REFLECTION CHRISTIAN MUSIC RESOURCES - MIDIs, MP3s and SHEET MUSIC

Music Resources for Today’s Christian Worship
(Updated 18 February 2009 after total musical update on 16 September 2008 - now playing “ O Jerusalem)”.


WHAT’S NEW? | DOWNLOAD | COPYRIGHT INFO | LINKS | MIDI EXPLANATIONS
STRAIGHT TO THE WORSHIP MUSIC LIST | CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MUSIC
SEARCHING FOR A SONG? | THEMATIC INDEX OF SONGS
ABOUT REFLECTION | DETAILS OF REFLECTION RECORDS

 Proven guitar and keyboard-based contemporary music for Christian worship in sheet music and MIDI format(either
 unpublished or not widely known), made available as efficiently, effectively and freely as possible - that’s the main
 purpose of this site. But if your church has a Christian Copyright Licensing International licence for reproducing lyrics
 and/or music for worship use (and legally and morally, if it does either, it should have!) do please report any use.

There’s a wide variety of music here, in very varying styles. Most of it is for worship and is listed below (and, at last, thematically, on the new “Song Themes” page. There is a separate page, “Contemporary Christian Music”, for Christian songs that wouldn’t fit easily into worship. The relevant songs are listed on that page.

The sheet music is in gif format, and together with the MIDI files of varying complexity, can be downloaded in “zipped” files from each page. You will also find an increasing number of MP3s from past Reflection albums, live presentations and my own computer recordings.

If you have an older computer and find that individual pages load too slowly, there is a separate download page without embedded sound) where you will find each of the zipped files separately as well as two early master files - one of much of the music and MIDIs and the other with just the MIDIs. Unfortunately, it’s far from up to date with the latest files, but that will be put right within days.

The early MIDI files here were written against the background of a wide variety of soundcards, from the very cheap with only false-sounding FM synthesis to the higher end using wavetable synthesis. Whilst much has changed, it’s still true that no two soundcards will produce quite the same result in terms of instrumental sound and balance. In the fortnight up to today (16 September 2008) all the MIDI files have been remixed and rebalanced. In many cases they have also been significantly revoiced to give a better and consistent listening experience. It has been a time-consuming and tiring process, but rewarding! I've just completed uploading the files, and if you find anything that I have overlooked or just got wrong, do please let me know.

If the files generally sound poor on your system (missing notes, poor balance etc) please read MIDI explanations and advice, and feel free to make adjustments for your own use with whatever music software you have available.

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List of Music

Although many of these songs were written by Michael Lehr and used by Reflection over a number of years, the aim is to be wide-ranging, and music by other writers is being added to the list as permission for inclusion is obtained.

A page with links to other Christian music sites was added some years back. Although it now needs serious updating, it might serve as a starting point for finding other interesting and informative sites, including those concerned with MIDI and copyright issues.

Music currently available is:

The sheet music may be freely copied (unless otherwise indicated), but only for personal and church use. Where publishers have generously given permission for inclusion of their copyright material the restrictions they request should be respected.

If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I love hearing from people and making new web-friends! However, I don't claim to have an expert and comprehensive knowledge of new or old Christian music, and if you are searching for lyrics or music for other published songs, you are unlikely to find them legitimately available for downloading on the Internet, and I am very rarely able to supply them. Try looking at my SEARCHING FOR A SONG? page for hints.

michael.lehr@zetnet.co.uk

Reflection
10 Holcot Close
Wellingborough
Northants NN8 5FL
England


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