Steps For Joining Music With Scripture
One of my favorite things to do is to help kids by putting Scripture to music! Singing a verse can make Bible memorization quite easy. Consider the number of tunes you remember that you picked up when you were very young. After all these years, that information has never really gone out of your mind. You need to learn the alphabet and it’s fun to be able to sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” but you may really want your child to learn biblical stories too.
A simply melody and Bible verse combined turns into Bible songs and implants God’s Word into out hearts. But how does one get started putting Scripture to music?
I use the following 5 tips when writing my own Scripture music:
Find rhyming words. Verses in the Bible do not necessarily have words that rhyme, but quite often they do seem to fit with this form of poetry. You can create a melody line by using the rhyming pattern as you think best.
You will need to find the most important word or words in the Bible verse. When putting John 3:16 to music, I repeated the word “gave” to emphasize it. Repeating the verse made it stand out as i wished when set to the melody. My children really like making the movements it helped me come up with to accompany the music too.
You should repeat the melody line if there aren’t any words that rhyme. rhyming is not often done in Bible verses. The only thing you would need to do is to choose the lines that fit best with the melody that will be repeated in the song. So really it’s the melody that is “rhyming,” not the words.
Be certain the melodic content causes the emotion you wish to convey. Would you prefer a soft melody or an upbeat, fast tune? What feelings do you want to convey and what goes with your verse? The melody and the emotion created both work to make the words stick in your mind.
Lastly, the reference to the verse must be added. When you write a Scripture song, it is very important to include the “address” of the Bible verse. Getting creative, can be easily done by you here. At the end of the song, don’t feel like you have to put the reference. It can be put first or in the midst of the song.
Visit KJV Bible Songs today to hear samples of the many Scripture songs I’ve written to help many memorize God’s Word more quickly and easily.
