Free improvisation on hymn tune DIADEMATA (Crown Him With Many Crowns)

Free improvisation on DIADEMATA…

Free improv, according to google, “has no predetermined material, and the form is being created in real-time.” My definition of it is, my own version, not using anyone else’s arrangement…

I’m an infant in the improv department, compared to some of the great artists, but the only way to get “better” is to practice improvisation as much as possible. It’s only after I made the recording that I was able to go back and listen, and then make this outline for the recording, plugging in certain verses…

[Fanfare/Intro]

Verse 1:
Crown Him with many crowns,
The Lamb upon His throne;
Hark, how the heav'nly anthem drowns
All music but its own!
Awake, my soul, and sing
Of Him Who died for thee,
And hail Him as thy chosen King
Thro' all eternity.

[interlude]

Verse 2:
Crown Him the Lord of love;
Behold His hands and side,
Those wounds, yet visible above,
In beauty glorified:
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
For Thou has died for me:
Thy praise and glory shall not fail
Thro'-out eternity.

[interlude]

Verse 3:
Crown Him the Lord of lords,
Who over all doth reign,
Who once on earth, the Incarnate Word,
For ransomed sinners slain,
Now lives in realms of light,
Where saints with angels sing
Their songs before Him day and night,
Their God, Redeemer.... {King.}

[interlude]

Verse 4:
Crown Him the Lord of Life,
Who triumphed o'er the grave,
And rose victorious in the strife
For those He came to save;
His…glories now we sing
Who died, and rose on high,
Who died, eternal life to bring,
And lives…that…death…may die.

[modulation]

Verse 5:
Crown Him the Lord of heaven,
Enthroned in worlds above;
Crown Him the King, to Whom is given,
The wondrous name of Love.
Crown Him with many crowns,
As thrones before Him fall,
Crown Him, ye kings, with many crowns,
For He is King of all…..
Crown Him, ye kings, with many crowns,
For He...Is....King....Of...All!


Thank you so much for listening!