Violin Worship Song: How Deep the Father’s Love

Here is a new arrangement for violin and piano of the worship song How Deep the Father’s Love for Us, by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend. And when you purchase this violin arrangement you get both the intermediate violin part as well as an advanced violin part. The piano accompaniment can be played with both violin parts. So, depending on the level of the player you can choose either the intermediate or advanced level solo part. Or as the player develops, they can incorporate the harder techniques and play the advanced level. The different techniques required for each level are listed below each sample. 

Overall the hardest aspect for this arrangement in either of the levels is the time signature. And since most classical pieces students have played are not written in asymmetrical meter this is challenging. And to add to that challenge, most composers don’t write worship songs  in 5/4 meter. Another challenge is the meter changes sprinkled throughout. But the slower tempo should help players should be able to navigate this. If you are familiar with the song, singing the words in their head while playing helps with not adding an extra beat in the 5/4 measures.