Words and Music by Nik Day Arranged by Laree Wadsworth A friend of mine wanted to sing this song for a musical number. It was originally written for a tenor voice, so that made the range to high for a female voice. I changed the key to E Minor and added a bit to the…… Continue reading Free My Soul
Blog & Teaching Tools
1 Nephi 3:7
This is one of my very favorite songs to teach. The original music was written by Kamie Jacobs Bolen. She did a wonderful job on this music. It has the exact words of 1st Nephi 3:7, which is a wonderful scripture for everyone to memorize, and as you know, music is the best way to…… Continue reading 1 Nephi 3:7
Have I Done Any Good?
This is an arrangement of Hymn 223 in the LDS Hymnbook. I have arranged this hymn to be in a lower voice range than the original. It is also an easier piano accompaniment for those who need that. I have created a YouTube video to go along with this arrangement and you can find it…… Continue reading Have I Done Any Good?
When He Comes Again
This arrangement is of When He Comes Again (LDS Children’s songbook pg 82-83) Visual Aids I have created two flipcharts here to help with teaching the words of this song. One is for verse 1 and another for verse 2. These flipcharts show keywords as triggers for memory work. These charts do not list every…… Continue reading When He Comes Again
Faith
The song Faith in the Primary Children’s Songbook Pg 96-97 is a wonderful song exploring the ideas of things your primary children may already believe in. Of course, the analogy of the seed is a perfect way to describe faith, but there are many other simple things that you could also talk about to help…… Continue reading Faith
The Iron Rod
The Iron Rod is Hymn 274. This is a great song relating to the vision of the Tree of Life that Lehi and Nephi saw. The vision from Lehi can be found in 1 Nephi chapter 8, and then Nephi’s vision and interpretation can be found in 1 Nephi chapter 11 thru 14. In the…… Continue reading The Iron Rod
An Angel Came to Joseph Smith
This is an awesome song that summarizes the Book of Mormon and encourages the singer to read it and realize that the Lord loves all of us and that He has a plan for all of us. I created this arrangement for two reasons. The first is that the original accompaniment is very hard to…… Continue reading An Angel Came to Joseph Smith
Tell Me the Stories of Jesus Arrangement
This is an arrangement I wrote to Tell Me the Stories of Jesus. It is on Pg 57 of the Children’s Songbook. In our primary, we got a late start on learning this song, so let me share what we did to make it look like we were better prepared! I taught everyone in the…… Continue reading Tell Me the Stories of Jesus Arrangement
I’m Watching
This is an original song I wrote for my dear mother Barbara Rigby. She loved getting together with all her granddaughters once a year for a “girl’s retreat”. On one of these little getaways, we girls secretly practiced this song, found a piano in the lobby of the hotel, and sang it to her. She…… Continue reading I’m Watching
Come
This song was written for a Relief Society Program centered around the Saratoga Springs Temple Dedication (August 12, 2023). The commissioner of this song wanted to express how the temple and Christmas can be connected. This original work emphasizes gifts, angels, shepherds, and wise men. It also includes little snippets of Joy to the World…… Continue reading Come