book itself is spiral-bound and printed on a bright white medium-weight paper stock. Front and back covers are full-color reproductions of the artwork from the CD. Notation is clear and easy to read and is well-spaced. The last page of the book includes a short bio of Philip Wesley, notes about the music and a list of his other songbooks. Most of the pieces are relatively easy to play, and pianists at an upper-intermediate to early-advanced playing level should have little trouble mastering them. “America the Beautiful” has several left hand reaches of more than an octave, but I was able to play most of the top notes of those chords with my right hand. Suggestions for pedaling, metronome settings, and expression and dynamics are all clearly marked. Hard copies and downloads of the book and downloads of the individual pieces are currently available exclusively from PhilipWesley.com. This is a very enjoyable songbook to play and those who enjoy having hymn arrangements as well as original music should be very happy with it.
The song titles, the keys they are in, and the number of pages are:
The Unknown – Key of E minor (1 sharp) / A minor (0 sharps or flats) – 8 pages
Leaving the Darkness Behind – Key of G minor (2 flats) / F minor (4 flats) – 7 pages
Amazing Grace – Key of D (2 sharps) – 6 pages
Second Chances – Key of Gb (6 flats) – 6 pages
What a Friend – Key of F (1 flat) / Db (5 flats) – 7 1/2 pages
New Beginnings – Key of C (0 sharps or flats) – 6 pages
Just as I Am – Key of D – 8 pages
Hope Endures – Key of G (1 sharp) – 5 pages
Come Thou Fount – Key of D – 6 pages
In Reverence – Key of F major / G minor – 3 pages
Lead Me Home – Key of D – 4 pages
America the Beautiful – Key of G – 5 pages
Reviewed by Mainly Piano