The Basford Index

Monday, May 7, 2018

In Memorium

"The Ballad of Quincy and Rosalie"

I wrote this song during the year of my graduation. At first it was an instrumental piece, no lyrics whatsoever. Then one day, during my time on the annual Chorus Tour, as I was sitting on the bus with pen and paper in hand attempting to do SOMETHING creative, somebody asked me, "What'cha doin'?" "Trying to come up with something creative," I answered. "Good," she replied, "then you can write me a love song."

For some reason, this tune came to mind. All along I'd thought it sounded like a love song, but really didn't need lyrics to express it. Obviously, THAT thought inspired the words you see printed here. And the reason for naming it "The Ballad of Quincy & Rosalie" was born from a combination of inspiration from some Beatles titles (yes, "The Ballad of John & Yoko") as well as simply watching the two of them interacting while they were on the tour with us.

I created this page of music using Finale's Notepad transcription program. I also used that program to create a MIDI sound file which I later converted into a Wave File that more people might be able to listen to from here. I hope you enjoy it.

--J. Andrew Basford

Monday, December 11, 2017

Hezekiah

Men's Class (13 Dec, '17)
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Thursday, September 28, 2017

New(?) Songs to Try

This is a test page to see about passing on links to show songs/hymns we could sing in the near future:

This test is to see if information will automatically update or not:

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Pending Hymns

The following are hymns and lists of hymns I am either planning to or hoping to lead in the near future, along with any guidance that might be necessary for them (particularly with new songs, perhaps a link to a YouTube video demonstrating how the hymn is sung). If you wish to request some hymns or have some comments about these songs or other matters, you can email me or leave a comment below:

[All planned lists are pending input or requests from the preacher/speaker or other unknown factors that could occur till said worship period]

For Sunday 10/8/17 am [FULFILLED]:

"Love of Jesus" Medley (opening)

#473- O How I Love Jesus
#246- I Am so Glad

Pryr/Scr Rdg

#784- Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?

Communion/Contribution

#132- Does Jesus Care?

Lesson/Invitation

#337- Is Thy Heart Right with God?
#523- Our God, He is Alive

Emergency List [Backup, for Evening Service Only](11/17 or later):

#193- Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah
#173- God of Our Fathers

Pryr/Scr Rdg

#153- Footsteps of Jesus

Lesson/Invitation

#131- Face to Face
#137- Fairest Lord Jesus

Communion/Contribution

#134- Faith is the Victory

Emergency List [66s](10/1/17 or later)--

#676- He Keeps Me Singing
#663- There is Sunshine in My Soul

Pryr/Scr Rdg

#66- Beautiful

Lesson/Invitation

#766- Whiter than Snow
#662- There is a Fountain

Communion/Contribution

#665- Till the Storm Passes By

Emergency List ["City" Song List](11/12/17 or later)--

#785- Wonderful City of God
#672- There's a Holy and Beautiful City

Prayer/Scr Rdg

#709- 'Tis Midnight and On Olive's Brow

Communion/Contribution

#383- Just Over in the Gloryland Way
#627- The Gloryland Way

Lesson/Invitation

#653- The Way of the Cross
#333- In the Land of Fadeless Day

Clsg Prayer

New/New-to-Us Songs:

#2- A Beautiful Prayer

This hymn has a strong alto lead in the chorus, thus it would behoove us to take some time outside of worship to learn it.
There are a few videos posted on YouTube that play A Capella versions of this song (mostly congregational singing), but this link plays the song with a MIDI sound file; it begins with all four parts, then plays each one individually (making it easier to pick out soprano, alto, etc., than it would from a congregational recording). This could be a good tool for learning the song before coming to worship.

#96- Christ Returneth
#232- Hiding in Thee

An A Capella recording of this song is available at this link to the YouTube channel "Traditional Hymns", a good source for many hymns in our book.

#316- In Heaven They're Singing

A recording of congregational singing for this song can be found at this link which is part of a collection of YouTube videos playing recordings from Ray Walkers' Songbook Series of CDs.

#418- Lord I Care Not for Riches

An A Capella recording of this song is available at this link to the YouTube channel "Traditional Hymns", a good source for many hymns in our book.

#430- My Name is In the Book of Life

An A Capella recording of this song is available at this link to the YouTube channel "Traditional Hymns", a good source for many hymns in our book.

#553- Rise Up, O Men of God - Walter
#670- There's a Garden

This is NOT a new song, in fact EL just led it for us on the evening of 6/25/17; assuming this song doesn't end up with a negative commentary from "Shall We Have 'Praise for the Lord'?" I hope to lead it someday myself.

#941- I Sing the Mighty Power of God - Ellacombe

An A Capella recording of this song is available at this link to the YouTube channel "Traditional Hymns", a good source for many hymns in our book.

-- bas4d

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Primum Codicillis

Welcome to The Basford Index, the central repository of all things, all blogs, related to J. Andrew Basford (at least as close to a repository as I can get). Here are some of the blogs with which I am involved on blogspot.com:

PHSS101: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, a commentary on things related to worship in song (you can access the course guide, and the syllabus. You can even follow this on Facebook.
"Leader Notes", a compilation of notes and commentary with regards to the songs we sing at the church of Christ at West End (you can also view the Syllabus for it here).