Acoustic Hymns: Come Thou Fount

I love seeing the Hymns being redone for acoustic guitar. Please post all of the ones you do! I'm still looking forward to you posting an Acoustic Tone video! Any idea when that will be forthcoming?

On another note we saw Jeremy Camp in concert and I got to speak with him afterwards and mentioned you, he got a huge smile on his face and got really excited! We are now doing Overcome in our worship set.

Thanks again!

I 2nd "Be Thou my Vision" and add "I Saw the Light."

What Wondrous Love Is This? I've heard a number of different versions of it, and I'd be interested to hear your take on it.

You must of read my mind. I just learned the Finger-Picking version of this song.
This is probably one of my favorite Hymns. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. As for other ideas on Hymns, I have always wanted to learn "I'll Fly Away"

God Bless

Fantastic arrangement of this classic. Any possibility Jason of putting up the cord charts for those fancy cords down at the deep end of the pool? Thanks much.

I love the work you do Jason, this is a cool take on this hymn and all of your tutorials are so helpful for me in preparing to lead worship. It is especially helpful to see your take on the solo acoustic sessions for when I lead in smaller settings. Your work is such a blessing to me and others in my ministry!

If you're taking suggestions, I would love to see you do a solo acoustic version of It Is Well With My Soul.

Thanks again, keep up the great work!

Love the sound and groove. A great way to bring classic hymn to new life. I was thinking about Amazing Grace using a slide.

What tuning do use ?

My suggestion is "You Raise Me Up". Its not really an old hymn but it is a great modern classic. I bet it would sound great on acoustic!
BTW, whats Acoustic tone? Is it like electric guitar tone but for acoustic?.
Thanks!

Do you do lessons over skype?

Probably late to the party here, but I just found this lesson on Come Thou Fount, and there are some similarities to the version that I have worked up. At my church, we do it in E with our acoustic guitarist/singer playing the E,A,B,C#m chords while leaving the e and B string ringing the whole time. I figured out that I could put a capo on the 9th and play it in G while leaving my ring and pinky fingers anchored on the 12th fret (third relative to the capo). That matches what the acoustic is doing only an octave up, gives it a little bit of a 12 string vibe. I can also play the melody on the low strings (similar to what Jason did above) at the same time while strumming away on the high strings. Feels like a cross between "Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd and a country song with lots of bass walking.

I am glad that I went back and read all the old posts, I am really digging these hymns! Thanks, Jed

Just discovered Worship Artistry last night and this post now. I love hymns and have been wanting to do this particular hymn forever. A happy intro to the blogs for me. Thanks, I'm enjoying subjecting my fingers to a serious challenge. Looking forward to journeying with you all and learning from you.

Hello Jason! I was very excited to see that you are in Bellingham (I used to teach viola at WWU)! I just joined this community in the hopes of finding some advice for us “classical geeks/stiffs” who play violin/viola and are new to playing with a praise team. My church is small and our music is often acoustic, which I am not complaining about:). Would be so grateful if this subject could be addressed on the Worship Artistry site. I can play by ear and read chord charts, but would love some tips about how string players can best follow a bass line and generally complement the rest of the team. I see myself as the “icing on the cake” and do not want to hinder my fellow team members (esp. vocalists singing harmony).