How to Play A Mighty Fortress is Our God on the 6 Hole Ocarina

About A Mighty Fortress is Our God

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Martin Luther wrote this hymn around 1529, drawing on Psalm 46, and it became the anthem of the Protestant Reformation. The German original, “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott,” has been carried into English by several translators, so the wording in one hymnal may differ a little from another.

The melody stays inside a single octave, from C to the C above, so it fits the 6-hole ocarina without any awkward reach. There are no wide leaps to trip over, which makes it a steady piece to learn once you are past the first few notes. Its firm, marching character comes through even at a slow practice tempo.

A Mighty Fortress is Our God Lyrics

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A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;
Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing.
For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;
His craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate,
On earth is not his equal.

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,
We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.
The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;
His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,
One little word shall fell him.

That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;
The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him who with us sideth.
Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;
The body they may kill: God’s truth abideth still,
His kingdom is forever.

A Mighty Fortress is Our God Ocarina Tab

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