The Hymn of Acxiom for Solo Piano

Arranged and performed by Jonathan Carr.
Sheet music link 11/13/19:
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Feel free to use this as inspiration for your own works or to perform it wherever you like, just be sure to tag me in any videos you upload!
Yes, I did this by ear and yes I know the penultimate chord is different. I just think a Neopolitan has more tension on that range of the piano. :)
Original composition by Vienna Teng, from the album Aims.

[@BPease17]

Taking this and writing a four mallet vibraphone solo.

[@tchmuzk]

@@Dannyhaleperc Me too. I was legit thinking of doing the very same thing

[@leak94_]

Did you write it?

[@kanith]

​@@leak94_I don't think he did gang

[@bigtimefans100]

I played this song during high school when I was in marching band and it has always been one of my favorites. lucky enough , I found a solo for piano since I have been taking lessons for a decade. this year marked my last and I absolutely fell in love with this arrangement. I still have two other songs I am working on by myself but I decided to add this to the list anyway because it had so much dynamic, so much power, and of course, so much emotion. this brought me to tears. thank you for this beautiful, beautiful arrangement. my love for this is beyond words. with love, from a fellow musician 💕

[@samr9696]

i'm not sure why i didn't 'like' this when i found it. incredible arrangement, the climax made me grin! 😍

[@myriad2010]

Thank you so much ❤ climax to the end I think is the strongest part of the arrangement so that means a lot

[@auralyss]

My high school played this in our 2014 show. At this year's end-of-marching-season surround sound concert, a brass band entitled Fountain City (they're amazing!) preformed and this was one of their songs. It got quite the reaction out of us.

[@evanmnichproductions]

how hilarious would it be if they maybe could've gotten inspired from the bluecoats for that because they did that song that same year

[@mariachrzski18]

Wow that is incredible! I wish I had the skills good enough to play that myself!

[@sweendoggyj]

Oh my god this song is so f***ing beautiful. Words can't even express.

[@sheldonedwards1904]

Bloo did an amazing job putting it on the field!

[@billycarroll9153]

Stunning...BRAVO SIR.

[@sheldonedwards1904]

bluecoats did an AMAZING job putting this on the field! Go bloooo

[@midmichiganrailproductions5819]

BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Lumstaseo]

You are the real MVP for sharing your music. A lot of stubborn people out there who don't wanna share there music. But honestly good job! This is a very beautiful song and you did a great job arranging it emotionally.

[@blahboy600]

+sam elm A lot of people don't write out their arrangements and don't take the time to do so after they've mastered it.

[@rdnx7]

A lot of people out there enjoy being compensated for their time and talents.

[@myriad2010]

as do I - but this was a personal project close to the heart, so i have no problem making it freely available.

[@rdnx7]

Absolutely. Thanks for sharing. I hope to stumble across a live performance of this arrangement some day.

[@jpwdaw]

Let's go BLOOOO!!! Jonathan Carr, this is a beautiful arrangement!

[@anthonylamacchia4477]

Love how the initial tempo is "not too fast." Great work!

[@emmaesterline2435]

I can not get enough of this song, and your rendition was beautiful!

[@williamsanborn9195]

Beautiful arrangement of a beautiful piece of music. 🥹

[@neanders82]

This is incredible!!!!

[@Dragon_Ryder]

Wow. Just wow. Amazing.

[@kchudson8045]

This is amazing. Thank you for this. I was genuinely surprised at how well this was done.

[@richardt.rogers2730]

this was a stunningly beautiful arrangement

[@pherpher111]

Such a Great Job! Keep up the good work!

[@jesseherring8561]

This is fantastic and so are you for providing the sheet music!! Thank you so much!!!

[@loganfeecemusic]

What an amazing rendition of this beautiful piece! Amazing work, and beautiful performance.

[@jennyporter8595]

Left me absolutely speechless, it's a beautiful piece

[@kimiarossi6]

Absolutely amazing!!! 🎵🎶

[@ThreadedRock192]

This is so beautiful omg, that 2nd to last chord just sounds amazing😍

[@myriad2010]

Glad you approve of the one functional change I made lol thank you ❤

[@Hayungstrumpet]

I know this is super late, but the fact that you did this by ear is just insane to me. You're super talented and nice job!

[@ajamesu]

gorgeous, breathtaking

[@Nguyennertofudinner]

Omg you are so awesome for making this available to everyone. It's one of those pieces that really resonates with everyone in a different way and the fact that you made it so we can all be able to learn it and share it is so great.

[@AlexBrinkleyMusic]

Probably my favorite arrangement of this song! Fantastic work!

[@gabrielcasero4936]

Ashton, it's a beautiful hymn. Schumannlike. Great

[@RachelBearinger]

Fantastic arrangement! Thank you for providing this. You rock.

[@ryanbegley8108]

I've been wanting to learn this arrangement for years and finally got around to it! Just posted it and tagged you, thanks so much!

[@timdoran9378]

This... This is beautiful music! Well done man!

[@overhead7045]

Bro tryna be 2014 bluecoats (beautiful arrangement btw)

[@myriad2010]

Couldn't be me no sir

[@tinyshepherdess7710]

Wow nice arrangement. Just found this. Really nice work and great playing!

[@lauraliz5285]

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[@andilopezmusic]

I had no clue you did this John, were tumblr mutrals and Facebook friends, but holy sbit! it makes sense now that I'm thinking about it, its waaaaaaayyy to good to be some ragtag youtubers arrangement! this is amazing and I plan on learning it

[@samanthashelly8093]

Absolutely beautiful

[@NathansVideos46]

this is insanely good, great job man

[@thingstudios]

This was arranged and perform perfectly

[@Sneakynw8]

Holy smokes, man... I've always loved this piece, but it never made me tear up like your arrangement did. Bravo! Would you mind if arranged this for Saxophone Ensemble? This would be a great edition to our repertoire.

[@myriad2010]

Go ahead! Send me a link when you're finished, I'd like to hear it!

[@danielmatthew266]

this is gorgeous!

[@Z.T.S.]

Absolutely incredible 💜💜💜

[@LtGerbal]

This is absolutely amazing

[@thunderwarp13842]

BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@saxoman37]

Would you mind if I used this for a recital and had it filmed for you? Because this is absolutely gorgeous

[@myriad2010]

+saxoman37 Oh my goodness I would be honored!!

[@pufflerate123]

where's it at

[@benjaminwalker4458]

Phenomenal work.

[@felbre98]

Wow!! great job!!

[@KellyDurgan]

This is an incredible rendition. Truly.

[@seanwheelchair9831]

All necessities provided, all anxieties tranquilised all boardem amused. Arthur jenson thou art avenged.

[@joeysalinas8056]

anyone here because of bluecoats?

[@myriad2010]

Dude, I'M here because of Bluecoats lol

[@joeysalinas8056]

+Jonathan Carr my dream used to be to march bluecoats! I'm at a different corps rn and I'm pretty sure I'm there to stay

[@GameConnoisseur69]

Where oyu marching sir

[@joeysalinas8056]

+KJKING326 I marched troopers this summer

[@GameConnoisseur69]

Yo you guys had an awesome show Atlanta was great

[@SpeldosaMusik]

Nicely done!

[@rossmitchell5453]

I have all the words memorized and I sang along w this haha

[@Marc-fz4xb]

Beautiful...

[@smartaIec]

This is absolutely stunning. It was like hearing it for the first time again performed by bloo brass. I am determined to learn it, but the link is missing. Any chance you would be able to re upload?

[@myriad2010]

I changed my Dropbox settings but yes I will upload that again when I get to my computer tomorrow! I'm thrilled that you enjoyed it so much 💜

[@smartaIec]

@@myriad2010 thank you bro, I really appreciate it.

[@myriad2010]

@@smartaIec Updated. Enjoy!

[@artdreams1]

Thank you!

[@Hayungstrumpet]

Think I might take this and write a brass quintet or low brass choir.

[@rolandsepherulocomposer]

Perfect.

[@CameronMLeet]

what tuning system is this? it’s warm as hell and i am loving it

[@myriad2010]

It's actually a sample library from Native Instruments called The Grandeur!

[@andrewprawat8199]

My marching band is playing hymn of acxiom for parts of our show this year. And our drill writer and band director may have borrowed a few elements from this arrangement. I hope you're ok with that cuz they're only small bits like a few of those arpeggios at the end are in one of the keyboard parts at the end of our show.

[@jonathans1612]

I'm a huge fan of this arrangement, and I myself am actually arranging this song for a symphonic band! I was wondering if I could use some of your left hand parts as nice filler percussion? I would give you credit in the arrangement of course!

[@damiansullivan7865]

my school's marching band is playing this at a band show this saturday

[@mattfernandez5821]

Damian Sullivan wiley marching invitational?

[@damiansullivan7865]

Matthew Fernandez no sorry

[@mattfernandez5821]

Damian Sullivan man, one of the bands at the comp played axciom, we played angels in the architecture though

[@veolas6431]

firstly, this is really beautiful and a terrific arrangement! it's also wonderfully played :) thank you so much for posting!! secondly, I just wanted to ask if you actually reach the chord in the left hand on page six, second measure - (Gb-Bb) - because it would sound amazing, but my hands are too small :( as a classical pianist, I'd usually roll whatever I can't reach, but I think it's too fast and would sound weird... anyway, thoughts? thanks!

[@myriad2010]

Hi! Thank you so much for listening, I'm glad you enjoyed it! To your question, I have pretty large hands so I can reach a same - manual tenth pretty comfortably. For you, I think rolling would be fine if you can play it fast enough to sound like a grace note. You could also get away with playing this reprise section a little slower. Hope that helps!

[@veolas6431]

lucky with your big hands :) and thanks for the advice!

[@tonysuarez916]

Is it at all possible to get this on a Synthesia video? I am musically literate (barely tho with bass clef because I play the trumpet) but lack dexterity when it comes to playing piano and find that the visual learning from a Synthesia video helps me a lot. I would love to have this beautiful piece on Synthesia for I'd love to learn at least parts of it for I know that this is certainly not an easy piece especially for someone who hasn't taken a piano lesson in his life :D Thank you for sharing your talent Jonathan!!! Remarkable!!

[@dmperc]

when's the marimba version coming out? :)

[@keemez]

"some" marimba is included in this one. also, some serious brass. watch?v=_qKSdCGd7A4

[@austin2118ace]

I see what you did there lol

[@ethanschneider625]

I’m like really late but I’m currently creating a marimba solo for this piece using this video as inspiration 😁

[@TheMCPickaxeOfficial]

The link in the description says not found, is there any other way to get this arrangement?

[@myriad2010]

Updated. Enjoy!

[@HarrisHanAndersen]

Hi! Great job with the arranging and performing, it truly is wonderful! I have a quick question about the audio: how did you record it? Is it an acoustic piano or did you record from a digital piano?

[@myriad2010]

Harris Andersen I recorded this using Grandeur, a piano library included in Komplete 10 Ultimate.

[@loosi_goosi]

You're too good lmao

[@juliazhu5083]

can you post a pdf of this? It's beautiful!

[@bensutton2527]

Well seeing as no one else has... BLOO!!!!

[@bensutton2527]

+Ben Sutton *BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@andrewprawat8199]

BLOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@KeeganConnolly]

Hey Jonathan, is the audio played here a recording of you playing a piano / midi keyboard or a sheet music program playing it as written?

[@myriad2010]

Hi Keegan, this is me playing a MIDI piano on NI Grandeur.

[@justinokland9636]

Do you have this in a different key? if so, i would like to play for my church, PHANOMINAL arrangement!

[@shoupmusic]

This is a wonderful piece. I am having an issue with measure 61 - is it possible to hit the first chord with your right hand?? I don’t seem to be able to stretch that far.

[@iangalvez9907]

Ashton Shoup I substitute it with a Eb major in 2nd inversion (Bb-Eb-G-Bb) so that it’s easier to reach.

[@shoupmusic]

Coming back 3 years later to let you know I’m still working on this 🥲😂

[@myriad2010]

I have long fingers so I can reach, but you can sub a 2nd inv Eb like Ian suggested, personally I prefer leaving out the g (Bb Eb Bb) to preserve the open quality of the chord

[@overlandphotography25]

Can you do a Marimba version

[@eagle6754]

Bloo!!!!!!!!!!

[@studyofthescripture]

Can you please tell me where I can find a copy of this?? I would greatly appreciate it.

[@adamcollester2655]

It's saying the dropbox file isn't there anymore. Anyone have the file?

[@myriad2010]

Updated. Enjoy!

[@justinokland9636]

do you have this in a different key?

[@alexjones5140]

Is there anyway i can get a copy of this? I wanna learn how to play it.

[@myriad2010]

There's a dropbox link in the description. Happy practicing!

[@alexjones5140]

Jonathan Carr Thanks!!

[@stancesmith5793]

Just saying that isn’t his sheet music.

[@myriad2010]

And what, pray tell, makes you say that? lmaooo

[@WrenchBreaker]

link doesnt work anymore :(((

[@myriad2010]

Updated. Enjoy!

[@WrenchBreaker]

tysm!