Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Sunday, March 19, 2017

"Potsdam"


Bach's birthday is later this week (21 March), so I thought I'd do one of his tunes.  LSB says that "Potsdam" is adapted from something he wrote (although it doesn't say specifically what), so I decided to do that.  However, it's in different keys in LW (D major) and LSB (Eb major).  I transposed the LSB arrangement down a half-step.  I had to change the last note though because I can't play a low F# on mandolin (it goes down only to G).  I made that into an A so there's still something of a resolution.