How to Play How Great Thou Art on the 6 Hole Ocarina

Where How Great Thou Art comes from

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This hymn traveled a long way before it reached English. It began as a Swedish poem, “O Store Gud,” written by Carl Boberg in 1885, and the English version most people sing was adapted by the missionary Stuart K. Hine in the mid-twentieth century. Hine’s translation is what carried it into churches across the English-speaking world.

The tune spans more than an octave on a 6-hole ocarina, climbing to a high E in the chorus. Those peak notes, especially on the word that opens the refrain, are where careful breath control matters most. The verses stay lower and give you a chance to settle before the tune lifts.

How Great Thou Art Ocarina Tab

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